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The History Of Aeronautics In Great Britain From The Earliest Times To The Latter Half Of The Nineteenth Century
by Hodgson, J. E
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- Hardcover
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Mansfield Centre, Conn.: Martino Publishing, 1999. Facsimile Reprint. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt rules and text stamping on the spine. A thick, small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 8 1/2" with wrinkling to the upper fore corners of the last 40 +/- pages (the index) due to exposure to humidity. Without a dust jacket as issued. 436 pages including an index, appendices, bibliography and text. Illustrated with earlier works of art. A facsimile reprint of the original 1924 printing by Oxford University Press of London.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB27397
- Title
- The History Of Aeronautics In Great Britain From The Earliest Times To The Latter Half Of The Nineteenth Century
- Author
- Hodgson, J. E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Martino Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Mansfield Centre, Conn.
- Date Published
- 1999
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