bert hall john niles (14 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition hardcover, green boards mouldy all over and spine sun bleached although the title etc is clear in black lettering, no DJ. black and white photographs. Reading copy only.

ex library, super octavo hardcover (scruffy) some foxing: all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. 1st Edition. 352pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, black titles on front and spine. Sun faded spine, bumped ends, cloth torn. Spine cover detached along length of front board. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges untrimmed. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. Looks at the life and career of the military aviator and writer who was one of America's first combat aviators, flying with the famed Lafayette Escadrille in France before America entered the First World War.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Boards with rubbing, edge and corner wear, faded/discoloured spine, creasing top/bottom of spine, marks/scratches. Top, Tail and Fore edge tanned with spotting. Book plate on fep, Inside boards and Endpapers with foxing type marks, marks on inside front board. Pages with age discolouration, foxing type marks, a little creasing, binding very slighty loose at the odd page, A Fair personal copy. **654g** 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. AANBE22844.

8vo, 352pp, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations. A good hardback copy with faded spine. Board corners a little worn, Small split to cloth at base of spine. Reverse of frontispiece mildly foxed.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Popular Edition. Copy in blue cloth on boards with black title on spine. Spibne is sunned with some carry over to board edges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w plates.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, second printing, pp,ix,352, coloured frontispiece and many plates, black titled blue cloth, uncut, illustrated endpapers, early name on the half-title, spine a bit dull, small bump to the outer edge of the top cover. Lafayette Escadrille was a French Air Force Squadron made up of American volunteers who fought in World War 1.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, second printing, pp,ix,352, coloured frontispiece and many plates, black titled blue cloth, uncut, illustrated endpapers, early name on the half-title, spine a bit dull, small bump to the outer edge of the top cover. Lafayette Escadrille was a French Air Force Squadron made up of American volunteers who fought in World War 1.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1929 first edition starting to fade lightly read sticker of previous owner inside front cover.

reprint orig. cloth Very Good octavo ix + 352pp., frontis, b/w pls., Story of the Lafayette Escadrille. Cloth a little faded & lacks front endpaper o/w VG.

reprint orig. cloth Very Good lge. octavo ix + 352pp., col. frontis, b/w pls., Story of the Lafayette Escadrille. Nice John Hamilton edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DJ. 1st Edition. Published: n.d. (c1929). First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Original publishers blue cloth. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with plates. Deckled untrimmed edges. Previous owners name to ffep [R.N. Graham dated 1929 - see provenance]. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Sunned spine with soiling to front edge. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and strong hinges. Prev owners name to ffep dated 1929. Spotting to page edges and margins. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages Ix, 352. Size: 8Vo 23cm by 15cm. PROVENANCE: R.N. Graham. Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Graham (1896-1967) was a Scottish First World War flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service rising to the rank of Air Vice Marshal during the Second World War. A medical student at the start First World War began joined the Royal Naval Division 1915 transferring to the Royal Naval Air Service as a Flight sub-Lieutenant in September. In 1916, he served at the Dover Seaplane Base before moving to Dunkirk, to act as flying cover for the North Sea Fleet. He became part of the Saint Pol Seaplane Defence Flight, which formed on 30 June 1917. Graham had his first two victories at this time, destroying a German seaplane on 19 June while piloting a Sopwith Baby, and another while piloting a Sopwith Pup on 12 August 1917. His unit morphed into No. 13 Squadron RNAS and then No. 213 Squadron RAF of which he took command in May 1918. In August 1918 he took command of the newly formed No. 233 Squadron RAF which had a Fighter Defence Flight of Camels at RAF Walmer under the command of Captain W. M. Alexander, another Flight (491) at Dover (Guston Road)and the Seaplane flight (407) Dover, Marine Parade. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Graham was an Air Commodore on the staff at the headquarters of Fighter Command. AUTHOR: Preface by Elliott White Springs (1896-1959) American flying ace of World War I, credited with shooting down 16 enemy aircraft.

VIII, 353 SS. mit etl. s/w Fotos. Gr.-8°. OLn. mit farb. illustr. OU. Umschlag mit Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren. Die Escadrille La Fayette war eine Einheit der französischen Luftstreitkräfte (Aéronautique Militaire) im Ersten Weltkrieg, die überwiegend aus Kriegsfreiwilligen amerikanischen Piloten bestand. Aufgrund der von der Europäischen Union erlassenen EPR-Handels-Erschwernisse kann in folgende Länder KEIN VERSAND mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Polen, Österreich, Rumänien, Dänemark, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien. Sollte eine deutsche Lieferadresse möglich sein, kann an diese aber problemlos geliefert werden! * * * due to EPR-Restrictions NO SHIPPING to Austria, Bulgaria, Danmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia and Spain * * * Sprache: Deutsch 1249 gr.

"Popular Edition" (with John Hamilton dust jacket). octavo, pale blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 384pp. John Hamilton Limited, Frontispiece and other photographs. Hall's entertaining but fanciful story of his life in and out of the Lafayette Escadrille. Large chip at top of spine which affects the title printing. Cloth spine slightly faded. octavo, pale blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket "Popular Edition" (with John Hamilton dust jacket).