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CONQUERING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL by PUMPHREY, George H
First Edition
- Bookseller: Clent Books of Bewdley
 (GB)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 5509
- Format/binding: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Abelard-Schuman
- Place: London
- Date published: 1965
- Keywords: History English Channel Bleriot Captain webb Channel Tunnel Ballon flight Fred Baldasare hovercraft air ballon airplane shipping maritime
- Subjects:
TRANSPORTATION / General;
Book Description
London: Abelard-Schuman, 1965. Book in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in good condition, four 1" closed tears at top edge, bottom and top edges slightly rubbed. Price clipped. 158pp. With 14 black-and-white photographs, 3 maps and 2 line drawings. The many schemes for a Channel tunnel are told. There are the stories of the first airplane flight by Bleriot, and the first crossing by hovercraft. An account of the first balloon crossing in 1765, and of the people who have succeeded in swimming the Channel. ,. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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