AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES - THE STORY OF THE INVENTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRESENT DAY USES OF WAR'S NEWEST WEAPON
by Abbot, Willis J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+, No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Farmingville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Good+, No Dust Jacket G.P. Putnam's Sons First Edition, 1918 8VO, B/W,Color Ills, Hardcover Hardcover. Red cloth boards are frayed at corners, edges and spine ends. Some soil and sun fade. Fore edge soil. Illustrated endpapers. Gift inscription on blank second free endpaper. Black and white and color illustrations. Text pages are clean. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Koster's Collectible Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- INVENT046973I
- Title
- AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES - THE STORY OF THE INVENTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRESENT DAY USES OF WAR'S NEWEST WEAPON
- Author
- Abbot, Willis J
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+, No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, 1918
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Keywords
- Aviation Naval History
Terms of Sale
Koster's Collectible Books
Thank You for your order!! All titles subject to prior sale. We ship in boxes, all carefully packed. PAYMENT:Money order, Paypal. NY residents please add 8.625% sales tax. SHIPPING: USPS 4th Class Bookrate, $3.99 1st book, each additional book $1.00. Priority mail $16.00 1st bk, $2 each additional. International shipping is at cost. Call/fax/e-mail to hold. All dust jackets are covered in protective plastic. Orders processed promptly!!Returns are accepted within two weeks of purchase, and must be returned to us at the buyers expense, in the same condition in which it was received, carefully packed.
About the Seller
Koster's Collectible Books
Biblio member since 2003
Farmingville, New York
About Koster's Collectible Books
Welcome to Koster's Collectible Books. We have been selling quality out of print books since 1990. We invite you to browse our inventory. Although we carry most general categories, our specialties include Military History, Nautical & Naval History, Automobiles, Aviation, Railroads, Oceanliners, Sports & Sporting, the Arts and collectible Childrens books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Frequently asked questions
A Brief History of the Dust Jacket
When did dust jackets first appear, and what exactly are they for? Learn about this often-important detail as it applies to book collecting. More...
The American Eclipse of 2017
The path of the total eclipse of August 2017 had our offices at 99% totality - we closed the office to go watch the spectacle, but first we put together this gallery inspired by eclipses to celebrate.
