Return of the Enola Gay
by TIBBETS, Paul W
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New Hope, PA: Enola Gay Remembered, Inc, 2004. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 339pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. A handsome and tight "60th Anniversary Restoration Edition" observing the restoration of the iconic airplane. Inner flyleaf WW2 image shows Tibbets together with his navigator (Theodore Van Kirk) at left and bombardier at right, and below the navigator's likeness he boldly signs "Dutch Van Kirk" in blue fineline. A World War Two classic about the dropping of the first atomic bomb, first published in 1998.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48322
- Title
- Return of the Enola Gay
- Author
- TIBBETS, Paul W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Enola Gay Remembered, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New Hope, PA
- Date Published
- 2004
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Military History; Aviation;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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