[Rarebooks] fs: Curtiss-Wright aircraft, 1944

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings Booklovers,

We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 9432 )  [Curtiss-Wright Corporation]. CURTISS-WRIGHT PRESENTS THE 
CURTISS COMMANDO.
[New York]: [Curtiss-Wright Corporation], [1944]. Hardcover, Folio, [46 
pages], color and black & white photographs, illustrations. Very good.
      Colorful promotional book for this aircraft, originally conceived as a 
luxury liner but first put into service in World War II. Lots of 
illustrations, diagrams, and drawings highlight the plane's features, 
including amenities for passengers, mechanical specifications, and more. A 
colored fold-out diagram shows top and side cut-away views drawn to scale. 
Lots of detailed information here. Bound in printed paper over boards with 
comb binding. Shallow bumps to extremities with minor rubbing along board 
edges....... $100.00
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Thank you for your interest.

Best regards,

Rock
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