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Visions of a Flying Machine The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention
by Jakab, Peter L
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1560987480
- ISBN 13
- 9781560987482
- Seller
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Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
Usa: Smithsonian Institution Press. Good+. 1990. Reprint. Paperback. 1560987480 . Good paperback with tight binding and clean pages. Minor wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Previous owner's name is written on the half title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 263 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1224
- Title
- Visions of a Flying Machine The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention
- Author
- Jakab, Peter L
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 1560987480
- ISBN 13
- 9781560987482
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Usa
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 1560987480, Aviation, Wright Brothers, Biography, Airplanes, Planes, Flying, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation; Biography & Memoir;
Terms of Sale
Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
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About the Seller
Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
Biblio member since 2018
Bishop, California
About Courtney McElvogue Crafts & Vintage Finds
I worked at a used bookstore for 3-1/2 years until it unfortunately closed. I plan on one day opening a new store or purchasing another bookstore that I currently work at. I am selling books out of my house to save enough money to chase my dream of owning a a bookstore.
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Title Page
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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