The Ravens: The Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos by Christopher Robbins - 1987-01-08

Crown Publishing Group (NY), 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First Edition, 1987; First printing w/ full number line; Tight binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy boards; Mild underlining present; Un-clipped dust jacket in Very Good condition, gently edge-worn, now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; A Good Plus copy; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown Publishing Group, The, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown Publishing Group, The, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown Publishing Group, The, 1987. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Pub, 1987. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. A square tight solid carefully read copy. This copy has some light soil to the edges of the text block, a smallish see thru type stain to the top edge of the text block. The priced jacket has some lightish rubbing wear else fine. The story of the men who flew in America's secret war in Laos. I am probably wrong but I think that the Mel Gibson movie "Air America" was at least partially based on this book. A very nice copy. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY..

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xi, [1], 420 pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Chronology. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Some wear to DJ edges. Christopher Robbins (19 November 1946 - 24 December 2012) was a British writer and journalist. He is best known for his 1978 bestseller Air America, a non-fiction book which was made into a film in 1990. It is about the secret airline run by the CIA for covert operations during the Vietnam War. He later specialized in investigative work—especially about the CIA—writing pieces for the Observer Magazine. During the 1970s, prior to the publication of his bestseller, Robbins was just a freelance journalist. In 2008, In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared won the Dolman Best Travel Book Award. Another book of his, The Empress of Ireland won the Saga Award for wit. Robbins has compiled a remarkably detailed and gripping log on the US Air Force pilots who flew in defense of… Read More

New York:: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1987. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. The Dust Jacket is only lightly rubbed. No chips. No tears. No creases. NOT price clipped (19.95). NOT a Book Club edition. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated with 24 pages of photos. Endpaper maps of the Laos theater of operations, 1966-73. Bound in the original rose boards with a black cloth spine, lettered in silver. Sharp corners. Chronology. Chapter notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page.. First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. xi, 420pp..

Crown, 1987., 1987. 1st ed. First Edition. 420p. Photos. Jacket Priced. Fine/Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Crown, 1987-10-14. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

NY: Crown, 1987. (1st edition). Hardbound. NEAR FINE / Near Fine. As new except for slight softening to top of spine (book and jacket) and two small dents in top edge, 1 folded page corner. "While America and the rest of the world watched the Vietnam war on television, a handful of elite Air Force pilots, wearing anything but uniforms and piloting unarmored, small, prop-driven aircraft, fought a secret war..." in "the other theater - a small nation called Laos, next door to Vietnam, bordered by the Ho Chi Minh Trail..." 420 indexed, annotated pages, illustrated with photo sections and map endpapers, and containing Glossary and Bibliography. ISBN: 0517566125.