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Song of the Sky: An exploration of the ocean of air
by Murchie, Guy
- Used
- Condition
- near fine: clean, square, tight, some minor shelf wear to boards./very good: chipping and corner wear, toning, sunned spine. NOT clipped.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. Book of the Month Club edition. hardcover. near fine: clean, square, tight, some minor shelf wear to boards./very good: chipping and corner wear, toning, sunned spine. NOT clipped.. 8vo 438pp. BOMC. from front flap: "As in past times the great ocean waterways led adventurous men to new continents and new paths to the future, so now does the great ocean of the sky open to us new dimensions and new frontiers that stop only with the stars themselves. Song of the Sky is a book about the great adventure of our age." #00718.
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- Seller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 635
- Title
- Song of the Sky
- Author
- Murchie, Guy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine: clean, square, tight, some minor shelf wear to boards.
- Jacket Condition
- very good: chipping and corner wear, toning, sunned spine. NOT clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book of the Month Club edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- exploration, science, environment, wind, sky, nonfiction
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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