Alone in the Sky
by BATTEN, JEAN
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Technical Books 1979. first edition thus, octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, iii + 190pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to cover edges) in VG+ d/w (light bruising and discolouration to extremities). bookplate SIGNED by author tipped in to fep; two sheets of related ephemera loosely enclosed
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215057
- Title
- Alone in the Sky
- Author
- BATTEN, JEAN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Technical Books 1979
- Keywords
- new zealand aviation biography jean batten signed
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- First Edition
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