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Reach for the Sky
by Brickhill, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1954. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Biography of Douglas Bader, who lost both is legs in an air crash in 1931 & came back to become an ace fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain. Orig. published in Britain, this is the FIRST US EDITION, first printing, from 1954. The hardcover book has blue cloth-covered boards with slightly faded gilt lettering to spine, in312 pages, with black-and-white photos throughout. Condition is VG: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages off white with a whisper of tanning to edges; some spotting/light areas to spine, bumping at both ends of spine, slight rubbing to extremities. The DJ has the price intact, clipped at bottom (not bce), with slight edgewear, rubbing, light soil. Nicely protected in new mylar cover free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018612
- Title
- Reach for the Sky
- Author
- Brickhill, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- AVIATORS AVIATION FIGHTER PILOTS HANDICAPPED DISABLED DISABILITY LAME PROSTHETIC LEGS BIOGRAPHY ENGLISH ENGLAND WORLD WAR II WWII BATTLE OF BRITAIN POW CAPTURE ESCAPE PLANES
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- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Transportation: Planes/Trains/Automobiles/Boats/Motorcycles/Bikes; Military Studies/War;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....