Hero: The Buzz Beurling Story Tapa dura - 1981

Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition thus-Unclipped DJ with a bit of sunfading to spine-Other than crossed out name on flypage a tight, clean and unmarked copy-Photo illustrations-" The book is a biography of Canada's premiere fighter ace of the Second World War. Beginning his service in the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1941, George Beurling, a bit of a loner wholly devoted to developing his skills as a fighter pilot, found it difficult to adapt himself to the accepted discipline so essential to working well in a squadron tasked with flying combat over Western Europe. But, when Beurling volunteered for combat service in Malta (arriving there in the early summer of 1942 when the island was under siege from both the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica), he came into his own as a fighter pilot. Within 4 months, he was credited with shooting down 28 enemy planes and enjoyed a reputation as a top pilot… Leer más

Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, 1982, Fine Hardcover / Very Good Dustjacket, 201 pages, 6.25" x 9.25", spine faded. otherwise clean and tight. "Buzz" Beurling was Canada's most famous war hero of the Second World War.

Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1981. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in silver with illustrated endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Price-clipped dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear and light fading to spine. 210 pages. ISBN: 0919630405. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys [0-919630-40-5] [1981]. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 201pp. Illustrated endpapers, photographs, appendix, bibliography, index. The spine of the dust jacket is faded. Biography of George "Buzz" Beurling. Locale: Malta. (Military--Canada, Fighter Aces, Military--Canada, Spitfire, Supermarine, Supermarine Aircraft, World War 2).

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Toronto: Lester and Orpen Dennys, 1981. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 201 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "The moving account of an eccentric Canadian youth who was probably the most deadly-accurate marksman of all the pilots who flew the Spitfire in battle... well-told, diligently researched." - Major-General Richard Rohmer, CMM, DFC. Half-title page removed. Average library markings. Above-average but not excessive wear. Useful reading copy..