FLYING - A GOLDEN GUIDE
by Schiff, Barry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Grove, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York and Racine Wisconsin: Golden Book - Western Publishing, 1971. Pictorial hardcover cloth biding square and tight, bumped corners, lightly soiled, spine sticker. Rubbed top of spine, front pocket intact, usual stamps and marks. Interior clean and bright. 160 pages with index. Scarce title by popular aviation expert Barry Schiff. Book under the general editorship of Vera R. Webster. Lots of photos and diagrams to explain theory of flight and basic manuevers to young readers age 8-12. Also good information on elementary navigation, fundamentals of radio, types of aircraft, and flight rules. Includes a bibliography of books to read on the subject along with a listing of famous flights from 1783 in a balloon to 1954 (when the author made HIS first flight!). Illus. by Fluchere, Henri and Photos. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Deja Vu Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09066
- Title
- FLYING - A GOLDEN GUIDE
- Author
- Schiff, Barry
- Illustrator
- Fluchere, Henri and Photos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Golden Book - Western Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York and Racine Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- AVIATION BASIC FLYING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens - Texts/Readers/Non-Fiction; Aviation Related;
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Deja Vu Books
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About the Seller
Deja Vu Books
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Poplar Grove, Illinois
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...