LE CHEVALIER DE L'AIR: VIE HEROIQUE DE GUYNEMER. Par Henry Bordeaux
by (Guynemer, Georges). Bordeaux, Henry
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie., 1918.. 1918.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed white wraps with pictorial decorations in light green and titled in gilt & green on the front cover & spine. The book is housed in a marbled folding tray case backed with a blue morocco spine with gilt lettering. The covers are slightly foxed with minor chips to the edges and to the head and tail of the spine. The corners of the case are slightly rubbed. 320 pages, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The pages are darkened. There is a previous owner's name on the title page. Good in a handsome case.
The 17th thousand, published the same year as the first edition.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17838
- Title
- LE CHEVALIER DE L'AIR: VIE HEROIQUE DE GUYNEMER. Par Henry Bordeaux
- Author
- (Guynemer, Georges). Bordeaux, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie., 1918.
- Date Published
- 1918.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AVIATION; MILITARY; WORLD WAR I, FIRST WORLD WAR; FLYING ACE; GEORGES GUYNEMER; AVIATOR; PILOT; FRENCH; LE CHEVALIER DE L'AIR: VIE HEROIQUE DE GUYNEMER; PORTRAIT; FRONTISPIECE; HENRY BORDEAUX.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Tray Case
- A protective box designed to store books or documents consisting of a closed sided box (tray) with a hinged cover. ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...