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Flying Machine
by Nahum, Andrew
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0863184138
- ISBN 13
- 9780863184130
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Dorling Kindersley, 1990. 64 pages lavishly illustrated with color photographs. In very good condition with some wear to dust jacket including a wrinkling at back bottom. Price clipped. Part of the Eyewitness Guides Series. Contents include: Powered flight; The first aeroplanes; The evolving plane; Light aircraft; Aero-engines; Jetliner; Landing gear; Controlling the plane; In the cockpit; On the flight deck; Helicopter; Hot-air balloon; Portable planes and more. From back cover: "Stunning, real-life photographs of pioneering flying machines, modern jetliners, helicopters and engines offer an "eyewitness" view of aircraft, old and new. See a Victorian steam-powered aeroplane...Learn why modern airliners need pressurized cabins...Discover how wooden planes are contructed (and) how jet engines provide thrust...and much, much more.". Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Synopsis
Discover the inside story of soccer - from the origins of the game to the latest World Cup finalsRelaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of expanded text! Here is an original and stunning new guide to the international sport of soccer. Full-color photographs of players in action, soccer uniforms, equipment and memorabilia present a unique picture of the game and the people who play it. See Zinedine Zidane lift the 1998 World Cup, how a soccer field is made, legendary players in action, and the offside trap being sprung. Learn how to take a penalty kick, which is the largest soccer stadium in the world, where Ronaldo, the great Brazilian star, learned to dribble a ball, and how the World Cup trophy was stolen. Discover who scored the first World Cup hat trick, when a ball is in or out of play, when a throw-in is illegal, what a sweeper does, how soccer players stay in shape, and much, much more.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000352
- Title
- Flying Machine
- Author
- Nahum, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0863184138
- ISBN 13
- 9780863184130
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Aviation; Aeronautics; Flying; Flight; Airplane; Airplanes; aeroplanes, Hot Air balloons, Plane; Planes; Helicopter; Helicopters; Aeroplane
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation; Childrens Non-Fiction;
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