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$24.79
1k3/24

AIRSHIPWRECK


DEIGHTON, LEN: & SCHWARTZMAN, ARNOLD:

Black cloth with silver title to spine & front, 72pp illua, FINE in d/w NEAR FINE with v sl tears & creasing to upper rear

PUBLISHER: Holt Rinehart & Winston New York 1978

KEYWORDS: history aviation airships

$43.38
1y7/31

FOCKE-WULF


An Aircraft Album

SMITH, J. RICHARD:

First edition, red cloth with silver to spine, NEAR FINE with v sl foxing to ep's & v sl bumped spine head in d/w VG+(v sl wear to extrems, price clipped & v sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan London 1973

KEYWORDS: aviation history germany focke-wulf

$30.00
1y5/45

THE FLYING WINGS OF NORTHROP: Pilots Handbook for Model YB-49 Airplane


NORTHROP AIRCRAFT INC.

quarto softcover 75pp illus, VG+ with v sl foxing to fore edges & v sl soiled covers

PUBLISHER: Aviation Publications Wisconsin 1977

KEYWORDS: aviation history northrop YB-49

$52.67
man1j23/20

Mentone and its Neighbourhood:The Past and the Present


MULLER,GEORGE

first edition 464pp ills.[b/w incl.fold-out map at rear] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.sl.sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.separation starting at rear prelim.gutter,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1910

KEYWORDS: history travel geography mentone france george muller

$55.77
2d19/24

Tales of the Sea


MAWSON,JOHN T.

142pp+ads.ills.[text and ills.in green] VG- (green cloth w.dk.green/gilt stamps,rubbed and stained and sl.sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.w.1cm splits to head and foot of upper hinge,binding attached only at rear gutter,owner's inscr.to both feps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some thumb stains to contents,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections,cocked)

PUBLISHER: charles and dible london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history nautical john t.mawson

$40.00
2d18/30

The British Fleet


the growth,achievements and duties of the navy of the empire

ROBINSON,CHARLES N.

ex-lib first edition in half-leather 560pp ills. VG+ (marbled paper boards w.red half-leather,gilt bands/titling/libr.stamp to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.some minor surface losses,spine sl.sunned and mod.stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,libr.stamp to ffep o/w no other marks,sl.paper separation at fep gutter,contents clean,edges speckled and sl.rubbed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: george bell london 1894

KEYWORDS: history nautical military britain navy charles n.robinson

$18.59
1j23/22

Scholar Mountaineers


pioneers of parnassus

NOYCE,WILFRID

first edition 164pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth,sl.rubbed,sl.bumps to extrems.,clear acetate protector is taped to pastedowns,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: dennis dobson london 1950

KEYWORDS: mountaineering history sport travel geography wilfrid noyce

$154.91
man1j23/25

Fighting Instructions 1530-1816


CORBETT,JULIAN S.(ED)

new impression 366pp NF (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,te green,ribbon marker) in NF d/w (minor bumps and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: conway maritime press london 1971

KEYWORDS: history military nautical julian s.corbett

$61.97
2d19/48

Old Oak


the life of john jervis earl of st.vincent

JERVIS,JOHN;JAMES,WILLIAM

first edition 230pp few ills. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,edges sl.soiled,cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine mod.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,internal tape reinforcements)

PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1950

KEYWORDS: history biography nautical john jervis william james

$24.79
1j23/27

The Germans in England 1066-1598


COLVIN,IAN D.

first edition 262pp+ads.[fold-out map] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,amateur internal reinforcements to head/foot of spine,paste action to eps,minor insect hole to ffep,map sl.browned,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: the national review office london 1915

KEYWORDS: history germany england military geography ian d.colvin

$27.89
2d20/36

Uneasy Oceans


EDWARDS,KENNETH

first edition 382pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps at rear] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,maps and paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,amateur internal reinforcements to head/foot of spine)

PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1939

KEYWORDS: military history nautical kenneth edwards

$24.79
2d18/4

The Evolution of Sea-Power


SILBURN,P.A.

first edition 288pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1912

KEYWORDS: military history nautical p.a.silburn

$37.18
man1j24/1

King,Lords and Gentlemen


influence and power of the english upper classes

ABSHAGEN,KARL HEINZ

first edition in engl. 259pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and edges browned,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1939

KEYWORDS: history sociology karl heinz abshagen

$49.57
1m38/5

Danger Zone


the story of the queenstown command

CHATTERTON,E.KEBLE

first edition 437pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,amateur internal reinforcements to head/foot of spine,maps to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: rich & cowan london 1934

KEYWORDS: history nautical military e.keble chatterton queenstown

$30.98
2d20/28

The Londons of the British Fleet


how they faced the enemy on the day of battle and what their story means for us to-day

FRASER,EDWARD

first edition 455pp+ads.ills[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.contents sl.foxed,owner's stamp throughout,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1908

KEYWORDS: history military nautical edward fraser

$49.50
2f14/30

Blockade and Sea Power


the blockade,1914-1919,and its significance for a world state

PARMELEE,MAURICE

first edition 449pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,edges sl.browned/foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [1924]

KEYWORDS: military history nautical maurice parmelee

$30.98
1j24/6

Sea Elephant


the life and death of the elephant seal

MATTHEWS,L.HARRISON

first edition 185pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,internal tape reinforcements to head/foot of spine)

PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee 1952

KEYWORDS: natural history sea elephant l.harrison matthews

$77.46
man1j24/7

Richtofen The Red Knight of the Air


VIGILANT

285pp ills.[b/w] VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to feps,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed,contents sl.foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: john hamilton london [nd,inscr.dated 1935]

KEYWORDS: history aviation biography military richtofen

$24.79
1j24/15

Civilization


an essay

BELL,CLIVE

first edition 257pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned,sl.paper separation to ep gutters,owner's inscr.in pencil to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1928

KEYWORDS: history literature clive bell bloomsbury civilization

$43.38
man1j24/16

State Aid and State Interference


illustrated by results in commerce and industry

BADEN-POWELL,GEORGE

first edition 284pp+ads. VG- (red cloth,soiled and mod.rubbed,sunned spine,bumps and chipping to extrems.,contents sl.soiled,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1882

KEYWORDS: history politics commerce george baden-powell

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