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Gurney Gene Journey of the Giants The Story of the B-29 "Superfort"- the Weapon That Won the War in the Pacific
New York Coward-Mccann, Inc 1961 Presumed First Edition Hardcover Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
Blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. A few small discolouration/faded patches/edges to the covers, but o/w VEry clean and sharp. In the Original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which has some closed tears with repairs to the reverse of the jacket, there is also a little edgewear/creasing and some slight fading/rubbing, etc - but is Complete with all lettering, etc, clear. The dustjacket is NOT price clipped. The page top fore-edges are slightly foxed. The remaining edges are 'rough-cut' as issued. NO Inscriptions or Marks. Introduction by General Thomas S. Power. 280 pp. Illustrated in b/w. Index. Internally an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'Fine' copy. ""This is the story of an historic American effort--an effort that invovled millions of people and cost billions of dollars and thousands of lives. It is the true story of the creation of the largest bombing plane of its time and it is the story too of the incredible drama that began on the drawing board of aircraft engineers in 1939 and which increased toward those awesome days in 1945 when the B-29 dropped the first atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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18.00 GBP
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Gurney, Major Gene The War in the Air A Pictorial History of World War II . Air Forces in Combat
New York Crown Publishers, INC. 1964 Reprint; Third Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and front cover. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The dustjacket is not price-clipped and has some edge wear. The top page-edge is lightly foxed. The covers have a couple of small marks, old thin lines of sellotape glue only, (these may be able to be removed? ). The covers also have some minor bumps to the back and small white marks to the front. Otherwise, No other Inscriptions or Marks. 352pp. Photo- Index of Planes; Index. Apart from the minor bumps, etc, as noted above, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright Near 'Fine' copy. "Major Gene Gurney, USAF, reviewed over one million action photographs before chosing the 1,250 which appear in this dramatic story of air power in World War Two." ; 4to 11" - 13"
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20.00 GBP
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