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A Short History of Air Power
by Stokesbury, James L
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688050611
- ISBN 13
- 9780688050610
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. William Morrow & Co., 1986. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with Very Good Condition. An account of military use of the airplane over the last 75 years--a panorama of war in the air over land and sea from Libya in 1911 to the Falklands in 1982; with an analysis of the men and machines, the tactics and patterns of aerial combat--a good reference and an exciting read Blue half cloth gilt titled with ivory cloth over boards, very clean and unmarked, tight and solid; slight rubbing of bottom edges of boards; top edge of text block dust-dulled. No edgewear. Internals in Fine Condition. Clean and unmarked jacket with light chipping of spine heel, slight wear of spine head. 313 pages. 6.2 x 9.5 inches. 1986, William Morrow & Co., New York
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015306
- Title
- A Short History of Air Power
- Author
- Stokesbury, James L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0688050611
- ISBN 13
- 9780688050610
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- AIR POWER-HISTORY; AERONAUTICS, MILITARY-HISTORY;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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