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Woman and Flying
by HEATH, Lady [Sophie Mary Pierce-Evans] & MURRAY, Stella Wolfe
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G+/VG-
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Long Limited, [1929] 1929. G+/VG-. 1st Edition. 14.2 x 22.2 cm red boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine, 223[1]pp with 16 photographic illustrations in 12 pages. With original unclipped dust jacket priced at 12/6 net. The boards have some mottling to the fore edges and head of the spine, possibly the result of water damage. There is some cockling to the cloth on the rear board and ding on the middle of the rear fore edge and a similar one 8cm down on the rear joint. There is a 3.5 cm split extending from the top of the rear joint but the binding remains firm. Internally the book is clean, with just an ownership name stamped on the title page and there is a some faint spotting to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket which, is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), is somewhat marked and spotted. There is loss at the head of the spine between 1.5 to 2 cm and to a much lesser extent from the foot. There is minor loss to the top corner on the front panel and of around 2cm from the bottom front corner. Despite its faults this is a very scarce book about pioneering female flyers in its even scarcer dust jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201532
- Title
- Woman and Flying
- Author
- HEATH, Lady [Sophie Mary Pierce-Evans] & MURRAY, Stella Wolfe
- Book Condition
- Used - G+/VG-
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Long Limited
- Date Published
- [1929] 1929
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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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