Paper Airplanes : 1911 and 1973 [Signed]
by KOELEWYN, Arie
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- Fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The Paper Airplane Press, 1977. Limited Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Fine. No. 13 of 25 copies numbered for sale (there were also 25 copied lettered for private distribution (A-Y) of this scarce pamphlet. Demy 8vo (216 x 141mm): [2],12.[2] pp, including two full-page diagrams and vignette on limitation page. Signed by Koelewyn, who was then a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. Created on a manual typewriter and reproduced by a quick print shop on ecru handmade, watermarked paper; sewn in original slate blue stiff wrappers with French flaps, title label printed in black to front cover. Slight stains to label, else virtually pristine. First publication of the Paper Airplane Press, founded in Philadelphia, in 1977, when the author was a tour guide at the Rosenbach Museum and Library. The library sparked an interest in book collecting and particularly in small press publications. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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- Bookseller
- Fine Editions Ltd (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BB2591
- Title
- Paper Airplanes : 1911 and 1973 [Signed]
- Author
- KOELEWYN, Arie
- Format/Binding
- Stiff Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Paper Airplane Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS;
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Fine Editions Ltd
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...