The Ravens: The Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos
by ROBBINS, Christopher
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /No Jacket
- Seller
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Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Crown. (1987). The uncorrected proof copy of this book by the author of Air America. An examination of American pilots flying clandestinely in Southeast Asia during the wars there. Spine sunned, with a tear near the crown; near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.
Synopsis
"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..."
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Details
- Seller
- Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 028698
- Title
- The Ravens: The Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos
- Author
- ROBBINS, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- (1987)
Terms of Sale
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
All books are First Editions or First American Editions in dust jackets unless otherwise noted and are returnable within 30 days.
About the Seller
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Hadley, Massachusetts
About Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
We deal in rare books, specializing in modern literary first editions. We regularly issue catalogs of Modern Literature and less regularly issue catalogs of Native American Literature, the Literature of the Vietnam War and the 1960s, and Nature Writing. Ken is a former President of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. We maintain an office in Hadley, Massachusetts and welcome visitors by appointment. We are always interested in buying rare books, manuscripts, or related material in any of our areas of specialty and are happy to hear from anyone offering such items to us.
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- Fine
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- Wrappers
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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