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British Aviation: Great War and Armistice, 1915-19
by Penrose, Harald
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0370001281
- ISBN 13
- 9780370001289
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About This Item
London, UK: Putnam, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 622pp, with monochrome photographic illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Sun fading to top front board. Blue sprayed top text block edge, other edges tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. Charts the problem Britain was faced with of converting the activities of the aviation pioneers into a major industry producing tens of thousands of aircraft to meet the urgent requirements of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service and, subsequently, the newly-formed Royal Air Force. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010782
- Title
- British Aviation: Great War and Armistice, 1915-19
- Author
- Penrose, Harald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0370001281
- ISBN 13
- 9780370001289
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Aviation history, First World War,
- X weight
- 1.2 kg
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- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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