Aces High. the Fighter Aces of the British and Commonwealth Air Forces in World War II
by Shores, Christopher and Williams, Clive
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Neville Spearman. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. First edition quarto llustrated with 128 black & white photographs of pilots and aircraft. With over 1000 brief biographies and operational careers of pilots who shot down five or more enemy aircraft during WWII including including Commonwealth personel, Europeans and Americans who served in the RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, SAAF and the FAA. There is a name and address of a former owner to front paste down which is hidden under the dust jacket otherwise very good and sound blue cloth hard back. The dust jacket is a trifle worn to extremeties and has very small loss to top of spine but is unclipped and preserved in clear plastic sleeve. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages .
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Aces High. the Fighter Aces of the British and Commonwealth Air Forces in World War II
- Author
- Shores, Christopher and Williams, Clive
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Neville Spearman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Aviation, Fighter Aces
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