Down in the Drink : True Stories of the Goldfish Club
by Barker, Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Good +
- Seller
-
Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. Book. Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. G+, Shelfwear, thin strip of water damage to top edge of boards, foxing, browning/G+, Price-clipped, edgewear, small chips & tears, abrasion, foxing, browning. "To crash or be shot down into the sea is a terrible experience. To escape to tell the tale is a rare and remarkable achievement. This is precisely what qualified air crews for membership of the 'Goldfish' Club : they had come down 'in the drink' and - miraculously - survived". 253 pages, including the index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Jacket illustration by Biro. Photo on request..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Klanhorn (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035662
- Title
- Down in the Drink : True Stories of the Goldfish Club
- Author
- Barker, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- War; Air Force & Aviation;
Terms of Sale
Klanhorn
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About the Seller
Klanhorn
Biblio member since 2006
Queanbeyan, NSW
About Klanhorn
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...