Captain Bernard Acworth (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Undated edition. Illustrated, stapled booklet. Tears, scuffing and dust spotting on cover and spine. with authentic photographs (illustrator).

Softcovers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1940. First edition. [iii], 42pp. Captain Bernard Acworth DSO (1885-1963) was an English submariner, writer, evangelical Christian and creationist. He published many works, including books on naval matters. The book is staple-bound in the original blue card covers with black titling on the front cover. It is in very good condition with shelf wear and light soiling to the covers. The corners of the covers are slightly curled and the staples binding the book are rusted. There is a very gentle crease running down the middle of the front cover. The contents are secure and clean with no inscription.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Very good minus copy in original stiff card wraps. Wraps lightly worn, rear panel a little grubby, contents clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1946, 1st edition, Second impression STATED, VG/GOOD+, 202 pgs, Original green cloth gilt Titled in black on Spine,Hardcover. Used: Very Good/Good+. 202 pg. Hardcover in very good condition with good+ dust jacket of white titled in Red. Dust jacket has a few small tears Wrinkling at Btm lite Soil. . Book Condition: . Very Good. Jacket Condition: . Good+. CONCLUSION , ADDEDUM ,CUCKOO IS Famous for Laying its eggs in other birds nest & having same color as their Eggs, which was known to Ancients & mentioned by Aristotle & Pliny & in Bible in Leviticus XI & Deuteronomy XIV Idiosyncratic essays on bird life, a third of this book is devoted to the cuckoo, the rest is given over to theories of flight & migration with some interesting observations about insects & winds."Whether he is right or wrong he has done ornithology a great service by bringing to the solution of old problems an entirely new approach, cuckoo?s secret & Hawk-Like Appearance, Flight Factor in Insects.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Undated Edition, circa 1940s, published during World War II. Well illustrated with many large Monochrome photos. Includes the Graf Spee sinking, Dunkirk and the Lofoten raid in Norway. Cover has Colour illus. of a Battleship. 6 3/4" Tall.

Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1937. First edition. Hardback, no DW. Original navy blue cloth, slightly worn and rubbed. Illustrated. Pages browned, edges slightly foxed otherwise a clean and sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A good to fair hardcover copy without a dustcover. The covers are tanned, marked and rubbed, especially on the spine edge, along with a little spotting on the edges of the last 5 or so pages. The text block is quite impressive with a straight spine, tight binding and clean, bright text and plates with just a few spots here and there. Please see photos.…

1st edition orig. cloth Near Fine octavo xiii + 305pp., frontis., b/w pls., plans, index, A Warning of potential problems in the face of French, German or Japanese future aggression. Cloth faded at spine o/w nice copy.