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Lot 790: Sold for £30 hammer

Estimate £50-£70

Powell, Wing Commander 'Sandy' - 'Men With Wings', published by Allan Wingate, London, 1957, first edition, signed and dated 1958 in ink by the author and dedicated to the racing driver Rupert Instone on the title page, blue cloth boards with dust jacket, 4to, also Kaigh, Frederick - 'Ninety-Nine and All That', signed by the author, Meynell, Alice - 'Essays', signed by the author and Buckmaster, Herbert - 'Buck's Book' with correspondence from the author on Buck's Club, London headed paper. (4)

Condition report
Men with wings - dust jacket is torn to edges and with losses. Cloth cover dirty to spine, internally good. Meynell - blue cloth cover is faded and worn, faint staining to back end papers, internally good. Kaigh - blue cloth cover faded and worn. Paper yellowed, Front hinge beginning to split internally otherwise good. Buck's Book - dust jacket has split. Light foxing to fore edge, internally good condition

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