Night Flight
by Saint-Exupery, Antoine de
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The Century Co, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stated first printing. Cerulean cloth boards with navy blue and gilt titling and decoration to front panel and spine. Spine gilt faded. Boards very good with edge wear, gently bumped corners. Spine tips bumped. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket good only, with moderate age soiling, creasing and small tears. Small loss at jacket spine tip. Price clipped. Endpapers toned, remnants of previous owner's names penciled at ffep. Pages else clean and bright. Text unmarked.
Synopsis
In this gripping novel, Saint-Exupéry tells about the brave men who piloted night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Preface by André Gide. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Bin
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CORV-BBC-X000126
- Title
- Night Flight
- Author
- Saint-Exupery, Antoine de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Century Co
- Date Published
- 1932
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
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- First Edition
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