Airlife 2002 (43 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: As New. This book is brand new; never used or opened. No remainder marks.

Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good. First. Soft Cover. Very Good. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light crease lines about 1/2" and 1" from lower front corner tip, publishers price written in ink on top corner of front endpage. 144 pages.

Soft Cover. Condición: Near Fine. First. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publisher's price written in ink on top corner of front endpage. 144 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: New. This book is brand new; never used or opened. No remainder marks.

Trade Paperback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. ISBN 1-84037-366-0.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condición: Fine. Second impression 8vo 264 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Fine blue cloth hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket, no inscriptions or marks, an excellent copy. "The first RAF pilots to experience turbojet-powered aircraft were confronted with an utterly new concept of propulsion. Often, in the very early wartime years, their introduction to new jet aircraft was amazingly simplistic - but successful. "Our briefing and cockpit checks were presented superbly by the wing commander. When describing the start-up procedure, the engines were described as Bunsen burners, the paraffin as gas, igniters were matches and high-pressure cocks as gas taps. " This book describes the aeroplanes, their advantages, faults and quirks. It draws heavily upon the memories of those first RAF jet pilots - the jet jockeys. We are taken aboard the first British jets to become operational, such as the Gloster Meteor and de Havilland Vampire and then through the late 1940s into the 1950s, including the experiences of pilots who flew the de Havilland Venom, North American Sabre and the controversial Supermarine Swift. The RAF's first delta-wing fighter is described as "inspiing affection rather than confidence, it was built like a tank and flew like one!" by a No 46 Squadron pilot flying the Gloster Javelin in 1956. A pilot in No 222 Squadron, the second unit to fly the legendary Hawker Hunter, describes the early model as "one of the most delightful aircraft to fly" - but "gun firing did have another effect .the vibration would cause the withholding bolt on the nose-wheel door to shear so that on selecting undercarriage down on landing the door remained firmly in place .slightly embarassing. ".…

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 315pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 184037196X.

paperback, large 8vo, 224pp, illustrated, pencilled inscription on endpaper, text otherwise clean and tight, spine not creased, Very Good condition. ISBN: 1840373695.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. This book is brand new; never used or opened. No remainder marks.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. This book is brand new; never used or opened. No remainder marks.

Hardcover. Condición: New. This book is brand new; never used or opened. No remainder marks.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. 2 This book is new; never read with no remainder marks. But dustjacket has some shelfwear so it does not appear pristine.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition, fine dark green boards, hardback, 10.00 x 10.00 inches approx. , gilt lettering to the front and spine, near fine coloured pictorial dust jacket, a hint of edge wear but generally bright clean and striking, price clipped, luxurious dark green shiny endpapers, no inscriptions or marks, opens with a simple verse accompanied by an illustraton of a beautiful little bird 'My heart is hiding, stirred for a bird, ----- to achieve of, the mastery of the thing, ' Gerald Manley Hopkins. 176 pages, lavishly illustrated in colour. Phenonimal paintings by Robert Bateman who is an experienced artist and naturalist. Foreword by Peter Matthiessen. Using his powers of observation the artist has captured the nature and character of the the birds within fascinating setttings. Birds are a miracle of colour and diversity with dramatic species present across the globe. They bring delight to those who observe them because they remind us of the ingenuity and splendour of the natural world. This is a book to savour, relax and enjoy. Bateman, Robert (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: New. This book is brand new; never used or opened. No remainder marks.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+): 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.…

1st. Ed. 8vo. xvi + 315pp. B/w ills. and maps. Original boards with d/w, blue spine with white and gold text. ISBN 184037196X US$10.

Imperial octavo softcover (Nr FINE); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing the 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.…

Imperial octavo softcover (fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing the 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.…

Oblong quarto softcover (VG+); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condición: Molto buono (Very Good). 9781840373721 Molto buono (Very Good) .

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); 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 cost.…

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book lge. octavo 96pp., col. & b/w pls., appends., index, Combat Legend series.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover in clear plastic-protected dust wrapper, xiv/154pp, b&w photos. Light wear to edges of dust wrapper/boards, rear board's free corners mildly bumped; a very good copy. That an enemy force of at least one pocket battleship, one heavy cruiser and six destroyers, with all the advantage of surprise and concentration, should be held off for four hours by five destroyers and driven from the area by two six-inch cruisers, without any loss to the convoy, is most creditable and satisfactory. Thus was the opinion of the Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet, Admiral Tovey of the action that has become known as the battle of the Barents Sea. It was a naval engagement that had far reaching consequences and resulted in many capital ships of the Kriegsmarine being decommissioned for the rest of World War II. The Arctic convoys that sailed through the cold malevolent waters of the Barents Sea ran the gauntlet of German air and sea attack as they struggled to transport vital supplies to Britain's Russian allies. Convoy JW51B sailed in December 1942 with a small escort of five destroyers and a reserve of two light cruisers shadowed the main convoy at a distance of seventy miles. The convoy was attacked on 31 December by a powerful German force that included the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, the pocket battleship Lutzow and six destroyers. The ensuing engagement proved the worth of the British destroyers and the bravery of the men who sailed in them.…

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine lge. octavo 96pp., b/w pls., appends., index.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Fine octavo vi + 246pp., b/w pls., index, Includes several accounts of erroneous bombing raids by the US Bomber forces several of which caused diplomatic incidents.

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine Quarto 112pp., col. pls., Pictorial survey of Airliners from the 1930s to the 1960s.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Fine octavo xiv + 225pp., b/w pls., map, appends., bibliog., index, Biography of the leading British Nightfighter pilot of WW2, who later went on to be a notable test-pilot with de Havilland.

Condición: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original moss green paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 368 pp with splendid monochrome photographs throughout. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with front free end paper removed, small bookplate removed from the top of the copyright page. Good condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £16.99. Member of the P.B.F.A. AVIATION & AERONAUTICS. …

*Sales/posting to the USA suspended*. Card covers, 276pp, b&w photos and maps. Light wear to card edges/corners; a near fine copy. Detailed account of the part played by bombers of the Royal Air Force and the Eighth US Army Air Force in Operation Overlord in WWII.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New oblong quarto 208pp., b/w plates, text ills., index, Detailing & explaining every type of Royal Navy submarine; written with the assistance of the Royal Navy's Submarine Museum of Gosport, the Imperial War Museum & numerous manufacturers of RN submarines.