Commander Burney (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1878. Trübner & Co. A Very Scarce and Highly Collectible Hardback in Good- condition. "Eighth Edition - Revised and Corrected. With 200 Illustrations and 16 Sheets of Signals Corrected to Date". Publisher's original blue boards with faded but readable gilt lettering to spine. Wear and crushing to spine ends and corners. Edgewear. Rubbing & marks to boards. Spine faded. Dust toning and general toning to page block, and two tiny ink (?) spots to page block. Foxing/toning to endpapers. One page loose but still present. Edges of approx. 12 pages have small nicks and tears. Name of previous owner neatly in ink on front pastedown. Name of original bookseller (?) in tiny printed letters on front pastedown. Most of the points raised above are of course Age Related. Fit for rebinding. Overall this is a readable and highly collectible treasure of a book, Very Scarce and in Good- condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FULL PAGE & AMONG TEXT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 7.5 x 5 INCHES WITH 39 + 591 PAGES. WEAR AT TOP OF SPINE WITH A FEW MINOR MARKS TO CLOTH BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, NAME & DATE TO FRONT ENDPAPER, OLD BOOKSELLERS STAMP TO TITLE PAGE, VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES, VERY OCCASIONAL PENCIL NOTE TO MARGINS. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, i-xxiii, 356 pp, black and white frontispiece of the R101 , 30 black and white plates, 2 maps, original blue cloth with propeller designs in gilt on the spine. George Allen and Unwin Ltd label covering Alfred A Knopf on the title page, George Allen and Unwin being the UK distributor for the book. A very good bright copy of a scarce title which contains much information on the R101 and other airships.