peter elstob arnold eiloart (21 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition as pictured a very good condition hardcover in a good condition dust jacket,faded white spine chips to edge binding clean pages,

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st Edition. A WONDERFUL STORY OF ONE OF THE WILDEST ADVENTURES OF RECENT TIME.

Etat : Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Etat : Fair. 1959. No Edition Stated. 256 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good dust. Illustrated by Photos (illustrateur). First Edition. Voyage over the Atlantic in hot air balloon. ; 255 pages.

Etat : Good. 1959. No edition remarks. 256 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing to surfaces. Moderate water staining to rear panel. Moderate tanning to spine.

Condition: minor chipping & sunfading to DJ; inked notes to 1st free endpaper; else in very good condition. Illustrated by B&W photos. 1st edition. Binding is cloth.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Hard cover. The book itself has some browning on the back and rubbing on the top of book. The dust jacket has some wear at the top of the front panel and at the spine. With some tears on the back panel.

Book Club Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat foxed and edge-nicked dust-wrapper, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Not price clipped. Edges and prelims somewhat foxed. Remains a well-preserved copy overall, with particularly sharp corners. Physical description; 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. Notes; With a foreword by Lord Brabazon of Tara. Account of the first transatlantic crossing by balloon, undertaken by Arnold Eiloart and his son Tim in 1958. Subjects; Eiloart, Arnold (b. 1907). Elstob, Peter (b. 1915). Small World (Balloon). Balloon ascensions History 20th century. Transatlantic flights History 20th century. Balloonists Great Britain Biography. Aeronautics Records. 3 Kg.

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. 256 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. A Balloon Flight Across The Atlantic.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. the jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn. mild tanning. light marks. well bound. good copy.[S.Nor]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Book Club Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat foxed and edge-nicked dust-wrapper, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Not price clipped. Edges and prelims somewhat foxed. Remains a well-preserved copy overall, with particularly sharp corners. Physical description; 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. Notes; With a foreword by Lord Brabazon of Tara. Account of the first transatlantic crossing by balloon, undertaken by Arnold Eiloart and his son Tim in 1958. Subjects; Eiloart, Arnold (b. 1907). Elstob, Peter (b. 1915). Small World (Balloon). Balloon ascensions History 20th century. Transatlantic flights History 20th century. Balloonists Great Britain Biography. Aeronautics Records. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Navy Blue Cloth. Lacks Jacket. Foxing Spots To Page Edges Otherwise Clean And Tidy. Inscription.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 8 (illustrateur). 1st ed. FINE book, FINE DJ(in Brodart). Inscribed, SIGNED. Small foxing spots on text block edges. DJ top rear with 1" closed tear. "To Esther Donty with best wishes from Bushy Eiloart". I have not read the book but photos identify "Bushy", not "Arnold". Book & DJ bright & clean. DJ price: 16s net. Seldom read, if ever. Book stays tighly closed when stood on its spine, FINE book, FINE DJ(in Brodart). 1st ed.SIGNED & inscribed. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Quality Book Club edition. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the attempt made by Eiloart, his son Tim, and Colin & Rosemary Mudie to cross the Atlantic in a balloon in 1958. They set off from Tenerife, but the balloon crashed into the sea 1200 miles SE of the Canary Islands. They sailed the rest of the way in the twin-hulled gondola until they were towed into Barbados. 256pp, 2 b&w diagrams. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Etat de la jaquette : With Jacket. First Edition. Book is very good with light spotting to edges, jacket is good +, faded and rubbed and chipped ends, pp 256, frontis map, 35 illustrations Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Acceptable condition, colour to spine rather faded, small tear to top spine, small bumps to top corners, interior very clean. No dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.

Hardcover in Dustjacket. Etat : VG+ (Very Good plus). First Edition. pp. 256 illusts. Attempted crossing of the Atlantic from Tenerife to Barbados in the hydrogen balloon Small World" in December 1958. #1119 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Good condition with some wear to cover and DJ. Light staining on a few pages.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition.

1st ed. "This book is the story of four modern people and their love affair with an enormous, beautiful, silver and black balloon they named The Small World." Pp. 256, 35 b/w illustrations, 1 diagram + 1 map, to title page, owner's name to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has clear film protective wrap. G+/G+.