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Banshees in the Royal Canadian Navy
by Mills, Carl [Signed]; RCN Bansheeites
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 096952000X
- ISBN 13
- 9780969520009
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: Banshee Publication, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Signed [Carl] and inscribed to a local military museum by author upon front free endpaper. 306, [14] pages. Index of Stories. General Index. Chronology. List of Abbreviations. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Author "took five years to research and produce this book. As most RCN photo negatives and files had been systematically destroyed, the majority of the 550 book stories evolved from interviews and correspondence with nearly 300 Bansheeites and the photos were borrowed from many personal collections." - dust jacket. Small library stamps and bit of writing atop front endpapers otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this excellent Banshee reference. Cooke [3e] p.108.
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 515H4327
- Title
- Banshees in the Royal Canadian Navy
- Author
- Mills, Carl [Signed]; RCN Bansheeites
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 096952000X
- ISBN 13
- 9780969520009
- Publisher
- Banshee Publication
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Banshee (jet Fighter plane), Aeronautics - Military - Canada - History, Royal Canadian Navy - Aviation - history, R.C.N., VF870 Squadron, VF871 Squadron, HMCS Bonaventure, Sidewinder, VX10
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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