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Balloons to Jets. A Century of Aeronautics in Illinois. 1855-1955
by Howard L. Scamehorn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. A very good plus, first edition. Blue cloth boards, sunning to top edge of cover. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket showing chips and small tears at head and tail of spine of dust jacket. Binding is sturdy and square. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Black and white plates, 271 pp. including index. Octavo, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches tall.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 438
- Title
- Balloons to Jets. A Century of Aeronautics in Illinois. 1855-1955
- Author
- Howard L. Scamehorn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Regnery Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- aviation, aeronaut, balloons, planes, jets, biplanes, single engine, propeller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Technology;
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About the Seller
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About Uncommon Works
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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