Man Flies: The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont, Master of the Balloon
by Nancy Winters
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0880016361
- ISBN 13
- 9780880016360
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ecco, New Jersey, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. This book tells the tragic, glamourous story of Alberto Santos-Dumont's career, and later illness, and of how this brilliant, colourful and eccentric pioneer slipped through the cracks of aviation history while his inventions and imagination continue to inspire it. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Aviation; History. ISBN: 0880016361. ISBN/EAN: 9780880016360. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 17746. . 9780880016360
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- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17746
- Title
- Man Flies: The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont, Master of the Balloon
- Author
- Nancy Winters
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0880016361
- ISBN 13
- 9780880016360
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Place of Publication
- New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Aviation; History. ISBN: 0880016361 EAN: 9780880016360 Nancy Winters Man Flies: The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont, Master of the Balloon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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