mintyre d f (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. xvi, 209p, ills. VG+.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first edition, no additional printings stated (presumed 1st). By the Squadron Leader The Marguess of Douglass and Clydesdale, A.F.C., M.P. (Douglas Douglas-Hamilton), and Flight Lieutenant D. F. M'Intyre. With preface by Lt.-Col. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Tweedsmuir. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Book condition is Good-. Overall, text and photo plates are quite handsome - pages are clean, and clear of writing, markings, highlighting, etc. Has a nice fold-out picture. Hinges are sound and firm. Binding has loosened with age (widening of gutters in spots, with webbing visible in some places), but in sound and holding together perfectly (no cracks or separation). Pages are tanned around edges. Some pages have some wear and tear: some pages have small corner creases/curling, some pages have small chips to an edge (for edge of text is untrimmed), some pages have tension crease lines radiating from top of gutter. Endpages toned. Bookplate on front pastedown. Hardcover corners curled inwards and exposed; fabric sunned along edges and spine, with spots of discoloration across; fabric fraying at top of spine; board edges bumped in spots. Faded numbers written on spine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Stated first edition. Good hardcover with clean pages. No dust jacket. Minor wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. The spine is discolored and faded to a tan color, but the text is still legible. Binding is cracked at the front hinge, but the rest of the binding is to be tight and no pages appear to be loose or missing. Leaf ends are lightly scuffed. Pages are lightly foxed with age. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 270 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 270 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. First Edition. small edge chips & mended tear to the unclipped dj.

Hardcover. On Monday the Third of April 1933 two Westland machines of the Houston Mount Everest Expedition made an aerial survey of the summit of the World's highest peak. - Pilots: The Marquis of Clydesdale (Houston Westland) and and Flight Lieutenant D.F McIintyre. - - Contents: - I. Apologia Nostra - II. The Ways and Means - III. The Flight Eastward - IV. Assembly and the Flight across India - V. Our Base Camp at Purnea - VI. First Flight of the Houston-Westland - VII. First Flight of the Wallace - VIII. Preparations for Second Flight - IX. Second Flight - (a) Flight of the Houston-Westland (Lord Clydesdale) - (b) Flight of the Wallace (M'Intyre) - (c) Aftermath - X. The Results - XI. High Altitude Flying - Appendix - Some of the major peaks of the Himalayas 209 p. excellent photos good condition, cover partially detached from spine, spine faded.

Edinburg & Glasgow, 1936. XVI,209 pp. Ills. Cloth. Text browned.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo; 207pp, map and plates complete. School prize lanel to fep. VG copy in G-Nr VG slightly edge worn dj.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, 209; photo. illusts. inc. 3 folding, 3 maps inc. one folding; prize bookplate to flyleaf, else very good in the original cloth, in original d.-w. which is rather worn with loss to extrems. In 1933, the Houston-Mount Everest expedition achieved the first flight over the mountain. The present work offers the pilots' own account of the expedition, thereby supplementing the official account given in First Over Everest (1933).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Nik Wheeler (illustratore). 1st Edition. With a Preface by Lt.-Col. The Rt. The Lord Tweedsmuir. With signature by author (though this cannot be verified). In very good mid blue cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. The boards are firm, flat and fairly clean; spine and edges sound. Unmarked end papers. Decorative book plate in name of T. Thornton Wills on front paste down. This could be Thomas Thornton Wills from WD & HO Wills Limited, tobacco manufacturers, Bristol. Slightly tanned cut edges. The text block is tight and straight; Prelims, end pages and some pages are lightly foxed. Name 'Clydsdale' in pen on title page; thought to be the author. No tanning. With many black and white photos (three folding) and three maps (one folding). Not annotated. Very good condition. Without jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. AUTHOR SIGNED COPY. 8vo. xvi, 209pp. Publishers blue cloth, [ light soiling] map & photographic illustrations. Douglas & Clydesdale, Marquess of (Squadron Leader & First Pilot, with Flight Lieutenant D.F. McIntyre, Houston-Mount Everest Expedition, April 1933. [The first flight over Mount Everest was undertaken in April 1933 by two Westland aircraft. They were piloted by Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (then known as Lord Clydesdale) and David McIntyre, with Stewart Blacker and Sidney Bonnett in the observer seats. The expedition was financed by Lucy, Lady Houston]. Rare Signed Copy.