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The Dam Busters
by Brickhill, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Evans Brothers. Good in Good+ dust jacket. (1951). Hardcover. Photocopy of newspaper clipping about the 617 squadron taped to front endpaper. Rear hinge broken with spine mull visible at gutter. Chips and tears to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Second printing book in third impression dust-jacket. 269, [3 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 17 illustrations on 6 plate leaves. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 136mm. With a Foreword by Lord Tedder. Military history, World War Two. "Early in 1943, 617 Squadron was formed for just one special job - to smash the Moehne and Eder Dams. That epic affair made the R.A.F.'s newest squadron also its finest, the 'special duties squadron.' They went on to do many more unusual and perilous tasks, won two V.C.'s and over 150 other decorations, and were described as the most effective unit of its size the British Forces ever had." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24682
- Title
- The Dam Busters
- Author
- Brickhill, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- Evans Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1951)
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Jacket
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Leaves
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- Good+
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- 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...
- Blurb
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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