Jet Flight
by Grierson, John (foreword by Lord Beaverbrook)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Large 8vo. xvi, 270 pp, illus. n.d. [Brockworth Introduction 1945]. Minor external wear with signs previous dampness rippling at bottom margin edge of first 115 pp. and dust line top text block edge, else, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.25" x 9". Beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and illustrated endpapers. In mylar protector. "A story of jet propulsion from the inside as seen by a test pilot; a record of technical achievement on both sides of the Atlantic in which an inventor, designers, mechanics and test pilots have all played a part." from the Introduction. 0.
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005658
- Title
- Jet Flight
- Author
- Grierson, John (foreword by Lord Beaverbrook)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY FLIGHT JET PLANES BIOGRAPHY TEST PILOTS JET PROPULSION
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY HISTORY;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Gilt
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