Survive!
by Peter Deleo
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743270061
- ISBN 13
- 9780743270069
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster , 2005 Simon & Schuster, New York. 2005. Hardcover. Book Club Edition from First Printing plates. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumping to upper tips. DJ: Near Fine; light bumping to tips. Black boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 241 pp 8vo. In late November 1994, the author's single engine plane encountered turbulence it crashed in the Sierra Nevadas with two passengers on board. Leaving them behind, he set out for help and for the nest 13 days in subfreezing weather, with 16 broken bones, he trekked across frozen wilderness, with no emergency supplies in the search of finding civilization and bring help back to his passengers. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010965
- Title
- Survive!
- Author
- Peter Deleo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0743270061
- ISBN 13
- 9780743270069
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- LCCN
- 2004059011
- Keywords
- airplanes, small airplanes, single engine aircraft, Sierra Nevada Mountains, plane crash, Civil Air Patrol, emergency help. mountain rescue team, survival story,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.