SMITH, Frederick E.
633 Squadron.
633 Squadron.
Stock Code 123275
London, Hutchinson, 1956.
review copy
This tale of a 'brilliant air ace' in the Second World War was the basis for the 1964 film of the same name.First edition, first impression, review copy; 8vo; faint offsetting to endpapers; publisher's dark blue cloth, titles to spine silver, top edge of upper cover bumped, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, spine panel tanned, minor creasing to extremities; very good.
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