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I Learned About Flying From That!
by Editors of Flying Magazine
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0440040418
- ISBN 13
- 9780440040415
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1979 Delacorte Press, New York. 1979. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name stamp on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good; sunfading to head and tail; light overal shelfwear. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($9.95); light wear to head, tail, and tips; small closed tears. Blue paper over boards with light blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. This is a book of pilots' first-hand experiences that make lasting lessons and suspenseful reading for all who fly. The editors of Flying have distilled the best of their magazine's most popular feature, and the pilots who share their most unforgettable moments write with an eloquence born of sharp experience. These 70 stories prove that no flight is too short and no pilot can be too experienced. A clean presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013268
- Title
- I Learned About Flying From That!
- Author
- Editors of Flying Magazine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0440040418
- ISBN 13
- 9780440040415
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- flight, airplanes, pilots, pilot experiences, Flying Magazine, airplanes, airplane crashes, flight training, flight school, aircraft, pilot training, aviation,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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