John buchan foreword (28 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. First Edition By This Publisher. 320 pages >> #141 - ROGER SUDDEN by Thomas H. Raddall (cover by Harmon; Adventure) "The story of Roger Sudden's fate was violent and strange. He found his fortunes bound up with John Foy, a rich gentleman on mysteriour business in Halifax, and Mary, his beautiful red-headed wife. Captured by Indians, he turned over to a black-eyed squaw who love him." ;>>This is a reading copy. Cover wear; cover creasing; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Harman - {GGA} Good Girl Art LINGERIE Painted Cover. (illustratore). Book.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good to Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher. 320 pages >> #141 - ROGER SUDDEN by Thomas H. Raddall (cover by Harmon; Adventure) "The story of Roger Sudden's fate was violent and strange. He found his fortunes bound up with John Foy, a rich gentleman on mysteriour business in Halifax, and Mary, his beautiful red-headed wife. Captured by Indians, he turned over to a black-eyed squaw who love him." ;>> We have A GIANT selection of Harlequin books in stock, in many difference grades. (If you prefer a different grade ask we might just have it.) >>Cover wear; cover creasing & scuffing; pen to backcover.; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Harman - {GGA} Good Girl Art LINGERIE Painted Cover. (illustratore). Book.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good to Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher. 320 pages >> #141 - ROGER SUDDEN by Thomas H. Raddall (cover by Harmon; Adventure) "The story of Roger Sudden's fate was violent and strange. He found his fortunes bound up with John Foy, a rich gentleman on mysteriour business in Halifax, and Mary, his beautiful red-headed wife. Captured by Indians, he turned over to a black-eyed squaw who love him." ;>>Cover creasing; staining to backcover; pen to front end page; 2" x 1/8" piece clipped to front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Harman - {GGA} Good Girl Art LINGERIE Painted Cover. (illustratore). Book.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1929 Scribner's First Edition. No dust jacket otherwise excellent condition. Boards clean. Binding strong. Text block tight. Previous ownership on half-title page. Text clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1929 FIRST EDITION. Text is unmarked condition. Former library copy with usual stickers. DJ is missing. Binding is tight. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available.

Soft Cover/Stiched. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: None as Issued. Unstated. Text/VG; Near New w/faint margin discoloration. Illustrated soft cover/NF. No publication date; Preface dated 1933. Adventur/expedition. Chronicle of the first successful flight over Everest. The early 1930's marked a historic era of aviation 'firsts'. Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing and Byrd's reach to the poles sparked the race to fly over Everest. This is the story of how England earned that fame. Funded by Lady Houston, the acheivement is known as the Houston-Mount Everest Expedition. 10 chapters: I, First Over Everest; II, Preliminary Steps in Technical Planning; III, Oxygen on the Everest Flight; IV, Air Photographic Survey; V, The Flight to India; VI, Nepal; VII, The Flight to Everest; VIII, The Flight Over Kangchenjunga & the Second Flight to Everest; IX, Filming the Flight; and, X, The Authors' Appreciation of Those Who Contributed to the Success of the Expedition, followed by 2 appendices, the 2nd of which describes the "Bristol" Pegasus S.3 Engine.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. 498pp. 10 x 7.5 inch. a reading or reference copy, ex-university library with book plate, lending sheet, rubber stamp only on the brown endpapers, otherwise interior very good and clean with no library or other markings. spine has had a taped repair but a solid reading copy. Weighs 1.7kg, additional postage may be requested for shipment to some overseas countries.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 264 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly rubbed; spine ends bumped. Illust. from b/w photos. Contents nice.

Condizione: Very Good. . Hardback. c. 1915. Fine in original illustrated cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing age and shelf wear. Lightly toned. Text and illustrations crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. . . . .

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Account of a bunch of crazy posh people who thought it would be a grand idea to fly over Mount Everest in the early 1930s with relatively basic equipment. It was there I suppose! Pretty decent looking copy with clean cloth boards although a little sun faded at the top edge and, especially so, on the spine.Also a little slitting along the outer hinge of the back board, nothing too severe but significant enough to be worthy of a mention in this description. A little toning to the page block edges and end papers. No inscriptions. No dust jacket. Terrific copy on the whole.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition, First Thus. Stated First American Edition. Text/Bright, clean As New. Gilt embossed black linen boards/VG; Strong & sound w/light rubs to corner tips & upper/lower spine, and fading to spine. DJ/None. PO label to front cover verso, and name & date to fEP. Photographs of the two participating Westland aircraft to endpapers. Frontispiece: Photo taken 100 feet above Everest. Chronology of the Everest Flight precedes text. Aircraft used were the original PV-6 prototype, registered G-ACBR (and also known as the Houston-Wallace) along with the Westland PV-3 G-ACAZ. Both airplanes were modified to inclued heating and oxygen equipment, fully enclosing the rear cockpits and using highly supercharged Bristol Pegasus IS.3 engines. Text, supported by photos, in 10 chapters: I, The Challenge of Everest!; II, Strategy & Preliminary Tactics; III, Final Tactics & Objectives; IV, The Flight to Indian; V, Flights Across India; VI, Nepal, Land of Mystery & Contrasts; VII, The Flying House-Party at Purnea; VIII, The Great Adventure; IX, The Flight Over Kangchenjunga; and, X, The Second Assault of Mout Everest. 3 appendices follow: I, Oxygen, Special Masks & Clothing; II, Duties of the Observers; and, III, The "Bristol" Pegasus S.3 Engine. Fine copy less dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A really sound and solid copy with no inscriptions and clean pages throughout. There is a little toning and light smudge marks to the page block edge. The boards are clean with crisp title lettering on the front board. Similarly on the spine cloth, although slightly faded. There is some wear to the fore edge corner tips but nothing severe. Other than that there are just a few light marks to the boards which are not very noticeable. In all, a very presentable copy of this scarce book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 27 pages. First edition. Very good copy in green paper over boards and red leather covers with gold lettering on spine. Limited edition, 1/300.Facsimile letter from Scott to Joseph Train tipped-in in front of book.

Condizione: Very Good. . Hardback. c. 1915. Fine in original illustrated cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing age and shelf wear. Lightly toned. Text and illustrations crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: Very Good. Edward Arnold; London, 1931. Hardcover. First edition. Very Good+, light rubbing/handling to covers but interior clean and free of markings w/No Dustwrapper. An interesting account of life on a timber boat and Northern Russia in the 1930's. A nice, clean copy. 8vo[octavo or aprx 5 x 8 inches], 306pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.…

Condizione: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original Persian green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered navy back and front. 8vo. 10'' x 8''. Contains Frontispiece of Queen Mary, 160 pp with 12 tipped-in colour plates of the King, the Prince of Wales, and paintings and textual illustrations by Arthur Rackham, William Russell Flint, W. Heath Robinson and others. Pencil message to the front free end paper dated 1916, rubbing to the corners and spine crowns and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. VG- first edition. Blanchard C90. The author, who was Carrick Pursuivant of Arms, sets out the rules and formalities of the Scottish heraldic system which differs markedly from that of England. There is a 2-page foreword by John Buchan. 186 pp Textured blue cloth; gold lettering; frontispiece illustration with tissue guard; 37 full-page illustrations, many in colour; 91 illustrations in the text; top edge gilt; outer and lower edges uncut. The book is in very good condition throughout. There is an ex-libris bookplate of The Stewart Society on the fly-leaf but no other evidence of library ownership/use. A small address label has been pasted onto yhis bookplate. The illustrated d/w is not price-clipped. The top of the spine is worn and the white rear panel is soiled. The is a piece about one and a half inches square missing from the top corner of the front panel adjacent to the spine.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. first edition as stated. 7 x 10 in. 264 pp. Gray cloth boards with gilt medallion. Photo endpapers. Lavish B&W photo plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean but front board has some foxing/toning at edges. Spine mildly toned. Corners and spine ends bumped, minimal shelf wear. Binding tight. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Text clean and unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; very clean, toning to edges and spine, large chips at front upper corner and spine head. Not clipped ($3.50) In a new Mylar wrapper. Expl. RGR.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG- first edition. A paper on the road bridges of Britain in the early 1930s. Much fascinating information and profusely illustrated in black and white. Marbled brown boards rubbed at the corners with some wear of the paper covering at one corner. Spine ends rubbed and a small black mark part way down the spine. Internally the glossy paper remains bright and clean but 2 leaves are detached but present. F fly-leaf bears the rubber stamp of an architect's practice.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. xv, 400pp, index, bw ills, maps. Or maroon cloth, no jacket. A lovely bright fresh copy with some offset toning to endpapers. Biography of one of the greatest military leaders of the 20th century. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in burgundy cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket. 399pp. Gold gilt top page edges. B/w portrait frontispiece, b/w photographic plates and maps throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, crease to front board. (42/4). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Scottish edition. 8vo. 130 pp. + [2] pp. Ads. Quarter blue cloth with illustrated gray paper over boards. Rubbing base of spine and bottom right hand corner of front cover bumped else this is a tight, very good book in the uncommon DJ which has chips at the baskstrip extremities and bottom front fore edge. Uncommon thus.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo.pp. 234. Original publisherÕs cloth binding in red, lettered gilt at spine. Loosely inserted large, detailed b/w fold-out map of Scolt Head Island-July 1933 (With repaired tears.) Also loosely inserted 5 Pages of closely hand-written academic notes on coastal vegetation, conditions and habitats. Foreword by John Buchan. Black and white photographs maps and diagrams illustrate the text. Very good-minus. Slight split at spine.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. A comprehensive and illustrated record of road bridges across Great Britain by accomplished civil engineer Charles Bressey. British Bridges: An Illustrated Technical and Historical Record, written by civil engineer and Chief Engineer for Roads at the Ministry of Transport Charles Herbert Bressey, with a foreword by Secretary of State for Transport Oliver Stanley and fellow MP John Buchan. Published by the Public Works, Roads and Transport Congress organising committee in 1933.Rebound in quarter cloth, with paper boards. Includes 312 in-text illustrations of bridges across Great Britain, including photographs and architectural designs.An informative reference of Bridges, Bressey delves into the road bridges across Great Britain at the time, including London Bridge, the Usk Bridge, the George V Bridge and many more. Bressey details estimated costs, histories, facts, and primary purposes of each. Rebound in quart cloth, with paper boards. Externally, very smart with clean boards. Very slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. End papers are clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the rare small mark to leaf extremities. Slight signs of previous water damage to right edges of leaves, heavier to first leaves. Scratch marks to left edge of frontispiece. Very Good. Various (illustratore). book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex libris bookplate, Duncan and Violet Mary McCallum.; This copy inscribed and signed by the author. 60 pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board, gilt decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 182 x 120mm.; 12mo; Signed by Author.…

Cloth. Condizione: Good Minus. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex Boots library markings. Spine lightly sunned with wear to ends, a few small marks to boards, closed edges foxed and spotted, some patches of foxing throughout, gutters cracked throughout but pages secure, contents clean and bright. Size: 4to. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. VG- de luxe edition. Blanchard A68 (note). A history of the regiment from its formation to the end of World War 1. Published simultaneously with the more common first edition. Grey paper-covered boards; white vellum spine; red leather title label with gold lettering; laid paper; frontispiece; 23 other illustrations, 12 in colour; 36 maps; top edge trimmed, others uncut. Spine and boards lightly browned but otherwise excellent throughout. There is an armorial bookplate on the front paste-down and a preentation inscription on the fly-leaf. Rare in this edition.…