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Airplane Design. Vol. I. Engineering Division, U. S. Army Air Service
by Niles, Alfred S
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Dayton, Ohio: John F. Curry, Air Service Chief Engineering Division, 1926. First edition, illustrated with dozens of charts and diagrams. Black cloth, gilt lettering, 495 pages. Cover rubbed, especially at the edges, with some chipping to the spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, names on front free endpaper, pages otherwise unmarked and clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026933
- Title
- Airplane Design. Vol. I. Engineering Division, U. S. Army Air Service
- Author
- Niles, Alfred S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John F. Curry, Air Service Chief Engineering Division
- Place of Publication
- Dayton, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- AIRPLANE AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING STRUCTURE DESIGN TECHNICAL GUIDE MILITARY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture, Engineering & Building Trades;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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