Mitchell william general (31 résultats)

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, illustrated, 242 pgs. pages clean, bound in red cloth, black lettering, very good and wrapped in a very good dust jacket. Some rubbing along top section of spine jacket, a small chip at top back edge of jacket, otherwise a good copy.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. VG hardcover in VG DJ - see actual image. DJ in mylar for protection. 206 pps. Compiled by Frank Platt. Anthology of the personal experiences of WWI flying aces. Military.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. First Paperback Printing. 206 pp. Signet Book T2882. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: Bishop of the Eagle Eye - Billy Bishop by A. Roy Brown; Flying to Kill - Billy Bishop by Alan Hynd; Chivalry in the Air by Lieutenant Colonel William Avery Bishop; Rickenbacker: The Ace of the American Expeditionary force by General William Billy Mitchell; and Leaves from My War Diary by General William Mitchell. Book. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing stated. A very good copy with some light fading to the covers in a good DJ with some edge wear and a tape repair at top of spine. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #87.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st Edition. Rare vintage 1936 copy of "General Greely: The Story of a Great American." The book is overall in good condition with some signs of wear and age. It comes in its original dust jacket which is in fair condition with several chips and tears and some acid free archival repairs to the underside. The jacket comes in a protective removable mylar wrapper. The blue cloth covers of the book have some mottled discoloration. The binding is good and sound. The interior is lightly toned from age with some occasional light foxing. Along with that there may be the very occasional page with some kind of minor imperfection such as a tiny chip or tear, creased page corner, etc. The book measures approximately 8 1/4 inches by 5 1/2 inches and is 242 pages long. Please look at all of the photos to further note the condition.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, clean dj with small chips in Brodart - from a private collection -.

Etat : Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (Arctic Expeditions, Explorers, Biography).

Green Cloth. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. textblock very clean and tight. Plain green cloth binding is rubbed, but overall lightly edge-worn; no dust jacket; 242pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Plates (illustrateur). Hardcover.

Hardcover. Etat : Good+:Very good-. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Book has a few ex library markings. Spine tilt. Jacket is clean & tidy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Edge worn at the spine ends, else very good in burgundy cloth. No dust jacket, as issued.

magazine. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. very good condition. Vintage paper items are not returnable scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w;; scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w;; NOVI009076; 53 pages; These pages, neatly trimmed, are in mylar with a stiff backing board.…

Hardcover. Etat : Collectible; Good. First Edition. This hardcover book is Good, being square and tight. The boards and spine have soiling/spotting wear along with edges with pristine legible lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. There is moderate toning in place (primarily end pages and next to photos) but all text is bright and absolutely legible. No dustjacket. This is an ex-lib copy with a number on the spine, stamps present, and card holder removed from rear board. No remainder mark. This is still a strong copy from General "Bill" Mitchell, considered by many to be one of the key personnel of the early US Army Air Force.…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Presumed First UK Edition. No stated date c1930. Presumed first UK edition. 314pp, a frontispiece showing the author with the Prince of Wales and numerous other black and white illustrations. William Lendrum Mitchell (1879-1936) was a United States Army officer who had a major role in the creation of the United States Air Force. This book deals in a simple, elementary way with the subject of aeronautics as it existed at the end of the 1920s, and as it was applied in the various countries of the world. It contains information on all branches of aeronautics, civil, commercial and military, and also includes many personal experiences connected with aviation in various parts of the world. The book is bound in the original blue boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and some light soiling to the boards and a few pin-size holes in the cloth on the rear board. The spine edges are rubbed with a 1/4" split in the cloth near the middle of the front spine edge. The spine is slightly faded and the spine ends are bumped with a little damage to the cloth at the top of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the front free endpaper. There is no inscription.…

First edition 242pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (rubbed, sl bruised corners, spine head bumped, internal separation at front hinge not affecting stability of book), illust.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Biography of the Civil War soldier; leader of the disastrous Lady Franklin Bay Expedition; Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army, responsible for modernizing communications in Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines & Alaska; and military commander during the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. Shortly before his death, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his lifetime achievements. The author, General 'Billy" Mitchell, military aviation expert, knew Greely well, having served with him during the installation of telegraph lines in Alaska. First edition (first printing). Hardcover, full blue cloth, black titling. Light wear to book, endsheets tanned; jacket chipped with a few short tears, small sticker stain to lower front flap. Text clean; xiv, 242 pages, b/w photos, map. Size: Octavo.…

8vo. xiv, 242 pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates. Red cloth, black lettering, w/ d.j. (minor edgewear, old tape repairs to closed tears, minor scuffing), VG/G- copy. First edition of this excellent biography of the famed Arctic explorer, Civil War Veteran, organizer of the Signal Corps, and more.…

Hardcover. Etat : Like New. Etat de la jaquette : Like New. 1st Published: 1995. 882 + xxviii pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy and dust jacket with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Relevant newspaper article or clipping included from previous owner. Adventure House, NYC (Cover Design); Paul Klee, 1879-1940, 'Keramisch Mystisch' (Cover Art) (illustrateur).…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Lightly age toned end pages and minor reading wear, else textblock is clean and tight, grey end pages, b&w photographs. Black cloth spine, grey cloth boards, age toned edges, bumped corners, and minor rubbing to tips. 311pp., including advertising index and book index; M.I.T. Yearbook. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. John B. Stevens (photographic editor)/Photographs (illustrateur). Hardcover. …

Magazine. Etat : Very Good-. Rare issue. Magazine cover has very light toning and wear with some light tattering at edges but clean, bright and good+. Pages lightly toned and very good. Contents:  Editorial  [The Editor]  ed6  The Case of the Curious Bride [Part 1 of 11; Perry Mason]  Erle Stanley Gardner  sl16  Congress Collapses  U. S. Senator M. M. Logan (as told to Herbert Corey)  ar20  Cupid Is a Sailor  Frederick Hazlitt Brennan  ss26  Gas and Dynamite  Tom A. Burke  ar27  Puzzles, Patriots, Poverty  Beverly Hills  mr30  Mutiny in the Arctic [Part 2 of 3]  General William Mitchell  ar34  Presidents Contest Prize Winners  [Misc. ]  cn36  Twenty Questions  [Misc. ]  qz37  Luncheon al Fresco  J. I. Lawrence  vi38  Education in Damascus  Vincent Sheean  ss43  Good Books  Oliver Swift  br44  Spare the Rod and Spoil a Star  Dick Williams  ar47  Housekeeping at the White House  Anna Roosevelt Dall  ar48  $250 Weekly Limerick Contest  [Misc. ]  cn49  Cross Word Puzzle  [Misc. ]  pz50  From Hollywood.To the Ladies!  Princess Alexandra Kropotkin  cl52  Bright Girl [Part 6 of 10]  Viña Delmar  sl60  Vox Pop  [The Readers]  lc.…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Undated circa 1930. General Mitchell was former Commander Air Forces A.E.F. and director military aeronautics U.S. Army. Contains information on all branches of aeronautics, civil, commercial and military. 314 pages illustrated with monochrome plates.

First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Lacking dustjacket. 314pp. Light bumping to spine ends, and some spots of discoloration to the fore-edges of the boards, straight and strong, gilt bright; internally clean and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown, illustrated throughout with black and white plates. A very good, solid copy, with some light wear. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and military aviation enthusiast, with his bookplate. A pre WW2 overview of mankind's meteoric rise into the skies from the beginning of the 20th century. Published in the US slightly earlier in the year, by Lippincott, and showing evidence of being American sheets with a Benn title page. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. First Edition. 242 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ light sunning to spine ends. Natural toning to endpapers. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ short tears and chipping to edges. Approx. 7" wide x 1" long piece missing from bottom edge of rear panel and spine. Spine a bit sunned. Illust. w/ b/w photos.…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. An interesting survey. nd; c.1930. pp314. Illus. Wear to spine ends. DW; only the chipped and worn front cover; so really, really poor. I've put this remnant in an archival sleeve.

1924. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 718pp. 6 issues bound together in plain green cloth without the covers and advertisements. Monochrome and color photographs and illustrations, maps. Contributors include William (Billy) Mitchell, Brigadier-General (Tiger-Hunting in India), Vladimir M. Zenzinov (With an Exile in Arctic Siberia). (Travel). …

Etat de la jaquette : Good. Skyways A Book On Modern Aeronautics is a classic 1930 aviation book written by General William Billy Mitchell widely reagrded as the father of the United States Air Force Published shortly after Mitchells famous court martial and resignation from the military the book serves as both an educational text and a passionate manifesto on the transformatic future of aviation Our copy complete with its pictorial dust jacket is in good condition despite wear and closed tears to the extremities Small piece missing to the top of the spine Underneath lie cloth boards which despite a little fading to the spine are in a good clean condition The pages within are lightly toned although clean and illustrated with several black and white photographs pp314 A scarce title complete with its dust jacket and part of a huge aviation collection just acquired by St Marys Booksnbsp. book.…