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THE GLIDER GLADIATORS OF WORLD WAR II, A HISTORICAL NOVEL. (SIGNED)
by Perna, Albert F
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Freeman, South Dakota: Pine Hill Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Freeman, SD: Pine Hill Press, 1970. First edition. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. xv, 383. White photographic and illustrated paper dust jacket with black titles. Blue cloth with titles in black. Includes appendix. Color illustration of Glider Gladiator shoulder patch, two pages of photos, photo on dedication and title page, one text sketch.
Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. In complete dust jacket which has some wear along the top edge and bottom rear. Some light general wear, square and tight.
The author was a former combat glider pilot. Novel which "discloses love affairs, personal anecdotes, rigid-trtaining and militarty air-grouind missions up to and including the Allied invasion of Sicily" [dust jacket].
Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. In complete dust jacket which has some wear along the top edge and bottom rear. Some light general wear, square and tight.
The author was a former combat glider pilot. Novel which "discloses love affairs, personal anecdotes, rigid-trtaining and militarty air-grouind missions up to and including the Allied invasion of Sicily" [dust jacket].
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 603
- Title
- THE GLIDER GLADIATORS OF WORLD WAR II, A HISTORICAL NOVEL. (SIGNED)
- Author
- Perna, Albert F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pine Hill Press
- Place of Publication
- Freeman, South Dakota
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Military Fiction, Historical novels World War II
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
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