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The Sky Beyond, A Famous Aviator's Personal Story of Pioneering Aviation: 1916 to 1951
by Taylor, Sir Gordon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Australia : Cassell, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition/Fair. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight but spine is slightly cocked. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers foxed and faint foxing throughout text Edges browned Boards have some slight edge wear and bumped corners The book was written by one of Australia's brilliant pioneer aviators who was in WWI flying Sopwith fighters, then he was flying Liberator bombers in WWII and in between the wars he flew Catalina flying boats, This is a rich personal chronicle of flying between 1916 to 1951. B & W photos.
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53975
- Title
- The Sky Beyond, A Famous Aviator's Personal Story of Pioneering Aviation: 1916 to 1951
- Author
- Taylor, Sir Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 366
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- History of Aviation aviation, Catalina flying boats, Fokker
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
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