{"product_id":"fighter-pictorial-history-international-fighter-aircraft-gunston-1997","title":"Fighter! by Bill Gunston","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFighter! (Illustrated Pictorial History of Fighter Aircraft)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Richly Illustrated Survey of International Fighter Aircraft from the First World War to Modern Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fighter!: A pictorial history of international fighter aircraft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bill Gunston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Philip de Ste. Croix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Parragon, Bristol\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1997\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780752526089\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0752526081\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reprinted 1998. Parragon Bristol hardcover edition, first published 1997.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated laminated hardcover boards in blue, with the cover illustration printed on the boards. Issued without a dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large illustrated quarto-format hardcover, 96 pages. Heavily illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The glossy laminated pictorial boards are blue. The spine is straight and clean, with a small white chip or nick at the head. One lower corner shows rubbing, small chips and fraying of the laminate at the tip, slight lifting along the board edge and some greyish dirt. The back board edges show light wear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages examined are clean and bright, with colour and black-and-white photographs and no markings. The binding is tight. The free endpaper shows a couple of small brown spots (foxing), a faint pen-like line and a slight crease at the hinge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFighter! A Pictorial History of International Fighter Aircraft is a large-format illustrated survey of the fighter aeroplane, covering more than eighty years of its development from the First World War onward. It was published by Parragon in Bristol, with Philip de Ste. Croix as editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchive photographs, both colour and black and white, are combined with colour portraits of restored vintage aircraft. The book also tells the story of the pilots and the machines they flew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a handsome, visual reference for aviation enthusiasts and a good companion volume for collectors of military aviation literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Bill Gunston\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBill Gunston OBE, FRAeS (1927-2013) was a British aviation and military author. After service in the RAF he joined the journal Flight in 1951 and became its technical editor in 1955. From 1969 he worked on Jane's All the World's Aircraft, and he later edited Jane's Aero-Engines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is credited with more than 300 books. 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