Edité par Leicester: The Promotional Reprint Company Limited for Bookmart Limited, ()., 1993
Vendeur : Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, Etats-Unis
Quarto, full-color photos. illus. boards (hardcover), 301 pp. Former-owner bookplate, otherwise Fine; in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Spitfire was the most famous aircraft ever to serve in the Royal Air Force. It remained in production for twelve years which bracketted the hardest-fought and technically most innovatory war in history. When the last one rolled off the production line more than twenty-two thousand had been built. Never before, and rarely since, has an airframe design been so successfully, continuously, aggresively and thoroughly developed. At the end of its development life the Spitfire carried an engine giving more than twice the power and weighing about three-quarters more than the original, had its maximum speed increased by a quarter, its rate of climb almost doubled, its maximum take-off weight more than doubled and its fire-power increased by a factor of five. The Spitfire was unsurpassed as an air-superiority fighter for most of the nine years following its first flight and remained in front-line service in the Royal Air Force foa further nine years after that. In this book, for the first time ever, Alfred Price has made an objective analysis of the Spitfire legend. The result is a unique account which casts new light not only on the Spitfire, but also on the nature of air combat during the Second World War. If you flew Spitfires or serviced them, or even fought against them, or if you wish to learn what it was like to have done these things, then this is the book for you. Aviation, Military HIstory, World War II, WWII. bslic.
Edité par THE PROMOTIONAL REPRINT COMPANY LIMITED, LEICESTER ENGLAND, 1995
Vendeur : Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Good+-to-Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Reprint. Main interior in very good clean condition but please note there is a faint grubby mark to edge of rear e/paper and also to side page block, otherwise clean unmarked interior with numerous black and white photos, no inscriptions, very good clean firm boards; d/jacket has a faint watermark to top edge reverse side of d/jacket (unseen side) but exterior in very good bright condition with only very slight usage, no nicks or tears.
Edité par Promotional Reprint Company Limited, Leicester, 1989
ISBN 10 : 1856480445 ISBN 13 : 9781856480444
Vendeur : Calluna Books, Morpeth, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Franks, Elaine (illustrateur). Reprint. Book - very good, picture boards with dust jacket - very good.
Edité par Promotional Reprint Company Limited, Leicester, 1993
ISBN 10 : 1856481204 ISBN 13 : 9781856481205
Vendeur : Buybyebooks, Honiton, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Various (illustrateur). HB DJ this edition published exclusively for Bookmart. DJ not priced not clipped. Laminate boards matching DJ. 21.6 x 14.8cm. 224 pages. f/c, 2 tone, b/w photos + illusts throughout. The Healthy Houseplants Handbook. Sensible easy to follow, abundance of information. Condition: Minor rub on DJ spine + corners, appears unused, VGC.