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British Aeroplanes 1914-18
by J.M. Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Putnam, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. BRUCE, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914-18, London: Putnam, 1957. Quarto, first edition, pp. 742, black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, extensive halftone illustration. A comprehensive survey of the British industry's World War I years, when the number of manufacturers and models vastly exceeded that of the modern era. Condition: Boards worn, rubbed at extremities; leaves clean and tight, no marks. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; Military & Warfare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51012. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51012
- Title
- British Aeroplanes 1914-18
- Author
- J.M. Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Sopwith Vickers Fairey World War I airplanes Aviation; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; Military & Warfare. J.M. Bruce British Aeroplanes 1914-18
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Warwick, New York
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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...
- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- 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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