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Une Nouvelle Conquete de l'Homme, L'Air
Alphonse Berget
1927
Librarie Larousse : Paris
13" by 10"
2-310, 2pp
SUMMARY
A richly detailed and illustrated French language study of the aeronautic advancements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Colour Plates,Illustrated,Leather Binding,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 3 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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EU Postage: £ 25.99
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DESCRIPTION
In the original French.
The work of French physicist Alphonse Berget, this is an informative and detailed celebration of nineteenth and twentieth century advancements in aviation, remarked upon as 'a new conquest of man'. In the smart original quarter morocco binding and cloth covered boards.
With over 700 vignette and full plate illustrations selected by Lucien Rudaux, the French artist and astronomer who created paintings of space in the 1920s and 1930s. Including nine colour plates and eight colour maps. Collated, complete.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original quarter morocco binding, with paper covered boards, and gilt detailing. Externally, smart. Head of front joint starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of spotting throughout. Spotting most concentrated to plate perimeters.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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