FALCONS OF FRANCE: A Tale of Youth and the Air
by Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. An account of the authors' service in the famed Lafayette Escadrille during World War I. Octavo: 332 p. with 4 color illustrations by A. Vimnera. Original blue cloth binding, with red stamping. Light rubbing to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is a bit toned, more so along the spine, with some mild edgewear; else very good or better.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75057
- Title
- FALCONS OF FRANCE: A Tale of Youth and the Air
- Author
- Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Aviation, Military History, Lafayette Escadrille, First World War, World War I, Memoirs, Autobiography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....