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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Above the Battle: The Personal Recollections of an R. F. C. Scout Pilot During the First World War.

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Above the Battle: The Personal Recollections of an R. F. C. Scout Pilot During the First World War.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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Toronto: Frederick D. Goodchild, 1918. 323 pp + ads, small 8vo (7 9/16" H) - maroon cloth with gold lettering and RFC insignia on spine and front board. The first Canadian edition (with Goodchild on the spine) was prepared from sheets of the American first edition (D. Appleton with '1' on last page of text and Appleton's ads at rear) with the Goodchild title page tipped-in. The author's personal reminiscences of his time in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Contents: First Experiences; Training; Overseas; France; Over the Lines; A Bomb Raid; Scrapping; Mainly About Two Seaters; A Night Stunt; Artillery Control; The Day's Work; Zep Straffing; The Somme; The Red Cross Machine. Tiny tear with crease at bottom of page 73/4, Xmas 1919 gift inscription in pencil on front free endpaper, light browning to fore-edge and bottom of textblock, darkening and a few small light stains to top of textblock, very light edgewear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light… Read More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1918. First Printing. HB. Blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, viii, 323 pp. + 3 pp. publisher's ads at rear. "Francis Vivian Drake was born in London around 1895. While a student there, he left the classrooms in 1914 to join the British cavalry. Soon afterward he transferred in 1915 to the Royal Flying Corps and later was sent to Canada to help form the Royal Canadian Air Force." This is an account of his experiences during World War I. Small numbers, in ink, top of ffep only mark in book, binding tight. Covers show edge wear, gilt lettering rubbed, edges of text block somewhat soiled. First American edition, with (1) last page of text. Book condition VG-.