Wheeler William Editor (43 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Sturdy paperback, clean covers with light shelf wear, some pencil markings and underlining throughout text, solid spine. CC.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Haward, Jon (illustrator). A used book with minor shelf wear and imperfections. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. This helpful guide identifies all thirty-nine species of diurnal North American raptors, including hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures, kites, and ospreys, describing their characteristics and markings, habitats, seasonal ranges, and more.

Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New Book.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Neill Cameron; Bambos; Nigel Dobbyn (illustrator). First British Edition. 2007; glossy illustrated paper covers; mild edge and corner wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 143 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original 1933 edition. Some ligh penciled underlining in first chapter or two. Raised/embossed stamp of former owner. EA.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Third Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, 1st printing. Unmarked copy in very good jacket with light edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Maps on end papers (illustrator). 1st Edition. dj w/chipping, small tears, clipped price, in mylar; red c w/gray boards, moderate shelf rubbing; 342 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gilt lettering and 4" x 5" color pictorial front cover illustration on blue ruled & ribbed covers. Map end papers. 8vo, 404 pages - with lots of illustrations. Reference No. on the spine indicates that this is an ex-library book, although there are no library markings. Some color loss on the blue covers. Contents fine.

Cloth. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: G. Volume 1 only 146 pp, 2 p of b/w maps of the Hampton Roads are, and 211 b/w photo plates, the book and contents are tight, pages are clean, a bookplate on the front endpaper, the covers are bumped on the corners and have light scuffing, the dust jacket has chipping on the corners and top and bottom of the spine, the top of the front cover has some chipping, also.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 335 pages. 9.50x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. A collection of first-hand adventures from bush plane pilots, starting from the 1920's. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Illustrated with photos. Contains chronology and glossary. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 248 pp.

Softcover. Condition: Fine in wraps. 8vo., First U.S. edition.

paperback. Condition: Fine. **PAPERBACK**.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` The Early Years of Bush Flying '. 248 pages of Canadian aviation history by various contributors. Bob Fowler (e.g.) writes on `Lightnings over the Yukon' and Bert Phillips writes `Fly Anywhere '. Dates range from 1922 to 1939. Text assisted by b/w photographs and by biblio, notes, glossary and index. Read more about : Junior Speedmail, Chinese Red, Pat Twist, crank-handle,payload,cabin-load, and B licence. Cond : Boards are cream coloured with gilt lettering - spine only. End-papers are white. D.J. is yellowish with black lettering. D.J. graphic is a Jim Bruce painting of a Curtiss flying-boat - circa 1922. Volume is tight and bright, square and clean in ALL aspects. No names, no marks. Collectible. Quote (p. 129) : " I climbed out of the ship to congratulations and handshakes from the Associated gang, then headed to the office. I had no sooner arrived when Jock Currie, the Department of Transport superintendent of engineering and maintenance, burst in wanting to know what the `God-damned ._._._.' ." Size: Octavo.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Small octavo, pp 124, very clean internally, paperback, the covers with just the slightest signs oif use. Tim Longville's Snippets; Indispensable Plants by Sarah Coles; Geoffrey Dutton the genus Sorbus; Mirabel Osler The Craft of Charcoal Making; Patricia Cleveland Peck The Mulberry; Diana Ross the Trees in her London Garden; Judith Hopkinson - Hollington Herb Nursery in autumn and winter ;Graham Stuart Thomas Making the Most of Shrubs; Charles Quest Ritson German Gardens; John Kelly Gardens and Sociology; Katherine Swift An Essayist in the Garden (The Morville Hours) John Francis Gardens in Fiction - Wilkie Collins Peter Parker Ponder.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Many, Many Plates and Maps (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; djs in mylar, laps attached. 316+ 380, clean, unmarked pages; front flyleaf missing one volume. rear flyleaf missing on the other.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-library copy with card pocket to rear pastedown, library name stencil-cut into title page, small sticker to lower front cover. Text pages yellowed but unmarked. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled; worn at extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Light shelf wear and minimal soiling to cover. Slight foxing but pages remain tight and unmarked. A very nice copy.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

paperback. Condition: New. Haward, Jon (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

[1-894004-45-0] 2000. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 248pp. Illustrations, photographs, chronology, glossary, bibliography, index. "Bill Wheeler has drawn together a superb collection of the personal experiences of both legendary and comparatively unknown pilots who were, and still are, responsible for simplifying the development of Canada's vast interior from coast to coast. These vignettes.are a series of true adventure stories that create an urge to read it from cover to cover in one sitting.I did!" - Terry Waddington, Past-President, American Aviation Historical Society. Time Period 1919-2000. (Transportation, Anecdotes, Aviation History, Bush Pilots, Canadian Aviation Historical Society, History--Canada, Pioneer Life, Rural Development).

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.10x6.10x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. Haward, Jon (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by editor, William J. Wheeler, and contributor H.M. (Bert) Phillips. Mr. Phillips has also signed his first name twice inside book. Both book and jacket are in fine condition. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Jones, Allan D., Jr., and Chavez, Edward A. (illustrator). First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edward Frisbee's copy: Volume I front free end paper has handwritten record of Frisbee's movements in WWII, Frisbee is photographed in Volume II, plate 339. Both volumes: navy gilt-stamped cloth over boards; Volume I: frontispiece painting by Allan D. Jones, Jr., (xxiii), 146 pages, Maps of Port Area and Camp Patrick Henry, 211 photographic plates, illustrated with 2 paintings by Edward A. Chavez; Volume II: frontispiece painting by Allan D. Jones, Jr., (xii), pages 147-330, Appendices, Index, plates 212-380 in between pages 316 and 317, illustrated with 2 paintings, one by Chavez, one by Jones. Both volumes: corners and spine ends bumped and worn, covers rubbed and scratched; Volume I: small stain on front cover. Illustrator: Jones, Allan D., Jr., and Chavez, Edward A. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 lbs 7 oz. Category: Military & Warfare; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 011365.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Many, Many Plates and Maps (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; djs in mylar.

Leather Spine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 287 pp. Leather spine over patterned cloth boards, leather title labels and with gilt decorated raised bands and compartments. Frontis. Minor wear to extremities. Gift inscription to half title. Bright and clean internally. The letters of Private William Wheeler of the 51st (now 1st Battalion, Kings own Yorkshire Light Infantry), one of the few eye-witness accounts recorded of the war against Napoleon written at the time it was seen rather than long after. Covering the Walcheren expedition, the main part of the Peninsular War and the impressions of the Waterloo campaign, and briefly of the Greek War of Independence. Observant and at times humorous, the account gives the reader a vivid picture of Napoleonic era warfare, and of the countries in which Wellington's army fought. 8vo.