Albert E Cowton (11 results)

Gr.-8°, Leinen. Condition: Gut. 496 S., Original-Leineneinband mit goldenem Rückentitel und goldener Titelvignette, Einband etwas berieben, innen sauber und gut erhalten Due to new EU packaging regulations, we are currently unable to ship to many EU countries. Shipping to Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and the Baltic states is possible. Deliveries to border-based parcel lockers or cross-border parcel forwarding services remain possible. Shipping to all countries outside the EU also remains possible. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1036. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Complete with All Maps and Illustrations. Boards with edge and corner, marks, discolouration, rubbing, fading, bump to bottom front corner. Top, Tail and Fore edge with marks/scratches. Inscription on First Page, With comments written on Title Page and throughout book, written in ink on several pages, plus the odd mark. Internally Good clean and tidy copy in tight binding, A Good personal copy. **1132g** 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. AANBE15778.…

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1963, no dustjacket, fading to spine, bright clean copy, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Cloth. Condition: Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: Vg. First Edition. 496pp. Plates. Folding maps. Plain white wrapper as issued. Together with an autographed letter from Mrs.Cowton. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. boards are rubbed and sunned. foxing and marks. sound binding. fairly good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. With the First in the Field - WWII memoir of the author's RAF adventures over the North West Frontier and beyond, published posthumously by his wife. In good condition with light rubbing to cloth and sunning to spine. Bright gilt stamping, a few small marks to page edges and spotting on a few pages. No dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 496pp.; HB blue w/gilt; rubbed w/spine sunned; sun on endpapers; PONft.pastedwn.; clean,tight pgs. DJ white w/no title; rubbed w/lt.stain,foxing,&inkmk. Royal Marine Light Infantry & Royal Naval Air Service in S.Africa, Middle East, & India 1910-1929. b/w photos & maps.…

1st edition. Blue cloth with gilt; maps (some folding) & B&W illustrations. Text clean in firm binding; cloth a little faded on spine; overall a nice copy Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 8vo., xvi., 496 pp. c.p with 8 folding maps. top edge blue slightly faded, some foxing on foredge. Marginal browning of endpapers, , very good in original blue cloth gilt, some foxing and browning to cloth, spine faded, light shelf wear, good plus Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. In pale (faded? ) blue cloth boards with Gilt title to spine. Gilt aeroplane motif on front cover. A previous owner has coloured in parts of the boards to try to match the colour where it has been faded/sunned/marked. Spine and boards sound and look OK, but discoloured and the covers are marked. Head/tail of spine bumped. The book is now protected in a clear book plastic cover, and looks quite good. Light blue endpapers with the edges 'browned'. All Page fore edges browned. Internally VERY GOOD. (i-xvi) + 496 pp. B & W photographic frontispiece. Quotation. Preface. Foreword by Air Commodore Strang Graham, MC, GM. Illustrations in b/w with 11 maps and diagrams, most fold-out. Edited by his widow. " A detailed description of the author's life from his enlistment in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, 1905, his subsequent aviation training at the central flying school 1912-1913, etc, and Cowton's Aviation and Kite Balloon service. He served with various kite balloon sections in England, France and Belgium during the First World War. The bulk of the book, however, is devoted to his years with 27 (B) Squadron of the Royal Air Force in India after he was posted to Ismailia with No 14 balloon section in 1916 and continued through the Middle East Campaign until the Turkish retreat in 1917, finally returning to the UK in 1929, etc, etc." ; 001639; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.…