Aircraft in Profile Volume I - Part One by Cain, Charles W. (editor)
- Bookseller: Columbia Trading Co.
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 24747
- Format: Hardcover
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: Revised fourth edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0385099827
- ISBN 13: 9780385099820
- Publisher: Profile Publications Ltd.,
- Place: Berkshire UK:
- Date published: 1975.
Description
Berkshire UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1975. Hardcover Revised fourth edition 144pp, illustrated w/ color and b/w air craft illustrations, numerous b/w photographs, decorative endpapers, 4to, blue cloth boards w/ gilt letters on spine. Ex-library w/ few markings. Very good +.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound 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.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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