Clark Cosmo (11 results)

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 154p. : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Clark, Cosmo -- (1897-1967) -- Correspondence. World War, (1914-1918) -- Personal narratives, British. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 154p. : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Clark, Cosmo -- (1897-1967) -- Correspondence. World War, (1914-1918) -- Personal narratives, British. 1 Kg.

Condition: Fair. 1957. 2nd Impression, Revised. 99 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow paper covered boards. Black and white photographs throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and photographs are lightly tanned throughout. Paper worn away to frontispiece with residue to title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light foxing overall. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Water staining to rear panel. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 4th impression, 1963, of a 1953 title. Yellow dustjacket a little aged - chipped and foxed. Yellow boards VG. Owner's name and date on the blank flyleaf. Pages very clean & tight. No inscriptions. Photo illustrated, mostly 5 to each page. 100 pages.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Cosmo Clark (illustrator). Presumed First Edition, First printing. 259, [1] pages. The book also includes a Bibliography, as well as seven full page black and white illustrations of airplanes by Cosmo Clark. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Topics covered include Joys of Sky Larking, On the Winds of the World, The Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder, Never on Sea or Land, Atlantis of the Air, The Flight of Time, Pathfinders of the Air, Man's Last Romantic Adventure, Men Who Go Up to the Sky in Ships, the Art of Flying, Why Planes Crash, Military Aviation, Commercial Aviation, Flying for Sport, Future of Flying, and Troubadours of the Air. The author asserts that the sole pleasure to which flying is comparable is love, and that in certain respects the older passion loses by comparison, for flying adds a tonic zest to life, where love as often subtracts it. The term 'joystick' is used on page 11, and is an example of the introduction of this aviation term into popular culture. Joysticks originated as controls for aircraft ailerons and elevators, and are first known to have been used as such on Louis Bleriot's Bleriot VIII aircraft of 1908, in combination with a foot-operated rudder bar for the yaw control surface on the tail. The name "joystick" is thought to originate with early 20th century French pilot Robert Esnault-Pelterie. There are also competing claims on behalf of fellow pilots Robert Loraine, James Henry Joyce, and A. E. George. Loraine is cited by the Oxford English Dictionary for using the term "joystick" in his diary in 1909 when he went to Pau to learn to fly at Bleriot's school. George was a pioneer aviator who with his colleague Jobling built and flew a biplane at Newcastle in England in 1910. He is alleged to have invented the "George Stick" which became more popularly known as the joystick. The George and Jobling aircraft control column is in the collection of the Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Joysticks were present in early planes, though their mechanical origins are uncertain. The coining of the term "joystick" may actually be credited to Loraine, as his is the earliest known usage of the term, although he most certainly did not invent the device.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Slim hardback. Cream decorative jacket with wrought decoration over cream boards. 99pp including bibliography illustrated throughout with photographs. Dust jacket with black titles and wrought iron decoration, some marking and edge wear, small tear to top, price clipped. Inner book very good and clean. One page has a small tear to the edge. A manual of instruction for craftsman. Contents include tools, transferring a drawing to a metal plate, making and fixing scrolls, twists, wavy bars and water leaves, making an ornamental gate, fitting and assembly of the gate and painting wrought ironwork. Rural Industries Bureau Publication Number 55. First edition, second impression.

HARD BACK YELLOW. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: SOILED DJ. SCHAFER, V. (illustrator). 4TH IMPRESSION. General wear: foxing, price clipped DJ, previous owner marking on title page B&W photos DATE PUBLISHED: 1963, SEPTEMBER EDITION: 4TH IMPRESSION 100.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Clark, Cosmo (illustrator). First Edition. 259 pages in very good, clean condition. Edges and endpapers a little yellowed. Seven illustrations. Quarter bound with grey cloth over black/silver decorated boards. Spine is yellowed and stained. Edges and corners rubbed. Boards a little scuffed and creased. Binding good and tight. GOOD+. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. Some slight damage on a few pages, but all text clear and clean. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cosmo Clark (illustrator). 1st Edition. a very fine copy in the original Horace Liveright, New York, 1929. Clark, Cosmo (illustrator). First Edition. 259 pages in fine bright condition rare thus. Art Deco frontispiece original by Clark. Seven illustrations. Quarter bound with a grey buckram and black cloth with silver and black art deco boards original art by Clark in the book in the form of his illustrations. a beautiful early aviation item rare in this fine condition. By the Artist.