Americans Into Orbit; the Story of Project Mercury
by Gurney, Gene
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. ©1962. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 190 p. 21.5 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Light wear to corner tips. Minor darkening along edges. Top edge of text block a bit dusty, and front edge slightly soiled. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has some edge wear, heavier at the spine ends. The spine and rear flap fold are foxed. Both spine and rear panel show some soiling, with less to front panel. An account of the first American space flights and Project Mercury. Illustrated with black and white photographs. One of the publisher's Landmark series books for children. Landmark Books No. 101 .
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- Seller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 4152
- Title
- Americans Into Orbit; the Story of Project Mercury
- Author
- Gurney, Gene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- ©1962
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Series;
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...