Bailey Capt (24 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Small nicks and tears on spine edges from wear and age. Binding is secure. Pages are clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Spine head is worn. Light rubbing to spine tail and corners. Pages clean. No dustjacket. ; B&W Photographs; TRH19B; 283 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Book has slight slant, light edgewear, owner's name inked verso of FFEP that lightly bled to opposite page, little bit of light soiling; DJ has 2" chip to top spine, several very small chips to edges, light toning, several small tears w/creases, some rubbing, little bit of light soiling; DJ in protective Brodart cover; b/w photos; 259 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Corners are rounded by publisher and bumped and rubbed, Illustrated end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue and silver boards are clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations found. Endpapers and page edges have some uneven age toning, boards are rubbed around edges. No dust jacket. HB HS.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First British Edition. Lacks dustwrapper, , illustrated boards are slightly rubbed to edges but image of plane is unmarked, spine is unfaded. Not price clipped, no inscriptions, illustrated.Bright and clean condition internally with little wear, only fault is photofraphic frontespiece of communication centre which has some damage from having adhered to title page. Happy to supply photos on request. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. 111 pages : illustrations ; endpaper maps ; 21 cm. ; navy full cloth with blindstamped decorations ; spine-sunned dj in mylar. During August and September of 1859 four separate reconnaissances left that isolated military post of the rim of the frontier--Fort Defiance. The detachments, commanded by two young and energetic officers, Captains O. L. Shepherd and J. G. Walker, were entrusted with the task of thoroughly exploring a specific section of the Navajo country. These four reconnaissances demonstrate undeniable proof that the Navajos did not want war, and were in fact doing their utmost to live in peaceful co-existence with the settlers.

Small quarto, 348 pages, illustrated, original illustrated boards, a bit soiled and worn, two ink names, RAAF stamp on title page and back endpaper and flyleaf, sticky tape residue on endpapers from a defunct plastic cover, back inside hinge starting, a good to very good copy. From the C.A. Patching Gliding Collection.

Small quarto, 260 pages, illustrated, original illustrated boards, a bit soiled and worn, two ink names, a good to very good copy. From the C.A. Patching Gliding Collection.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (Flight, Aviation, Aviation Fundamentals, Manual) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any notations. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback book is in very good condition,the first blank page and title page have slight wrinkling-moisture, otherwise in fine condition,dust jacket has edge wear at the top with slight moisture marks to cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This little hardcover schoolbook is in fairly good condition. The outside of the cover shows some scratches along the edges and bumping along the corners and the spine. There are also a few black stains that can be found on the front and back of the cover, but they are not overly noticeable. Because this book was used as a schoolbook there are several markings within the book. Some in pen, some in pencil. They are not on every page, but can be found intermittently throughout the book. Overall this is a very practical nice book on the first principles of flying.

FREEMAN, Capt. Edward J. (illustrator). BAILEY, Corporal Gilbert P. BOOT: A MARINE IN THE MAKING. Photographs by Cpl. Edward J. Freeman and Pfc. John H. Birch Jr. Columbia: South Carolina: Bostick & Thornley, 1943. Small quarto, pictorial boards & cloth spine; 169 pages. Many photographic illustrations. First Edition. Later reprinted by The MacMillan Company in 1944. A look at the U.S. Marine boot camp at Parris Island during World War II. Signed by about 64 boot camp members, apparently from Platoon 823, 12th Battalion and signed in December, 1943. One signature is "Buck Jones (All-Amer) Buffalo, New York." Jones played football at Wake Forest and then joined the Marines during World War II, playing on the Georgia Pre-flight Skycrackers service team in 1944 and the Fleet Marine Force Pacific team in 1945. After the war, he was drafted by the New York Giants and also played for the Buffalo Bisons in 1946 and for the Detroit Lions in 1947 and 1948. Good (contents clean & tight but edgewear to covers). An unusual book! Semper fi. $185.00.

First offprint edition. 72-78pp, [1]. With a photographic plate. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle marked, sunned. 'Another misfortune which occurred was the theft of all our shot-gun cartridges, and for two months we travelled through country where no collector had ever been, without being able to secure a single specimen'. An apparently unrecorded offprint, extracted from the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, concerning the fauna of Southern Tibet; specifically, a number of specimens of mammals and birds gunned down by British Army officer, explorer, and trophy hunter Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882-1967). Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Collected. Volumes I-IV, VII, VIII (6 volumes of an eventual 8), reprinting the papers presented to the Bucks County Historical Society. Uniformly bound in red cloth, spine panels lettered in gilt. All volumes show minor soiling to cloth and slight rubbing to extremities, with text block edges typically a bit tanned by age, mild rubbing to portions of edges. Vol. VIII is minimally ex-library, with call label on lower spine, F&M College (Gift of B. F. Fackenthal, Jr.) book plate mounted inside front cover. Vol. VIII shows minor loss (nibbling?) at top corner through most of text block, not affecting any text, this copy thus Good only, the set overall VG. Firm bindings, clean interiors. Approx. 600-750 pp. per volume. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Tresilian, S.; Abbey, S.; Peddie, Tom; Inns, Kenneth; Wigfull; Faulks, Jack M.; De Walton, John (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Paying the Price - How Nature in Canada's far north has extracted a toll on trappers - with photos; Behind the Himalayas - Part I - Photo-illustrated account of exploration of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Rubber-Smugglers of Malaya - An amusing story; The Outlaw Elephant - Rogue elephant "George" ravaged the Travancore district of India from 1920 to 1925, killing many and doing immense damage - article with photos; My Desert Dash to Damascus - A decidedly exciting journey across the Syrian Desert amidst hostile devil worshippers and Bedouin - with interesting photos; "Blue-Water Andy" - Did he spot the wreck of an ancient Spanish treasure-galleon on some nameless island? ; Across Africa With a Camera - M.A. Wetherell's photo-illustrated account of his trans-African journey; The Disappearing Lion - An amusing tale from Australia; The Kahuna's Power - A strange little story of native "magic" in Hawaii; A Pearler in the Philippines - F.D. Burdett describes his exciting experiences on pearling trips among the Philippine Islands; The Haunted Camp - The disappearance of a white man in Africa, and the startling events that followed; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part IV - Jack McLaren spent eight years on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula. 84 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Holmes, Fred; Wood, Stanley L.; Soper, George; Holloway, W.H.; Robinson, T.H.; Bowring, W.A. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 90-176, plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: Wild Boars and Cattle Thieves; Rescuing Little Ruth; A Castle Built for a Shilling; Through the East by Air - part 5; The Man Who Turned Thief - part 5; Trapping Wild Animals Alive; The Ordeal of William McDavid; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - part 3; On Oath (short story); The Ranger's Story (short story); The Amateur Explorers; The Train-Wreck That Failed; My First Lynx; Is This America's Biggest Bear? Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Holmes, Fred; Elcock, Howard; Prater, E.; Tennant, Dudley; Peddie, Tom; Elcock, Howard; Sindall, A.; Peddie, Tom; Wood, Stanley L.; Prater, E.; Hiley, F.E. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Great Green Eel - three-day battle with a Conger eel in Trinidad; De Rougemont Right After All! - Shortly after his passing, the incredible stories by Louis de Rougement of adventures with the wild blacks (aborigines) of Australia are proven true! - article with great photos; The Lure of the Jewel - The Forcing of the Duke of Brunswick's safe; Crossed Trails - A remarkable tale of linked lives; The Midnight Visitor - A grim tale of the famous North-West Mounted Police of Canada; Trapped in a Well - two men in Nebraska set out to deepen a well; The Moffat County Mystery - an odd tale from Colorado; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part II - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interest of film-making - article with interesting photos; A Christmas Hunt in East Africa - sometimes 'exiles' can have a good Christmas; A Double Escape a thrilling royal tiger hunt in India; A Man's Luck - Part V - the true story of a man who set out to build an Alaskan home for the girl of his dream but kept being jailed; The Accursed Lake - The strange story of David Burton and Charles Snisted in New Zealand; The Living Death - an explorer's grim story from the South American jungle; Anthropop - Apology; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 268-351, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.