Kings gordon (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 112 pages. 5.00x0.23x7.00 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition . Includes a CD of bird calls, it is at the back of the book. Publication of 136 pages. The wraps are shelf rubbed with marks around the edges. The binding is secure. No ink inscriptions or annotations. r*22/03/2024 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 450 pages. 5.83x1.21x8.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 273 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 1560980311 (alk. paper); 9781560980315 (alk. paper) LCCN: 90-22345 ; LC: TL657; Dewey: 387.7/325/09 ; OCLC: 22710600 ; blue cloth ; ex-lib, stamps, label ; no dustjacket ; Contents : In search of the real Count Zeppelin -- In the shadow of the titan : thoughts on the life and work of naval engineer Johann Schütte -- Building rigid airships -- Three communities and their changing fortunes -- Eckener's struggle to save the airship for Germany, 1919-1929 -- Zeppelin intermezzos in Detroit, 1920 and 1924 -- The political origins of the airship Graf Zeppelin, 1924-1928 -- France perceives the Zeppelins, 1924-1937 -- Politics, personality and technology : Airships in the manipulations of Dr. Hugo Eckener and Lord Thomson, 1919-1930 -- F. W. (Willy) von Meister : Portrait of an airship businessman -- Problems of helium and spy flights : the brief career of LZ 130 -- Conclusion ; John Duggan is editor of the journal "Zeppelin," ; Henry Cord Meyer is Emeritus Professor of History, University of California, Irvine. ; FINE. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 450 pages. 5.83x1.21x8.75 inches. In Stock.

2pp., 12mo. 29 lines of closely-written text. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. 'Such a calamity must be a terrible blow for you all but more especially to Mrs. Joy and yourself. To lose a daugher just blossoming out into womanhood is tragic indeed, the more so, if that were possible, in that she was such a bright girl.' He continues 'By the same post I have word that one of my uncles has just died, and that another has been given up by the doctors. They have both lived full lives, and, in their way, interesting lives, so that, there, one can hardly talk of a tragic end. Yet it leaves an empty chair, and severs another tie. I remember the walks and talks we had on the hills together and through our interests have diverged since my boyhood days I shall always have the kindliest memories of the one who has gone and theo other lying at death's door as I write.'.…