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Aces of the Air by French, Joseph Lewis (editor)
- Bookseller: Dickinson Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 20056
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: McLoughlin Brothers
- Place: Springfield, Massachusetts
- Date published: 1930
Description
Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Brothers, 1930. Cover has moderate wear to extremities, spine faded. Hinges loosening, contents tight and nice. 316 pages including acknowledgements. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. An interesting look at aviation in the early 20th century.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AIRPLANES FLIERS PILOTS ACES FLYING BALLOONING PARACHUTES RICKENBACKER.
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
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
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