Practical Flying Amateurs (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. There is sporadic foxing on the early pages, and slightly around the block of the book, but very little in the body of the book, there are other minor age related marks. Previous ownership inscriptions. The condition of the book is given in terms of the book's age. GK[INF6]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by the previous owner on the front free end paper page. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 165 pages. There is gilt on the spine and on the front cover. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and the edges are slightly frayed. There is foxing and some marks within the body of the book. The text is legible. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. First edition hardback published for the Proprietors of Shell by Simpkin Marshall, 1931, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - blue cloth boards lightly aged and rubbed to edges with short wrinkle to cloth to upper front panel. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends and end-papers but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. First edition 8vo 165 pages illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Very good blue cloth hard back. No inscriptions or marks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 165 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A book of information for the amateur pilot in the 1930s, produced for the Shell Oil company. Well illustrated and in very good condition in original blue cloth. Previous owners name on ffep. Inscribed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Published in 1931 and produced explicity for the proprietors of Shell Oil Company in London It is an early informational handbook and practical training manual for everyday amateur pilots navigating the early era of aviation in the 1930s This first edition copy is complete with its dust jacket and notable for its diagrams and periodspecific instructional details Rare to find with its dust jacket although it is in poor condition with large pieces missing to the extremities The binding underneath is a little bumped although clean and displaying little wear There are numerous pen notations together with a newspaper clipping and signatures in thick black ink to the front endpapers The signature is repeated along the text block edges The pages within are clean despite the occasional pencil notation pp 165 3 A must for any ealry aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.…