w l speight (12 resultados)

SingleIssueMagazine. Condición: Good. Vol. 1, No. 10. Digest-sized. Lower spine tear into front cover has been glue-mended at spine; creasing; minor soiling. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. The jacket is very worn and torn. The boards are edge rubbed with knocked corners. The binding is secure. No ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*07/05/2024 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 28 pages. Illustrated. 'Croydon' "Popular Literature on Aviation" / W L Speight "Aviation in South Africa" / "How America Greets the Air Mail" (SL#123).

8vo; original red boards, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 224, incl. index; line drawings as head-pieces. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; pages somewhat browned, as usual; some foxing. Good to very good condition. "The sea and the queer things that came out of it, were very much matters of daily converse to the forebears of South Africans, often now living so far inland that perhaps it is difficult for them to realise how vital the sea once was to their existence. So many wrecks have appeared off the South African coast, the author's selection of the most interesting has not been an easy task, but here, with the glitter of scattered treasure, the remote chill of the southern icelands, the rescues and the tragedies, is the story told. Ranging from the earliest days of our history to the last world war, this fascinating book will enthrall all those who love - and sometimes hate - the sea.".

Capetown: Howard Timmons, n.d. History of South African shipwrecks. "So many wrecks have appeared off the South African coast, the author's selection of the most interesting has not been an easy task, but here, with the glitter of scattered treasure, --the remote chill of the southern icelands, --the rescues and tragedies, is the story told." Decorated with nautical line illustrations at chapter headings and bound in red cloth. The dustjacket is badly chipped, though the book itself is in near fine condition. . 21.25 cm. 224 pp. b/w line illustrations History of South African shipwrecks. "So many wrecks have appeared off the South African coast, the author's selection of the mo.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. The (reinforced) jacket is a bit rubbed, soiled and edgeworn but has suffered little paper loss. Internally clean (a little foxing) and tightly bound - although the front hinge is going. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. The boards are shelf rubbed.One gift inscription.Some tanning.Pocket.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. The jacket is edgeworn and marked.A few inscriptions.Foxing.Rubber stamp.Well bound.Good copy.Undated.c 1955.[R.N]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

224 SS. Nur wenige Abb. Gr.-8°. OLn. mit OU. Schiffsuntergänge und Schiffswracks vor der Küste Südafrikas. - Nicht allzu häufig! 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 999 gr.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit rubbed and edgeworn but has not suffered much paper loss. Internally clean (some tanning and offsetting) and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition. 224 pages (complete). Inscribed by Speight on the first free page. In good, contented condition. The dustjacket is smart with some wear about the edges and seams. It is comfortable and sure. The boards are tidy and healthy. Within, the pages are benign, certain, clean, clear, a little tanned from age, confident. A pleasing copy. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, spine decorated in gilt, 832 pages clean and unmarked, light occasional age toning; covers lightly worn, binding is loosening somewhat but volume is still solid and presentable [photo] though the text block is split at pages 192/193 and loose thereafter; contains serialization of My Shipmate Louise: the Romance of a Wreck. By W. Clark Russell. and serialized novellas by P.L. McDermott, Fred M White, T. W. Speight; also contains FIRST APPEARANCE The Surgeon of Gaster Fell.' By A. Conan Doyle; as well as many other Familiar Sketches, essays, Poetry, Popular Science, Tales and Other Narratives, and Miscellaneous Articles of Instruction and Entertainment; Index in 3 columns, text in 2 columns. This is the very FIRST publication of this Conan Doyle short novel, later often reprinted.