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Per Ardua; The Rise of British Air Power 1911-1939
by Saunders, Hillary St George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, London, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Illustrator: Photographic. preface by author, acknowledgements, list of illustrations, maps, five appendices, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with four inserts of black-and-white pages of eight pages each. Eight pages of map and one double page map. Navy blue coloured cloth boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the book edges and bumping and rubbing to the book corners. A few marks to the book panels. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. Browning and faint foxing to the endpapers and light age toning and the occasional foxing spot to the internal text. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down and gift inscription to the top left-hand corner of the free front end paper. Plain text dustwrapper with blue background with black and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and top backstrip edge. Small tears to the top dustwrapper edge with creasing. There is a small piece missing from the lower edge of the front dustwrapper panel and their is a piece missing from the lower left-hand corner of the backstrip edge measuring 0.75 "-- wide and 1.5 " long. Fading to the backstrip and Browning to the rear dustwrapper panel. Heavy rubbing and marking to the fold over creases and general where to the dustwrapper. The history of the British Air Force from 1911 to 1939. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 356 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Military History -- Aviation; Britain; Inventory No: 0108526. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0108526
- Title
- Per Ardua; The Rise of British Air Power 1911-1939
- Author
- Saunders, Hillary St George
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Military Aviation -- History -- British -- 1911-1939 History; Military History -- Aviation; Britain; Photographic Unbranded Saunders, Hillary St George Per Ardua; The Rise of British Air Power 1911-1939
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History -- Aviation;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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