Captain Sumner (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Complete issue with original covers and advertisements. Light cover wear with light soiling, unmarked, well bound, contents clean and unmarked. Inquires about condition details and content always welcome. Comes in a clear archival bag. Notable essay by Seldes"The 'Errors' of Television.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by "Dinky" (the second Alice) on dedication page, where she is included in the dedications. Letters of Captain Sumner Pierce Drinkwater and his wife Alice Gray Drinkwater. Corners bumped, very good in dust jacket with some tears, chipping. One tear on back panel is taped. There is a small price sticker on ffep.…

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.

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.…

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.…

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.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paperback copy with stapled spine, no dustjacket as issued. 40pp. B/w illustrations and advertisements. Not library copy, no inscriptions, page 37 loose. (6/3).

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. One roster, two foldout charts, oblong 8 x 5.5", blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 142 typewritten pp. Covers worn, spotted and rubbed, spine missing a couple of pieces, inner front hinge cracked and covers loose, contents have light toning, edge tears and chipping, charts are each printed "Plate 3" (but there are no plates 1 and 2 and nothing is missing), tears and one is in two pieces else overall very good condition. Captain Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle, 1867-1950, was the captain of the U.S.S. Georgia during the war, it was his 33rd year of service. At the front he writes "This Log was written by me from day to day on my own Underwood machine in the cabin of the GEORGIA. It is the original rough copy and so the typographical errors are thus accounted for" and signed Sumner E.W. Kittelle. The two printed route charts are for the U.S. Trans-Atlantic Troop Convoy No. 67 and Troop Convoy No. 80. Each has a similar signed handwritten note from Kittelle: "Chart showing enemy submarines operating at the time of passage of U.S. Trans-Atlantic Troop Convoy." One chart has a printed legend ie. "Enemy Mine Sighted", "Vessel Sunk Or Attacked By Enemy Submarine". The mission of the U.S.S. Georgia was to train officers and men: target practice, exercise runs with torpedoes, short range battle practice etc. The log is full of interesting information: enemy subs sighted, wreck of a flying boat (detailed), loss of the destroyer Jacob Jones which was commanded by Lt. Cmdr. Bagley (of Detroit) whose brother was killed on a torpedo boat in the Spanish American war; steamer Ticonderoga being gunned by subs 100 miles northwest (of the Georgia's position), visit to the ship by President Wilson and the Secretary of The Navy. Influenza, scarlet fever, pneumonia all took its toll on the sailors from various vessels. The S.S. President Grant had no facilities for embalming so burial was at sea. A personal note about a well-loved member of the ship: "Toy, the colored mess attendant who was such a musical marvel, playing the piano in a wonderful way and having a reparatory that was inexhaustible", Toy died from pneumonia. Kittelle wrote very well (as if he was talking to you), was informative, made even technical details interesting, provides commentaries and opinions, he lists the names of the sailors and officers aboard and his connection with them. He mentions meeting up with an old marine friend who was wounded in the Battle of Chateau Thierry and the friend goes into gory detail of the murder of civilians (bodies cut up into pieces, etc.). Regarding the end of the war: Bulgaria surrenders, Lille recaptured, Huns to withdraw from the Belgian coast, Kaiser abdicates, armistice terms accepted. Total U.S. Casualties: 76,644. Captain Kittelle (soon to be rear admiral) was awarded the Navy Cross for his service. At the front of the log "Some day this may be of interest to my children", it is very interesting to us and hopefully it was to his three daughters.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1854 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 224 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 224 Language: English.…