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Alex in Wonderland; A Life of High Adventure from War-torn Europe to the World of Aviation
by Sandor (Alex) Kvassay (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 087026091X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870260919
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Tucson, AZ: Westernlore Press, 1995 Westernlore Press, Tucson, AZ. 1995. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; slight wear to top of front board. DJ: Very Good; sunfading to spine; light wear to head, tail, and tips. Red leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 250 pp 8vo. The author is well-known for his extraordinary success as an international marketer of business jets but little is know about how he got there especially from a life torn between the Germans and the Russians in WWII Hungary. From military intelligence to Beach was a jump but so to Learjet as head of export. This book is not just about the author but also about aircraft companies, heads of state, industrialists, and the aviation world in general. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008912
- Title
- Alex in Wonderland; A Life of High Adventure from War-torn Europe to the World of Aviation
- Author
- Sandor (Alex) Kvassay (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 087026091X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870260919
- Publisher
- Westernlore Press
- Place of Publication
- Tucson, AZ
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- aviation, Canadair, Learjet, Beach Aircraft, Gates Learjet, Budapest Hungary, WWII, cold war, communism, military intelligence, aircraft sales, aircraft industry, corporate aviation,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Kansas Related; Autobiography;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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