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Flying Saucers from Outer Space
by Keyhoe, Donald E
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. Stated first edition. Black cloth in price clipped jacket. 276 pp including index. A detailed examination of UFO's and flying saucer sightings in the 1940's and early 50's United States, with the author concluding, based on his analysis of the evidence available, that they were of extraterrestrial origin. Keyhoe draws on US Air Force records, as well as other sources. Donald Keyhoe was a major in the USMC, and wrote widely on this subject. FAIR jacket on a GOOD book. Heavy chipping, tearing, and creasing along the jacket extremities, with some areas of loss along the corners and spine tips. General toning, with some creasing and soiling, to the jacket. Superficial surface loss of the jacket paper along the center rear hinge. General uneven fading to the book, with some scuffing, minor soiling and edgewear. Interior clean and solid with minor toning to the paper. Previous owner's signature present.
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- Bookseller
- Mare Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020166
- Title
- Flying Saucers from Outer Space
- Author
- Keyhoe, Donald E
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
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About the Seller
Mare Booksellers
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Dover, New Hampshire
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Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
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