Reade leslie introduction (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 288pp. 12 x 9.25 inches approx. Bonanza edition, 1979. Mainly composed of a facsimile reprint of a Souvenir Number of 'The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder' 1936. With 250 b&w photographs and 85 illustrations and diagrams, with 82 pages of advertisements from the original magazine. With 2 fold-out diagrams and a further fold-out in colour of the QE2 which was a supplement to The Illustrated London News. Price clipped dust jacket has edge wear and 2 repaired edge tears. Heavy book, extra shipping outside UK would be required over default. FINE / GOOD+.…

Hardbound. Red cloth boards with black cloth spine, gilt letters on spine, white & illus. dust jacket, 288 pp; profusely illustrated in bw, 7 fold-outs. "No. 6 in a Series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder'," first published in 1936 on the occasion of the ship's maiden voyage. A terrific history of "the last of the great Biritish ships to take to the seas while the British merchant navy still held a posititon of unquestioned supremacy and confidence." (dj). VG- (DJ is slightly aged or tanned; otherwise quite nice.).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Ocean Liners of the Past, No. 4 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder'. Mostly a facsimile reprint of a special Souvenir Number of The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder, published in May 1931 & featuring the Empress of Britain, the fifth largest ship ever built in Britain. Numerous b&w photographs & illustrations throughout. With several foldout plates (247 illustrations & 6 folding plans). Several contributors. Introduction by Leslie Reade. The Shipbuilder edited by A.G. Hood. With vintage advertisements. Large format volume. A FINE hardcover volume, in a VERY GOOD dustjacket with mild marginal toning. A very nice clean tight solid copy. 144pp. Uncommon.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Ocean Liners of the Past, No. 5 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder'. From inner front flap of dustjacket: "Mostly a facsimile reprint of a special Souvenir Number of The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder, published to commemorate the maiden voyage of the Normandie in June 1935 ". Numerous b&w photographs & illustrations throughout. With several foldout plates. Several contributors. Introduction by Leslie Reade. Foreword by M. William Bertrand. The Shipbuilder edited by A.G. Hood. With vintage advertisements. Large format volume. A FINE hardcover volume, in a NEAR FINE dustjacket. A very nice clean tight solid copy. Paginated within sections. Scarce volume.…

reprint. Cloth with dustjacket, 34 cm, 144 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Folding maps. Some smoke-odeur. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0850590841.