Aviation: The First Seventy Years
by Blake, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/good
- ISBN 10
- 0856740209
- ISBN 13
- 9780856740206
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Triune Books, 1973. Not stated. Hardcover. Good +/good. Young, John. 144 pages with record tables, lavishly illustrated in color. A history of aviation from the flight of the Wright Brothers to the early 1970s. Light blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Cover is in good condition with a little fading along edges, slight tain at leading edge of bottom corner, small stains at back cover bottom edge, minor bumping of spine ends and corners, mark which looks like it might be paint at top of spine, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. White illustrated dust jacket shows some spotting and a little scrubbing,particularly at spine, short closed tear at top of front jacket , light edge creases, split along inner fold leading edge, not clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01526
- Title
- Aviation
- Author
- Blake, John
- Illustrator
- Young, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not stated
- ISBN 10
- 0856740209
- ISBN 13
- 9780856740206
- Publisher
- Triune Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- aviation, history, military, commercial aircraft,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
Terms of Sale
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
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