Bitter Monsoon - the Memoirs of a Fighter Pilot
by Oliver Moxon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/N/a
- Seller
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Robert Hale, 1955. Reconstructed diary of a WWII Hurricane pilot who died in Burma. Black covers with gilt,192pp, with b/w illustrations. Covers have light wear at extrems, dusty, foxed page edges and prelims, front hinge cracking - but still solid, slightly faded spine. Otherwise internally clean and tight. No DJ, but overall a solid copy. Ref:104034. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/N/a. 14x22cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004034
- Title
- Bitter Monsoon - the Memoirs of a Fighter Pilot
- Author
- Oliver Moxon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 14x22cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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