From the Ground Up
by Simonds, William A.; Black, Fred L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930 Book. Very Good-Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (8), 279 pp with lists of b&w illustrations, fictional supplements and line cuts; index. First Editioln, 1930. A fictionalized history of aviation as seen through the eyes of young Pat Callahan. Minor edge wear top and bottom spine edge and fore-edge tips with lightly age-toned text block edges. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with yellow plane and lettering to front board, and yellow lettering to spine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004203
- Title
- From the Ground Up
- Author
- Simonds, William A.; Black, Fred L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- TRANSPORTATION AVIATION HISTORY AIRCRAFT FLYING AIRPLANES LITERATURE FICTION NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRANSPORTATION;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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