PARACHUTE.
by Murphy, Charles J. V
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light wear to covers, slightly cocked, else very good
- Seller
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Fort Bragg, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Light wear to covers, slightly cocked, else very good. viii, 275 pp., 16 full-page plates from photographs, octavo, original blue cloth with gilt title.
A well-writted illustrated history of parachuting.
A well-writted illustrated history of parachuting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chanticleer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23116
- Title
- PARACHUTE.
- Author
- Murphy, Charles J. V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light wear to covers, slightly cocked, else very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
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Chanticleer Books
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- G
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