- Seller Inventory #: EC16381BB
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
- Place: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Date published: 1962
- Keywords: HISTORY EUROPE GERMANY MILITARY WORLD WAR II V-2 ROCKET SIGNED
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1962. BM4 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has price clipped, wrinkling, chipping, crease, some tears, discoloration, and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, light rubbing, dog-eared pages, discoloration, and light shelf wear. Signed and inscribed by the author to previous owner on the front loose endpaper. The dramatic, personal story of a German rocket scientist who played an important role in the deveolopment of the V-2 rocket, how he saved vital documents from the Russians, and how he came to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
chipping : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
