The Falling Leaf. Translated from the German by Paul Findlay.

The Falling Leaf. Translated from the German by Paul Findlay.
Request an Image

1956 · London

by Gaiser, Gerd.
London: Collins, 1956. Octavo, black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 255 pp. Near-Fine, with bookplate, in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with hairline tear and lightly rubbed edges. From dust jacket : This is the story of the opposite numbers to the men who fought the Battle of Britain -- the members of a German Fighter Command Group when the Luftwaffe was fighting in defence of its homeland with the war irretrievably lost. Over-taxed, outnumbered, under-equipped, they cannot yet realise that all the victories they have won no longer have any meaning, that the end is certain. The daily round goes on as before-- battles over land and sea, rest, play, postings, death -- and there is no reason to face the truth which the battered Squadron leader at length grimly announces... (Inventory #: 4603bd)
Lighthouse Books
Offered by

Lighthouse Books

14046 Fifth Street
Dade City, FL 33525
email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
phone number(727) 822-3278
Specializing in Floridiana, Americana, Caribbean/Latin American History, Southern Literature, Children's Books, Maps, General Antiquarian, Appraisals
More from this seller
The True and Perfecte Nevves of the Woorthy and Valiaunt Exploytes, Performed and Doone by that Valiant Knight Syr Frauncis Drake: Not Onely at Sancto Domingo, and Carthagena, but Also Nowe at Cales, and Uppon the Coast of Spayne, 1587. Now Reproduced in Facismile from the Original Edition in the Private Library of Henry C. Taylor, Esq. With an Introduction, Notes, and a Bibliography of English Military Books by David W. Waters, F. R. Hist. S. Lt. Comdr., R.N. [Americanum Nauticum Number Three].

The True and Perfecte Nevves of the Woorthy and Valiaunt Exploytes, Performed and Doone by that Valiant Knight Syr Frauncis Drake: Not Onely at Sancto Domingo, and Carthagena, but Also Nowe at Cales, and Uppon the Coast of Spayne, 1587. Now Reproduced in Facismile from the Original Edition in the Private Library of Henry C. Taylor, Esq. With an Introduction, Notes, and a Bibliography of English Military Books by David W. Waters, F. R. Hist. S. Lt. Comdr., R.N. [Americanum Nauticum Number Three].

by Greepe, Thomas.

Hartford : Printed for Henry Taylor by Carl Purington Rollins, 1955. One of 560 Copies. , 1955560
(click for more details about The True and Perfecte Nevves of the Woorthy and Valiaunt Exploytes, Performed and Doone by that Valiant Knight Syr Frauncis Drake: Not Onely at Sancto Domingo, and Carthagena, but Also Nowe at Cales, and Uppon the Coast of Spayne, 1587. Now Reproduced in Facismile from the Original Edition in the Private Library of Henry C. Taylor, Esq. With an Introduction, Notes, and a Bibliography of English Military Books by David W. Waters, F. R. Hist. S. Lt. Comdr., R.N. [Americanum Nauticum Number Three].)
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz.
First Edition 

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz.

by Dickens, Charles.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form with ‘S. Veller’ on page 342, line 5; ‘this friends’ for ‘his frie , 1837342540021432
(click for more details about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz.)
View all from this seller>

The ABAA
Promise

You can be confident that when you make a purchase through ABAA.org, the item is sold by an ABAA member in full compliance with our Code of Ethics. Our sellers guarantee your order will be shipped promptly and that all items are as described. Buy with confidence through ABAA.org.