Blake major (11 résultats)

g+/g, ex-church lib stamp (3), yellow binding soiled/edgewear. Illustrated by photos. no info edition. Binding is hc.

Etat : Very Good. 2nd edition. Decorated cloth, VG. 270pp, b/w frontis, title vignette, 6 b/w plates, all edges gilt, spine sunned, otherwise the binding in a nice condition with the upper board showing a galleon under sail & the spine a man with a rifle ( somewhat out of keeping with the setting of the book ), gift inscription to the endpaper, booksellers ticket of J E Beale, Bournemouth on the pastedown. Maritime set fiction for boys & one of a handful of such tales penned by Paull. The novel is set in the late 1700s, on the south coast of England. 700 grams.…

Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), 237 pp. Very Good, with light sunning to spine and former-owner bookplate; in a Good+ dust jacket with rubbing to edges. Aviation, Royal Air Force, Military History. nslic.

Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. First. 8vo. spotting on pegs and dusting top edge. Tanning htp and tp. green cloth cover has v faded spine and edges. Book.

No Binding. Etat : Very Good. A splendid original copy of a photogravure portrait, printed circa 1919. Mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent Rugbeian who died during the Great War.

Paperback. Etat : Good. for 2NZEF personal.

Etat : Good. Title: Flying Round the WorldAuthor: Major W. T. BlakePublisher: Heath Cranton Ltd., LondonPublication date: 1923, 1stBinding: hardback clothIllustrated: yes - all collated and completePages: 238 + platesDescription / Condition: Light edge wear/bumps/marks to board; no jacket. Inscribed to first page.Tear to top of picture page 14. Light foxing to pages with spotting in places. A nice copy.Please see pictures for further information.…

No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback 1939 First Edition Written by Major Wilfred Theodore Blake who wrote under the pseudonym Wing Adjutant it provides a contemporary look at the Royal Air Force just as World War II was beginning Major Blake was a significant figure in early aviation history notably leading to the first attempt to fly around the world in 1922 This copy is bound in blue cloth which has faded with some discolouration Pencil notation signatures to the front endpapers and scattered foxing throughout The pages however are generally clean illustrated with several black and white photographic images pp 237 A scarce copy and part of a huge aviation collectionnbsp. book.…

Hardcover. Etat : As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; xiv, 428 pages ; 22 cm ISBN 9781902917337, 1902917332 OCLC 56432387 ; Dewey 225.59167 ; faux leather textured boards with gold lettering and designs ; no dustjacket ; "The Cornish language is undergoing a serious revival, and so there is every reason to welcome the appearance of this excellent workof scholarship and devotion. If we really believe that Scripture reveals something fresh in its message whenever it is translated into any language, the appearance of a new translation is always an event with implications for us all. I hope that readers of this version will be prompted to take to heart the words of Jesus in Matthew 12.52 : "Pub skriba, ytho, a veu dyskys rag gwlaskor nev yw haval dhe dick neb a denn yn-mes a'y withva taklow nowydh ha taklow koth" -- Rowan Cantaur, Archbishop of Canterbury ; "The mpresent volume is a revised edition of the New testament booklets which have been published individually over the past five years by the Cornish Language Board ; The translations have all been rigorously checked against the Greek text in Nestle. ; AS NEW. Book. …

No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback A 1923 First Edition copy with signature from the author to the frontispiece This book also includes a small exlibrary pamphlet containing a lecture given by Major WT Blake in January 1923 The book is bound in green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and illustrated with several photographic images Overall in very good condiiton with just minor foxing to the pages pp 238 The pamphlet has the remains of tape down the spine and the front cover is detached with a library label to the title page The rest of the pages are clean pp 40 A firsthand account of the first British attempt to fly around the globe in 1922 The book details an ambitious and illfated journey using multiple aircraft including a DH9 and a Fairy IIIC that was abandoned in the Bay of Bengal due to technical failures illnesses and financial constraints despite the crews perseverance A must for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.…