Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autobiography by the commander of the Tuskegee Airmen, famous for their flying skills and their trials in the U.S. military in the '40s. He retired as a three-star general. With a foreword by L. Douglas Wilder. Tight and crisp copy with very light wear to boards and very faint smudging on bottom page ends. Else clean inside and out. Dust jacket has slight corner bumping and top spine has some creasing. Creasing along edges of back cover with a little chipping on bottom. Red of spine has faded somewhat. Nice copy.

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Seller: Texas Star Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 002483
Title: Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. American
Author: Benjamin O. Davis, Jr
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
ISBN 10: 0874747422
ISBN 13: 9780874747423
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
Date Published: 1991
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: GENERALS, U. S. ARMY, U.S. AIR FORCE, TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, AFRICAN AMERICAN AFRICAN-AMERICANS
Bookseller catalogs: World War II; Military History; Biography - War Figures;

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...