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MILITARY OBSERVATION BALLOONS (CAPTIVE AND FREE). A COMPLETE TREATISE ON THEIR MANUFACTURE, EQUIPMENT, INSPECTION, AND HANDLING, WITH SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TRAINING OF A FIELD BALLOON COMPANY
by Widmer, Emil J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1917. Hardcover. 151 pages with numerous illustrations and two folded plates. Bound in original black cloth flexible cover with lettering stamped in gilt. Ex-library with pocket and War Service Library plate on the front paste-down endpaper, and stamping on the front endpaper and title page. Third folded plate missing from the rear pocket. Light wear at corners and spine ends. A very good copy.
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- Seller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 39781
- Title
- MILITARY OBSERVATION BALLOONS (CAPTIVE AND FREE). A COMPLETE TREATISE ON THEIR MANUFACTURE, EQUIPMENT, INSPECTION, AND HANDLING, WITH SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TRAINING OF A FIELD BALLOON COMPANY
- Author
- Widmer, Emil J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Van Nostrand Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- military, balloons, lta, dirigibles
Terms of Sale
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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....
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