Live Infinitely, Speak Wisely, Think Radically
by Oakes, William J. (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued
- ISBN 10
- 1439264732
- ISBN 13
- 9781439264737
- Seller
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About This Item
[Mammoth Lakes, CA]: Privately Published / McMac Publications, 2009. This is the SCARCE HARDCOVER edition, with several pieces of interesting ephemera laid-in. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page with "Best Regards, Bill" (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Fine condition. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Autobiography of this aeronautical engineer who worked for Convair Aircraft in San Diego and then for Northrop Aircraft in Hawthorne, CA with overseas assignments in Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. Laid-in is a 24-page photo-essay pamphlet of the author's 1947 Christmas message to his parents from the MIT campus. Also laid-in are multi-page fold-outs showing the author's "life's chronology" and the Oakes family geneology as of 2009. 8.25" wide by 10.25" tall. Bound in the original pictorial laminated boards. . SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. ii, 152pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025652
- Title
- Live Infinitely, Speak Wisely, Think Radically
- Author
- Oakes, William J. (signed)
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket, as issued
- Edition
- 1st ed? (No additional printings listed)
- ISBN 10
- 1439264732
- ISBN 13
- 9781439264737
- Publisher
- Privately Published / McMac Publications
- Place of Publication
- [Mammoth Lakes, CA]
- Date Published
- 2009
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Aviation / Aeronautics / Space Travel;
- Size
- ii, 152pp
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