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Flight of the Forgotten; A True Story of Heroism and Betrayal
by Mark A. Vance
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1878853252
- ISBN 13
- 9781878853257
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Coral Springs, FL: Venture Press, 1998 Venture Press, Coral Springs, FL. 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for FO name on the front pastedown and address label on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; bumping to head, tail, and upper front tip; light soiling to textblock edges. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light chipping to head, tail, and tips. Blue boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 288 pp 8vo. This book is a true story of the tragic loss of an American Eighth Air Force bomber and crew in 1945 under mysterious circumstances after the end of World War II. The true story is permanently buried in a top secret O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Services/early form of the CIA) but the author's research shows murder, conspiracy and sabotage by the O.S.S. the reason for the cover-up and why the U.S. Government wants the events permanently erased from the public record. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008297
- Title
- Flight of the Forgotten; A True Story of Heroism and Betrayal
- Author
- Mark A. Vance
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1878853252
- ISBN 13
- 9781878853257
- Publisher
- Venture Press
- Place of Publication
- Coral Springs, FL
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War II, B-24 Liberator Bomber, 8th Army Air Force, plane crash, O.S.S. Office of Strategic Services, Jack B. Ketchum crew, murder, conspiracy, sabotage,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Biographies;
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
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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
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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