JOHNNY CHECKETTS: THE ROAD TO BIGGIN HILL: A gripping story of courage in the air and evasion on the ground by Vincent Orange - 2007-06

Hardback. Very Good.

Grub Street Publishing. nice copy of the first edition; name on endpaper . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 2006.

London: Grub Street, 2006. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 192pp. The story of Johnny Checketts, one of the great fighter pilots of World War II, from New Zealand, who was shot down in 1943 but avoided capture and returned to Britain. This amended and updated edition of his story tells of his time in the RNZAF and of his return to Britain through France.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Amended & updated. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2006 (1986) * Publisher: Grub Street Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Mono photo illustrated dust wrapper showing Johnny Checketts in New Zealand Airforce Uniform. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £16.00. Green, white and maroon titles to face and white to maroon spine strip. No visible faults, now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. FINE * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: One 8pp. block of b/w photos, with line drawn maps to end papers.* Pages: 174 pp. text. xviii pp. afterword, notes, bibliography, index & blank page at rear.* Description: Johnny Checketts, widely recognised as one of the great fighter pilots of World War II, was… Read More

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