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Air War South Atlantic
by Jeffrey Ethell, Alfred Price
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good +
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1983 Macmillan Publishing Company, New York. 1983. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to board edges; scattered black splash spots on textblock top. DJ: Good +; small closed tears to top of both panels; wear to head, tail, and tips; suntanning to spine; light rubbing to panels. Black paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 232 pp 8vo. This book, for the first time, tells the full story of the air actions which took place during the Falkland Island conflict in the spring of 1982. This book is the result of interviews with Argentine an British servicemen who flew during the conflict, or witnessed, or otherwise played a part in the air actions. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Seller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 016385
- Title
- Air War South Atlantic
- Author
- Jeffrey Ethell, Alfred Price
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Falklands, Falkland Islands, Falklands War, Royal Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Argentine Air Force, air operations, air-to-air combat, Argentine Navy, General Belgrano, Exocet missile attacks, Vulcan Bombers, Super Etendard aircraft, Sir Galahad, Si
- 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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- Tail
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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