Edward Lanchbery (117 results)

paperback. Condition: Fair. Yellowed pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Inked name and date on ffep. Shelf wear to dust jacket. 406 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Edition. Sporadic light rubbing to the wraps. Small tear to the head of the spine. Mild rubbing to the head / tail of the spine. Spine creases. The internal pages are clean. The binding is sound.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. No writing or tears; tanned pages.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No writing or tears; plastic cover on dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Neville Duke's Book of Flying. Lanchbery. Edward (ed.) Cassell, 1954, 120p. hardcover no dust jacket, boards bumped/scuffed/chipped, tight binding, text clean, gift inscription front fly, small tear in frontispiece--7.00.

hardcover. 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. A good condition first edition book including a poor dust jacket. A touch of age and handling but fine inside overall.…

Condition: Good. 1964. First edition thus. 380 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Reissue. G, Edgewear, tears, chips, creases, abrasion, soiling to rear cover, thumb-size stain to inner front cover, browning. 'Brilliant research & personal bravery went to solve the barrier to progress'. Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Panther No. 516. Cover by Gordon. Photos on request. …

Condition: Good. 1953. 2nd Edition. 117 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xv + 421 pp. Good+, with light wear to covers and neat former-owner bookplate; in a Good+, full-color illustrated, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes light chipping. From dust jacket: .Here is a book to be dipped into again and again for its tales of high adventure, of the incredible audacity of men battling aginst the eternal forces of nature, and of the progress of aviation from its humbel beginnings to its present vast complexity. Aviation, History of Flight. zslic.…

Condition: Good. 1954. Second Edition. 120 pages. No dust jacket. Blue 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.…

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st UK Edition. VG++, Mild wear & browning/G+, Edgewear, tear, abrasion, scuffing, mild spine fade, browning. Airline drama. Author's first novel. Jacket design by John Brown. Photo on request.

Condition: Good. 1959. First Edition. 421 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust jacket with nicks. Beaumont (1920-2001) was a jet engine test pilot who flew the first English Electric P.1 and flew the Canberra jet bomber through its paces. His flying career took in the Battle for France and the Battle of Britain with Hurricanes, then tested the Typhoon before taking on the flying bombs and D-Day after which his plane came down in Holland in October 1944 and he became a PoW. Plates. Quoted postage for UK 2mnd class. Overseas at least £10.35.…

Condition: Good. Boards may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned, foxed. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Good. 1954. Second Edition. 120 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End papers are more notably tanned. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Silver lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. …

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with minor age tone. DJ with some edge wear, a few tears and creasing.

hardcover. 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. First Edition, 1959. No dust jacket. Rebound Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers. Contents clear and bright within. A good condition book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Publication of 116 pages. The boards are a touch edge worn and minor marks. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Minor insect damage on page edges-not affecting the text. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn, lightly marked. tanning and foxing. well bound. good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. 1954. Sixth edition. 129 pages. Pictorial jacket over dark cloth. Black and white photographs and diagrams. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. All diagrams are coloured in, but the photographs are fascinating. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Edition. 120pp, with monochrome illustrations throughout. Blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering on the spine (boards a little rubbed around lower edge, rounded at spine ends). The front free endpaper has been neatly removed, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Captures the spirit of flying, roaming from speed record bids to the slow chopper flying of a helicopter, climbing into the cockpit of jet trainer for a pilots first flight and joining the company of the nation's test pilots. no.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Boards have some light edge rubbing and a small patch of discolouration near the bottom of the rear panel. Pages edges are browned and spotted. Endpapers and pages are browned with some spotting to the half-title page and the equivalent page at the back of the book. A few spots through the book but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Jacket has some chipping to edges and a one and half inch closed tear to the base of the spine. There is a one and half inch section missing from the bottom of the front panel. There is a ragged two inch closed tear at the bottom right corner of the front panel and some creasing along the bottom edge. First printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Tight clean book in blue cloth, unmarked but for name to front endpaper.; 120 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. insect damage on page edges-not affecting the text. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. A large piece of the bottom panel is missing and there are other tears and creases. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Condition: Good. Second edition. Light wear to boards. Bumping. Content has toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and tears.

Condition: Fair. 1964. 380 pages. Colour photographic paper cover. Heavy tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout. Distinctive tanning to text block edges. as well. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ Hardback. No Jacket. First Published.