Basil Arkell (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Ex-lib with usual markings. Blue cloth hard covers with white illustrations and red and white lettering on the spine and front cover. Covers exhibit light wear and bumping on corners and spine ends. Moderate soiling to spine, spine ends and upper edges. Light shelf wear and soiling to covers. Spine is slightly cocked. Light soiling and yellowing to page ends. Text and the many b&w illustrations are yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Chapters detailing the early ideas about helicopters, different types of helicopters, the future for helicopters and much more. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated. Cook, Frederick G. & Wood, John W. (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. 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.…

Condition: Good. 1961. Second and Revised Edition. 62 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over paper covered boards. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with mild tanning throughout. Tightly bound with notable thumb-marking throughout. Boards are assumed in good condition as are covered with taped on jacket. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine. Moderate rubbing and marking all over.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good. Reprint. FITH EDITION. Ex-library school library with only one stamp and ink word to inside of front board. Book has a moderate musty smell. 62 pages including index. Light blue-mauve tinged background dustjacket with light/moderate wear edges and corners, price-clipped. Red hardback binding with silver-coloured titles to spine, light wear to spine-ends. B&W illustrations. John W. Wood (illustrator); Cook, Frederick G. (illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo., 62 pp. inc. index. sign Presentation inscription from both authors to Professor J.A.J. Bennett, (rotorcraft pioneer) very slightly browned foredges, presentation inscription on verso of front free endpaper otherwise very good in original red cloth with silver gilt titles to spine, couple of minor marks to boards otherwise light shelf wear, very good in original unclipped dustwrapper, browned, worn with small area of loss to front, non-yellowing tape repairs on inside,good, now in removable cello sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cook, Frederick G. (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised Edition. No torn or missing pages. Usual library markings and inserts. 626 pages. Prominent brown marks from adhesive tape on front and rear endpapers. Text and spine marked with Library stamps, library pocket inside book, stamps throughout and/or other library markings. Illustrator: Frederick G Cook & John W Wood. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Aviation; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50514. Frederick G Cook & John W Wood (illustrator). …

Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. St Marys Books is proud to present this 1963 first edition of Helicopter and Hovercraft Design by Basil Arkell from the young ENGINEER series Housed in its original white dustjacket with vibrant arrow cover art this hardback book is bound in red cloth Inside one finds 144 pages of text peppered with photographs and diagrams providing enquiring young minds with broad outline introductions to the field of aeronautical engineering This copy is in good condition the original dustjacket has been trimmed down and pasted onto the boards which has meant it has been wellpreserved In addition there is an exlibrary pastedown on the front free endpaper Otherwise the copy remains bright clean and readablenbspHelicopter and Hovercraft Design is looking for a new home and would make for the perfect gift for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.…

[0-7064-0879-9] [1978]. (4to) Very good in very good dust jacket. 253pp. Illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, black and white and color photographs, black and white and color illustrations, diagrams, index. Contributors include Basil Arkell (Vertical Flight), Cliff Barnett (Sporting Aviation), Hugh Field (General Aviation), Kenneth W. Gatland (Beyond Planet Earth), Bill Gunston (War in the Air), Clive Hart (From Myth to Reality), Mike Hirst (Air Navigation), Andrew Hofton (From Principles to Practice), John Stroud (Airports), John Stroud (Mature Growth), John Stroud (The Pioneers), John Stroud (The Turbine Era). (Transportation, Airports, Ballooning, Bomber Aircraft, Civil Aviation, Fighter Aircraft, Gliders, Kites, Military Aviation, Rocketry and Space Travel).…

Red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). 144pp.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Spine slightly bumped, DJ price clipped, wear & nicks on DJ; Young Engineer Series; B&W Illustrations; 7.5 x 5.05 x 0.7"; 144 pages.

tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. Londres. 1963. 20 cm. 144 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial. Idioma inglés . Cubierta deslucida. (=3568333=) LF229.