Captain P H Sumner (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Edge wear and rubbing, fraying on corners and spine ends, nick in cloth on spine end, couple small spots on boards. Previous owner's name on first page, pages beginning to yellow, otherwise interior is clean.

Condition: Good. 1939. 3rd Edition. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. An excellent description of the 1939 state of the art. pp.xv.281.index[iv].ads[2]. Frontis. Illus.

Approx 9 x 6 inches. In blue cloth with gilt letering and banding to spine, blind embossed lettering to front. In very good condition. Spine faded with a couple of minor marks. Small nick to cloth along top leading edge. Endpapers darkened else pages clean and tight throughout. Inscribed. 196pp. + 15pp cat. Many b&w photos and diagrams.…

Hardback. No Jacket. This is the first of a two volume set that covers the science of flight with this volume focussing specifically on airships and kite balloons the lighterthanair craft This lovely edition is bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine It is richly illustrated all throughout in black and white with photographs diagrams and drawings which compliment the already informative nature of the text Overall this edition is in very good condition The pages throughout are clean crisp and white leaving the text clear and readable pp 168 iv pages of advertisementsnbsp. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. ISBN . Hardback. No Dustjacket, bound in blue cloth. No Statement of later printing on the copyright page. Tight sound copy with average wear but pretty much a tight sound reading copy only due to spine fading, heavy browning to the endpapers, and a heavy spine cock. No Signature.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dustjacket. Illustrated with black and whirte photographs, drawings and diagrams. 295pp. Review copy with publisher's complimens slip. Not price-clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Rebound with library cloth spine. Tape reinforcement to gutters. A rough working or reading copy.; xiv, 295, [1] pages. Frontispiece illustration of the De Haviland Comet + 242 other illustrations, including several of airships. Contents: Introduction; The Elementary Aircraft and Conditions of Flight; Types of Aircraft and Constructional Features; The Power Unit; Commercial Aeroplanes; Military Aeroplanes; World's Air Records and Long Distance Flights.; 8vo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 281pp. HARDCOVER Some marks to endpapers at both ends. Very clean internally. No inscriptions. Strong binding. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

First edition 8vo 196 pages illustrated with 145 black & white photographs and line drawings. Good and sound faded light blue cloth hard back, spine darkened. No inscriptions, clean internally. "Chapter 1 of the book forms an introductory to the world's flying boats. Before passing to the subjects of displacement, buoyancy and usual stability problems it is as well to firstly examine the conditions required for the airborne condition of the boat seaplane, Chapter 2 may therefore serve a useful purpose. ".…

first edition [Volume II in the Science of Flight Series] textblock near fine condition; light blue cloth binding with gold spine imprinting in very good condition, clean and tight, slight shelf wear, slight spine fading; 292 pages, plus; nicely illustrated with photos of period planes, engines, etc. diagrams; index; a perfect collector's item. …

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original black pebble cloth covers, gilt title and volume number lettering to the spine with five raised bands and gilt knurling. Quarto 10'' x 7¼''. Contains [vi] 498 printed pages of text with full-page and part-page sepia and monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Owner's name plate inside, a little rubbing to the spine edges and in Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NAUTICAL (Shipbuilding).…

No Jacket. First Edition. The Science of Flight Aeroplanes Seaplanes and Aero Engines is the second of a two volume set written by Captain PH Sumner This technical work serves as a comprehensive review of heavierthanair flight during the interwar period focusing on the mechanics and engineering of modern aviation This copy is bound in light blue cloth with embossed title to the front and gilt titles to the spine The spine has darkened a little with a white numerical mark to the base and bumping to the corners however the book still presents well showing minimal wear Exlibrary copy There is an exlibris label and library stamp to the front pastedown as well as a library stamp to the verso of the title page and to the rear The pages throughout are generally clean pp xv 295 Overall a good copy of a scarce titlenbsp. book.…