Understanding Gliding The Principles of Soaring Flight
by Piggott, Derek
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0713616407
- ISBN 13
- 9780713616408
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Barnes & Noble Imports. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1977. Cloth. 0713616407 . Green cloth boards, wear to the corners and spine ends. An ex-library copy with stamps and reside sticker from the pocket. Tightly bound, no internal marks. The DJ has been laminated. "An illustrated manual on gliding, which demonstrates the basic principles of gliding, and discusses the rival merits of the various types of brakes and launching methods, and what maintains, or disturbs, the stability of a glider in flight." ; B&W Illustrations; 9.92 X 7.80 X 1.18 inches; 260 pages .
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- Seller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13885
- Title
- Understanding Gliding The Principles of Soaring Flight
- Author
- Piggott, Derek
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0713616407
- ISBN 13
- 9780713616408
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Imports
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 0713616407, Gliding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports & Recreation;
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