A Summer Bright and Terrible: Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, and the Impossible Triumph of the Battle of Britain
by Fisher, David E
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1593760477
- ISBN 13
- 9781593760472
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Berkley. California: Shoemaker & Hoard , 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 287 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a tan and brown dust jacket. There is light wear to the dust jacket, which is bumped at the edges and lightly rubbed. The text is clean and sound. Illustrated with historical photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050542
- Title
- A Summer Bright and Terrible: Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, and the Impossible Triumph of the Battle of Britain
- Author
- Fisher, David E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1593760477
- ISBN 13
- 9781593760472
- Publisher
- Shoemaker & Hoard
- Place of Publication
- Berkley. California
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- 2005; David E. Fisher; Winston Churchill; Lord Hugh Dowding; Battle of Britain; World War II; Royal Air Force; Great Britain; Military History; Biography; Aviation.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation; World War II; Great Britain;
- X weight
- 1.5 lb
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Fine
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