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The Great Atlantic Air Race
by Rowe, Percy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771077394
- ISBN 13
- 9780771077395
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224pp., biblio., photos. VG in lighly worn and clipped DJ. "Return to the giddy and glamorous days of post-WWI, when all you had to do to win £10,000 from British newspaper magnate Lord Northcliffe was to fly the Atlantic for the first time. Those who tried were men of a rare breed - science-minded daredevils who fast became the darlings of society and helped usher in a new era of travel and transport.".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quickhatch Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003335
- Title
- The Great Atlantic Air Race
- Author
- Rowe, Percy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771077394
- ISBN 13
- 9780771077395
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Aviation Airplanes Flying History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quickhatch Books
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- Biblio
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- Cloth
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