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Air News Yearbook
by Phillip Andrews, Editor
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1942 Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York. 1942. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is a bit loose in the hinges, square, and unmarked but for F/O name and address on the front pastedown. Book Conditin: Good: moisture marks on the front board at bottom and fore edge; wear to fabric at head, tail, and tips; tarnished gilt at spine. DJ: Fair; NOT Price Clipped ($3.75); tape repairs to front and back along top and bottom edges and flap folds; missing small pieces along top and bottom edges. Blue cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals; internal hinges are sound and not split. 264 pp 8vo oblong. For the past year (1942) the author has been soliciting photographs from noted aeronautical photographers for the most beautiful and exciting photographs of every plane type in current use from the warring nations. the 355 best were selected for this volume which includes the US Army Air Force, US Naval Air Service, and the Air Forces of Great Britain, Russia, China, Germany, Italy, and Japan. Each photograph is completely documented, not with just engine and airframe data, but with a discerning analysis of its relative position in the current world conflict. Each is printed in sheet fed gravure on fine antique paper, painting a picture of modern aviation the world over. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. No international shipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013990
- Title
- Air News Yearbook
- Author
- Phillip Andrews, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan & Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- airplanes, aircraft, World War II, aeronautical photographers, Army Air Force aircraft, RAF Aircraft, RCAF Aircraft, Chinese airplanes, Russian airplanes, Italian airplanes, Japanese airplanes, fighter aircraft, bomber aircraft, Marine Corps aviation, Coa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft;
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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