ROCKETS OF THE NAVY
by BERGAUST, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1959. BERGAUST, Erik. ROCKETS OF THE NAVY. Foreword by Rare Admiral William F. Raborn. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1959]. Quarto, pictorial cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. The first complete roundup of photographs of all the principal rockets & missiles used by the U.S. Navy at this point in the Cold War. Signed presentation from Bergaust on the front endpaper: "To Loris Perry, with best regards, Erik." With an ink stamp on the front endpaper stating that this title was withdrawn from the Intrepid Air & Space Museum Library. Very Good (little spotting covers; contents clean & tight); little edgewear & rubbing (few small tears with minor interior mends with clear tape, price-clipped) d/j. $85.00.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2044
- Title
- ROCKETS OF THE NAVY
- Author
- BERGAUST, Eric
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1959
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About the Seller
Antic Hay Books
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Asbury Park, New Jersey
About Antic Hay Books
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