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Brother to the Eagle
by Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Alexandria, Minn: Lantern Books, 1952. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR opposite the title page. A verey solid copy to boot of the 1952 stated 1st printing. Tight and Near Fine (a touch of light offsetting along the inner hinges) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light creasing and one small closed tear along the panel edges, and mild darkening to the spine. Dozens of black-and-white photos complementing the text, with a Preface by Sir Hubert Wilkins.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22153
- Title
- Brother to the Eagle
- Author
- Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lantern Books
- Place of Publication
- Alexandria, Minn
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- rare aviation biographies, rare books on Alaska aviators, aviator Ben Eielson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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