Aviation: An Illustrated History
by Chant, Christopher
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0856135194
- ISBN 13
- 9780856135194
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London, England: Orbis Publishing Limited, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Second/Revised Edition, Hardcover, DJ with blue boards, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall, 352pp incl. index, heavy weight, 150 colour/330 b&w illustrations plus 25 drawings. Contents includes: The Wrights brother's achievement; The early machines; 1909: The year of Rheims; Higher and Faster; World War 1; Postwar retrenchment; New technology; The Schneider trophy; The distance flights; Birth of the airliner; Preparations for war; World War II; The jet age; The helicopter; The civil aviation boom; The future; and Index to aircraft.This is a very good tight copy, DJ is in great condition with only minor shelf wear, pages are generally unmarked with some faint age related spotting on inside double page, binding in tight condition with no wear and tear..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Habit (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000016
- Title
- Aviation: An Illustrated History
- Author
- Chant, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0856135194
- ISBN 13
- 9780856135194
- Publisher
- Orbis Publishing Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- FLYING, MACHINES, AIR, AIRCRAFT, AVIATION, AEROPLANE, AEROPLANES, PLANE, PLANES, MILITARY, WAR, AIRFORCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aircraft/Aviation;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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