edgell sir john (11 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Staple Bound.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition, 1948. Part of the British Council's "Science In Britain" brochure series. Six pages of photographic illustrations, plus a diagram, fold-out map and frontispiece. Previous owner's signature (R. L. Smith Rose) inscribed on title page. Card wraps, in series uniform style (blue colour). Rear cover lists other titles in series. Clean pages, good quality throughout.

Stapled Card. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Various (illustratore). Reprint. Card covers wit htitles to front, slight shelf wear. 29 numbered pages with b/w photos & illustrations, unmarked, light even page yellowing. Stapled binding tight, slightly rusty. Size 17.6 x23.7 cm.

Condizione: VG. London 1965. 8vo., 29pp., illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Book condition: VG/Fine. 29 pages + plates. A bright copy.

1st edition stiff wrappers Near Fine octavo 34pp., frontis., b/w pls., text ills, maps, Science in Britain series. Includes list of Hydrographers of the British navy.

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. World War 2 era colour paper chart backed on linen with text printed to the back 82 x 86cm, folding to 21 x 25cm. Very good with a couple of closed fold tears. Published by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, 23 Oct 1942, under the Superintendence of Vice-Admiral Sir John Edgell, KBE, CB, Hydrographer. Natural Scale 1:14,500,000 (Equator). Charts such as this were issued in survival and navigation kits for life boats. This one shows the directions, speeds and limits of various winds and currents during November to April, including the Monsoon and Westerlies, with numerous notes and qualifications, magnetic variation curves for 1942, and the extreme northern limits of the polar ice pack and drifting ice. The notes on the back describe the chart and how to use it, management of boats, winds and weather specific to the Indian Ocean, and currents. Equivalents were prepared for the Indian Ocean (Oct - May) and North and South Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Scarce.

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. Edition of 1944. Sheet size: c.151cm x 98.5cm. A large scale restricted war-time folding or wall map of the far east. Includes time-zones and with a note on Mercator's projection. Possessions are colour-coded and include British Commonwealth, China, USSR, The Netherlands, France, Manchuria, Portuguese, Thailand, Japan and the United States of America. Roads, railways, canals and main shipping routes are also shown along with oilfields, depths, approximate national boundaries as of 1941 and larger towns. Spotting and minor marks to the reverse, none of which show through the heavy-stock paper.The map has its original fold-lines lines and minor edge-wear but is in very good plus, bright, clean condition overall. Scarce.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. [By]. Vice-Admiral. Hydrographer of the British Navy, 1932-1945.The British Council ByLongmans, Green and Co. London. New York. Toronto. De 22x 16 cm. Com 34 págs. Brochado. Ilustrado em texto. Exemplar com assinatura de posse. Alguns danos na parte superior da lombada. Language: Inglês / English Location/localizacao: I-53-C-252.

Condizione: Buono (Good). segnaliamo che la copertina presenta piccoli scolorimenti ( da azzurro a celeste ) per il maneggiamento che ha subito questo rarissimo libro . 7438628092641 Buono (Good) .

Original map. Size 41 inches X 28 inches. In very good condition. Centre fold. A little marked lower left corner, and small brown mark top edge. It will be rolled up and posted in a poster tube.