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Hardback. Very Good.

Smithsonian Books , May 1989. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Book stamp from former owner on front pastedown, minor wear overall.

Washinton, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press - Summit Books - Simon & Schuster, Incl, 1989. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 7 1/4" x 9 3/4. 168 Pages Indexed. Nine red lines of owner's name and address on the front endpaper. Top corners very lightly bumped. Beyond this is an As New book with flawless interior text and illustration pages. For forty years the Canberra has been a familiar sight in England and around the world in war and peace. This illustrated book tells the story of the many successes of this classic aircraft. The Canberra, Britain's first jet bomber, was a replacement for the Mosquito. Its introduction to service was a very low-key affair until the Korean War proved that the new swept-wing MiG-15 jet fighters of the communist countries had outdated, almost at a stroke, the West's piston-engined bombers, such as the B-29 and B-50. Britain needed a jet bomber, capable of holding its own with the new generation of fighters. Canberra was put… Read More

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. First U.S. Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. AS NEW IN DJ.

Airlife Publishing Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 1853100498 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

?Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1988. First Edition. vg++/vg++. fine book vg++ dw 1st ? Airlife Publishing Ltd 1988 hardcover In stock shipped our UK warehouse

Airlife, [Shrewsbury],, [1988]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1989 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor reading wear to book and dust jacket. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. B/w illustrations. Index. 168 pp..

Smithsonian, 1989., 1989. 1st ed. 168p. Photos. Fine/Fine copy. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Book.

Airlife Publishing 1988. EX-LIBRARY, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1988. First Edition. . Cloth. Vg/Vg. 168pp. Profusely illus. Size: 4to

Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1988. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9¾” x 7¼” (1 kg); 168pp; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs; Glossary; ISBN: 1-853-10049-8 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #190885|| Condition:

England: Airlife. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 1853100498 . With many illustrations, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 250 x 190mm; [viii], 168 pages .

London: Airlife, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [160]p; illustrated. Subjects: Canberra (Bombers). Canberra (Bomber); Aircraft - Landplanes. English Electric Canberra aeroplanes. Genre: Illustrated.

Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1988-07-01. Hardcover. Like New. 1.9985 cent in x 24.3815 cent in x 18.9856 cent in.

Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1988. A definitive record of the operational history of these versatile aircraft, from inception in 1944 to the survivors of 1988. 168 pages + prelims. Many b/w photographs. Condition: The jacket has a small tear to the top edge. The book has slight browning to the page edges, but is otherwise clean and unmarked. Blue boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 25 Cm x 19 Cm.

Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1988. 1st edition. As New. lge. octavo. dust jacket 168pp., b/w pls., index, ÔDefinitive record of the operational history of these versatile aircraft, from inception in 1944 to the survivors of 1988. This book accurately traces each progressive stage of development of the Canberra that took place, as ever-increasing demands were made upon it to perform such diverse tasks as high and low altitude bombing, training, & photo reconnaissance