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Gjennem Luften Til 88' Nord. Amundsen-Ellsworths Polflyvning 1925

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Gjennem Luften Til 88' Nord. Amundsen-Ellsworths Polflyvning 1925

by Amundsen, Roald

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Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1925. HB. Tan cloth, gilt lettering on spine and brown lettering on front cover, with illustration of an airplane on both spine and front cover, 8vo, 278 pp., tan endpapers. Top edge of text block stained brown. Account of the 1925 attempt to reach the North Pole by a team led by Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth using two Dornier Do J flying boats. No marks in book, binding tight. In the colorful dust jacket showing one of the planes on the ice and flying the Norwegian flag, with team members in the foreground clearing ice to prepare a runway. Dust jacket shows edge wear, one inch chip at top of spine with partial loss of the author's name, bookseller stamp on rear panel. Text in Norwegian. Book condition VG+ in VG- DJ. Uncommon with dust jacket. No indication of previous printings.

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Parker's Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
HD6935
Title
Gjennem Luften Til 88' Nord. Amundsen-Ellsworths Polflyvning 1925
Author
Amundsen, Roald
Format/Binding
HB
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Place of Publication
Oslo
Date Published
1925
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Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
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....
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....
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...

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