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The Lindberghs. The Story of a Distinguished Family. With 37 Illustrations.
by O'BRIEN, P.J.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John Long Limited, 1936 1st edition. Hardback, approx 9.5 x 6 inches. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing and handling marks to cloth. Corners slightly bumped, small chips to cloth at bottom leading corners. Some rubbing and small nicks to ends of spine. Neat pencil inscription to front endpaper.Stamps to first and last pages “The Leisure Libraries, Wood Green.” A couple of minor handling marks and a couple of occasional dark foxing spots to page edges, else pages and plates all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 285pp + 16pp cat. With 37 B&W photo illustrations over 32 plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86943
- Title
- The Lindberghs. The Story of a Distinguished Family. With 37 Illustrations.
- Author
- O'BRIEN, P.J.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Long Limited, 1936 1st edition
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES/LETTERS/DIARIES The Lindberghs, O'BRIEN, P.J., John Long Limited, 1936, 1st edition, B&W photo plates, illustrations, Spirit of St Louis, Atlantic flight, baby, kidnapping,
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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