Famous First Flights Across the Atlantic by Delear, Frank J
- Bookseller: Greenberry House
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 002502
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Ages: 7 to 9 years
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0396077048
- ISBN 13: 9780396077046
- Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1979
Description
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979. 204 pages, indexed and illustrated with black and white photographs. The daring of the first aviators to challenge the Atlantic Ocean is celebrated in these accounts of hardship and courage. Bright blue boards with black lettering on spine. Very light shelf wear at ends of spine, interior pages bright, dust jacket in mylar cover is slightly scrubbed at back, price clipped.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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