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Sagittarius Rising
de Cecil Lewis
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
The Folio Society, 1998. Hardcover. Good. 1998. No edition remarks. 230 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Green and illustrated cloth with red slipcase. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Slipcase has moderate edge wear with markings to panels and scuffing to edges. Notable water stains and sticker to rear panel. Mild sunning to edges.
Sinopsis
A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of War Horse and the charm of The Little Prince A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army’s Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later. At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn’t even decided on basic mechanics such as how many wings a plane should have. Despite this, Lewis mastered virtually every kind of single-engine plane in the RFC, going on to excel in active duty and even to dogfight the Red Baron—and live to tell the tale. Full of infectious charm and written with the prose and pacing of a novel, Sagittarius Rising beautifully recounts Lewis’s harrowing exploits in the sky alongside his wild times of partying and chasing girls while on leave in London. His coming-of-age story is unlike any other WWI memoir you’ve read before.
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Detalles
- Librería
- World of Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1714737011ADA
- Título
- Sagittarius Rising
- Autor
- Cecil Lewis
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- The Folio Society
- Fecha de publicación
- 1998
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