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From Kite to Kitty Hawk
by Bishop, Richard W
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1958. Stated First Printing 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover; 211 pages with black and white decorations and full page illustrations Contents are in three parts: Lighter Than Air The Parachute Heavier Than Air Ex-library with typical treatments. Book has textural changes consistent with water damage on front cover and to pages, but we note no water stains. Edgewear and fraying to head and heal of spine and bottom of front cover. Fading to top edge of covers, tape residue on covers, and there is a crack to the binding between 36 and 37. . First. Cloth. Acceptable/No Jacket. Illus. by Teppich, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 006776
- Title
- From Kite to Kitty Hawk
- Author
- Bishop, Richard W
- Illustrator
- Teppich, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- aviation; Air Planes; Aviation pioneers; Wright Brothers; Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation; First Editions;
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