Wilson john b foreword (4 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. First edition. Book and protected, unclipped, dustjacket are -- As new. Contains numerous reproductions of lobby cards, dating back to 1908, with accompanying text, and a foreword by Benny Green. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 159 pages. Over 100 Color Illustrations; Few B/w Illustrations (illustratore).…

First edition limited to 2500 copies (as stated upon copyright page). xxii, 118, [4] pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Color pictorial dust jacket rubbed with some foxing; slight bumping/scuffing at edges. Pale yellow cloth. Past owner's personal bookplate on front pastedown; interior pages are clean. Binding retains some crispness. Laid-in at rear endpaper is publisher's promotional order card with past owner's mailing label still affixed. The book features the personal journal accounts of John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe (1803 -1891), son of renowned neoclassical architect Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (1764-1820), regarding his October-December 1834 travels from New York to New Orleans and Natchez by ship and his return to Baltimore by stagecoach. ISBN 0917860217.…

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Chieftain goatskins, dyed the exact shade of RAF wool-barathea wartime uniform fabric. The front cover is gold-blocked with the title and incorporates specially woven RAF wings of 1940 type by Gieves and Hawkes, No. 1 Savile Row, London, with the King's crown, the marker ribbon of blue silk bearing the emblems of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association, 22-carat gold edging. 4to. 13¼'' x 10''. The print run is strictly limited to 401 copies, No. 1 being presented to HM The Queen. This copy being number 173. Each copy bears the handwritten signatures of the twenty-five selected Battle of Britain pilots: Wg Cdr P. P. C. Barthropp; Wg Cdr R. P. Beaumont; Sqn Ldr G. H. Bennions; Air Vice-Marshal H. A. C. Bird-Wilson; Air Cdre P. M. Brothers; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling; Gp Capt W. D. David; Air Cdre A. C. Deere; Sqn Ldr B. H. Drobinski; Flt Lt J. H. Duart; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris; Gp Capt T. P. Gleave; Wg Cdr N. P. W. Hancock; Sqn Ldr C. Haw; Cdr R. C. Hay; Gp Capt C. B. F. Kingcome; Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont; Air Cdre A. R. D. MacDonell; Sqn Ldr M. J. Mansfeld; W Cdr A. G. Page; Wg Cdr P. L. Parrott; Gp Capt D. F. B. Sheen; Wg Cdr F. M. Smith; Wg Cdr J. E. Storrar; Wg Cdr G. C. Unwin. Housed in matching buckram clamshell box with blue silk lining and gilt titling. Unopened book in new condition in Fine condition box. Pocket inside the box holds original sales receipt, The Times colour supplement advertisement, typed letter from the original purchaser to Air Vice Marshall Freddie Hurrell confirming his order and enclosed cheque, he also mentions that he would wish to collect the book himself from Hartnolls in Bodmin when the book was ready. SIGNED letter from Air Vice Marshall Freddie Hurrell to the recipient on Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund letter-headed paper with details of the book. Hartnoll Delivery Note. Advertisement prospectus giving in-depth details concerning the various elements of production with a photograph of the six protagonists: Michael Pierce, John Golley, Roy Asser, Bill Gunston, Brian Masterton, and Freddie Hurrell to the front cover viewing the finished product. Remains wrapped in Hartnoll's original brown paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.…