Collison Thomas (37 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Original Edition. A very nice original copy of this Massachusetts history journal containing the following articles: "Boston's Celebration of Peace in 1783 and 1784" by Myron F. Wehtje; "Reverend Lyman Whiting's Test of Faith" by Robert M. Taylor, Jr.; "The Boston Vigilance Committee: A Reconsideration" by Gary L. Collison; "Mayor John F. Fitzgerald and Boston's Schools, 1905-1913" by James W. Fraser; "The Emergency Relief Committee of Fitchburg, 1931-1934" by Edmund B. Thomas, Jr. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding, clean and bright interior. Wrappers are yellow and white with picture of a Kenya leopard. Lightly shelf worn overall. ; Contents: Fisher and Nebbia, African Wildlife: Man's Threatened Legacy. Jones and Madden, Maryland on the Half Shell. Weaver, Apollo 15 Explores the Mountains fo the Moon. Kunstadter, Spirits of Change Capture the Karens. Hawkes and Collison, Happy Birthday, Otto Lilienthal! ; 10.0" tall; 185 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Thomas Collison, editor (illustrator). Reprint. Signs that end papers were printed over a previous printing with orange end papers. No signs that this copy has been previously handled or read. Last pages were mixed up in the printing but all seem present.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. Very slight shelfwear, edgewear. Inscribed on endpaper "To D. R.--Good friend and good neighbor. Best Wishes from Harry Ashe, Lafayette March 1954." Pictorial endpapers, hinges intact. 520 pp. Signed by One of the Authors.

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 520pp, octavo. cover wear and fading, binding shaken but solid, clean throughout, Good.

Condition: Acceptable. Duell, Sloan, and Pearce New York 1945 8vo. 218 pages. blue cloth boards worn with soiling and age toning. sunned spine. binding secure.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (B-29, Bomber Planes, Military Aeronautics) 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: Very Good. No Jacket. Thomas Collison, editor (illustrator). Reprint. Reprint of the 1932 edtion.Some soiling to back of gray boards Inside appears to be unread. Orange end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: good +. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers clean, corners bumped, mild wear. Binding tight. Text edges heavily foxed. Text clean. DJ is GOOD+ ; edges toned and chipped, foxed inside. Av. Stax.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding with bumps & scuffs. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Small tears on front hinge & top edge of rear endpapers. Pages toning with age, otherwise text and images unmarked. DJ shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning, light soiling & small tears in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. No dustjacket, bound in blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine. Good to Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs to edges and corners of covers, some browning to edges of interior pages, slight spine cock, slight fading to cover spine and edges. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No Signature.

Gray Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Profusely Illustrated With Black And White Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 166 Clean, Unmarked Pages. Beige Cloth Stamped In Red And Yellow. First Printing (With "A" On Copyright Page). Inscribed And Dated November 13, 1943 To Marguerite Bender Who Brightened His Days At Boeing-Wichita. In Ink By Thomas Collison On Half-Title Page To A Personal Friend. Covers Lightly Soiled, Tips Bumped. Top And Bottom Of Spine Frayed. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. An interesting early (wartime) history of the B-17 Flying Fortress and the actions of the crews, ground staff and designers at the Boeing factory. Includes numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 168pp. Edges of boards are lightly soiled. Ink blot to rear board. With some slight bumping. Pages are toned.

Hardback. No dustwrapper. First printing with owner's name and address written on first page, else very good plus condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. signed by one author 1943 1st edition red boards / black lettering Spine breaking away but still attached spine faded. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Book has been moderately worn, rubbed, and soiled. Incribed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good + in Good + DJ. First edition. First printing, very good hardcover shows some shelf wear and toning to covers including bumping to corners, bit of stain and soil at page edges, inked out name at front endpaper and some age toning to pages, in good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows mild soil, rubbing and wrinkling particularly at spine and fore edges, light exposure toning along spine and wear at top and bottom edges including small closed tears and shallow open chipping. 168 pages loaded with black & whites. Remains a solid copy in jacket of this military and aviation history.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Brown boards lettered in black & red, frontispiece & in-text illustrations, 61 pp. Fifth edition. Spine professionally restored, a 1963 clipping about Chow tipped in to rear endpapers. Gin Chow is an oddity, and I'd love to see a modern biography of him. Right during the yellow peril, he becomes famous as a fortune teller--specifically about rain forecasting. He additionally was the plaintiff in one of California's seminal water rights lawsuits.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 168 pages; Jacket with some chipping, rubbing and wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . B0007E05NQ Hardback. First Scribners Printing as designated by the Letter A on the copyright page. A very interesting associational item. Book is crammed with inscriptions and autographs from Boeing personnel associated with the building of the Flying fortress in Seattle. Probably no one famous as the inscriptions all have shop steward, secretary, foreman etc. after them, but there is a lot of them so who knows. Otherwise book is a Tight sound copy in Very Good condition. Dustjacket is in Good to Very Good condition with some edgewear and a eight inch repaired closed tear to the left corner area of the front cover. The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st. 1st ed. 168p. Photos. Orange cloth. Spine slightly suinned. Near Fine copy.

HARD BACK GREEN. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: TORN DJ. Dj torn at top edge & spine, closed tears, chipped edges, tanned, creased. General shelf wear, bumped edge, cracked hinge, lightly tanning pages. DATE PUBLISHED: 1945 EDITION: 218.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good in Near Very Good Jacket with some soiling and edgewear.1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation previous owner's signature lightly read no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The book is signed on the title page by Fred Olivi, the Co-Pilot of "Bockscar", the Boeing B-29 that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, ending the war with Japan. Olivi signed this book for me in Reading, PA during a WW II reenactment and air show. The front cover edges are sun-faded. A 3-page article about "Bockscar" is included with the book.

The Superfortress Is Born: The Story of the Boeing B-29. Thomas Collison. First edition published in 1945 by Duell, Sloan & Pearce (New York). This copy: First edition, 218pp. Hardcover in publisher's blue cloth with printed dust jacket. Size: 24.0 x 17.0 cm. Weight: 0.6 kg. Language: English. Condition: Jacket Good - with some wear. Body Good - rubbing and light soiling. Binding Good - slightly weak. Edges Good - with foxing and some wear. Pages Good - with foxing and tanning. Text Very Good - clean and legible. Description: Published during the final year of World War II, this volume documents the story of the Boeing B-29 "Superfortress," from its conception and production to flight testing and eventual combat deployment. Thomas Collison provides a contemporary account of the aircraft's development, richly detailed with photographs and first-hand records. Beyond its technical narrative, the book holds historical value as a primary source reflecting wartime aviation efforts. Shipping from Tokyo, Japan. International shipping available. Please note: All sales are final, especially for higher-value items. Returns are not accepted unless the item is significantly not as described.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. FRAGILE Part of spine broken off.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. 336 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Gold On Spine And In Blind On Front Cover, Illustrated Endpapers, Plates. First Printing In Original Cloth. Signed By Jim Thorpe On Page Facing His Photograph; Stamp Of Olympic Village 1932 Los Angeles, U.S.A. On Title Page; Signatures Of 45 Olympic Athletes. Thorpe, One Of The Greatest Of All American Athletes, Once Had Taken $2 For A Sports Performance, And Was Consequently Stripped Of His Own Olympic Medals, Those Being Reinstated Only In 1978, And Never Made A Living From Sports. Book Is Clean, Yellow Lettering Is Strong, Slight Fraying Along Top Edge Of Spine And At Bottom Front Tip, Some Browning To Front Endpapers And Preliminary Pages To Contents Page, Bookplate On Front Free Endpaper. Identifiable Signatures Appear To Us As Sharkey Graham / Usa Water Polo; Charlie Kieffer, Usa Crew; Frank Cooper Usa 1500 M; Luis Sardella, Boxing, Argentina; Chris Saunders, Rowing, New Zealand; Dunc --Ay, Australia; Eddie Pierce, South Africa; H. Daum (?), India; P. Sullivan; ---Gaitolouie, Philippine Islands; Shichi Yoshida, Japan; N. J. Percy, New Zealand; Shigeo Homma, Japan, Gymnastics Captain; Roop Singh, India; Nano Manoni, Italy; Franconetti; S. Lee Shah; Pete Chlentzis, Pole Vault, Greece; Louis Vavoie, 160 Lbs Boxing; E. Merogardo, Greece; Basil Geamci, Swimming Usa; E. Burchan, Argentina, Millard Lang, Usa Lacrosse; R. -----, Japanese Boxing; J---- Ilamera, Philippines; Miguel A. Dicapieli (?), Usa Fencing; Francisco P-----, Pole Vault, Philippines; Dick Degener, Usa Diving; Cal Strong; Gelba Nissen (?); Elias Frim (?), Usa Water Polo; Darius Padilla, Philippines Boxing; M. Padilla, Philippines; --- Peltonen, Finland; Ron Dunbarton, New Zealand; Poilne, Wrestling, France; Benno --- Thispary; --- ---- Yhungarian, Water Polo; Fernando Chasault, Argentina, Xerb Phildranon (???). [Apologies, About Half Of These Identifications Are Unclear.] A Book For Adolescents, With History Of The Games From Ancient Greece To 1932, Conversational And Promotional In Tone, No Scholarly History, With A Few Plates. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. 61pp. Foreword by Harry Carr. Illustrated by Elizabeth E. Mason. Cover design by Vanna Peters. Pictorial papercovered boards. Glue residue left on pastedowns, spine ends nicked, still a very good copy.