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Bat-21: Based on the True Story of Lt. Col. Iceal E. Hambleton, USAF
by William C. Anderson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£16.00£11.20
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980 Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1980. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for remainder spray on textblock bottom. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail; small strip of remainder spray on flap fold bottom edges. Gold paper over boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 180 pp 8vo. Lt. Col. Hambleton was a 53-year-old Air Force pilot who was shot down over the jungles of Vietnam and parachuted to safety only to be pursued by the North Vietnamese for 12 days resulting in the largest one-man rescue operation in Air Force history. The ordeal of Bat-21 is real and combination of his personal narrative and recently declassified Air Force documents. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014769
- Title
- Bat-21: Based on the True Story of Lt. Col. Iceal E. Hambleton, USAF
- Author
- William C. Anderson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Vietnam, Vietnam War, United States Air Force, Air Force Pilot, rescue operation, movie tie in, North Vietnamese, antiaircraft fire, SAM missiles, EB-66, Easter Offensive, electronic warfare,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft;
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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- Tight
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
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