Alec Davis (119 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Library markings o/w good. "On Location" series Book Three. B/W illustrations throughout. Ex-Library.

Soft cover. Condition: New. new copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Alec Davis (illustrator). Pictorial Boards, This book will serve as a useful introduction to the art of navigation at all levels. 192 pages. illustrations.

"Here is the story of Man@s progress over the land world wide from the ancient to the futuristic. It includes chariots, waggons, coaches, bicycles and motorcycles, fighting vehicles, buses, trucks, racing cars and, of course, motor cars past, present and future." 24.5cms x 19cms. Pp.48, over 150 detailed drawings + traceable plans to make card models of 6 classic vehicles. Illustrated stiff card cover. VG.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 48pp. Pictorial laminated light card covers, stapled; illustrated throughout in black and white. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers. Text block edges starting to tan. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight. History of transport from chariots and waggons to racing cars with over 150 detailed drawings, and traceable plans to make models of 6 classic vehicles. Includes 16 pages of modeller's plans.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Alec Davis (illustrator). Reprint. 96pp. Clean copy inside & out. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket.l Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Alec Davis (illustrator). First Edition. 96pp. Ownership details inside frt. cover. Otherwise clean. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. NO CHIPPING & NO SPLITTING to very clean and fresh covers. Almost as new except for small graze to top right of rear cover where old retailers adhesive label removed. A Superior copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. Collins, Mike; Farmer, Mark; Davis, Alan; Power, Dermot; Bisley, Simon; Elson, Richard; Marshall, Paul; Ezquerra, Carlos; Willsher, Ben; Powell, Eric (illustrator). HEROES DON'T LAST LONG IN MEGA-CITY ONE!Welcome to Mega-City One, a nightmarish metropolis situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Poverty is rife, crime is rampant, and only the Judges - empowered to dispense instant justice - can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD - he is the Law!There are plenty of law-breaking freaks amongst the citizenship of the 'Big Meg'. From Futsies to Umpty-baggers, the Judges have their hands full. But the worst offenders are those who try and enforce their own brand of justice. Especially that strange strain of vigilante who chooses to hit the streets in brightly-coloured spandex!From super-powered aliens to Cursed Earth mutants, Judge Dredd dishes out justice to all in this action-packed collection of stories from some of comicdom's biggest talents, including John Wagner, Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra, Mike Collins, Simon Bisley, Richard Elson, Simon Spurrier and Eric Powell, amongst many others.

Condition: Fair. 1968. First American Edition. 112 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations and plates. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages, plates and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Last plate is detached but still present. Heavy scuffing marks to pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting. Ink stamp inscription and pen marks to top and bottom edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear and pen marks to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Raithby, Lawrence & Co. LTD undated edition. Pages clean and bright, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Davis, Alec (illustrator). [2], 90pp, with numerous black and white illustrations in text. In strong, laminated card covers, illustrated. 8vo. Covers worn at edges, rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends, a little grubby. Ex lending library copy with lending sheet on rear endpapers. Front free endpaper absent, small nick at base of title page, else internally neat and clean. A now hard to find title from the once popular Serving Our Society series.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edit. 2nd Edition. All near fine. The very attractive DJ is in near fine condition. No nicks or tears and just a tiny bit of shelf wear at the top of the spine of the DJ. Black hardcovers with smart gold lettering. The pages of the book are bright and clean and the spine is tight. Copious superb images of this artists work; most of which was for the Radio Times. 103 images, 23 in colour. Being sold by a long standing UK bookseller and not a mass lister., which infers that this book is just as described with no other faults. Kindly note that an international order may incur a small extra postal charge due to weight. An excellent copy in every way.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very light wear. Written on cover: "with full plans to make detailed models of a Wright Bros. biplane, a 1st World War Avro, a Junkers Airliner. a 1943 Skytrooper, a Dornier bomber and American and Russian fighters". Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages. Illustrated. N C Baldwin "'British Inland' Parachute Mails" / Cyril W Fawdry "How to Read Siamese Postmarks" / Alec Davis "Aeroplane Stamps" / Introductions to Aero-Philately No.3 "'All-Up' Air Mails - What Next?" / Geo.E Hopcrpft "From Packet-Ship to Flying-Boat" (SL#123).

24pp. 1st ed., clean in paper covers.

theatre programme, front cover coloured illus., good condition.

Condition: Very Good. Clothbound hardback book in good to very good condition; may have some light shelfwear and/or sunning or foxing. Dustjacket in good to very good condition, may have some minor nicks or sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback with dustjacket. A little grubby to ffep otherwise no damage, internally clean. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 80pp, illustrated, black cloth spine/decorated paper boards with VG dustwrapper; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

theatre programme, good condition, Vera Lynn indisposition slip,

N/D 1ST GREY DECORATED BOARDS WEAR EDGES / CORNERS NO JACKET ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION BOOK PLATE COMPANY STAMP TITLE PAGE.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing quarto hardback 208 pages Illustrated with many colour and monochrome plates. Fine condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed in DJ signed by Fraser, date 1974. DJ light chip to top spine, extremities. On front paste down, beneath a repro pencilled draft is glued a cutting of the end product, taken from a newspaper, devil tempting Christ. O/w clean and sound throughout.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Don Davis (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------science fiction fantasy pulp magazine, digest size. Reading crease, modest edgewear, a near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Grey hardcover with title in silver on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Previous owners name and the date 1974 neatly written at top of front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear, not price-clipped. 112pp. 208 b/w illustrations. Loosely enclosed is a fold-out exhibition leaflet for The Pack Age, an exhibition of packaging design held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London from 11 Dec 1975 to 31 Jan 1976. The first book on the history of packaging, the author shows how 20th century packaging sprang from crafts and industires as separate as bottlemaking and bookbinding, pottery and printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Alec Davis; (illustrator). First Edition. 48 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated throughout with line drawings, plans, by Alec Davis. The Contents are: Early Ideas; The First Balloons; Controllable Airships; Tentative Hops; The Wright Brothers; String and Glue; The First Useful Aeroplanes; The 1st World War; Seaplanes; Flying Passengers; Airliners; Record Breakers; Modelmaking Hints; Flying Boats; The Monoplane Airliner; Small Aircraft; The 2nd World War; Gliding; Helicopters; Post-war Airliners; The First Jets; Military Progress; Modern Military Aircraft; Vertical Take-off; Supersonic Passenger Flight; and What Next? Size: 4to. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 280 x 220 mm. 112 pp. & [96] of illustrations. Clothbound. A very good bright copy free from ownership inscriptions in like dustwrapper.

Inserted plates. Cloth-backed patterned boards, printed dust-jacket torn with some loss, otherwise very good.

Condition: Very Good. Clothbound hardback book in good to very good condition; may have some light shelfwear and/or sunning or foxing. Dustjacket in good to very good condition, may have some minor nicks or sunning.