Language: English
Published by Sampson Low, London, 1940
Seller: Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 13.83
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. xv 624pp 11pp hardback, black cloth gilt colour and bw plates, frontispiece, some folding, small name label to front paste-down, cloth worn, lettering to spine faint, undated [1940].
Published by Sampson, Low, Marsden & Co., London, 1938
Seller: NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Thick 12mo, no date but published just before the Second World War, 624 pgs & with additional publisher's advertising, color plates, b/w illustrations, 2 folding map plates. Black cloth with gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Edges, corners, and spine ends well rubbed and worn. Interior solid with some age toning, else clean. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Full description of the pre-WWII RAF, details on British Empire aviation with chapters on markings, types and builders. A review of all the world's Air Forces is included with full details and illustrations of the principle machines used by each country. Valuable and authoritative guide for pre-war military aviation.
Published by Sampson Low
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 4th Edition. A reading copy. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by London : Sampson Low & Co, 1939
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardback edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii, 569 pages ; (oblong 8º). Subjects; Aircraft; history. Warplanes; history. War history. Military history; planes. 3 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 1930
Seller: GN Books and Prints, Inverness, United Kingdom
US$ 47.02
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback, cloth. Condition: As Described. No Jacket. Second Edition. Aircraft of the World, A Recognition Book, Edited by Paymr. Lieut-Comdr. E. C. Talbot-Booth, R.N.R. Drawn and Compiled by Eric Sargent. Hardback, second edition, undated but circa late 1930s-early 1940s (first edition published in 1937), illustrated, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., London. Measures around 4 1/2" x 5 1/4" x 2 1/4". Pagination: (2) ix (1) 1094 (2) pp. Black cloth binding, faded gilt lettering to spine.Marking and scuffing to binding, some discolouration. Tearing to outer hinges, to head and tail of spine and to bumped corners. Creasing to spine. Slackness to binding. Page edges browned, scuffed and otherwise marked. Some marking to endpapers, gift inscription on front free endpaper. Some light foxing to page surfaces throughout and a little other marking nbut no underlining, marginalia, etc.See pictures for further information. 1094+ pp. Circa 1930s-40s. n.
Published by London : Sampson Low & Co, 1939
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Hardback edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii, 569 pages ; (oblong 8º). Subjects; Aircraft; history. Warplanes; history. War history. Military history; planes. 1 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co, London, UK, 1939
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
US$ 58.11
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Published on the eve of the Second World War, adding to its contemporary interest. Includes hundreds of b/w photographs and technical data and several pages of colour plates. xiii+584pp. Oblong format book. Black cloth boards with rubbing to extremities. Spine clocked by 1.5cm. Name written on front free end paper. Splitting along hinge between front end papers leaving upper board with freedom. Pages and text-block in good order.
Language: English
Published by Sampson Low Marston & Co, London, 1937
Seller: Carvid Books, Cranbrook, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 64.34
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ix + 1044 pages, plus a further 12 pages for "Notes". Naturally very fully illustrated. Not dated but first edition known to be have been published in 1937. A very robust copy of this fairly scarce book. Marks on covers and spine; some edge-wear, and a few marks on edges of text block; some foxing marks on end papers and a few pages nearby; internally generally clean and tidy. Overall, good condition; arguably good+.
Published by London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1943
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom
US$ 76.09
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Alarming. Near disbound. Heavily worn at the spine ends and corners. Shaken. Tape reinforcements retaining some leaves. Edgewear to the leaves. Text and illustrations acceptable as a reference copy; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 4kg. overseas shipping will require additional postage . Within the UK I will request £15.00 to send it along ParcelForce. ### Hardback. ; Measures 8¾" x 12" (4 kg); pp 0; Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Black & White Drawings; Maps; Advertisements; Silhouettes; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #178217 ||.
Published by London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1939
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom
US$ 152.18
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a tape repair to the head of the lower panel, 1939 tidily inked to the head of the upper. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Pages very gently age-tanned; Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 4¼" x 5½" (0.8 kg); pp (xiii) 569; In the Dumpy Books series; Publishing date unstated, dated from references. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Plates [15] ; Diagrams; Maps; Tables; Fold-Out Maps [1]; Advertisements [8]; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #177035 ||.
Published by Published by Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd., St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, London not dated.
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 172.93
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. Landscape 4½'' x 6''. Contains xii, 569, xiv, viii printed pages of text with colour and monochrome illustrations throughout, colour plates to the rear. Dumpy Book tie with book mark still attached. Without any ownership markings, light dust soiling to the page edges. Very Good condition book, in scarce Very Good condition dust wrapper with small nicks to the corners and edges, no losses of the paper, not price clipped 7/6, spine colours not faded. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).