- Seller Inventory #: 003080
- Book condition: Good/No Jacket
- Illustrator: Illus. Color various Artists.
- Edition: Originally pub. in France 1964
- Publisher: Follett Publishing Company
- Place: Chicago New York (1967)
- Keywords: Aviation
Chicago New York (1967): Follett Publishing Company. Good/No Jacket. Originally pub. in France 1964. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Covers a bit spotted, and a little shaken. Bit musty as well. Contents mostly clean and nice. About 2" slit top inner hinge, affecting title page only. .
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
pub : Common abbreviation for 'published'
shaken : A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.