A Racing Plane's Own Story
by Lansing C. Holden
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Poor
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Edith Holden Webster, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lansing C. Holden. First printing. Gilt spine lettering and Racing Plane on blue front board in a pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial end papers. 8vo, 17pp. A near fine short book with well drawn illustrations. A very interesting personal aviation story - from the viewpoint of the plane! The dust jacket's Racing Plane front panel illustration is very good, but the spine, edges and corners of the DJ are chipped or torn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- NWJBOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004354
- Title
- A Racing Plane's Own Story
- Author
- Lansing C. Holden
- Illustrator
- Lansing C. Holden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Edith Holden Webster
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 17
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- nonfiction; aviation; air racing
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
NWJBOOKS
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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