Commander Rayner (32 results)

Paperback. Condition: VG -. paperback.

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

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Boards have light edgewear, burgundy spinecover. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover Second edition with a dust jacket as pictured. Jacket has a few chips/small tears but is otherwise good. Internally Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Endpaper maps front and rear boards. Infrequently available title with index and b/w photos throughout. Prompt shipping.

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

16Mo Softcover. Condition: Good. 146pp. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate+ overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edge and cornerwear, foxing on inner covers, pageblush throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. FINE/NEAR-FINE reprint of 1962 First Edition. No wear to boards, spine, binding or pages. Clean, tight, unmarked, very nice collectible copy. Clipped DJ has no tears, no chipping, just a hint of shelfwear. Pocket size HC, 4" by 6", 160 pages, dozens of diagrams, photos. Comprehensive handbook for owners of small boats, peope new to sailing, and experienced yachtsmen.

Hardcover First Ed. Vol. 2 - 1957. Contents: The Scapegoat, The Last Angry Man, The Muses Are Heard, The Fruit Tramp, The Enemy Below. First Ed. Some yellowing. All pages intact and in good condition. No DJ. (574 Pgs.).

Glossy Pictorial Card. Condition: Very Good + (ABOVE AVERAGE). No Jacket. Black & White Illustrations & Diagrams (illustrator). First Edition. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY).Please email for further details Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

softcover. Condition: very good. third. Scarce 3rd edition cover of The Enemy Below, by Commander D. A. Rayner. Book in very good condition, Cover and binding tight, readers crease and small tear bottom and top back cover. Some nominal overall wear and shelf rub. IN wraps.

Paperback (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: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good conditoin book and DJ not price clipped. Top edge of DJ slightly creased and has two small tears. 160 pages good with clear print, indexed. Foxing on edge of pages. 'This book is for those who intend taking up sailing for the very first time and for those who have gained some experience over the past seasonor two in borrowed or shared boats and are now thinking about buying a craft of their own. Black and white plates and line drawings.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Extremely thorough guidance for novice sailors. 160 Pages. Illustrated with Line drawings and some B&W Photos. Grey cloth cover with Dark Blue silhouette of a Sailing Dingy on front & Lettering to spine. Old penciled price on ffep, no other inscriptions. Spine slightly tanned. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

FIRST EDITION, 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.

Second edition, October 1955 of the September 1955 original. Edited by Captain S. W. Roskill. XVIII, 19-250, (6 adv.) PP with 4 maps, plus 12 pages with 17 b/w photos. Fp: Author. FEP: Map to show approximate distances on convoy routes. REP: Map to show limits of escort at various dates & the air gap. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with chips and a small piece missing on top of rear. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Hard cover is sunned to the top of the spine and has water mark at the bottom of the spine. The spine ends are bumped. Inside the book is clean and bright and contains black & white illustrations. The DJ has a piece missing to the top of the spine and the back outer top corner with edge wear , it is now covered in a clear protective wrapper. Seller Ref: M20903.

Condition: Very Good. 8vo. hardcover. 250pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, light foxing, mainly to outer page edges. / Fair d/w missing section at bottom (repaires).

Condition: Poor. extremities to the book with scuffs,tears,foxing and a inscription to the intro page but the content is fine.

Condition: Good. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Small chip at base of spine. Ex libris plate on first page. Gentle tanning and foxing to page edges. Text all clear.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bueno. 2ª Edición. 8º mayor. Plena tela editorial. Portada, XVIII + 250 págs. + 3h. Ilustrado con fotografías. Ver fotografía índice. Cubiertas levemente deslucidas, completas y sin pérdidas. Contenido en perfecto estado. Ver fotografías. 65-1.

Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers. 8vo. 6½'' x 4¼''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Covers slightly soiled, without any ownership markings and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. SAILING BOATS (Yachting).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd English Edition/Variant Cloth. DSO & Bar: excellent account of his destroyer ops. incl. loss of HMS Warwick. A very goodcopy, without dust jacket. (250p., 17 illus., 6 maps, index, map eps.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd English Edition. DSO & Bar: excellent account of his destroyer ops. incl. loss of HMS Warwick. A very goodcopy, without dust jacket. (250p., 17 illus., 6 maps, index, map eps.).

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1957 1st edition copy. missing dust jacket.

2nd edition chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo 250pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, plans, index, Fine account by an Escort Commander. Foreword by Captain Stephen Roskill. Rather chipped dust jacket o/w VG copy.

2nd edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 250pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, plans, index, Fine account by an Escort Commander. Foreword by Captain Stephen Roskill. Nice copy in a slightly chipped dust jacket.

2nd edition dust jacket Very Good octavo 250pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, plans, index, Fine account by an Escort Commander. Foreword by Captain Stephen Roskill. Some sl. chips to dj o/w VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 250 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates including frontispiece photo of author/subject. Map endpapers. "(Commander Rayner's) astonishing range of experience and endurance give him an authority speak on his subject which can hardly be questioned." - from Editor's Foreword. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound reading copy.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60145245: 1955. In-8. Relié toilé. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 250 pages. Nombreuses planches d'illustrations, photos et cartes en noir et blanc. Texte en anglais. Tampon et ex-libris à l'encre en page de garde. nombreuses rousseurs. Frontispice illustré en noir et blanc. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by All British Pigeon Racing in 1955, this is the assumed 1st hardback printing (no date given) of Wing Commander W.D.Lea Rayner's The Creation of a Strain: Tracing the Evolution of the Racing Pigeon from earliest times to the present day. Red buckram binding, gilt lettering, 396 pages plus index, magnificent illustrations and plates, the book is in good condition with some light finger marking and some moderate creasing to the buckram on the front board, some very minor staining to the front board, light fading and rubbing to the spine, plus some browning to the end papers. A real firecracker of a book.