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IGOR SIKORSKY: His Three Careers in Aviation (signed)
by Delear, Frank J. Foreword by James H. Doolittle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0396072828
- ISBN 13
- 9780396072829
- Seller
-
Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1976. Revised. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Revised edition, 1976. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 290 pp., with black & white images. Inscribed on end paper by Sergei Sikorsky (Igor's eldest son) along with a charming drawing of a helicopter with a sparking beverage in its hand. Bound in publishers green cloth with green and blue illustrated dust jacket, price clipped. Jacket shows signs of rubbing and chipping along edges, tips and spine. Text is clean and unmarked; binding is tight. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Inscribed to Betty and Frank Kenan, dated January 1995.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30728
- Title
- IGOR SIKORSKY: His Three Careers in Aviation (signed)
- Author
- Delear, Frank J. Foreword by James H. Doolittle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised
- ISBN 10
- 0396072828
- ISBN 13
- 9780396072829
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
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Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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