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Pinpoint the Bomber
Francis Chichester
1942
George Allen & Unwin : London
13" by 7"
46pp.
SUMMARY
Wartime games designed to help navigators improve their targeting skills during the Second World War, the first edition of this work.
First Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding,Uncommon
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this work, an uncommon work.
Created by Francis Chichester and published at the heart of World War II, these games were designed to help the Bomber Command navigators find their target. Containing three games: a game of chance; a game of finding correct longitude and latitude; and a game to locate themselves correctly on the map.
Illustrated in text. Featuring a coloured folding map to rear and folding frontispiece.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine. Internally, binding slightly tender, generally holding. Minor spotting to lower inner gutter, not affecting text.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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