From Bird Cage to Battle Plane: The History of the RAF
by Michaelis, Ralph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1943. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 248 pages with index. Dust jacket has light rubbing, surface wear to corners, small price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Ralph Michaelis of the Royal Air Force tells the history of the RAF..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029608
- Title
- From Bird Cage to Battle Plane: The History of the RAF
- Author
- Michaelis, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY, RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE, RALPH MICHAELIS, FIRST EDITION, AVIATION, WORLD WAR I, II
- Bookseller catalogs
- War/Military; World War II; Aviation;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Fine
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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