Book by Gregory, Howard
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Seller: Nealsbooks, Menominee, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. Signed and inscribed by author. Binding is tight. 426pp. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 057253
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Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Third Edition First Printing. 426 Pages Indexed. Bound with stiff laminated pictorial boards. Front cover is Norman Kent's historic April 4, 1983 photo of the first voyage of the Space Shuttle Challenger lifting into orbit while 16 Jumpers hook up over Deland, Florida. Five-line inked gift inscription on front endpaper. No other marks or stamps and interior text pages are clean and white. First Edition released under a 1967 copyright as The Falcon's Disciples. This book is the Completely Revised 1987 Third Edition. There several sections containing over 300 black and white photographs. Contents in 25 Chapters: The Parachute Pioneers, The First Paratroops, Parachuting Into Hitler's Festung Europa, Devils in Baggy Pants, An Entire Airborne Army Assault, The Airborne on the Continent of Asia, The Father of American Sport Parachuting, Skydiving Editor, Those Daring Young Men, A Funny Thing Happened As I Plunged To My Doom, Stuntman, Jump Pilot, Sex In The Sky, They Track for Glory, He Recommends Skydiving for His Patients, Those Unforgettable Jumps, The Falcon Breed, The Golden Knights, The Greatest Stunt, The World's Greatest Ski Jump, D.B. Cooper Where Are You, Filming the Gypsy Moths, Parachuting In The Space Age, The Glory of Parachuting, and Building Antenna Span Earth - Base Jumpers. This book is Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Parachuting. Seller Inventory # 18301
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Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Third Edition; First Printing. Pictorial boards, pristine, sharp and square, As New. No Dustjacket As Issued. Book is firm in binding, b&w historic photographs, 426 pages include Index. Front endpaper with "U. S. National & International Parachute Meets" and back endpaper with "Foremost Combat Parachute Actions" Map illustrations. Free of any markings, not ex-library; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 426 pages. Seller Inventory # 97197
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Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 120766
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Seller: R. Rivers Books, Running Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the previous owner on the verso of the front free endpaper. Also includes a letter hand signed by the author laid-in. Redondo Beach, California: Howard Gregory Associates, 1987. 3rd edition, 1st printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9 ". 426 pp. Good. Pictorial hardcover without a dust jacket as issued. Minor shelf wear. Minimal highlighting in the text. Seller Inventory # BOOK2-050817010
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Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New Completely Revised Third Edition. Book ois sqaure and solid, with pictorial glossy boards. There is wome wear at corner tips, at head and foot of spine and along board edges. Also some stress creasing along spine. Some rubbing and a few scratches on bright glossy boards. Previous onwer's gift inscription on front endpapers, to whom the book is inscribed on the following page. Endpapers illustrated with maps of national and international parachuting meets. Illustrated with "Over 300 Photographs", black and white. Interior pages are unmarked. Foredges have a couple small marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author on FFE. Seller Inventory # 125834
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Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!. Seller Inventory # Q-0960708642
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