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Fringe of the Clouds
by Livingston, Philip (Air Marshal Sir)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Johnson Publications, London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 530 g; X, 254 pages, the text is illustrated with 25 photographs, and two documents in facsimile. This is the biography of a doctor in the RAF who saw service in the first world war, then in India 1920, 1922, Iraq in 1929 and was concerned the modernisation Of the British Air Force. There is some discussion of anti-semitism, and the book finishes up with an overview of Southeast Asia. The edges of the text block are slightly darkened with age, and the end pages show offset tanning. There is flecking to the cloth of the binding, which is a little grubby on the front panel, and shows signs of rubbing either side of the back strip and across the base edge of the boards. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military History; Inventory No: 0215398. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0215398
- Title
- Fringe of the Clouds
- Author
- Livingston, Philip (Air Marshal Sir)
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Johnson Publications
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- BZDB2 RAF, medicine, India, Iraq, Air Command Southeast Asia Biography & Autobiography; Military History; Photographic Unbranded Livingston, Philip (Air Marshal Sir) Fringe of the Clouds
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Facsimile
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- Rubbing
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