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FLYING THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD: IN THE COCKPIT ON A SECRET OPERATIONAL MISSION
by Graham, Col. Richard H. USAF (ret)
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- Used - Very good in a near fine dust jacket (some spine slant).
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- near fine
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- (2008)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780760332399
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 39.02
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Minneapolis:: Zenith Press, , (2008). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dust jacket (some spine slant).. First printing. The SR-71 is able to fly at three times the speed of sound and at altitudes of up to 80,000 ft. Colonel Graham was selected to enter the SR-71 strategic reconnaissance program in 1974… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 39.02
SKYMEN: Heroes of Fifty Years of Flying.
by Forrester, Larry.
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- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket (name stamped on title page, some edgewear, price-clipped)
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- very good
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- (1977)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780312727826
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 27.38
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New York:: St Martin's,, (1977). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (name stamped on title page, some edgewear, price-clipped) . First US printing. Written for older children and young adults, this is a collection of anecdotes and personal histories of some of the most famous - and infamous - flyers. Illustrated with… Read more about this item Item Price
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UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT MISSILES AND SPACE CRAFT 1959.
by National Aviation Education Council.
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- Used - Good condition overall (vertical tear to front cover, contents fine)
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- 1959.
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- First edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 32.18
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Washington, D.C.:: National Aviation Education Council, 1959.. First edition -. Good condition overall (vertical tear to front cover, contents fine). First printing, a trade paperback original. A pictorial review of the outstanding events in aviation and astronautics during 1958, including a solo nonstop distance flight, an altitude record, a balloon endurance record and the Explorer and Vanguard… Read more about this item Item Price
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IF YOU WANT TO FLY: Boy's Book of Aviation.
by Klemin, Alexander.
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- Used - Good overall in red cloth (missing 1 leaf - pp 63-64, slim band of white spray paint on spine covering)
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- 1928.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 22.59
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New York:: Coward-McCann,, 1928.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in red cloth (missing 1 leaf - pp 63-64, slim band of white spray paint on spine covering) . First edition. A basic book on learning to fly, using the fictional experiences of two boys, written the year after Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, written by a professor… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 22.59
AIR SCOUT MANUAL.
by Boy Scouts of America, James E. West, foreword.
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- Used - Good overall - gift inscription to a scout on the first page, which had become detached and is now taped back in. Some wear to t
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- 1942
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 51.34
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New York:: Boy Scouts of America, , 1942. Good overall - gift inscription to a scout on the first page, which had become detached and is now taped back in. Some wear to the covers, contents clean and tight. . 2nd printing (as indicated by the code ending in 143 on the title page) just a few months… Read more about this item Item Price
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WIND, SAND AND STARS.
by Saint Exupery, Antoine de.
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- Used - Near fine in blue boards, with a black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Partial dust jacket consisting of the front flap with th
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- blue boards, with a black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Partial
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- (1939)
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- Hardcover -
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 184.84
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New York:: Reynal and Hitchcock,, (1939). Hardcover -. Near fine in blue boards, with a black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Partial dust jacket consisting of the front flap with the synopis, and a second piece of the rear cover and rear flap. . First American edition. A classic of the air by this French aviator, perhaps best… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 184.84
THE LIVES OF BERYL MARKHAM: Out of Africa's Hidden Free Spirit and Denys Finch Hatton's Last Great Love.
by [Markham, Beryl. 1902-1986] Trzebinski, Errol
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- Used - Very good in a very near fine dust jacket (binding cracking between pp 146-147, but the book is still tight and straight, bump t
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- very near fine
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- (1993)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780393035568
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 32.18
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New York:: W. W. Norton & Company,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a very near fine dust jacket (binding cracking between pp 146-147, but the book is still tight and straight, bump to top edge of rear board).. First US printing. A biography of this aviatrix who won fame with her transatlantic solo flight… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 32.18
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MEMORIES: A Memoir.
by Ament, Wes (Capt Weston H. Ament, Sr.)
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (Pinnacle Book Achievement Award sticker on the front cover)
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- (2012)
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- SIGNED first edition -
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- 9780615523934
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 40.39
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Mokelumne Hill, CA:: By the author,, (2012). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (Pinnacle Book Achievement Award sticker on the front cover). Trade paperback original. Autobiography of a small town California pilot - through the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression and World War II, including flying the infamous Himalaya "Hump" and many other adventures. In… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 40.39
STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING: The Biography of Beryl Markham.
by [Markham, Beryl, 1902--1986] Lovell, Mary S.
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- Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket.
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- very good
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- (1987)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780312010966
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 32.18
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New York:: St Martin's,, (1987). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket.. First US printing. The first biography of this English-born Kenyan aviator who became Africa's first female thoroughbred trainer and its first female bush pilot. In 1936, she became the first pilot to fly solo from England to North America -… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 32.18
LISTEN! THE WIND
by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
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- Used - Very good in red cloth covered boards, spine faded, previous owner's name, no dust jacket.
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- red cloth covered boards, spine faded, previous owner's name, no
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- 1938.
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- Hardcover -
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 25.33
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New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, 1938.. Hardcover -. Very good in red cloth covered boards, spine faded, previous owner's name, no dust jacket. . 3rd printing. The story of the Lindberghs' flight across the Atlantic, from Africa to Brazil, in December 1933. With a foreword and map drawings by Charles Lindbergh. Appendix compiled by Charles Lindbergh… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25.33
DEAL.
by Masotto, Michael.
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- Used - Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease to corner of dj flap).
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- near fine
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- (2000)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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- 9780738820828
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 39.02
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Bloomington, Indiana:: Xlibris Corp,, (2000). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease to corner of dj flap).. First printing. A novel set in Los Angeles based on the author's own experiences as an air traffic controller. The title "deal" is a term used when the required separation between two planes has… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 39.02
THE DELTOID PUMPKIN SEED.
by McPhee, John.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket (just a hint of toning to the dj)
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- fine
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- (1973.)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780345241313
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 61.61
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New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1973.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (just a hint of toning to the dj). First printing. An account of the incredible efforts of a group of a group of inventors, engineers and investors, who, in New Jersey, created the Aereon, a strange, orange wingless hybrid airplane/dirigible-- … Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 61.61
THE POWDER PUFF DERBY OF 1929: The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race.
by Jessen, Gene Nora.
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- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers (appears unread).
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- (2002)
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- First edition -
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- 9781570717697
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 29.44
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Naperville, IL:: Sourcebooks,, (2002). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers (appears unread).. First printing, a trade paperback original. An account of the 19 women who set out from Santa Monica California in 1929 to compete in the Powder Puff Derby, the first women's cross-country air race. Black and white photographs, Bibliography, xv, 296 pp. Item Price
SGD 29.44
BLACK CATS AND OUTSIDE LOOPS: Tex Rankin: Pilot and Legend.
by [Rankin, Tex, 1893-1947] Bohrer, Walt
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- Used - Very near fine in glossy illustrated light blue boards.
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- (1989)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780929734033
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 43.13
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Oregon City:: Piere Publishers,, (1989). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated light blue boards.. First printing. Biography of this early aerobatic ace. Foreword by Jimmy Doolittle. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Index. 225 pp. Item Price
SGD 43.13
ACES OF THE AIR.
by French, Joseph Lewis, editor. Introduction by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.
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- Used - Very good in red cloth with black lettering (some fraying to the sides of the spine, corners bumped.)
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- (1930.)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 28.75
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Springfield, Massachusetts:: McLoughlin Brothers,, (1930.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in red cloth with black lettering (some fraying to the sides of the spine, corners bumped.). First edition. Collection of first-person writings from early aviators, among them Lieutenant A. Soucek, U.S.N.; L. Mendell and R. Reinhart; R.E. Dowd; Robert B. Renfro; Wilbur R. Hanawalt; Lauren D.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 28.75
CAPTAIN GRAMMA: Single Mom to Sky High.
by Aldrich, Nancy Welz
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- Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
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- like
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- (2006.)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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- 9781892451477
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 41.08
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Binghamton, NY:: Brundage Publishing,, (2006.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A candid autobiography which tells how the author, as a 37 year old single mother of two, decided that she was going to go after her dream of being a pilot, and how she rose through the ranks at… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 41.08
AMELIA EARHART: A Biography.
by Rich, Doris L.
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- Used - Very near fine in cream cloth, lacking the dust jacket.
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- cream cloth, lacking the
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- (1989.)
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- Hardcover -
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- 9780874748369
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 20.54
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Washington, D.C.:: Smithsonian Institution Press,, (1989.). Hardcover -. Very near fine in cream cloth, lacking the dust jacket.. 2nd printing. An exhaustively researched biography of the famous aviatrix who disappeared in the South Pacific in 1937 - but one which downplays the sensational "What happened to Amelia Earhart?" myth and focuses on disclosing who Amelia Earhart really was.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.54
THE BOYS' BOOK OF AIRSHIPS.
by Delacombe, H. (Harry)
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- Used - Very good+ in blue illustrated boards, sturdy binding with reinforced hinges, some rubbing to the lettering at the bottom of the
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- (1909.)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 116.38
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New York:: Frederick A. Stokes Company,, (1909.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good+ in blue illustrated boards, sturdy binding with reinforced hinges, some rubbing to the lettering at the bottom of the front cover and a little wear to the ends of the spine, but overall bright and attractive.. First edition. Includes sections on balloons, dirigibles and other… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 116.38
THE DELTOID PUMPKIN SEED.
by McPhee, John.
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- Used - Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.
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- (1973.)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780345241313
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 27.04
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New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1973.). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.. First printing. An account of the incredible efforts of a group of a group of inventors, engineers and investors, who, in New Jersey, created the Aereon, a strange, orange wingless… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.04
WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT (Great American Series.)
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- Used - Fine in stiff orange, blue and white covers with cassette tape.
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- (1977.)
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- First edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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SGD 16.43
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Petaluma, CA / San Francisco: : Jabberwocky / AVC / Cassettes Classics, , (1977.). First edition -. Fine in stiff orange, blue and white covers with cassette tape. . First edition. Dramatization of the life of these brothers who helped the dream of manned flight to become a reality. A title in the Great American Series. Includes a… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.43
