The Big E: the Story of the USS Enterprise
by Edward P. Stafford
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Random House. Good with no dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Hard cover published by Random House in 1962. No dust jacket. Blue covers with gilt design of the carrier on front and gilt lettering and design on spine. Spine is cocked some. Corners of covers are bumped some and have some rubbing. Covers have some scuffing. Book is in good condition. Large 8vo, 499 pages, 2.2 lb. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 499 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inside the Covers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MSS12810
- Title
- The Big E: the Story of the USS Enterprise
- Author
- Edward P. Stafford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- USS Enterprise, Aircraft Carrier, Navy, World War II, Aviation History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Lancaster, Texas
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...