8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good+ copy. 8vo., viii, 380 pp. ...8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good+ copy. 8vo., viii, 380 pp. Bound in full period leather, with title on spine in gilt, and the boards decorated with an armorial design in blind. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's...more
lxxxii, 240 p. 22 cm. Full calf with gold impression and tooling. Marbled endp...lxxxii, 240 p. 22 cm. Full calf with gold impression and tooling. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. Some dampstains on boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by translator on front lea in 1854. Frontispiece foxed, some offsetting on title page.more
xii, pp. 557. Contemporary half leather binding, six spine compartments ornate...xii, pp. 557. Contemporary half leather binding, six spine compartments ornately decorated in gilt, gilt lettering, marble paper covered boards with matching marbled page edges. Boards and spine a little rubbed. Contents clean and fresh , bookplate of...more
Very Good (covers nice & bright with very faint scratch; contents clean & tigh...Very Good (covers nice & bright with very faint scratch; contents clean & tight); little edgewear & bit of browning (few short tears & small v-shaped chip near head of spine) d/j. 8vo., black cloth in dust jacket; 100 pages First Edition. With a signed...more
"This is the record of the regular soldiers, sailors and airmen who serviced B..."This is the record of the regular soldiers, sailors and airmen who serviced British military aircraft, of the war-time enlistments, both voluntary and conscript, and of the women, who did so much to help in tasks both strange and difficult." Written...more