Fighter Aces
by Toliver, Colonel Raymond F. (SIGNED) and Constable, Trevor (SIGNED)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1965. Stated First Printing . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Acknowledgements. Contents. 287 pp. plus: Tops and Firsts, American Aces with Twenty or More Victories - All Wars, American Aces of World War I, American Aces of World War II, American Aces of the Korean War, Top Fighter Aces of Other Nations in World War II, Glossary. 254 pp. in toto. Book has blue cloth covered boards with silver gilt text on spine, 61932 on rear panel and crest under five stars on front panel, illustrated with B/W photographs, brown ep's. Book has gift inscription on half title, narrow bands of sunning at both top and bottom edges, some small brown spots along bottom edges of boards, some age toning, bottom rear corner is lightly bumped. Book is tight and square. Unclipped ($ 7.95) DJ has B/W photographs of 4 Aces and their planes on the front panel and a Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VIII, used by the British in World War II on the spine. DJ has edge wear especially along the top edge, some repaired closed tears, full length crease in front flap. Book is FlatSIGNED by both authors ffep. Unusual to find this book with the signatures of both authors. Bookseller's Inventory # 155130.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005130
- Title
- Fighter Aces
- Author
- Toliver, Colonel Raymond F. (SIGNED) and Constable, Trevor (SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- 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...
- Tight
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- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Flatsigned
- A flatsigned book is signed, and not inscribed, directly on a page of the book, rather than on a bookplate or with an...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
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