Charles machardy (38 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked copy with crease-free spine. BP/Myst.

Zustand: Good. 1973. First Edition Thus. 318 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. reprint. edge wear on the jacket. some foxing and usage markings. sound binding. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: Good. 1968. First Edition. 381 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Book has slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has mild edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some mild rubbing and marking to surfaces.…

Zustand: Good. 1972. Eighth impression. 352 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Tight and square, very light toning in edges and endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped and bright, very light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. Slightly cocked spine with lightly bumped corners else very good in a very good dust jacket with some edgewear, toning on the spine, and tiny tears.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled, sun-toned, and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 381 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Charles MacHardy. English fiction 20th century. Spy stories, English. Suspense fiction. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Good. 1968. No edition remarks. 381 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Book has slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 320 pages. Cover faded. Pages tannedThe glistening black wall of the Eiger is the dark mirror in which Robert Wis hart, a born climber with an international reputation, must read his fate. Even with the steadiest nerve and the best of luck the North Wall is a menacing prosp ect. But when your luck has turned against you, when your judgement?right or w rong?has brought disaster to your team, when your self-confidence has been tor n out by the roots?what then? Do you give up? Can you give up? Do you try agai n? Can you try again?In a story that holds the reader heart-in-mouth whil e boots scrabble frantically for a toe-hold, while thousands of feet below the s nug Swiss valleys spin softly, sickeningly round, while muscles sear with strain and the mind roars meaninglessly, Charles MacHardy shows the same deep understa nd of fear and courage as in his first novel Send Down a Dove.In his figh t to regain his strength Wishart is helped by his old climbing companions, by th e familiar beauty of the Scottish glens in which he was brought up, but above al l by Jo, the girl with whom he falls in love. In her naturalness, in her unselfi sh and affectionate disposition she is a heroine who convinces as well as charms the reader.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1/0/00 Binding: Unknown.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. From the collection of an Ex-Libris W.L. van STEUN, with His book plate pasted in on front free endpaper page. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Zustand: Good. 1968. No Edition Remarks. 381 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Marking to inside panels. …

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Includes dust jacket. First Edition. MACHARDY, Charles . The Ice Mirror (first edition). ISBN: 0002213451. Collins, London, 1971, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards blue/gilt, 380 pp. Boards clean and crisp, top edge sunned, no inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright Wrapper clean with moderate shelf wear, tape residue on back cover, crease to front inside flap, now protected in acid free archive film, original price (£180 net) not clipped. FICTION, 1ST EDITION, CHARLES MACHARDY, CLIMBING, MOUNTAINEERING, THE ALPS, ROMANCE. 44912 FIC/1ST/CLIMBING/H £1150.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 351 pages. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Arthur Shilstone. His first book and the Thomas R. Coward Prize Novel. The story describes the final mission of the fictional submarine U.S. Scorpion. The story of a routine patrol that turns deadly when the Scorpion's skipper becomes obsessed with a last chance for war-time promotion. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: F-. F-. First Edition. F-/F-. 8vo. original blue textured paper boards gilt (top edge slightly speckled, small bookseller's label to tail edge of front pastedown) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges a trifle rubbed); pp. 380. A near fine copy. [Neate: X216].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. Send Down a Dove by Charles MacHardy is a powerful naval novel set aboard the Royal Navy submarine H.M.S. Scorpion during the closing stages of the Second World War. Drawing heavily on the author's own wartime experience in the submarine service, the book presents submarine warfare from the perspective of ordinary sailors rather than senior officers, creating an authentic and convincing picture of life beneath the sea. Combining action, tension, humour, and the camaraderie of men living in extreme conditions, the novel vividly portrays the dangers, routines, and psychological pressures of submarine operations. Widely praised for its realism and atmospheric detail, it is regarded as one of the finest British submarine novels of the post-war period.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First American edition. 8vo. [10], 11-351, [1] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $5.95 on front flap of jacket. A very attractive copy of MacHardy's highly-regarded novel depicting submarine warfare from the ordinary seaman's point of view, based on the author's experiences in the Second World War. Very near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with the original wrap-around band still present.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 380; original blue cloth, gilt title on spine, pictorial dust jacket; tide stain to fore-edge, not penetrating textblock, very good, dust jacket near fine. A mountain climbing adventure novel.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 318 pages. Cover worn at corners. Text tanned, Writing on FFEP.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 352 pages. Text tanned, Foxing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. With dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 381 pages. Dj worn. Text foxed.

Zustand: Buone. italiano Condizioni dell'esterno: sovracopertina leggermente logorata Condizioni dell'interno: Leggere tracce d'umidita'.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 381 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. DJ slightly worn, Light foxing, Light tanning.