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FLYING BOATS & SEAPLANES - A HISTORY FROM 1905
Written by Stephane Nicolaou.
Stock no. 1319620
Published by Bay View Books.
1st
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive study of the aircraft which made the history of this fascinating branch of aviation. Oblong format. Black boards, silver title to spine. 191 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1901432203. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edge creased and sunned to spine.
HIGHWAYS TO THE EMPIRE
Written by Colin Cruddas.
Stock no. 1319619
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd..
1st
2006.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Long-Distance Flying Between the Wars. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. 256 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851303765. Dustwrapper spine is slightly sunned.
CONQUEST OF THE ATLANTIC PIONEER FLIGHTS 1919-1939
Written by Phil Munson.
Stock no. 1319616
Published by Stenlake Publishing.
1st
2002.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 1840331801. Wrapper spine is slightly sunned.
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS
Written by Phil Lo Bao.
Stock no. 1319613
Published by Browcom Group Plc..
1st
1989.
Very good condition.
Large format. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946141398. Spine bumped, slight rubbing to corners. A few tiny dents to cover edges. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
JOHN BULL, LIMITED
Written by George W. Hills.
Stock no. 1820471
Published by Regent Publishing Co..
Almost very good condition.
Travels around the United Kingdom. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. Rear board a little scuffed, spine slightly faded, titles bright. Corners lightly worn. Name in ink to front endpaper. Annotations in biro to rear endpaper. A few scattered foxspots. All plates present.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- UK (GENERAL)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TRAVEL
A FRENCHMAN'S LONDON
Written by Paul Morand.
Stock no. 1820470
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1934.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The French author's love of London and sense of kinship brings insight, wit, and sarcasm and tells of the mysteries and anomalies of English social and political life. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Foxing to text block and a few scattered foxspots to contents. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LAST OF THE FLYING CLIPPERS - THE BOEING B-314 STORY
Written by M.D. Klaas.
Stock no. 1319610
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd..
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
An historical account of America's greatest - and the world's largest - commercial airplane of the 1930s and early 1940s. Large format. Beige cloth, black titles. Marble effect endpapers. 320 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 076430562X. A couple of pages (258 & 259) have a light brown mark where a book mark was stored. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.
SOCIETY IN LONDON
Written by T.H.S. Escott.
Stock no. 1820469
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
1885.
Good condition.
Top half of boards red floral cloth and gilt title to spine, lower half is dull brown. Green floral endpapers. Boards stained and title faded. Top edge of spine frayed. Spine cocked. Joints cracked. Hinges pulled. A few margin marks.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- ANTIQUARIAN
THE CHRONICLES OF CRIME; OR, THE NEW NEWGATE CALENDAR (VOLUME I)
Written by Camden Pelham.
Illustrated by Phiz.
Stock no. 1820465
Published by T. Miles & Co..
1891.
Good condition.
A sereis of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841. Embellished with fifty-two tissue-guarded engravings from original drawings by "Phiz". Maroon cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt logo to front. 592 pages. Boards scuffed, corners worn, spine sunned and worn at top & tail. Joints cracked. Foxing throughout. Hinges pulled but binding tight.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TRUE CRIME
AIRLINES OF THE LATIN AMERICA SINCE 1919
Written by R.E.G. Davies.
Stock no. 1319602
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books.
1st thus
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 698 pages. ISBN: 0851778895. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine causing discolouration and just a little edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- SOUTH AMERICA
- HISTORY
AIRLINES OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1914
Written by R.E.G. Davies.
Stock no. 1319601
Published by Putnam.
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 745 pages. ISBN: 0370000323. Spine bumped and corners lightly rubbed. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.
RAILWAYS BEFORE GEORGE STEPHENSON: A STUDY OF THE WAGGONWAYS IN THE GREAT NORTHERN COALFIELD 1605 - 1830
Written by Les Turnbull.
Stock no. 2134059
Published by Chapman Research Publishing.
1ST
2012.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Card wraps. ISBN: 9780956124814.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL