First published in 1942 and now reissued with a new introduction by Sebastian Faulks, writer of THE FATAL ENGLISHMAN, the author's account of his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, when he was shot down and spent months in hospital to have his face and hands rebuilt.
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First published in 1942 and now reissued with a new introduction by Sebastian Faulks, writer of THE FATAL ENGLISHMAN, the author's account of his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, when he was shot down and spent months in hospital to have his face and hands rebuilt.
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Aviation-General Mass market paperback. Previous owner name and date on pre-title page. Pages browning but good considering age and use. Hillary wrote this book in 1942 after being shot down and badly burned during the Battle of Britain. A member of the RAFVR before WWII, his experiences as a fighter pilot covered the early period of WWII. He was one of the first of McIndoe's 'guinea pigs. 'As he gradually recovered from his injuries he badgered the authorities to allow him to return to operational flying which he eventually did. he was killed on active service in January, 1943 UL-XXXXXX. 184pp.
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1st edition. Hardcover. Blue boards in nice condition, gilt spine lettering, two small marks on rear board, original owner's ink name and date of Christmas 1942 on fep, along with a small embossed address and staple mark on first two leaves, pages very clean. Richard Hillary's memoir of life as an RAF pilot before and during World War Two, prior to his death on a night-training flight on 8th January 1943, is one of the classics of aviation literature. The Last Enemy was published a few months before his death, and laid into this particular copy is an article from the Sunday Express, also from January 1943, written a couple of days after Hillary's untimely death, by a reporter who had first met Hillary shortly before the war. The owner's inscription has a certain poignancy about it, being only a couple of weeks before Hillary's death.
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1st edition. Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt spine lettering in excellent condition, pages very clean, a little spotting just on the text blocks, in a very nice dustjacket, some neat internal restoration at extremities, a little rubbed to lower panel and flap folds, not price-clipped, spine slightly darkened. Overall, an attractive copy of the first impression of the author's account of his experiences as a pilot in the early years of World War Two, particularly during the Battle of Britain, a classic of aviation literature, published only a few months before Hillary's death in a night-training accident.
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