Bushby john r (5 risultati)

Octavo, blue boards (hardcover), silver letters, 207 pp. Near-Fine, with bookplate, in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: With the problem of defending the United Kingdom against attack by manned bombers again exercising the planners in Whitehall, this book is a timely reminder of the relevant experience of the past. Air defence equipments change but principles do not whether the threat comes from the Zeppelin, the Gotha, the Heinkel, the flying-bomb or the latest Soviet swing-wing bomber. Much new and hitherto security cloaked material is published for the first time including an inside account of how the British national defence system has developed since the last war. There is a graphic account of how our modern supersonic fighters intercept intruders. This book is enhanced with 16 pages of halftone illustrations. Aviation, British History, Military History. yslic.…

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. FINE IN NEAR-FINE, PRICE-CLIPPED DJ WITH LIGHT CREASE ON FRONT PANEL.

Hard Back Dust Cover. First Edition. Dust jacket very good despite somenbsp sunning to the spine Price clipped Very clean throughout and several black and white illustrations Binding tight Overall very good pp207. book.

Condizione: New. Dukovic, Milijana (illustratore).

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Sindall, A.; York, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Wightman, W.E.; Inns, Kenneth; York, W.G.; Burns, Inder; Abbey, S.; Tresilian, S.; De Walton, John; Hiley, Francis E. (illustratore).…