Howard Hughes and His Flying Boat
by Charles Barton
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 081686456X
- ISBN 13
- 9780816864560
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Aero/TAB Books, 1982 Aero/TAB Books, Blue Ridge Summit PA. 1982. Softcover/ Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition/4th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmared but for a gift inscription on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to tips; slight edge wear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 272 pp 4to. More than a book about the world's largest airplane, this is a book about the man. For the first time, large numbers of former Hughes employees and close associates talk about their famous boss. This is the story of Hughes the aviator and designer of unusual airplanes during a fascinating era in aviation history. In addition to first-hand reminiscences of many who knew and worked for him, this book is based on previously unpublished documentary material. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013276
- Title
- Howard Hughes and His Flying Boat
- Author
- Charles Barton
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 081686456X
- ISBN 13
- 9780816864560
- Publisher
- Aero/TAB Books
- Place of Publication
- Blue Ridge Summit, PA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- HOWARD HUGHES, HUGHES TOOL COMPANY, AVIATION, EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANES, SPRUCE GOOSE, FLYING BOAT, AIRPLANE DESIGNERS, Airplane BUILDERS, R. ROSEMONT ENTERPRISES INC., United States Army, Senate Testimony,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Biographies;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.