Spanner E F (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition. London: Sampson Low Marston & Co Ltd No date. 1932. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, as listed in the catalog published Spring 1932. Black cloth with gold gilt spine lettering, the front board bordered in blind and the rear board with a design stamped in blind to its lower right corner, 250 pages plus 32 page catalog at the rear dated Spring of 1932. Novel [comsidered marginally science fiction by some, but not listed by Bleiler, Reginald, et al] of modern day pirates that "includes the mysterious sinking of monster ships in broad daylight, the operation of submarines without propellers, and a number of other ingenious mechanical ideas". Good copy with light colored staining/soiling to the cloth, light bumping to the spine head and to the lower corners, light top edge dust-soiling; but the text is tight and clean and the hinges are not cracked save for a 1/2" at the top of the rear hinge. See photos clphE.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, viii, xiv, 319 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's dark blue cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including mild sunning, slight scuffs, ex-library sticker to the spine and minor chips to the spine edges with tiny bumps to the fore corners. Slight cocking to the spine. Text block has moderate wear including age toning to the edges, some instances of ex-library markings and slight cracking to the front hinge. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column X. 1405514. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE BOARDS ARE RUBBED AND APPEAR GRUBBY. THE CORNERS ARE SCUFFED AND EXPOSED. THE EDGES ARE LIGHTLY SCUFFED. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND BOTH ENDS ARE SCUFFED. THE PAGE EDGES ARE YELLOWED AND HAVE FOXING. THERE IS A SCUFFED TEAR TO THE FRONT INIDE BOARD. THE FFEP HAS A TEAR TO THE BASE CORNER OF THE FFEP. THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT FOXING INSIDE. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pp.viii, 206. Illustrated. Ex-lib. usual stamps, marks and labels. Occasional wear and stains. Nicks and tear to a few page edges. Else good. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition without jacket on black cloth AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR VERY RARE SIGNATURE will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Presumed Later Edition. Bound in medium bwown cloth with border rules in black on upper board and lettering in black on spine. A nice copy: tips and spine ends barely touched, offsetting of endpapers, two tiny brown spots (foxing?) on fore edge of pages towards the end of the text block. Internally endpapers are sound, clean without any marks. A novel. Not dated. 250 pages.

Condition: VG, NO dj. hardcover. 12mo. 310pp. Slight cant to spine, some foxing to end papers. Scarce title.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London, Williams & Norgate, 1926-1927. First editions, first impressions. Hardbacks. A very good set of books, not a trilogy but Spanner's primary science fiction works. Each a future war tale and each inscribed by the author. Some markings to the boards, some offsetting to the endpapers and a little foxing to the edges. [10376, Hyraxia Books]. 1926-1927. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original dark navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth lightly rubbed and showing a few tiny marks, the inner front hinge cracked but holding. The contents are clean throughout and free of previous owners' stamps and inscriptions. Scarce. A future war novel centred on the Navy. Provenance: from the library of Martin Stone. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardback. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition A strong criticism of the R 100 anf the R 101 This book is bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and the spine It is illustrated throughout with digrams which the author uses to help further his argument Overall this book is in good condition The pages are clean and undamaged all throughout There is a pen mark to the bottom edge of the textblock a sticker that has been half torn off on the front cover and some white paint splotche on the spine pp 457. book.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains [xiv] 319 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations. Couple of small marks to the covers and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'With kind regards and compliments, E. F. Spanner.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ARTILLERY, ARMS & ARMOUR.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Slight foxing and slight spine lean, bumping to both head and foot of spine. The name "Trenchard" is inscribed in pencil to ffep, and since the book was acquired from one of his direct descendants, it is reasonable to assume that this is the signature of the first Lord Trenchard, founding father of the RAF.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of E.F. Spanner's thrilling novel about a future war battle taking place in the Mediterranean. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce novel.The work of British naval architect E. F. Spanner, who after his retirement from the Royal Corps of Naval Construction authored a small number of novels, many with a science fiction elementLacking the front free endpaper.Spanner's novel details a thrilling future war battle which takes place in the Mediterranean. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small marks to back strip head and head of rear board. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Lacking front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oversized hardcover. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gold lettering on front and spine. Covers are clean, lightly rubbed at crown and foot of spine, wrapped in protective mylar. Binding is tight and secure. Pages are clean and crisp with light uniform toning and mild spotting, primarily on edges. Printed in B&W with figures, illustrations, and photographs throughout. 457 pages. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1928, stated First Edition. Previous owner's name written in top corner of front free endpaper. A very nice copy. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: If there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. This is an oversized book, so extra postage will be necessary for priority or international shipping.

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). SF/Future War novel. Name stamped on title page (and along bottom page edges). A VG+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good, Sound and Tight. First Edition. Original cloth gilt. Illus. Two library rubber stamps (Civil Aviation Authority) in prelims and to closed edge and index numbers in white on spine. Thie author explains the purpose of the book "The enterprise into which we have been rushed by Sir Samuel Hoare and Lord Thompson is destined to involve loss of life and of British Air Prestige, because the designs of R 100 and R 101 are technically unsound". Signature in prelims. A nice bright copy of a very scarce item. Photographs available on request.

12mo. [6], 250 pp., plus 32 pp. 1932 publisher's catalogue. Navy-blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on spine (slight sunning to spine, very slight occasional foxing, toning), w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art of sinking ocean liner by Frank Sherwin (minor chipping foot of spine), still VG/VG- copy, signed by the author on title to A.T. Wall. First edition, signed, of this very rare maritime adventure set against the backdrop of pirates in submarines without propellers seizing ocean liners and sinking them. Spanner (1888-1953) was a retired naval architect who wrote such future war titles as The Broken Trident (1926), The Naviators (1926), adn The Harbour of Death (1927), attempting to remind his readers of the dangers of relying solely on the Navy, and threats posed by Germany and Japan. Exceedingly scarce in dustjacket. Worldcat locates 5 copies (BL, Nat. Lib. Scotland, Oxford, Queens Univ. Lib., ONT).

Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The Broken Trident is a bold and exciting book with this copy being signed by the author In these pages E F Spanner relays his expert opinions on the policy of British Government in the period following the First World War on Imperial Defense and shows the in his opinion dramitically terrible results of such policy This first editon copy is bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine Overall the book is in good quality There is some foxing to the early pages but otherwise they are bright and clean throughout The binding is strong and the covers are undamaged The dust jacket is in fair condition There are a couple of large open tears to the edges and sgnificant wear to the extremities pp 310 This book is just a small part of the extensive aviation collection currently available at St Marys Booksnbsp. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover with DJ. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Clearly marked as being Volume 1 (we do not have the second volume). Cream colored DJ faded to brown, with mylar cover for protection. Binding good and tight and clean. Rubberstamp on front endpaper and title page from Lloyd's Register Technical Library (a private library not a circulating library). Copyright page states first edition 1931. 327 pages plus folding charts. This copy signed on the title page by the author, 'J. Foster King, with kind regards + compliments. E.F. Spanner.' King, the recipient, was Chief Surveyor for the British Corporation Register of Shipping. from the collection of Prof. Christopher Sterling, a voracious and discerning collector of Aviation, Naval and SigInt books, many others of which we are pleased to offer alongside this set. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xv, 435pp (last 10 are 'press opinions on publishers titles), bibliography, photos, append-'Case against Airships', Boards are medium wear with few marks, some light spotting randomly. This copy signed by author to 'E.W. Harvey' (E. W. Harvey Gas Furnace Co.). 1kg. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. 2 volumes complete. Vol I: xv, [1-(blank)], 327, [1-(blank)] pages + 3 folding plates (Figs 15-18) in rear. Vol II: xv, [1-(blank)], 344 pages + 9 folding plates in rear containing figures 3 through 14. 8vo (9 x 6 inches). Publisher's grey/blue boards with copper/gilt lettering. INSCRIBED by the author on each title page: "Prof. Horgaard Wtih the author's respectful compliments E. F. Spanner". (NOTE: these volumes also have printed reproductions of Spanner quotes - the inscriptions are real and not reproduced). A touch of wear and spine sunning, otherwise quite nice. Cloth. This title explores the crash of the rigid airship R101 which occurred on October 5th, 1930 near Beauvais in France. The author, himself an accomplished engineer, found he could not agree with the findings of the Court of Inquiry set up to explore the disaster. Given the gravity of the program the R101 to the nation and the loss of life he felt compelled to publish his own work on the subject. There is a detailed and to our eye authoritative Wikipedia entry on the ship (a portion of which we have quoted below) for those who would like more background on the airship, its development and testing. "R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme, a British government programme to develop civil airships capable of service on long-distance routes within the British Empire. It was designed and built by an Air Ministryappointed team and was effectively in competition with the government-funded but privately designed and built R100. When built, it was the world's largest flying craft at 731 ft (223 m) in length, and it was not surpassed by another hydrogen-filled rigid airship until the LZ 129 Hindenburg was launched seven years later. After trial flights and subsequent modifications to increase lifting capacity, which included lengthening the ship by 46 ft (14 m) to add another gasbag, the R101 crashed in France during its maiden overseas voyage on 5 October 1930, killing 48 of the 54 people on board. Among the passengers killed were Lord Thomson, the Air Minister who had initiated the programme, senior government officials, and almost all the dirigible's designers from the Royal Airship Works. The crash of R101 effectively ended British airship development, and was one of the worst airship accidents of the 1930s. The loss of 48 lives was more than the 36 killed in the much better-known Hindenburg disaster of 1937, though fewer than the 52 killed in the French military Dixmude in 1923 and the 73 killed when the USS Akron crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey in 1933. " (Wikipedia) The author Spanner was a "member of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, Fellow of the Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors, Naval Architect Assessor ot the Board of Trade, Member Institution of Naval Architects, Member Institute of Marine Engineers, Member North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Member Instituton of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, and Inventory of the 'Duct Keel,', 'Uniflex,' and 'Softended Ship' systems of ship construction.".

Halbleinen 14x19. Condition: Gut. 244 Seiten altersbedingt guter Zustand Einband leicht abgegriffen 200633948 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 425.

244 S. ill. OLn. etwas gelockert. seltene EA. Bloch 2944.

244 S., 8°, O-Leinen mit Deckelvignette Bloch 2/2944. - Eine heimlich konstruierte deutsche Luftflotte zwingt das unvorbereitete England zur Kapitulation. - Einband leicht gebräunt u. min. fleckig; Kopfschnitt stärker braunfleckig, sonst gutes Expl.

19*13,5 cm. OLeinenband. 1.-3. Tsd. 1927. 244 S. Rücken lichtheller, Einband lichtrandig, Kanten bestossen, Seiten nachgedunkelt, sonst gut. R03-2 Wichtiger Hinweis: Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung zur Zeit KEIN Versand in EU-Länder. Due to EPR, there is currently no delivery to EU-countries. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 650.