Test Pilot
by Duke, Neville ( in collaboration with Alan W. Mitchell)
- Used
- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Allan Wingate. 1954. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ has been repaired with sticky tape which has bled through. Page edges are age-toned - common fault with this title. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 215 pages. The story of Neville Duke's life recounted in his own words and set down in collaboration with a writer friend. He was a notable fighter pilot during World War II - was a Squadron Leader by the age of 21. Post war he became a British Test Pilot. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB324622
- Title
- Test Pilot
- Author
- Duke, Neville ( in collaboration with Alan W. Mitchell)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allan Wingate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
Terms of Sale
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Adelaide Booksellers
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About Adelaide Booksellers
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Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...