Norman brearley (10 risultati)

Condizione: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0709124694.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. pp.(xvi)+204. 21cm. 33 black and white illustrations, including maps. End paper maps. Hard cover. Top edge of pages foxed. Corner of front free end paper cut off. Good copy. (Fighter pilot 1915 to WWII).

Hardback. 1971. First edition. A very good copy only marked by age tanning to the edges and a gift inscription to the dedication page. The contents are otherwise fine. The d/w is unclipped and good with some edge wear and repaired edge tears.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice Copy small octavo 202pp., b/w plates, index, The biography of an Australian Flying Corps WWI pilot.

SOFTCOVER. 1974. A near fine copy only marked by age tanning of the edges.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice Copy small octavo xvi + 188 + 202pp., b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., indexes, The Australian Companies of the Imperial Camel Corps published with the biography of an Australian Flying Corps WWI pilot.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only light scuffing otherwise undamaged, minimal wear at edges and corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, very clean throughout, original price sticker on back. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing less than 500g, postage cost for international orders (i.e. outside of Australia) will be less than what is shown here. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks. …

Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. This copy is a 1971 First Edition Presentation copy to Sir Douglas Bader and is the autobiography of Australian aviator Sir Norman BearleyThe author was a central figure in Australian aviation history widely regarded as the father of Australias airline industry He is most famous for founding Western Australian Airways WAA which in 1921 launched the countrys first scheduled air service Our copy is complete with its dust jacket which is in very good condition despite a little edge wear and light fading to the spine There is a large inscription to the half title page signed on behalf of the staff of the Regency Park Centre May 1978 which starts with sincere appreciation The rest of the pages are very clean and illustrated with several black and white photographic images pp 204 Overall a very good copy and part of a huge aviation collection acquired by St Marys Booksnbsp. book.…

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Two Books in One. First Printing of this SEAL Edition. A firm unmarked book.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Publication: Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1971 Formatting: 8vo, pp. 202. Condition Report: Very Good. The publisher's original dark blue cloth binding remains remarkably tight, square, and clean, with unoxidised silver lettering to the spine and exceedingly sharp corners completely devoid of the standard bumping associated with the book's weight. The text block exhibits the typical, uniform age-toning and mild dust-dulling to the top edge consistent with the paper stock of this era, yet the internal pages remain crisp, clean, and free of any previous owner inscriptions. The original, unclipped pictorial dust jacket retains its gloss and vibrant colouring. It exhibits only marginal shelf-wear, primarily presenting as slight rubbing to the extremities and very minor creasing at the spine ends, with no significant chips, tears, or fading. Catalogue Note: This is the true first edition, first printing of Sir Norman Brearley's autobiography, bound in the publisher's primary dark blue cloth. Profusely illustrated with a suite of black-and-white photographic plates and endpaper maps documenting early flight routes, the volume serves as a significant primary source for early Commonwealth aviation history. Given the regional publication by Rigby in Adelaide and the relatively small print run for an Antipodean aviation memoir of this period, intact first editions in their original dust jackets, particularly those avoiding the severe sun-fading typical of Australian titles from the 1970s, are increasingly uncommon on the open market. In Australian Aviator, Sir Norman Brearley delivers a thrilling, first-hand account of his life as an engineering apprentice who rose to become one of the most consequential figures in early twentieth-century aviation. After distinguishing himself in the perilous skies of the Western Front during the First World War with the Royal Flying Corps, Brearley returned home with two war-surplus biplanes and a singular vision. He would go on to found West Australian Airways, Australia's very first commercial airline, and secure the nation's inaugural airmail contract in 1921. This vivid memoir, penned with Ted Mayman, captures both the visceral danger of early open-cockpit combat and the entrepreneurial grit required to conquer the vast, unforgiving distances of the Australian outback. N/A (illustratore).…