Edgar Schieldrop (74 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rev. & enlarged ed, printing not stated. First thus. Boards clean and bright, light shelf wear only. Spine solid, binding sound. Previous owner's decorative name stamp (pictorial of train) on front end paper, else unmarked and clean. DJ not clipped (21s.) edges gently rubbed with one small closed tear at top edge of front panel. Spine slightly sunned, small surface abrasion nearby heel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in good condition- no jacket. Pages in good clean condition. Blue cloth board cover- slightly faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. hardcover used.

Condition: Good. 1956. Revised, Enlarged. 256 pages. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

Condition: Good. 1939. This Translation First Published. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Part of the Conquest of Space and Time series, consisting of four unnumbered volumes. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout with colour photographic frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Green cloth / board cover, 256pp with 140 illustration on the subject of railway development. Some spotting, particularly to the ends papers. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK.

Condition: Good. Revised edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. No DJ.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ has loss/chipping to the top edges.

Condition: Good. 1956. 256 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Previous owner inscription on Fep. 240mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 327pp.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Revised Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 256pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Thus. Firmly bound, green cloth boards. Fading and small scuffing on cover and spine. Marks on the end papers. No jacket.

Cloth. Condition: G/P. Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator). Revised Edition. London, UK: Hutchinson. G/P. (1956). Revised Edition. Cloth. Describes the work of engineers from China to Peru. Deals with all aspects of railway building from tunnel-boring and bridge-building to track-laying and railway stations. Includes signalling to accidents and rescue work and steam and diesel engines to gas-turbines and electric trains. color frontispiece of the first British main line diesel-electric locomotive built in 1947. . 8vo., 256pp., Binding lightly rubbed, cracked; stamped front endpaper; dj worn and split apart .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Green cloth boards, sharp and bright, with mild shelf wear to edges and corners. Book firm in binding, 320 + Index pages, b&w photographs. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; Green cloth boards, clean and sharp, shelf wear to edges. Book firm in binding, 320 pages include Index, b&w photographs. Free of any markings, not ex-library.

Condition: Good. 1957. Revised Edition. 256 pages. Pictorial jacket over cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1939. First Edition Thus. 211 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear.

Hardback. Condition: Very good condition. 327p Very good lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

Red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Revised edition. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 256pp.

(Subject: Aviation - General) The illustrated story of mechanical flight from man's earliest attempts to fly. Covers the causes of failure in aerodynamics, the basic principles of flight in heavier-than-air machines, Balloons and airships, The development of world transport, and Stratospheric travel. A revised and enlarged edition with a foreword by Lord Brabazon. (Published: 1957) (Publisher: Hutchinson) (Pagination: 256pp, coloured frontis, over 150 ills, index) (Condition: blue cloth. Good in chipped and torn dw) UL-XXXXXX.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Revised Edition. G: in Good condition with poor dust jacket. Tape used extensively on jacket. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 256pp. B/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No publication date; circa 1940? Spine extremities and front lower corner are bumped and lightly rubbed. Else binding clean. Rear hinge is cracked. Light soiling to front end papers. Foxing to rear end papers. Else pagess clean. Rubbing to DJ spine extremities and corners. 1/2" and 1 1/2" tears in DJ spine head. Other 1/4" and 1/8" tears at DJ spine extremities and corners. Some rubbing, soiling to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; B&W Photographs; TRH19C; 327 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First revised and enlarged edition, first printing. Color frontispiece. Illustrated on almost every page with a generous bounty of photographs and drawings. A detailed history of the origins, engineering, making, using, and running of newly innovated types of railroads, operating lines, and trains, around the world. Fine in brick-orange linen with gilt embossed titles and rules to the spine; in a very good dust jacket with some short tears and clear tape-reinforcement to the upper and lower shelf-edges, a very small nick and rubbing to the spine panel; original printed 21s. net price and an added U.S. sticker price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 256 pages; index.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. Spine Cracked. (Railroads, Locomotives, Transportation).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Green cloth / board cover, 256pp on the subject of railway development. 1956 enlarged edition. A clean and sound book but no dust wrapper. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition book.

Condition: Very good. First Edition. 699p quarto illustrated. Aircraft design, Naval vessels, Zeppelins. A very good plus copy bound in marbled boards and green morocco. Three Quarter Morocco and Marbled Boards.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rev.Edn. 256pp. Plates diagrams. Size: 8vo.

Revised Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 256 pages, 24 cm. Notes: Includes index. Previous edition 1939. Subjects: Railways; Trains; Transportation; Railway History. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First UK Edition. Firmly bound, navy blue cloth boards with a small decoration, some scuffing and wear on the edges and corners, no jacket, no writing inside.