Racing the Moon (And Winning) Being the Story of the Swiftest Journey Ever Made
by MEARS, JOHN HENRY
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rae D. Henkle Co. Inc.. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Author; Hardcover. Book has shelfwear. Very Good Minus condition. Dust Jacket has some chipping and closed tears. Good condition. Signed and Inscribed on the endpaper. Profile of gentleman pasted next to autograph. 1928. Rae D. Henkle Co. Publisher. First Edition. 320 pages. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 320 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Gallery // Mike Riley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103275
- Title
- Racing the Moon (And Winning) Being the Story of the Swiftest Journey Ever Made
- Author
- MEARS, JOHN HENRY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Rae D. Henkle Co. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Travel ,, Aviation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation; *Book Gallery Catalog*;
Terms of Sale
Book Gallery // Mike Riley
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About the Seller
Book Gallery // Mike Riley
Biblio member since 2006
Phoenix, Arizona
About Book Gallery // Mike Riley
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Glossary
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.