deighton len cyril fred blau (8 résultats)

Boards, no dust wrapper as issued. Only 1000 copies were printed.

[German Postage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.135, illustrated. Publisher's blue leather-effect boards with gilt titles to the spine and upper. A fine copy. One of only 1000 copies published. An unusual diversion from the master thriller writer; a collaboration between Deighton (writing under the pseudonym Cyril) and Fred F. Blau. The orient flight of the Graf Zeppelin airship marked the reintroduction of the airborne post office in 1929. Milward-Oliver: Annotated Bibliography, p.59.

Softcover. Etat : G+. Stated, 1st ptg. 8vo. viii, 80pp. Blue wraps. Tear to top 1cm of spine; coffee-stain along 1/2?? of top edge of rear cover; sunning to spine; last few pages rippled from damp; 1st two pp. of prelim. are loose. The whole thing could benefit by being rebound. Still it remains a good looking copy of a very scarce title by Deighton.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. One of 1000 copies, this copy signed by Deighton. Hardcover, bound in blue boards. Light edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. ] Hardback, thin octavo, appx 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, gilt titling on glossy deep blue covers, [viii] + 135 pages, Very Near Fine/no dj (probably as issued). Short extremely minor surface streak visible only at some angles near bottom edge of front cover o/w a flawless copy. Well-illustrated in b&w with photos, maps + numerous documents, cancels, covers. In four parts: The Background, Mail Handling & Markings, The Mail Drops + Fakes, Catalogs and Prices. RWR5 Hobbies Collecting German Stamps Air Mail Philately Flight Covers.

Hardcover. Etat : VG+. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. First edition with very mild cover wear, mostly in form of thin scratch on front cover. 135 pages with illustrations; no DJ. An account of the Graf Zeppelin airship and its flight from Northern Europe to the Holy Land.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 136pp. Illustrated in black and white. Signed and inscribed by Len Deighton on the title page: For Jim, best wishes, from Len Deighton, California, 1985. With a compliments card signed by both authors, Fred F Blau and Cyril Deighton, loosely laid in. One of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. [ Milward-Oliver p219 & 324.] In textured blue boards with gilt lettering spine and front (boards a little rounded and discoloured on corners). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Len Deighton (writing under the pen name Cyril) collaborates with Fred F Blau to present a history of the orient flight to the Holt Land of the Graf zeppelin airship which marked the reintroduction of the air-borne post office in 1929. Certainly a philatelic book but also a precise piece of history of flight, of particular interest to Zeppelin and LTA followers. Leonard Cyril Deighton is a British author whose works include cookery books, history and military history, but he is best known for his spy novels, including the series featuring the unnamed Harry Palmer. We have many books by and about Len Deighton in stock, including early, limited and first editions. Please inquire for discounts on multiple titles. stamps, philately, flight, aviation, zeppelins, Signed Books, stamp collecting, aviation history, transportation.

First edition, first printing. Only 1,000 copies published. Inscribed by Fred F. Blau on the front free endpaper, "To Larry Lawless, with best wishes, Fred F. Blau." A collaboration between Len Deighton (writing under the pseudonym Cyril) and Blau. The orient flight of the Graf zeppelin marked the reintroduction of the airborne post office. Milward-Oliver p. 219 & 324. Octavo. Black and white illustrations in the text throughout. Original blue textured boards, titles gilt to spine and front cover. Head and tail of boards slightly rubbed. An excellent copy.