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The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing - Hardcover
Synopsis
"This book . . . recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis, to build a flying machine to cross the English Channel. . . . The text is succinct, caption-like in its directness and brevity. . . . The paintings . . . add the necessary texture and tone to this marriage. This is vintage Provensen."--School Library Journal. Caldecott Medal.
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About the Author
Alice Provensen and her husband, Martin, won the Caldecott Medal for The Glorious Flight. She currently lives in San Clemente, California.
Review
-Factually accurate, yes-but also a witty pictorial reincarnation of Bleriot+s first experience of an airship. . . . There+s dash, style, and economy here in both text and pictures.+ -Kirkus Reviews
-Fact is turned into magic.+ -The New York Times Book Review
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- PublisherHutchinson
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0091543002
- ISBN 13 9780091543006
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
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The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
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ISBN 10: 0091543002
ISBN 13: 9780091543006
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 1984 Caldecott winner. 1983 edition published by Hutchison (London * Melbourne * Sydney * Auckland * Johannesburg). Book itself is like new and pristine. Front of dust jacket is in very good condition but the half of the back of the dj is missing. Highly desirable. (BR) Box 191. Seller Inventory # ABE-1728511239639
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The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
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Hutchinson, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0091543002
ISBN 13: 9780091543006
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. First British edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, light bumping to edges in alike dust-jacket; The winner of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1984 captures the story of Louis Blériot, the first pilot to fly across the English Channel, eighteen years before Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic. Alice and Martin Provensen's richly detailed paintings convey this exciting and historic event with wonderful authenticity; Color Illustrations; Oblong 4to; [3], 4-39, [1] pages. Seller Inventory # 34293
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