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The Boy's Story of LINDBERGH The Lone Eagle
by Beamish, Richard J
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: The John C. Winston Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback 1928 First Printing. Story of Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, the first man to make such a trip. Hardcover in Good Condition, w/o dust jacket. Illustrated. Paper panel illustration affixed to front board of the "Spirit of St. Louis" and a youthful Lindbergh, in very good condition. Clean and unmarked green cloth with gilt title nearly rubbed off spine, corners and spine head and heel worn, with cloth rubbed through at three corner tips, fraying at spine ends with a small tear on the lower front spine egde. Sewn binding tight and solid. Prev owner name and name stamp on ffep. Inner hinge partially cracked, at half title page. Frontspiece: The "Lone Eagle" and His Mother. Title page foxed. Oval stain on pages by upper hinge corner, up to page 39, progressively smaller. Otherwise pages are very clean and unmarked. Tight, solid volume with attractive paper panel illustration on front, pages and illustrations very clean and unmarked except stain as stated. A wonderful story for growing young people. Book cover has "Clean Living Preparedness Courage" by Lindbergh's portrait. 320 pages. 8.75 x 6.25 inches. The John C. Winston Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1928.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019111
- Title
- The Boy's Story of LINDBERGH The Lone Eagle
- Author
- Beamish, Richard J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AIRPLANES; AIR FLIGHTS; LINDBERGH, CHARLES; ADVENTURE; TRAVEL; THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children/Juvenile;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
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- Half Title
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- New
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