Slide Rule. The Autobiography of an Engineer
by Shute, Nevil
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Red cloth. Near fine in very good fourth impression dust jacket, back panel stamped Overseas Edition Not for Canada (back panel
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1955. First edition, fourth impression. Frontispiece and 8 plates from photographs. [vi], 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Near fine in very good fourth impression dust jacket, back panel stamped Overseas Edition Not for Canada (back panel toned, some light rubbing). First edition, fourth impression. Frontispiece and 8 plates from photographs. [vi], 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The engaging memoir of aviation engineer and author Nevil Shute, up to the year 1938. Men at Work 18.1.a
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- Seller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 322857
- Title
- Slide Rule. The Autobiography of an Engineer
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece and 8 plates from photographs. [vi], 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Red cloth. Near fine in very good fourth impression dust jacket, back panel stamped Overseas Edition Not for Canada (back panel
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, fourth impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- British | Aviation
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