By Land and Sky
by BACON, John M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London. Isbister and Company 1901, 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 22.5cm, first (sole) edition,viii,275p., with 4 photographic plates including frontis, maroon cloth, gilt spine titles, ex-library copy black call number on the spine and a few internally library stamps otherwise a very good copy, rare (tgc). - The author, a British clergyman, writes of thirty years of ballooning. Dedicated to Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle, a fellow balloonist.
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Details
- Seller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24312
- Title
- By Land and Sky
- Author
- BACON, John M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- London. Isbister and Company 1901
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- AERONAUTICS BALLOON BALLOONING TELEGRAPH BRITISH AVIATION FREMANTLE LIGHTER THAN AIR
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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Glossary
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- 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
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- Cloth
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