Bob Thorpe, Sky Fighter in Italy
by Austin Bishop (Austin Parker)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Castroville , Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bob Thorpe, Sky Fighter in Italy, by Austin BIshop. The author was actually Austin Parker, an American who flew with the French Air Force in World War I (see his profile in Nordhoff and Hall, Lafayette Flying Corps). He also flew with the Italian Air Force in WWI. Blue cloth hardback book in good condition; general wear, age toning. Otherwise spine and pages are good. Spine cocked. Numerous illustrations by John R. Neill. No dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yankeeflier (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1012
- Title
- Bob Thorpe, Sky Fighter in Italy
- Author
- Austin Bishop (Austin Parker)
- Illustrator
- John R. Neill
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Co
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- WWII, Aviation, US Air Service
Terms of Sale
Yankeeflier
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Yankeeflier
Biblio member since 2017
Castroville , Texas
About Yankeeflier
Specializing in military and aviation titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....