ROCKET
by SIR PHILIP JOUBERT DE LA FERTE (AIR CHIEF MARSHAL)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON: HUTCHINSON, 1957 Navy Blue boards with gilt titles and V II Rocket to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 190 pp Frontis + 21 other b/w photo illustrations on 14 plates all as called for. First Edition 1957. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Good (Book - no notable shelf wear or soiling, off set browning bands to half title and rear free end paper, light foxing to fore edge and paper of book block evenly tanned. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- moderate to heavy rubbing to extremities with significant tear and associated creasing and a little loss to botton front panel at spine fold. Non price clipped - cover 18s. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133047
- Title
- ROCKET
- Author
- SIR PHILIP JOUBERT DE LA FERTE (AIR CHIEF MARSHAL)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- HUTCHINSON
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Rocket, Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferte, Major General Dornberger, Peenemunde, V I Doodle Bugs, V II Vengence Weapons, WWII, Revenge Weapons, Major Duncan Sandys,
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- Price Clipped
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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