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North to the Orient
por Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- Assinado
- first
- Condição
- Bom/Near fine
- Livreiro
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Sobre este item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. 255pp. Blue cloth blocked in silver on the spine and upper board. Map endpapers. Frontispiece photograph of the plane 'Sirius'. Map vignettes in text. The maps were drawn by Charles A. Lindbergh. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has been strengthened at the spine tips, is a little rough along the edges but gives a near fine appearance. It is price-clipped.
Signed on the half title by Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Charles A. Lindbergh.
A classic of air travel, this is a memoir of the 1931 journey from North Haven to Nanking by Anne and Charles LIndbergh to survey potential commercial air routes and gather information on the Arctic. It is also a combination travelogue and meditation on the psychology of flight.
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Sinopse
Born in Englewood, N.J. in 1906, Anne Morrow married Charles Lindbergh in 1929, two years after his transatlantic flight. She is the author of many books, including Gift from the Sea and Listen! The Wind, and five volumes of diaries and letters, among them Bring Me a Unicorn and Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead. Mrs. Lindbergh is the recipient of countless honors and awards, including the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 23714
- Título
- North to the Orient
- Autor
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Near fine
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition, first printing
- Editorial
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1935
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Rare Books;
Termos da venda
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
Sobre o Vendedor
Thorn Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2003
Tucson, Arizona
Sobre Thorn Books
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