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Fifty Glorious Years; A Pictorial Tribute to the Douglas DC-3 1935-1985
de Arthur Pearcy
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bueno/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0918805163
- ISBN 13
- 9780918805164
- Librería
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Vista, CA: Aeolus Publishing, 1985 Aeolus Publishing, Vista, CA. 1985. Hardcover. First Published 1985 in England. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O address label on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail; light exposure discoloration around top and bottom board edges. DJ: Near Fine; light edge bumping; light bumping to head and tail. Gray boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 168 pp 4to. This is a story of the durability and popularity of the DC-3 over its lifetime when its peers were already obsolete and in the boneyard. The DC-3 was an outstanding advance in transport design for civilian aircraft and military in World War II with 10,000 of the C-47s built. It continued is use in Korea and Vietnam as the AC-47. The plane continues to be in use today smaller countries' air fleets, in hostilities and brush wars, and even in drug smuggling, sky diving, and passenger transport. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 010017
- Título
- Fifty Glorious Years; A Pictorial Tribute to the Douglas DC-3 1935-1985
- Autor
- Arthur Pearcy
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0918805163
- ISBN 13
- 9780918805164
- Editorial
- Aeolus Publishing
- Lugar de publicación
- Vista, CA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1985
- Tamaño
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Palabras clave
- airplanes, Douglas aircraft, DC-3 airplanes, military aircraft, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, civilian aircraft, transport aircraft, c-47, AS-47, propeller engines, turbo-prop engines,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Aviation/Aircraft; Architecture/Design;
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WINFIELD, Kansas
Sobre 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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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
