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Virtue in Flying: A Biography of Pioneer Aviator Kieth Virtue
by Joan Priest
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good, edge wear to boards, corners and tail of spine bumped, light foxing to text block./Very Good jacket, light edge wear, gently rubbed, 1/2in tear to front panel head edge.
- ISBN 10
- 0207132305
- ISBN 13
- 9780207132308
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Australia: Angus & Albertson Pubishers, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. Grey paper boards with white lettering to cover and spine. Very Good, edge wear to boards, corners and tail of spine bumped, light foxing to text block./Very Good jacket, light edge wear, gently rubbed, 1/2in tear to front panel head edge.. First Edition. A biography of Kieth Virtue, an aviation pioneer who was active throughout the 1930s. Virtue had over 23,000 flying hours and helped to found New England Airways.
Endpaper signed by Joan Priest and Keith Virtue, Inscribed by Joan Priest.
Text reads:
"Joan Priest
Kieth Virtue
September 1975
For Jaye Don Yule,
With my love,
Joan"
Included are three newspaper clippings containing a review of the book by David Rowbotham, a post humous list of Keith Virtue's "finest moments" by aviation writer, Alan Underwood, and a short summary of the book by an unnamed writer.
Endpaper signed by Joan Priest and Keith Virtue, Inscribed by Joan Priest.
Text reads:
"Joan Priest
Kieth Virtue
September 1975
For Jaye Don Yule,
With my love,
Joan"
Included are three newspaper clippings containing a review of the book by David Rowbotham, a post humous list of Keith Virtue's "finest moments" by aviation writer, Alan Underwood, and a short summary of the book by an unnamed writer.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 607
- Title
- Virtue in Flying
- Author
- Joan Priest
- Format/Binding
- Octavo. Grey paper boards with white lettering to cover and spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good, edge wear to boards, corners and tail of spine bumped, light foxing to text block.
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good jacket, light edge wear, gently rubbed, 1/2in tear to front panel head edge.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0207132305
- ISBN 13
- 9780207132308
- Publisher
- Angus & Albertson Pubishers
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Kieth virtue, Joan priest, aviation, flying, Australia, aircraft, aviator, biography, technology, New England airways, Australian airways, aviators, history, advancement
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