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Dave Dawson with the Air Corps (The War Adventure Series)
by Bowen, R(obert) Sidney
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1942. First Thus . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Book #8 in the 15-book WWII adventure series for boys featuring aviator Dave Dawson. Orig. published in 1942 by Crown, this is a contemporaneous reprint from Saalfied, not a modern reprint. Hardcover with blue-green cloth over boards stamped with a black image of Dave & his plan to front/lettering to spine is in just Fair condition: clean, binding strong & straight, NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Pages heavily tanned & somewhat brittle, commensurate with poor quality wartime paper. Flaws: both hinges cracked, binding shaky, exterior shows fading/soil/rubbing to extremities. NO DJ (missing). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021225
- Title
- Dave Dawson with the Air Corps (The War Adventure Series)
- Author
- Bowen, R(obert) Sidney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Saalfield Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Akron, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- BOYS YA MIDDLE SCHOOL SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS FLYING AVIATORS AVIATION PILOTS MILITARY FORTIES WORLD WAR TWO WWII
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Transportation: Planes/Trains/Automobiles/Boats/Motorcycles/Bikes;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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