Aerial Transport
by Thomas, G. Holt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1920. First. Hard Cover. First printing. Quarto sized in blue cloth lettered in gilt and with gilt decoration of biplane in flight. 259 pps. with index. 32 monochrome photographic plates (mostly aerial views and including dirigibles) and four folding plates at rear. Important early work focusing on peacetime aviation. While the gilt stamping is still bright, this copy regretably has dampstaining to the lower 1" of the cloth extending upwards along the spine and front gutter edge an additional 2". There is evidence of damp along the lower edge of the text block tho' this is confined to the lower margins of pages and plates and does not extend to the text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E1340
- Title
- Aerial Transport
- Author
- Thomas, G. Holt
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Aviation, Aeronautics, Transportation, Airplane, Aircraft, Planes, Flying, Flight, Pilot
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Spine
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- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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