MAN'S FLIGHT TO FLY: Famous World-Record Flights and a Chronology of Aviation
by Heinmuller, John P. V./Rickenbacker, Captain Eddie (Foreword)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1944. 366 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ titles in gilt; title on spine rubbed. Light rubbing to corners w/ approx. 1/2" closed tear to top of spine. SIGNED BY JOHN P. V. HEINMULLER ON FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Adolphe Bernasconi. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24402AV
- Title
- MAN'S FLIGHT TO FLY: Famous World-Record Flights and a Chronology of Aviation
- Author
- Heinmuller, John P. V./Rickenbacker, Captain Eddie (Foreword)
- Illustrator
- Adolphe Bernasconi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Company
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- AVIATION HISTORY AIRPLANES AIRCRAFTS FLIGHTS BIOGRAPHY AERONAUTICS TRANSPORTATION NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED PHOTOGRAPHS DRAWINGS BERNASCONI ADOLPHE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Aviation;
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- Cloth
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