1996, ISBN: 9780091792114

London: Hutchinson, 1996. x, + 309pp., plus 1 x 8 page, colour and b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves c… Mehr…

London: Hutchinson, 1996. x, + 309pp., plus 1 x 8 page, colour and b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean, small remainder spot to lower text-block edge. Art-illustrated (detail from 'The Lament for Icarus', by Herbert Draper) dustjacket negligibly surface indented only. From the jacket flap: "This is a book about three extraordinary lives. Christopher Wood, a beautiful young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world has seen. He went to Paris in 1921, at the age of 19 . . . In the last months of his 29-year life, he fought a ravening opium addiction to succeed in claiming a place in the history of English painting; Richard Hillary, confident, handsome and argumentative, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned . . . He begged to be allowed to return to flying, and died mysteriously in a night training operation, aged 23; Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1934, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden . . . he was by common comment the cleverest Englishman of his generation, but left All Souls to become a hack reporter. At the height of the Cold War he was sent to Moscow . . . " Book weight approx. 685g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, 2nd Impression.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +., Hutchinson, 1996, 3<

1996, ISBN: 0091792118

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[EAN: 9780091792114], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 5.05], [PU: Hutchinson], ISBN 0091792118, BIOGRAPHY, ART, COLD WAR, WORLD WAR TWO, AVIATION, ART, Jacket, Imitation cloth, dj, F/… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780091792114], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 5.05], [PU: Hutchinson], ISBN 0091792118, BIOGRAPHY, ART, COLD WAR, WORLD WAR TWO, AVIATION, ART, Jacket, Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. x+309pp, 8pp colour & b/w plates showing 21 images, spine of the dustjacket sunned, otherwise a fine copy. A biography of three Englishmen who led short, but extraordinary lives - Christopher Wood, the painter - Richard Hillary, the flying ace - Jeremy Wolfenden, the reporter & spy. 700 grams., Books<

1996, ISBN: 0091792118

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[EAN: 9780091792114], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.94], [PU: Hutchinson], ISBN 0091792118, BIOGRAPHY, ART, COLD WAR, WORLD WAR TWO, AVIATION, ART, Jacket, Imitation cloth, dj, F/… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780091792114], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.94], [PU: Hutchinson], ISBN 0091792118, BIOGRAPHY, ART, COLD WAR, WORLD WAR TWO, AVIATION, ART, Jacket, Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. x+309pp, 8pp colour & b/w plates showing 21 images, spine of the dustjacket sunned, otherwise a fine copy. A biography of three Englishmen who led short, but extraordinary lives - Christopher Wood, the painter - Richard Hillary, the flying ace - Jeremy Wolfenden, the reporter & spy. 700 grams., Books<