Simmonds Ralph (37 results)

Condition: Good. 1911. First Edition. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour illustration plates by Harold Earnshaw. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Minor pencil inscriptions to end…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition published in this collected form, subsequent impression with number line '25 27 29 31 33 32 30 28 26', A tribute to the author's popularity. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of largely pale blue jacket and spine, corners br…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1924. Good condition with no wrapper. Brown and green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. 3 b/w plates. 212 pages. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Covers grubby. Front joint cracked for about 1" near centre, rear joint cracked. Small bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. Includes a colour frontispiece and numerous b/w illustrations. 374pp. Coloured decorated pictorial cloth boards over red cloth. Light bumping to corners and shelf-wear. Gift inscription on free end paper. Page edges tinged green. Some foxing t…

1st edition. Printer's code for Aug.1915 at rear. All illustrations present. Some foxing; binding tight; a couple of plates re-attached with yellowed sellotape; spine bumped & worn, with fraying to cloth at head & foot, & worn gilt lettering; gilt on front board dull. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in pictorial blue cloth Used…

Super octavo, illustrated brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & board, vii + 312pp, illus, VG (rubbing to boards and edges, bruising & some fraying to spine extrems & board corners, 'pinprick' hole to mid-spine, prize label to front pastedown, Book society stamp to fep, large crease to lower corner of prelims, browni…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE…

Thick 8vo. First edition thus - being the revised and enlarged edition to include latest aircraft developments, of "All About Airships" published 1911. pp(12)372 with tissue-guarded colour frontispiece and numerous monochrome photo & other plates. Original blue cloth, colour-illustrated backstrip and front cover titled in gilt.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Popular edition hard cover book in good condition. No dust jacket. Bumps to head and foot of spine and some fading to rear board. Book slightly rolled. Spotting to edges of text block with foxing to front and rear endpapers. Pages lightly tanned. Presentation bookplate on front free endpape…

Reprint. Undated, but appears to be an early reprint. 1st edition came out in 1915, & the printer's code indicates that this copy was printed in Nov.1916. Erasure mark on front free end paper; blue cloth mottled on back board; spine bumped at head & foot, with wear to cloth. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in pictorial cloth Us…

Reprint. With colour frontispiece and B&W illustrations. Undated but printer's code 1116 indicates a 1916 reprint. Some foxing; front hinge cracked but repaired; tiny nick in edge of front board; spine a little bumped at head & foot; gilt title on spine dull. Used - Good. Good hardback in pictorial boards Used - Good. Good hardb…

Condition: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated royal blue cloth covers with green and cream illustration of airships to the spine and front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 372 printed pages of text with colour illustrated frontispiece and monochrome photographs throughout. Rubs to the softened spine ends…

Illustrated Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. None. First Edition. 312 pages. Illustrated cloth-covered boards in red, green and black with gilt titles. Illustrated frontis. (loose). Missing front free endpaper. Light foxing to prelims and a few final pages with very light spotting to edges. The illustrated covers are remarkably brig…

Condition: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet paper covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 211 printed pages of text with monochrome period art work frontispiece. 25 mm tear to the bottom rear gutter, shallow rubs to the spine ends, edges and cor…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. original highly decorated red cloth hardcover, illustrated throughout with all plates present as called for, 374 pages, contemporary name to flyleaf. small tear to top cover edge (see image) some internal spotting otherwise a very good bright copy. We are a real bookshop w…

First edition. School prize binding, in black morocco half-leather & green boards; raised bands & gilt lettering & decoration on spine; gilt Leys School badge in gilt on front board; marbled end papers; colour frontis & B&W illustrations. Prize bookplate on front pastedown; prelims & title page foxed; spine faded to brown Used -…

First edition. All illustrations present. Gift inscription on front free end paper; some foxing; binding tight; board corners worn; spine bumped at head & foot, with wear to cloth; back board stained; cloth lifting slightly on both boards; illustration (of an airship over mountains) & title on front board worn & scratched. Used…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth, in a plastic wrapper. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 374 p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Audience; Juvenile. Subjects; Aeron…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth, in a plastic wrapper. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 374 p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Audience; Juvenile. Subjects; Aeron…