Aerial Vagabond
by Owen, Bessie
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Liveright Publishing, 1941. Owen's account of her zig zag 11,000 mile flight from Paris to China in 1935 and her adventures along the way. Foreword by Prince Bibesco. Bumped and rubbed, spine cocked and a bit darkened with tanning to the edges of the boards. Inscribed on the half title page "To Mrs. Charles B. Hervey, who threw me out of better places. Bessie Owen." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D160019
- Title
- Aerial Vagabond
- Author
- Owen, Bessie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Biography/Autobiography;
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Spine
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- Half Title
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- Inscribed
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Title Page
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- Jacket
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