percy b walker (27 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 283 pages, with illustrations.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. 283 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. B/W Photos (illustratore). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; green c. w/gilt titles; 115 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Dust wrapper with a little edge & corner wear. Internally Very Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding. Unclipped dust wrapper will be fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 958g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. ; V. 1.

Hardcover. Condizione: good. 0356035204. MacDonald, clean copy, with chipped & shelfwear to dustjacket, feint toning to pages, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. Volume 1 balloons, kites and airships; 282 pages.

Condizione: Used - Good. 1st ed. Owner's name on front free end paper; binding tight, with bright gilt on spine. Dust jacket bright & clean, & not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Percy B. Walker's Early Aviation at Farnborough: The History of the Royal Aircraft Establishment is a foundational work in British aeronautical history, especially for those curating technical heritage with cultural resonance. Dust jacket in plastic sleeve, tape repairs to gutter and title page.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. A near fine copy in a worn but protected Dust jacket Please note shipping is valid for all books up to 1kg. Above this please ask for a quote.

Condizione: Fair. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:0356035204.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are generally in good order. Some bumping to corners. Spine is intact and bright with just a little mild bumping to ends. Inscribed and signed to Wing Commander John Unwin by the author to the ffep. Textblock is in good condition, clean and tight. Pagination: xvi pp, 283 pp. Pictoral glazed paper dust jacket with yellow and white lettering to spine and front. Dj is in a good condition albeit with some mild creasing and the odd small nick to the edges. Spine area is faded. Housed within a sturdy slipcase; some shelfwear. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 1123g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 033238:11e) Size: 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall Language: ENG 1123 G. Signed by Author. Book.

25.5x19cm. First edition. History of the early development of flying in Britain, from military ballooning during the war in South Africa 1899-1902 to the beginnings of the aeroplane era 1909-1910. ppXVI,283,(1) with 65 monochrome photo & other illustrations, in-text figures, and index. Single production flaw:- upper outer corner of one leaf of text - pages 69/70 - folded prior to edge-trimming, resulting in sharp crease (confined to margins) across the corner, and leaving corner when folded back out a little oversized and protruding from text-block. Hardback / hard cover: dark blue boards, backstrip titled in gilt. VERY GOOD copy in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket a little nicked at head and foot of backstrip panel, a little rubbed at corner tips, and with corner creases on both front and rear flaps; in VERY GOOD illustrated card slipcase a little rubbed at corners and along one upper edge.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. NrF/VG. First edition in d/w not price clipped. Illustrated with photographs. A well-researched and authoritative history of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire. Details of the early balloons, kites and airships built before the First World War. With chapters including, 'The War In South Africa 1899-1902', 'Cody And His Kites', 'Kites In The British Army', 'Kites And The Royal Navy'. With Appendices and Index. D/w has three short closed tears (longest 17mm), with chipping to head of spine; else a near fine copy in a very good d/w. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. WILL BE KEPT AT COST.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. A near fine copy in a worn but protected Dust Jacket. Please note shipping is valid for all books up to 1kg. Above this please ask for a quote.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1971, 1st. Quarto. 283pp. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth, gilt title to spine. In the pictorial dust wrapper, a couple of minor nicks to head of spine, otherwise clean and bright. Housed in the matching slipcase. Overall a 'Near Fine' copy.

Condizione: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Buone Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Satisfaisant. Condizione sovraccoperta: Assez bon. DANS UN COFFRET.

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 375pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, minor foxing & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, minor soiling/discolouration to rear eps/terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to base of spine, light creasing & scuffing to edges, sl chafing, light tanning to flaps) in slipcase, VG (moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling).

1st edition chipped dust jacket Near Fine lge. octavo xvi + 283pp., b/w pls., maps, text ills., appends., index, Vol. I : Balloons, Kites & Airships. Long ownership inscription o/w VG.

First edition. DW. Volume I. Large square 8vo. Profusely illustrated throughout. Outer edges foxed, bd. extremities sl. rubbed. Wrapper sl. worn at extremities o/w VG+/VG+. ISBN 356035204.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good EX-LIBRARY. No jacket. First Edition. New York: Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, Inc., 1955. Very Good EX-LIBRARY, stamped "WITHDRAWN" on front and rear endpapers. Bound in the original blue cloth. Clean, square, and tight. Gilt lettering is still bright. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with diagrams, photos. Tables. Charts. Equations. Among the proceedings are: DESIGN OF HIGH-SPEED AIRCRAFT by E. H. Heinemann; DESIGN OF LARGE HELICOPTERS by Bartram Kelley; HYPERSONIC FLOW by Lester Lees; ON THE BEHAVIOR OF BOUNDRY LAYERS AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS by R. J. Monaghan; FATIGUE OF AIRCRAFT PRESSURE CABINS by Percy B. Walker; JET NOISE by F. B. Greatrex; LOW-CONSUMPTION TURBINE ENGINES by Adrian A. Lombard; POWER PLANTS FOR SUPERSONIC FLIGHT by Eric S. Moult; etc. Convened by the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences and The Royal Aeronautical Society. From the Foreword: "This volume contains the complete papers and discussions presented during the technical sessions of the IAS-RAeS Fifth International Aeronautical Conference. This conference attracted 116 official delegates of The Royal Aeronautical Society and some 500 IAS members from all parts of the United States and Canada. ". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. 560pp.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1912 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 12 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

Condizione: Good. 8 x 10 in., [8]pp., illustrations. Gray, textured paper card covers with titling on the front cover, saddle stiched. Includes important bibliographic information for the limited edition books of the press by John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell, W. S. Merwin, L. M. Rosenberg, Dave Smith, John Barth, Donald Barthelme, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Berger, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Carver, Robert Coover, Hary Crews, James Dickey, William Everson, Gerald R. Ford, John Gardner, Gunter Grass, John Hawkes, Laura (Riding) Jackson, Ken Kesey, Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ross Macdonald, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Robert B. Parker, Walker Percy, Reynold Price, James Purdy, Michel Tournier, Garry Trudeau, John Updike, Eudora Welty, and Diane Wakoski. From the estate of Herb Yellin (1935 - 2014), publisher of the Lord John Press.

Leather Bound. Condizione: New. Language: English. {Size: 14.60 x 22.86 cms} Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2020, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1922. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 26, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 26.

Leather Bound. Condizione: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1908. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Vol:- Volume no.109, Pages:- 58, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. Volume no.109 58 58.

Leather Bound. Condizione: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1910. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Vol:- Volume no.109, Pages:- 76, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. Volume no.109 76 76.

Full Leather Bound. Condizione: NEW. Language: English. {Size: 14.60 x 22.86 cms} A Unique Premium Leather-Bound book for elite readers/collectors of old rare books. An Original Leather is being used for binding this book with Golden Leaf Printing and designing on Spine, front and Back of the book with edge gilding. WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS IN COLOR OF LEATHER RED, GREEN, BLUE, MAGENTA, TAN, PURPLE DEEP BROWN, BLACK AND WITH DIFFERENT COLOR LABELS. YOU MAY CHOOSE ANY COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE AND MAIL US. This service is chargeable. Original edition was published in [1922] and this unique edition is Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition. Black & white printing on high quality natural shade paper with sewing binding for longer life, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually on computer and make them readable. We give our best to give you the best book but in some cases we have to adjust few pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We hope that you understand these issues in these old treasure. This is an important book for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure. Our dedicated team is trying to bring these rare books back to the shelves. We are also giving service of printing the hard-to-find books which are not listed in our store. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 26, Print on Demand. Product Disclaimer: Please be aware that because leather is a natural material, slight discoloration or change in texture may be visible. {FOLIO EDITION (Size 12x19 Inches) IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST}. 26.