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Firebirds; Flying the Typhoon in Action
by Charles Demoulin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0874743664
- ISBN 13
- 9780874743661
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988 Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 1988. Hardcover. First Printing in the United States in 1988. Translated from the French. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light dust soiling to text block top; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good +; light edge bumping; small tear at front gutter. Red boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 225 pp 8vo. The author was a Belgian who escaped to England in 1940 when Germany invaded. Despite an injury, he earns his wings with the RAF where he is posted to Squadron 609 and is flying British Typhoons from Yorkshire. By war's end he had logged 1000 hours of flight time under many conditions and planes over a three year time before being shot down and captured by the Germans and the Russians. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010580
- Title
- Firebirds; Flying the Typhoon in Action
- Author
- Charles Demoulin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0874743664
- ISBN 13
- 9780874743661
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War II, Germany, Russian troops, RAF, Royal Air Force, Belgian, Spitfire aircraft, Typhoon Aircraft, 609 Squadron, Normandy, Arnhem, combat warfare over Europe, aerial combat, prisoner of war,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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