FLYING LEGENDS; A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE GREAT PISTON AIRCRAFT OF WW11
by Holmes, Tony
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0952958805
- ISBN 13
- 9780952958802
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Wheathampstead, UK: The Plane Picture Company. Bound in perfect blue buckram cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine, this 1996 hardcover First Edition is VG in VG dustjacket(unclipped). V111/243pp with Foreword, Introduction, Prologue, 20 Chapters, Numerous full-page very sharp colour plates of 20 famous WW2 planes, plus Aircraft and Pilot Guide, Bibliography and Autor's Note. Condition all VG. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1996.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0017746
- Title
- FLYING LEGENDS; A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE GREAT PISTON AIRCRAFT OF WW11
- Author
- Holmes, Tony
- Illustrator
- Dibbs, John M.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0952958805
- ISBN 13
- 9780952958802
- Publisher
- The Plane Picture Company
- Place of Publication
- Wheathampstead, UK
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- A Photo Study of the Great Aircraft of WW2
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- Gilt
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- Buckram
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- 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....
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