Hugh l scott (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. No Jacket. 423 pages : 24 cm. ; tan cloth with black decoration. Spine lettering faded away. Cover silverfished. Prev owner's rubber-stamped name and rank (lieutenant, Field Artillery Replacement Center at Fort Bragg) on endpapers; name and unit number written in pencil on front free endpaper.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. 1952. First Edition. 138 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Missing front free endpaper. Light tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Binding is very slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 1st thus 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Vintage Aviation Library. Green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. New edition, with additional material by D.W. Warne. Page browning. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased and faded to spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 266 pp ; color photographic cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Difference of opinion / John R. Patterson -- The lazy man grows roses / C. Hugh Blair -- Note on rose Anthracnose / Dr L M Massey -- Foliar fertilization of garaden roses / Dr Griffith J Buck -- The roses in the vase (poem) / Sylvia Merles -- That northeast corner / Mrs. Fred Jewett -- Growing roses in the high country /Mrs. William S. Corey -- How to predict rose lead rust / Dennison Morey -- We live with roses every day / Helen D Carswell -- Fungicide-Insecticide combinations for garden roses / Dr. L M Massey, Dr John A Naegele, J S Melchin, Harold Allen -- Roses grow in western Kansas / Maxine Graces -- Wear a rose (poem) / Hallie Mercer -- how to name a plant -- Roses flourish in Ohio / Elton Millman -- Beauty is essential / Mrs. Edward L Alexander -- Bake oven roses / William C McDonald -- Winter-hardy roses for the Great Plains / Glenn Viehmeyer -- Better roses for Tennessee / Dave Guyton, Jack Adamo -- A farmer grows roses / Albert E Morris -- Rose classifications revised / Roy E. Shepherd -- September roses (poem) / Maureen Fleming -- Experience and questions of a novice / M A Minns -- Rosebush in December (poem) / Louise Darcy -- Roses in Wisconsin / Dr Leo Cogan, Ann Cogan -- Common Rosarian mistakes / Harold H Allen -- In the heart of a flower (poem) / Allen E Woodall -- How to grow roses in Illinois / Dr Henry H Morrison -- Proof of the pudding -- A fancy from Fontenelle (poem) / Austin Dobson -- New rose patents -- Ode to a rose (poem) / Marion Voigts -- New rose sof the world -- Valiance (poem) / Nina Satirah Woodford -- Rose growing on the Central Plains / Kenneth Scott -- How I became interested in growing roses / Frank Rehberger -- A gardener's prayer (poem) / Helen Axtell -- Index -- Illustrations : John R. Patterson -- Mycelium of Elsinoe Rosarum -- Gold Cup -- Azte -- White Knight -- Reno -- Isobel Harkness -- Sterling Silver -- Don Juan -- Starlet -- Encore -- Sunlight -- Dian -- Magic Wand -- Arlene Francis -- Lavender Girl -- Gail Borden -- Lionel Barrymore -- Fusilier -- Cover: Tom Tom. ; VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp.138. Children's book based on the radio broadcast of 'Children's Hour.' Natural history questions sent in by children are answered by experts. Introduction by 'Uncle Mac' (Derek McCulloch.) Sixty-four b/w photographs illustrate the text. PublisherÕs own retained copy with their stamp on the front pastedown reading ÔFile Copy.Õ Dust jacket design in green featuring a b/w photograph of an owl and a drawing of a vintage BBC microphone. About fine in very good indeed dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvii, 138. Original publisherÕs blue cloth lettered gilt at spine. Copiously illustrated in black & white throughout. Publisher's retained copy with their neat 'File' stamp to front endpaper and half-title and small label to front of jacket. Very good indeed in complete, very good dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Hardcover, no jacket. An ex-library copy. Binding broken: front endpaper removed. Exterior very worn, stained. Text clean and unmarked, though! Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good - Cash. Beautiful green cover with a vibrant gold illustration ont he cover and spine. The top edge of the pages are gold gilt, the other edges are a beautiful rough-cut style. There is foxing to the first and last few pages. 'This volume belongs to' unused but is pasted down inside the front cover. Frontispiece with tissue guard, several other illustrations throughout the book without tissue guard, one being loose but still with the book. There are a few spots of cracking between pages but it doesn't make the pages loose, just exposes some of the webbing. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt stamping on the front cover and on the spine (though it has all rubbed away). Top page edge gilt. Spine is toned. Cloth is frayed at the corners and head-and-foot of the spine. Front and rear gutters are cracked but muslin remains entirely intact; binding is delicate. Signed by the author, Robert Charlwood Richardson, on the front attached endpaper. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of West Point Academy titled "East View of West Point from the Hudson River". Tissue guard intact though a bit foxed. Title and copyright pages are dated 1917. 354 pages plus 4 pages of ads. 34 illustrations. Interiors are clean and free from marks of tears. Robert Charlwood Richardson Jr. was a veteran of the 1904 Philippine insurrection, World War I, and World War II. He commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific (Hawaiian Department) during the height of World War II in 1943 until his retirement in 1946. During that time he was also the military governor of Hawaii (which was at that time still a US Territory) and Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas. Overall, a fair and historic copy. Please e-mail us with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by William Heinemann, London, UK. 1920. Xx, 145 pgs. Illustrated with a frontis and 20 illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (chip present to the crown of the spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Includes a nominal roll of officers and casualty list. Members of the Squadron included three Victoria Cross winners-Lieut-Col. W. A. Bishop, Capt. Ball and Major McCudden, as well as Sqdn. -Ldr. C. F. A. Portal, future Chief of the Air Staff in World War Two. A very scarce WWI fighter squadron history that includes an account of "Billy" Bishop's feat in winning the Victoria Cross in 1917. "A valuble record of an active squadron beginning with the early stages of scouting to the final concepts of offensive aerial warfare during WWI", "Formed from No. 1 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron and organised in April 1916, No. 60 Squadron would be in France within a month, equipped with the French Morane Type N. Following the Somme campaign, No. 60 Squadron re-equipped with the Nieuport Scout; they went on to participate at Arras, Passchendaele and in the March 1918 offensive. By war's end the squadron's members had been awarded 1 Victoria Cross, 5 Distinguished Service Orders, 1 Bar to DSO, 37 Military Crosses and 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and claimed over three hundred aerial victories. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 52 pages. Features: Great New Year cover art by Harold Eldridge; Fantastic International Harvester ad inside front cover shows large crawler dragging a massive log through the woods; Interesting full-page ad for Canadian General Electric's fluorescent lighting; Strike Town - A Close-up of Windsor, Ontario when 20,000 auto workers went on strike; Photos of prize-winning writers - Kay Webster (Mrs. Paul Belanger) of Vancouver, Jean Howarth of Vancouver and Anka Stewart of Sarnia; Money in Mushrooms - Charles Slack of Waterloo, Quebec is the British Empire's top mushroom grower - article with photos; Wilfred and the Two-Ton Romeo (fiction); They Sleep to Survive - article on animal hibernation; Field Marshal Alex (Major-General the Honorable Harold R.L.G.Alexander) - article with photo; When You Win You Lose - short story; How Fast Can We Fly? - Aviation article by Wolfgang Langewiesche; Hot-Heads (people with bad tempers); Laurentian Playground - article with photos; Nice half-page 2-colour ad for Aunt Jemima Buckwheats; Colour photo ad for Caterpillar Diesel inside back cover shows equiment moving a mountain near Charleston, West Virginia; Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, January 1, 1946 Great New Year cover art by Harold Eldridge; Fantastic International Harvester ad inside front cover shows large crawler dragging a massive log through the woods; Interesting full-page ad for Canadian. Illustrated by Eldridge, Harold (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Features: Wonderful New Year house party cover illustration by Oscar Cahen; Winners of Maclean's Fiction Contest include Ernest Buckler, John Jeffrey Symons, and Fred Sloman; Russia Won't Attack; Gil Purcell is The CP's (Canadian Pacific's) Benign Simon Legree; A Housebuilder Talks Back - John Anderson admits prices are a scandal but blames labour and the customers themselves; Lord of Roanonga (fiction); Peanut Empire - in the Tanganyika badlands British pioneers aim for three million acres of peanuts; Grizzled Gentleman - experiences with grizzly bears; Happy Landing at Squaw Butte - Gray and Eleanor Campbell and their postwar dream ranch near Cowley, Alberta; Curling at Nipawin, Saskatchewan; She Walks the Atlantic - Trans-Canada-Airlines Stewardess Helen Mary Gagnon - photo-illustrated article; Father Was a Gambler (fiction); Food Can Be a Drug; RCAF recruiting ad with emphasis on radio/radar/electronics; Heinz tomato products colour ad inside back cover features illustration by R. York Wilson of tomato pickers at work in the field; and more. 52 pages. Soiling to lower corner - all text legible, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 1 January (Jan.) 1949 - Gil Purcell of Canadian Pacific / The Campbell Family of Squaw Butte Near Cowley, Alberta New Year House Party cover illustration by Oscar Cahen; Winners of Maclean's Fiction Contest includ. Illustrated by Cahen, Oscar; Norris; Woods, Rex ; Wilson, R. York (illustrator).…