Flags of the World
by McCandless, Byron And Grosvenor, Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket Issued
- Seller
-
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Washington, D.C: The National Geographic Society, 1917. 1197 flags in full color and 300 additional b&w illustrations, flags of the world, American flag, state flags, pennants, insignias of US army, many b&w historic photographs, reprint of Woodrow Wilson's letter to Grosvenor praising the Flag issue of Ntl. Geographic Magazine, inlaid is article clipped from the magazine re the Romance of Military Insignia, with color illustrations of medals of merit, b&w photos of living emblems made up of tens of thousands of officers (US Shield, Statue of Liberty, etc.) taken from the air (early aviation). Book interior tight and clean, lt. brown covers with black lettering, Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003599
- Title
- Flags of the World
- Author
- McCandless, Byron And Grosvenor, Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Flags Uniforms Insignia World War I
- Bookseller catalogs
- Uniforms and Medals;
Terms of Sale
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Books may be returned within 7 days if not satisfied.
About the Seller
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Biblio member since 2005
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Specializing in quality military history books on the Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, WWI and WWII, German military and Vietnam. We also sell new Schiffer and Fedorowicz military books.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.