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New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1941. First Edition. Good in decorated gray cloth covered boards with black and red text on the spine and with a black design and red text on the front board. The cloth is heavily worn and frayed at the head and heel of the spine and worn through at the lower edge of the front and rear boards. There is a prior owner's name on the front paste down. Without its issued dust jacket. This is Eric Sloane's first book which is quite scarce. 74 pages of text and illustrations followed by two un-numbered pages.
Clouds, Air and Wind by Sloane, Eric - 1941
by Sloane, Eric
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Clouds, Air and Wind
by Sloane, Eric
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New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1941. Author's first book. Second printing [1941]. A simplified approach to flight meteorology, with emphasis on cloud formation from the flyer's point of view, illustrated throughout with Sloane's drawings reproduced in black and white or in tones of blue. Gray cloth printed in red and black, 12.25 inches tall, 75 pages plus a page with facsimile signature at the rear, illustrated dustjacket featuring a small photo of a very young-looking Sloane on the rear panel. The book has some shelfwear, mainly rubbing to the corners and spine ends, some age-toning to the lower edge, good hinges, sound text block, unevenly toned endpapers, clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket (also a second edition dustjacket) is priceclipped has light overall soil and a faded spine, some chipping to the spine ends, larger chips to the top edge of the rear panel, about three to five percent paper loss overall.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Jacket Condition Good
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- Publisher The Devin-Adair Company
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1941
- Keywords ERIC SLOANE AMERICAN ARTISTS METEOROLOGY WEATHER FORECASTING AIRCRAFT CLOUD ANALYSIS FORMATIONS FLIGHT METEOROLOGY
- Size Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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Clouds, Air and Wind
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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CLOUDS, AIR AND WIND
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Rochester, Michigan, United States
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CLOUDS, AIR AND WIND, Devin - Adair, 1941,first edition, very slight wear to fore edge corner tips, some faint soiling to a relatively small area of the binding, else a tight vg copy with fine contents. Profusely illustrated in hues of blue and white.
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CLOUDS, AIR AND WIND
by Sloane, Eric
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Mount Vernon, Washington, United States
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New York, NY: Devin-Adair. VG+. 1941. 4th Revised Edition. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 77 pages. Ownership signature on front pastedown; very light rubbing to board edges. Solid and straight binding. Text and illustrations bright and clean. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. .
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Clouds, Air and Wind
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Decatur, Georgia, United States
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NY: Devin-Adair Company, 1941. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Fourth Revised Edition. 77pp. Very good hardback in a rubbed jacket that has some minor loss at the extremities, a close dtear to the bottom of the front joint and a two inch triangular chip to the top of the rear. Sloane's first book, uncommon in jacket.
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Clouds, Air and Wind
by Sloane, Eric
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1941. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 31 x 23 cm. Quarto. 77pp. Signed presentation copy to "Jane" with an original drawing of a woman flying a plane by Sloane on the front free endpaper. Extensively illustrated. A bit of darkening to page edges and some light foredge foxing. Sloane's first book.
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Clouds Air and Wind
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Rochester, Vermont, United States
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New York: Devin Adair, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sloane, Eric. 1941. Scarce and sought after. Pictorial hardcover with an illustration of a plane and clouds on front. Black and red type on cover remain vibrant and legible. Gentle, superficial moisture mark along some edges mostly lower back. Inside, endpages are clean and free from previous owner marks. Title page is vibrant in blue. Small chip on opposite title page edge. Profusely illustrated with line drawings in that classic, kind of primitive Eric Sloane style. Hinges and binding firm. Nice copy of a collectible mid-20th century title.
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