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Sale 464: Fine Literature with Books in All Fields (#464) 10/06/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #300The Lafayette Flying Corps

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$812.50

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

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Sale 464: Fine Literature with Books in All Fields (#464) 10/06/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 10/06/2011 11:00 AM PDT

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Title:

The Lafayette Flying Corps

Author:

Hall, James Norman & Charles Bernard Nordhoff

Place Published:

Boston

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Company

Date Published:

1920

Description:

2 volumes. Associate Editor Edgar G. Hamilton. Illustrations from photographs, drawings, cartoons, etc., some in color. (Large 8vo) original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, dust jackets. First Edition.

Both Nordhoff and Hall, co-authors of Mutiny on the Bounty and other novels, flew with the Lafayette Flying Corps (i.e. Escadrille Americaine). Quite scarce in the original jackets.

Condition:

Jacket soiled and chipped; volume near fine.

Item#:

222045

Headline:

The Lafayette Flying Corps Hall & Nordhoff
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