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Over Land and Sea - A Biography of Glenn Hammond Curtiss
by Scharff, Robert & Taylor, Walter S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: David McKay, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Solid first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. Neatly penned previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. No other marks. Illustrated with historical photographs. 310 pages with Index. Clean jacket has two very tiny chips at top spine edge, is not price clipped. The dramatic story of the dashing aviation pioneer, Glenn Curtiss..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034983
- Title
- Over Land and Sea - A Biography of Glenn Hammond Curtiss
- Author
- Scharff, Robert & Taylor, Walter S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- AVIATION, GLENN H. CURTISS, BIOGRAPHY, AVIATION PIONEERS, FIRST EDITION, LOCAL INTEREST, HAMMONDSPORT, NEW YORK, FLYING, EARLY FLIGHT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Local/Regional Interest; Aviation;
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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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