blind system (6 risultati)

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 270 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs to the centre pages. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £15.99. From the private library of John Tipton and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'John Tipton - 1995'. John Tipton joined 109 Squadron in June 1943 and went on to complete 70 operations with the squadron through to 1945. He also completed 34 Operations with 40 Squadron in 1941/1942 operating from RAF Wyton and Malta. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0718139291 WORLD WAR II (Second).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains xxi., 473 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Touch of tanning to the page edges. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. From the private library of John Tipton with his personal bookplate SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'John Tipton - 1995'. John Tipton joined 109 Squadron in June 1943 and went on to complete 70 operations with the squadron through to 1945. He also completed 34 Operations with 40 Squadron in 1941/1942 operating from RAF Wyton and Malta. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0002555972 WORLD WAR II (Second).

See her entry in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice for postage. Addressed to 'My dear Mrs Cowan' and signed 'Burdett Coutts -'. Thirty lines of text. The 'blind system' appears to have been a form of education for the blind, possibly involving a precursor of braille. (An advertisement by 'A Lady, who has the care of a Blind Child' in the Medical Times, 25 March 1876, offers 'First-class education given under the blind system.'). Lady Burdett-Coutts's handwriting is quirky, and the reading is not entirely clear: 'Although we had heard The Blind System in London we should have been very glad to have had the pleasure of coming to You and the Lord Provost when you so kindly bring the system into notice in Edinburgh but we have made it a rule not to go out of an Evening and we have declined so many Invitations we scarcely like to make Yours, though so exceptional an exception in fact we are both of us afraid for the only time I did go out to the Public [?] I caught cold - With Mrs [Burn's?] kind rememberances & regards with mine / I am / Yours Sincerely / Burdett Coutts -'.

First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. Landscape 5½'' x 8½''. Contains 76 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. On Monday, August 19th, 1940, three German aircraft bombed the Admiralty oil fuel depot at Llanreath Pembroke Dock, to set off one of the most vicious fires of the second world war, representing a loss of 33,000,000 gallons of oil - a crippling blow to Britain's war effort. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. From the private library of John Tipton and SIGNED by him to the title page 'John Tipton'. Who has also made comments to the margins of the book, being a resident of Tenby. John Tipton joined 109 Squadron in June 1943 and went on to complete 70 operations with the squadron through to 1945. He also completed 34 Operations with 40 Squadron in 1941/1942 operating from RAF Wyton and Malta. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0950737208 WORLD WAR II (Second).

Pas de couverture. Condizione: Bon. Photo Dimensions : 15 x 20 cm.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1970 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 96 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 96.