Cole Christopher E F Cheesman (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good 1st Edition hardcover in about Very Good dustjacket. Cleanblue cloth boards, lightly bumped to spine ends. Fore-edge very lightly foxed. Internally, no writing or stamps. Clean, bright pages. Unclipped dustjacket lightly bumped to extremities. Spine lightly sunned. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; B&W Photographs; 0 X 0 X 0 centimeters; 496 pages. …

1984 publication with numerous B&W illustrations; tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine; dust jacket price-clipped with yellow parts of spine faded; pale foxing to top page fore-edge; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book measures 22x15cm, 485pp. Illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers navy cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, spine lithely faded. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean. A very good clean copy.…

1st Edition. Top corner of front free end paper creased, with thinning of paper; dust jacket spine little faded. Otherwise a very nice bright, clean copy Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 486 pages, 850g. Blue cloth boards, FINE in a FINE d/w with sunned spine in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue hard cover with gilt titles on spine. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. DW very good with minor edge-wear. It has been price clipped. Very slight musty odour. "The result of many years' research, this book describes fully for the first time the work of the British aircraft and aircrews charged with repelling the German day and night raiders of the First World War.".…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Standard account; an excellent reference. pp486. Illus. DW has crease on front, otherwise fine. Now in archival sleeve.

Cloth, Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Apart from the few who shot down German airships, the home defence pilots of the First World War have had far less attention than the 'aces' who flew in France, yet their task demanded comparable skill and courage. Every aircraft recorded as having taken off in response to a raid is listed, where possible with its Service number and the names of the crew. 486pp well illustrated in black and white. Size: 220x140mm.…

First Edition. First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 486pp. Putnam, Extensively illustrated with black and white photos and maps. A comprehensive account of the work of the British aircraft and aircrews charged with repelling the German day and night raiders of World War I. "Thorough research is evident in this account of the Home Defence reply to German air raids on Great Britain. "Every aircraft recorded as having taken off in response to a raid is listed, where possible with its service number and the names of the crew" [Noffsinger 537]. Chapters on all operations from December, 1914 to August, 1918, Zeppelins, Gothas, Evolution of the Night Fighter, Premature Optimism and Defense Cuts, RAF Home Defense Wings and Squadrons of November, 1918. Index includes aircraft, aerodromes, service formation and units, and people. Very fine, jacket not price clipped. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8 vo, total of 496 pp. Royal blue cloth. Square and solid, corners sharp. Clean, no names, notes. Dust Jacket has two small self healing tears on rear panel where it meets the spine. Not price clipped.

First edition, octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 486pp, illus, VG+ (dint to upper front board edge, v v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (covered in clear contact, slight creasing to edges).

In 8º (22x14,5 cm) X-486 pp. First edition: maps, diagrams and over 300 contemporary photographs. Hardcover, gilted title, dust jacket (price clipped). A very fine copy. All books are in stock in fine condition or described meticulously. Very safe packaging ***Books dated over 70 years old: ONLY SHIPPING WITHIN ITALY - please do not order if locaded abroad***.…

1st edition dust jacket Very Nice Copy 8vo. 486pp., frontis., b/w plates, diags., drawgs., appends., indexes, Putnam Aeronautical Series.