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LITTLE AMERICA: AERIAL EXPLORATION IN THE ANTARCTIC THE FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE [SIGNED]
by Byrd, Richard Evelyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 308/1000, First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, x, xi, xvi, 436 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Half bound vellum spine bearing gilt lettering with blue cloth boards. Boards how moderate plus wear exteriorly including soiling wear, rubbing wear to the joints and minor chips to the spine edges. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges. Deckled fore and tail edges. Slight cracking to the gutter to end papers, impacting few pages. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf and to rear end paper. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Sparse, slight foxing interiorly. Illustrated. First edition. Limited numbered copies, this in number 308 of 1000. Signed by the author and by the publisher as 'G.P. Putnam's Sons'.
NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1375838. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1375838
- Title
- LITTLE AMERICA: AERIAL EXPLORATION IN THE ANTARCTIC THE FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE [SIGNED]
- Author
- Byrd, Richard Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 308/1000, First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1930
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Half Bound
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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