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Jane's Historical Aircraft, 1902-1916. With "Historical Prefaces on War Balloons and Parachutes By the Countess of Drogheda a Brief History of Modern Aeronautics By C.G. Grey
by Grey, C. G
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385013140
- ISBN 13
- 9780385013147
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Oblong Octavo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 96 pp, publisher's note, Historical Prefaces; The b&w plates; An Aeronautical Dictionary and Some Memoranda. Facsimile Edition: Originally published in 1917 by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., Reprinted 1973. Price clipped. Only the faintest wear to top and bottom edge spine dj with lightly age-toned spine of same, esle, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001352
- Title
- Jane's Historical Aircraft, 1902-1916. With "Historical Prefaces on War Balloons and Parachutes By the Countess of Drogheda a Brief History of Modern Aeronautics By C.G. Grey
- Author
- Grey, C. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Facsimile Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385013140
- ISBN 13
- 9780385013147
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY TECHNOLOGY JANE'S HISTORICAL ARICRAFT WAR BALLOONS AND PARACHUTES 1902-1916 AERONAUTICAL ;HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY HISTORY;
- Size
- Oblong Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- 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.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Fine
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Cloth
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