No Margin for Error: The U. S. Navy's Transpacific Flight of 1925 by Messimer, Dwight R
- Bookseller: The Book Shed
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 011992
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG
- Jacket condition: VG
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0870214977
- ISBN 13: 9780870214974
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Place: Annapolis
- Date published: 1981
Description
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981 light wear to book and jacket, p.o. bookplate. . First Edition. Cloth. VG/VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
VG/VG : Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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