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Hornet's Sting.
by ROBINSON, Derek
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG++/F/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK "WHISTLE BOOKS 2008 EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2008* Publisher: Whistle Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. Slight bump to tail of spine, no rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used if at all. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 406 pp. text. iv pp. blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Set in 1917 just before the Passchendale offensive, it follows Hornet Squadron as it pursues a policy summed up by one former aviator as "sending obsolescent machines deep into German-held territory" ~ without parachutes, of course. The wastage of pilots is high and in many ways the novel is Journey's End in the skies, except that Robinson has the gift of showing the excitement of flying and that not everyone was fighting for lofty principles of King and Country ~.. fans of Goshawk Squadron will welcome the return of the cynical Major Woolley.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1621
- Title
- Hornet's Sting.
- Author
- ROBINSON, Derek
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn. Thus, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- Whistle Books, Bristol.
- Place of Publication
- Bristol, UK 410
- Date Published
- 2008-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Shelf Wear
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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