Angela Croome (9 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Ann Rept, pp. 355-362+ 4 Photo Plts, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition. 72 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1957 1st edition. 77pp. 1st edition. Good/None. Hard glazed pictorial boards with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, minor wear to spine ends, slight scuffing/soiling. Contents clean and tight but for very slight soiling. Decorative endpapers. B&W photos throughout. Edited by Eamonn Andrews. A look at the modern marvels of the 1950s, including probing space, the atom, automation and electron microscopes. For older children.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st ed. Ob 8vo. 72pp. Illus plates & diagrams throughout. A detailed history of what was a new concept in travel at the time of publication. Internally VG. The dw is rubbed & creased & sl. grubby but has a large closed tear which has been internally repaired with tape.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 32p large format hardback, colour illustrated, well preserved, top corner of free endpaper severed Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good condition, ink gift inscription on first page, light age spotting marks, couple of small tears to wrapper & light wear to spine edges.

Hardcover. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. Photos, Plans, Three-Views, Diagrams (illustrator). 1st. Ever since man dreamed of flying thoughts have included vertical and hovering flight, but the dream was slow to mature. The book was published when the concept of the hovercraft (the air-cushion variety) was being proven and entering service. Angela Coome, however, takes the reader back to da Vinci's imaginative plan for an ornithopter, those innovators who followed him, to Cierva's successful autogiros, through to the practical and wide use of the heliocopter, to jet VTOL and the hovercraft. A fascinating story explaining the dynamics in lay language. 72 pages, b/w photos throughout, sketches, technical drawings/diagrams, three views of four different rotary craft on e/papers. Blue hard covers with diagrams front and back, black spine strip with light blue titles G+. few faint smudges FFEP, text block otherwise VG, no inscriptions. Colour pictorial DJ G+ with few small tears, chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1960 First Edition Hardcover. Good Condition Overall, Jacket In Fair Condition With Several Tears And Rips. Not Price Clipped. Numerous B&W Photos And Diagrams Printed Throughout. All Pages Intact And Clearly Legible, Several Signs Of Age And Wear. 72 Pages. Weight 0.5Kg. Please Note That International Orders Are Fulfilled By Airmail And This Means We Will Quote For This When An Order Is Placed, Please Contact Us If You Need To Know. We Pass Postage On At Cost.

hardcover. 3. Aufl. 92 S. Leinen, foliert, ehem. Biblio.Buch, guter Zustand, englisch. Zahlr. Abbildungen. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 430.