BAILOUT, The Story of Parachuting and Skydiving,
by Don Dwiggins
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers & barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Crowell-Collier Press, publishers, New York © 1969 hardcover, 5¾" x 8½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers & barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Don Dwiggins's rousing history of parachuting, accompanied by dozens of dramatic photographs, includes accounts of the stranger-than-fiction adventures of those who pioneered the use of parachutes as tactical and life-saving equipment during wartime, as a device for recovering space vehicles, and as standard gear for the most daring sport of all - skydiving.
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Details
- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 37027
- Title
- BAILOUT, The Story of Parachuting and Skydiving,
- Author
- Don Dwiggins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 5¾" x 8½", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers & barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Crowell-Collier Press, publishers, New York
- Date Published
- © 1969
- Pages
- 196 pages
- Keywords
- Outdoor recreations Airplanes Parachuting Skydiving Army Caterpillar Club
Terms of Sale
Pegasus Book Orphanage
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Pegasus Book Orphanage
Biblio member since 2016
McCrae, Victoria
About Pegasus Book Orphanage
On-line bookstore operating for 20+ years.
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