Boston: World Peace Foundation, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Good octavo hardcover in silver cloth binding without dust jacket. Some wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and light scuffing to covers. Some browning along upper edge of front cover. Page edges are lightly browned. Bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown endpaper. 143 pages with appendix, selected bibliography, and index. An early look at air power and strategic bombing.

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Bookseller: Motte & Bailey, Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8217
Title: Ahriman : A Study in Air Bombardment
Author: Spaulding, Oliver Lyman
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: World Peace Foundation
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1939
Bookseller catalogs: Military History;

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