major turner (14 Ergebnisse)

ORIGINAL Article, disbound from journal; no covers; very good condition. Magazine/Periodical.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. minor wear and creasing pages yellowed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1940 first edition hardback. Chapter VI particularly poignant/ accurate to the modern reader in predicting London as a Target,"its docks and factories, to say nothing of barracks and Government buildings, were well within bombing range as understood at the time". Interior clean with no writing, marks or tears and all pages tight in binding, covers clean and unscuffed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Boards have some wear with fading to spine. Content is clean and has light toning. No DJ.

Blue Cloth. Zustand: Good. x, 374 pages, all 41 plates are present. No publication date on title page, presumed date 1927. Old name and date 1939 on front endpaper, wear at top of spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean, no markings, light wear to edges. Some stains to the boards. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

No Jacket. A detailed and informative history of early aviation featuring several black and white photographic plates illustrating early aircraft and pioneering aviators This copy is bound in full red cloth with titles in gilt to the spine The binding shows a little bumping to the corners and fading to the spine although shows very little other wear with the cloth to the boards bright Internally there is a presentation label to the front pastedown dated 1927 the rest of the pages are clean The text block is a little loose due to cracking to the rear internal hinge pp x 374 Overall a good addition to any aviation librarynbsp. book.

Small 8vo, 214, xviipp., orig. lower board only, lacks upper board and spine, a working copy.

Hardback. St Marys Books is proud to present this edition of The Old Flying Days signed with its compliments of its author Major Charles C Turner and dedicated to the Royal Aero Club whose library this book once formed a part of Bound in red cloth with gold gilt lettering to the spine this hardback book contains ix and 374 pages of text peppered with stunning black and white photographs it relays the spirit the atmosphere of the first phase of practical flying in this country containing segments from the authors own notebook from his flying days This copy is in good to very good condition though the cloth on the spine is sun damaged and there is a small ink stain on the cover the interior remains clean apart from the Royal Aero Club stamps on the front and back free endpapers The Old Flying Days is looking for a new home and would make for the perfect gift for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. York, W.G.; Carruthers, G.P.; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; De Walton, John; Woodville, R. Caton; Holloway, W.H.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Holmes, Fred; Waye, E.S. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Luck of the 'Moro' - a vessel which possessed an uncanny knack of getting in and out of trouble; Photo of Harry Houdini in a strait jacket hanging from the twenty-story Oakland Tribune building; Old Man Crag - a New Zealand tale of a stolen map to a gold mine; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - the author penetrates deep into Amazonia - with photos, including photo of a floating island (part 1); Eskimo Wireless - a strange story from the Far North of Canada; The Ivory Raiders - paints a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the ivory-raiders and their fierce satellites in Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf - includes photos; A Woman Travels Across Arizona's Painted Desert - article with great photos; Zaman's Paradise - a story from India; The Resurrection of Klaas - the story of a Kaffir's miraculous escape from what seemed a certain and horrible death; New Zealand Sea Fishing - with photos of huge fish; From the Great Craters of the Congo Game-Lands - with gorilla photos (part 1); The Puzzle of Martenelle - it took 24 years to prove a death was not a suicide; A Missionary on the 'Mosquito Coast' - Rev. L. Taylor recalls tales from nine years spent as a Moravian missionary in Nicaragua - with photos; An Amazing Escape - Creswick escapes in South Africa; Full-page ad for a most unique General Electric electric truck for hauling utility poles. Above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 3rd Edition. This is a copy of the third edition 1923, printed and published by William Cate for Imperial Airways (the first appeared in 1920 for Handley Page). Original red lace bound buff yapp wraps with oval aircraft photo and Imperial Airways Ltd panel tipped on to the front within a highly ornate gilt frame with HP (Handley Page) monogram at the top. (36)pp including numerous b/w photos and adverts + 2 folding b/w maps. Covers very good with some creasing and marks, interiors near fine with maps neatly folded. Presumably Imperial and HP would have distributed this to clients and partners as a promotional tool or souvenir. The author, a pilot and keen balloonist, was air correspondent for the Telegraph. He describes the interior of the craft, the weather conditions and sensations of flying, and his impressions of famous landmarks and the unfolding views. The photos show the pilots, with several stunning aerial views of the route over London, Surrey, Kent, the Channel, Boulogne, Abbeville, Paris etc. One map (drawn by Geographia, London) shows the route from Croydon to Le Bourget. The other, part of an advert for Societe General de Paris, shows the location of its agencies across France, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Among the other advertisers are Handley Page, BP, Palmer Tyres, FA Swaine Court Photographer, et al.

First Edition. CLEMENT ATLEE'S COPY, First Edition with a letter from the Air League of the British Empire. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x, 132 [2], 28. With Atlee's distinctive Art-Deco monogram bookplate to front pastedown, and a typed letter on headed note paper signed by the Secretary of the Air League, S. Veale, loose to prelims. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Spine sunned, with some very light wear. Very good indeed. The Air League here does its best to influence Atlee, a newly influential member of Labour's shadow cabinet, by gifting him this book advocating a stronger, more efficient Air Force. Signed.

No Jacket. Circa 1920s This title by Major CC Turner is an historical account documenting the pioneering air routes and early passenger experiences between London and Paris following World War I It describes the aircraft used the challenges of aerial navigation and the development of aerial aviation A very good copy bound with brown paper wraps and tied with string There is a photographic paper onlay to the front surrounded by pretty gilt decoration The pages are clean throughout despite the occasional thumb mark Illustrated throughout by many photographic images and adverts of the time This copy comes in a brown card folder Overall a good copy of a scarce title Part of a huge avation collection acquired by St Marys Booksnbsp. book.

Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks, aging, damage to second leaf without affecting the text and signs of having been tipped onto another surface. Text: "I am dsired by his Excellency Lord Spencer to aknowledge the receipt of your letter, and of the copy of the Hand book on Irish Lace [see note below: Irish lace : a history of the industry] for which I am to express His Excellency's thanks to you. | Their Excellencies take a deep interest in the wefare of the work in which you are supplying so much skill and energy to promote the manufacture and improvement of Irish Lace, and you have their best wishes for the success of your exertions [.]". Note: A. At this time, Turner was aide de camp and military private secretary to Earl Spencer, the Viceroy of Ireland; B. Biddle , C. H. - Mansion house exhibition , 1883. Irish lace : a history of the industry with illustrations and a map . (Signed at the end by Ben Lindsey and C. H. Biddle) London, (1883).