Balus: The Aeroplane in Papua New Guinea. Volume III Wings of a Nation.
by Sinclair, James
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1862730474
- ISBN 13
- 9781862730472
- Seller
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Bathurst: Robert Brown & Associates, 1990. VOLUME 3 ONLY. xi +352 pp, illustrated throughout with b&w and colour photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Cloth boards in jacket. Light foxing to page edges/endpapers, prev owner name whited out front free endpaper, small bookseller label inside front cover. SIGNED by author on half title page . Volume I covered the story of modern civil aviation in Papua New Guinea from the end of the Second World War to 1960, the year in which Qantas left PNG. The second volume (Volume II) continues the account to 1976, with its central theme the story of Talair and its rise to the position of one of the largest third-level operators in the world. This third and final volume in the Balus trilogy brings the story up to date including the growth of a national airline, Air Niugini.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051204
- Title
- Balus: The Aeroplane in Papua New Guinea. Volume III Wings of a Nation.
- Author
- Sinclair, James
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1862730474
- ISBN 13
- 9781862730472
- Publisher
- Robert Brown & Associates
- Place of Publication
- Bathurst
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- TALAIR HISTORY AERONAUTICS PAPUA NEW GUINEA AVIATION TERRITORY AIRLINES DENNIS BUCHANAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pacific; Aviation; Papua & New Guinea;
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Lawrence Jones
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