The Flight of the Eagle
by Sundman, Per Olof; Sandbach, Mary
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good.
Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Very good. Jacket lightly rubbed & toned. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 383 pp. Maps on endpapers. First American edition.. An account of S.A. Andree's ill-fated 1897 attempt to travel to the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon (called the Eagle). The deaths of Andree and his two companions went unexplained for nearly 50 years. Sundman also uses this story as an opportunity to examine society's thirst for adventurous heroes, and the dangerous feats people attempt in pursuit of that status.
Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Very good. Jacket lightly rubbed & toned. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 383 pp. Maps on endpapers. First American edition.. An account of S.A. Andree's ill-fated 1897 attempt to travel to the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon (called the Eagle). The deaths of Andree and his two companions went unexplained for nearly 50 years. Sundman also uses this story as an opportunity to examine society's thirst for adventurous heroes, and the dangerous feats people attempt in pursuit of that status.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011938
- Title
- The Flight of the Eagle
- Author
- Sundman, Per Olof; Sandbach, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Andrée, Salomon August; Arctic regions; Discovery and exploration; European; Fiction; General; Literary Criticism; Scandinavian; Sweden; Aviation
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