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Amelia Earhart: The Final Story
by Vincent Loomis, Jeffrey Ethell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394531914
- ISBN 13
- 9780394531915
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 1985 Random House, New York. 1985. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift notation on the half title page and F/O blindstamp on the title page. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); light shelfwear to upper tips. Rust paper over boards with brown cloth overlay on the spine' bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 159 pp 8vo. The disappearance of Emilia Earhart's plane in 1937 remains one of the greatest mysteries of the century. The author begins a new search for her with fresh evidence of her crash, new interviews, records and overall reconstructions of her final flight from the Japanese side of the story and addition information from Marshall Islanders. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012548
- Title
- Amelia Earhart: The Final Story
- Author
- Vincent Loomis, Jeffrey Ethell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394531914
- ISBN 13
- 9780394531915
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Emilia Earhart, Fred Noonan, World War II, airplane crash, Japanese Navy, Marshall Islands, flight records, Atchison Kansas, Lockheed Electra, Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, search and rescue,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- 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...
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