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Black Box: The Final Investigations (A Channel Four book)
by Faith, Nicholas
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/VG+/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0752221183
- ISBN 13
- 9780752221182
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 2nd. Revised* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: Boxtree.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to boards, edges & corners. Minimal creases to spine & hinge. Seems lightly used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: One block of 8pp. b/w photos at centre.* Pages: 209 pp. text. viii pp. glossary, acknowledgements & index at rear.* Product Description:- A revised edition of the text originally published in 1996 which analyses the causes of airplane disasters. Nicholas Faith is a well-known journalist and author of a number of previous books in this series about transport disasters. Why air safety is no accident. Despite huge strides in plane safety. There are fatal plane crashes on a regular basis. Every year approximately 1,500 airline passengers die. Why? Based on the acclaimed Channel 4 series, Black Box begins wher every previous book on this subject has left off ? after the crash!* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 2nd. revised edition, 1st. impression fnl. with very slight shelf & reading wear reducing it to VG++*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5020
- Title
- Black Box: The Final Investigations (A Channel Four book)
- Author
- Faith, Nicholas
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG+/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Revised Edition, 1st. Imp..
- ISBN 10
- 0752221183
- ISBN 13
- 9780752221182
- Publisher
- Boxtree Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London UK 224
- Date Published
- 1998-06-19
- Size
- 23.1 x 15.2 x 2 cm
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