With Brass and Gas: An Illustrated and Embellished Chronicle of Ballooning in Mid-Nineteenth Century America
by Baldwin, Munson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Beacon. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 238 pages. Illustrated by Owen Wood. Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to slightly storage rubbed dustjacket, otherwise the book appears unread and looks New. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. An excellent copy protected in a new removable Mylar cover. Collectible.; 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eliabooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 06386
- Title
- With Brass and Gas: An Illustrated and Embellished Chronicle of Ballooning in Mid-Nineteenth Century America
- Author
- Baldwin, Munson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Beacon
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- AVIATION, BALLOONING, HISTORY, USA
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eliabooks
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Eliabooks
Eliabooks specializes in art and photography books, including exhibition catalogs.
Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- New
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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