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Plane Speaking A Personal View of Aviation History
by Gunston, Bill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1852601663
- ISBN 13
- 9781852601669
- Seller
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About This Item
Yeovil, Somerset, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd/Haynes Pubns. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition (?). Hardcover. 1852601663 . B&W Illustrations; 9.29 X 5.98 X 1.18 inches; 239 pages; Hard cover has light bumping. DJ has some shelf wear, rubbing/scuffing, in a mylar cover. Boards are blue with gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight. Blue end papers. Extensively illustrated with 70+ b/w photographs and drawings. "...to throw light on 45 moments in aviation history, from the first flying machines and strange deaths of WW1 fighter aces to the first jet fighter, the Comet and the ill-fated TSR 2...unfailingly entertaining collection..." .
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7407
- Title
- Plane Speaking A Personal View of Aviation History
- Author
- Gunston, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition (?)
- ISBN 10
- 1852601663
- ISBN 13
- 9781852601669
- Publisher
- Patrick Stephens Ltd/Haynes Pubns
- Place of Publication
- Yeovil, Somerset, UK
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- 1852601663, Aviation History;, Aeronautics;, Aerospace Engineering;, Transportation History;, Airplanes;, Fighter Planes;, Wars;, Air Battles;, Fighter Pilots;
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