Nelson Wing Commander (17 results)

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear. Content is clean and bright. Spotting to end papers. Light toning, some soiling to page ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated edition. Firmly bound, navy blue cloth boards. Fading and scuffing on cover and spine. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated edition. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Fading, scuffing and marks on cover and spine. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated edition. Firmly bound, navy blue cloth boards. Fading, scuffing and crease on cover and spine. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated edition. Firmly bound, navy blue cloth boards. Fading and scuffing and small tear on the spine.No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9 x 6.5 inch, 544pp. still well bound but missing the loose-leaf data sheets which would have been in the pocket at the rear. Interior in nice clean condition, no names nor inscriptions, well illustrated with photos and diagrams. Undated but believed to be about 1938. Edges speckled red. Printed on a gloss paper the set weighs about 1.4kg, additional postage may be requested for overseas shipment.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9 x 6.5 inch, 544pp. still well bound but missing the loose-leaf data sheets which would have been in the pocket at the rear. Interior in nice clean condition, no names nor inscriptions, well illustrated with photos and diagrams. Undated but believed to be about 1938. Edges speckled red. Printed on a gloss paper it weighs about 1.4kg, additional postage may be requested for overseas shipment.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9 x 6.5 inch, 528pp. still well bound but missing the loose-leaf data sheets which would have been in the pocket at the rear. Interior in nice clean condition, no names nor inscriptions, well illustrated with photos and diagrams. Undated but believed to be about 1938. Edges speckled red. Printed on a gloss paper it weighs about 1.4kg, additional postage may be requested for overseas shipment.

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1938, volume 1 only, clean copy, no dustjacket, light shelfwear, binding tight, with data sheets in rear pocket, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9 x 6.5 inch, each vol about 530pp. All still well bound but missing the loose-leaf data sheets which would have been in the pocket at the rear of each vol. Complete with the separate Index to Parts List and the Errata sheet covering all four volumes. Gilt titling to spine and front. Details of The Coastal Command Air Observer original owner who was killed in action in 1940 on the fep of each vol. Interiors in nice clean condition, well illustrated with photos and diagrams. Undated but believed to be about 1938. Printed on a gloss paper the set weighs about 6kg, additional postage may be requested for overseas shipment.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. no date circa 1938? large 8vo, four volume set, original cloth hardcover, illustrated throughout, 544, 528, 528 7 544 pages, page edges and endpapers spotted otherwise a very good complete set. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 331.

Four volume set, complete. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, data sheets in rear envelopes at the rear of each volume, viii, 544 pp + viii, 528 pp + viii, 528 pp + vii, 544 pp. Near-Fine. Aviation, Aeronautics, Flying, Piloting. bxsli.

VOLS 1-4 REBOUND INTO 2 VOLS, super octavo, brown faux reptilian skin patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, varied pagination, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate chafing & surface loss to spines & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps of both vols, numerous but sm pencil & black marker ink markings to front eps of both vols, varying degrees of cracking to gutters - mostly minor).

Card Boards. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The first twelve parts as originally published. Was intended to be a total of 32 weekly parts but no indication others were ever published in this format. Each part seems to include 4*volumes totaling around 50*pages. Full of diagrams and b/w photographs in addition each part includes a data sheet with each covering a different aerodome around the UK. As might be expected to wraps have various rubbing, scuffs and nicks and some of the spine card has been repaired with tape. Total weight around 2.8kg and oversized in depth so additional postage cost likely.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Vol. 1 - Principles and Practice. Vol. 2 - Instruments and Accessories. Vol.3 - Navigation Inspection and Tests. Vol. 4 - Routine and Special Applications. Dark blue covers with gilt lettering to front and spine. No internal markings apart from very minor shelf wear to spine. Volume 1 has 4 cms split between spine and back cover. Books are in very good condition. (A heavy set which will incurr extra postage).

1st ed. thus orig. cloth Nice set octavo viii + 544, iii + 528, viii + 528, viii + 544pp., b/w pls., diags., text ills., index, Inc. Inc. Link Trainer, Airship & Balloon Pilots' Licences, Free Ballooning, Dirigibles, Parachutes under high-speed conditions, Pilot and his Parachute, Marine equipment, Engine Instruments, Flying by Gyro, Aeroplane Catapults and assisted take-offs, Instrument Flying, Flying clothing, Magnetic compases & adjustment, Testing Flying Boats, Aero-Engine Assessories, Hydraulic, World Altitude records, Professional Parachute jumping, Night Flying, Flying Float Planes, Handling of Seaplanes, Mountain Flying, Piloting a Flying Boat, Flying Amphibians, Desert Flying, Development of Flying Boat, Helicopters, Aircraft Carriers, Employment of Air Forces in semi-Civilised countries.