cyril deighton (23 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Jacket by Raymond Hawkey (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top of page block dyed red as issued, price clipped, small previous owner's inscriptions to top ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 350pp. In February 1941 British Command surrendered to the Nazis. Churchill has been executed, the King is in the Tower and the SS are in Whitehall. For nine months Britain has been occupied, a blitzed depressed and dingy country. However, it's business as usual at Scotland Yard run by the SS when Detective Inspector Archer is assigned to a routine murder case. Life must go on. But when SS Standartenfuhrer Huth arrives from Berlin with orders from the great Himmler himself to supervise the investigation, the resourceful Archer finds himself caught up in a high level, all action, espionage battle. Recently a BBC1 tv drama. Quite a scarce book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Jacket by Raymond Hawkey (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top of page block dyed red as issued, price clipped, some slight yellowing to largely white jacket, 1940s Polish ration card tipped in, internally clean tight and square, overall an interesting vg+ copy. 350pp. In February 1941 British Command surrendered to the Nazis. Churchill has been executed, the King is in the Tower and the SS are in Whitehall. For nine months Britain has been occupied, a blitzed depressed and dingy country. However, it's business as usual at Scotland Yard run by the SS when Detective Inspector Archer is assigned to a routine murder case. Life must go on. But when SS Standartenfuhrer Huth arrives from Berlin with orders from the great Himmler himself to supervise the investigation, the resourceful Archer finds himself caught up in a high level, all action, espionage battle. Recently a BBC1 tv drama. Quite a scarce book.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, illustrated end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 254 pp. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing and tears to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 21s, Transit Docket is absent. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

First edition hard back. 397 pp novel. Book in Fine condition. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips, red titles to spine 9/10, not priced and in Nr. Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue paper boards. 135 pp. B&W photos and illustrations in text. Light bruising to top and tail edges of rear board, else fine.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, drawings to the lining papers, silk ribbon marker. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xvi), 248 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading of the red colour to the spine, crease lines to the top of the spine, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOOD [Cuisine Française].

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover without dust jacket. Book is bound in glossy blue paper over boards with gold lettering on the front cover and spine. Spine has minor sun fading. Binding is nice and tight. Corners are square. Pages are crisp, clean, and bright. Black and white images throughout. Previous owners ex-libris sticker on front attached endpaper reads "ex-libris REG Davies Collection". Germany Philatelic Society. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1980. 135 pages. A very good copy. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it s a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Paperback. Condizione: As New. 80p. facsimilies of the correspondence. Blue wraps. As New Copy.

Softcover. Condizione: G+. Stated, 1st ptg. 8vo. viii, 80pp. Blue wraps. Tear to top 1cm of spine; coffee-stain along 1/2?? of top edge of rear cover; sunning to spine; last few pages rippled from damp; 1st two pp. of prelim. are loose. The whole thing could benefit by being rebound. Still it remains a good looking copy of a very scarce title by Deighton.

Boards, no dust wrapper as issued. Only 1000 copies were printed.

RARE monograph on the Orientfahrt of the Graf Zeppelin that marked the reintroduction of the airborne post office. 235x160mm. 135 pages. Hardcover with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover corners and spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Dedication written in pen and stamp on front whitepage. This extremely rare book is otherwise in very good condition. The book is in : English.

72 S., reich bebildert, OLn. Gut erhaltener Leinenband. 69 Sprache: Deutsch.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. One of 1000 copies, this copy signed by Deighton. Hardcover, bound in blue boards. Light edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Glossy boards, 135pp. Fine without d/w as issue.

Card Covers. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Condizione sovraccoperta: None. First Printing. Germany Philatelic Society, Inc. No.8. 80 pages. Blue printed card covers. Quality glossy pages . Illustrated. A very good plus, even near fine copy of a very scarce item. With the added bonus of a tipped in compliment slip signed by both authors.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. ] Hardback, thin octavo, appx 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, gilt titling on glossy deep blue covers, [viii] + 135 pages, Very Near Fine/no dj (probably as issued). Short extremely minor surface streak visible only at some angles near bottom edge of front cover o/w a flawless copy. Well-illustrated in b&w with photos, maps + numerous documents, cancels, covers. In four parts: The Background, Mail Handling & Markings, The Mail Drops + Fakes, Catalogs and Prices. RWR5 Hobbies Collecting German Stamps Air Mail Philately Flight Covers.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Softcover. Blue paper covers with dark blue lettering. Covers are light toned along spine and outer edges, wrapped in protective mylar. Binding is tight and secure. Pages are clean, crisp, and bright with very mild toning around edges. Printed primarily in B&W with a few color elements. 80 pages. Copyright page dated 1981. Stated First Printing. Previously owned by R.E.G. Davies, a writer who specialized in commercial aviation history. Davies' bookplate in still present on front inside cover. Signed by both authors on a small card which reads "with the compliments of the authors" and their printed names, slipped inside title page. A very good copy. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: If there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First edition with very mild cover wear, mostly in form of thin scratch on front cover. 135 pages with illustrations; no DJ. An account of the Graf Zeppelin airship and its flight from Northern Europe to the Holy Land.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 136pp. Illustrated in black and white. Signed and inscribed by Len Deighton on the title page: For Jim, best wishes, from Len Deighton, California, 1985. With a compliments card signed by both authors, Fred F Blau and Cyril Deighton, loosely laid in. One of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. [ Milward-Oliver p219 & 324.] In textured blue boards with gilt lettering spine and front (boards a little rounded and discoloured on corners). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Len Deighton (writing under the pen name Cyril) collaborates with Fred F Blau to present a history of the orient flight to the Holt Land of the Graf zeppelin airship which marked the reintroduction of the air-borne post office in 1929. Certainly a philatelic book but also a precise piece of history of flight, of particular interest to Zeppelin and LTA followers. Leonard Cyril Deighton is a British author whose works include cookery books, history and military history, but he is best known for his spy novels, including the series featuring the unnamed Harry Palmer. We have many books by and about Len Deighton in stock, including early, limited and first editions. Please inquire for discounts on multiple titles. stamps, philately, flight, aviation, zeppelins, Signed Books, stamp collecting, aviation history, transportation.

Condizione: Used - Very Good. VG hardback. First Edition. A little light yellowing internally, but otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Spine slightly faded.

135pp. 1st ed., fine in original blue boards. Illustrated history of the Graf Zeppelin airship and its flight from Northern Europe to the Holy Land in 1929.

First Edition. (Maryland: Germany Philatelic Society, Inc. 1981). SIGNED BY LEN DEIGHTON. First Edition. A softback (issued without a dustwrapper). Light blue card wrappers with dark blue lettering. A near fine copy, but for a little sunning to the spine and the peripheries of the front and rear covers. Clean interior. One of only 500 copies. Signed - without dedication - by Len Deighton to the title page in his full name: "Leonard Cyril Deighton". Scarce with these attributes. Further photographs available upon request.