FROM THE GROUND UP: Why An Airplane Flies, and How It Is Flown, Simply Explained
by Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: Standard Oil Company (Indiana), 1930. 48 pp. Original pictorial staple-bound wraps w/ light edge wear, and rubbing along spine. Vertical crease to middle of rear cover. Light, small dampstain to foredge of text block and outer margin of several leaves, not affecting text. Illust. w/ b/w drawings.. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24404AV
- Title
- FROM THE GROUND UP: Why An Airplane Flies, and How It Is Flown, Simply Explained
- Author
- Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- AVIATION HISTORY AIRPLANES AIRCRAFTS FLIGHT AERONAUTICS TRANSPORTATION CHILDRENS BOOKS JUVENILE LITERATURE CHILDREN STORIES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Aviation;
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....