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Battle of Britain Day: 15th September 1940
by Price, Alfred
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0283999055
- ISBN 13
- 9780283999055
- Seller
-
Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990. First edition. Hardback. Good/Fair. Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1990. First edition. Book condition: good - just a little shelf wear and front paste-down coming slightly adrift at hinge, otherwise tightly bound and clean - just a little tanning to the paper. Dust jacket condition: fair. Unclipped but with some shelf wear and creasing around the edges, spine a little creased and a small hole (approx 4mm x 2mm) to rear. Some general scuffing and occasional light soiling. This book tells the story of the momentous events of 15th September 1940, seen through the eyes of more than sixty of those who witnessed them in the air or on the ground. Alfred Price served as an aircrew officer in the RAF and, during a flying career spanning fifteen years, logged some 4,000 flying hours. Illustrated with b&w photos and maps etc
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1302939
- Title
- Battle of Britain Day: 15th September 1940
- Author
- Price, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0283999055
- ISBN 13
- 9780283999055
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- History,Military History,Second World War,Battle of Britain,RAF
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ariadne Books
Biblio member since 2018
Eynsham, Oxfordshire
About Ariadne Books
We carry a broad selection of books but specialise in Small Press Books, Books printed by Letterpress, Signed First Editions, Nature & Natural History, Illustrated Books, Interesting Antiquarian Books. We love our books and we're always happy to provide detailed information or specific photographs etc. on request. Although we work from private premises we are delighted when clients call by appointment. If you have nice books for sale please let us know.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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