ADVENTURE WITH FATE : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by PENROSE, HARALD
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0906393361
- ISBN 13
- 9780906393369
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SHREWSBURY, UK: AIRLIFE. BOUND IN PERFECT BLUE CLOTH WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 1984 FIRST EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET (UNCLIPPED). (V1)/394pp WITH 12 CHAPTERS AND INDEX. NUMEROUS B/W PHOTOS OF AIRCRAFT; FRONT PANEL OF JACKET HAS COLOUR PAINTING OF A "PTERODACTYL" BY LYNN WILLIAMS. PENROSE BECAME MANAGER OF WESTLAND IN 1928 AN SUSEQUENTLY CHIEF TEST PILOT. HE HAS FLOWS OVER 400 TYPES OF AIRCRAFT, AND IS ALSO A NAVAL ARCHITECT, AND HAS WRITTEN TEN BOOKS. CONDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1984.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0020222222245
- Title
- ADVENTURE WITH FATE : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Author
- PENROSE, HARALD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0906393361
- ISBN 13
- 9780906393369
- Publisher
- AIRLIFE
- Place of Publication
- SHREWSBURY, UK
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 394
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- "ADVENTURE WITH FATE ; AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY" BY HARALD PENROSE, 8vo HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED BY AIRLIFE IN 1984. CONDITION VG/VG
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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