Edward Lanchbery (119 results)

Condition: Good. 1964. First edition thus. 380 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light r…

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. With covers as iconic as their stories, each nonfiction title from Pan books is a truly unique experience! With subjects ranging from war memoirs and biographies, culture studies, gardening and cookery, you?re bound to find a vintage book in this series to pique your interest! This copy of Again…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Reissue. G, Edgewear, tears, chips, creases, abrasion, soiling to rear cover, thumb-size stain to inner front cover, browning. 'Brilliant research & personal bravery went to solve the barrier to progress'. Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Panther No. 516. Cover by Gordon. Photos o…

Condition: Good. 1953. 2nd Edition. 117 pages. No dust jacket. Black 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards hav…

Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xv + 421 pp. Good+, with light wear to covers and neat former-owner bookplate; in a Good+, full-color illustrated, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes light chipping. From dust jacket: .Here is a book to be dipped into again and again for its tales of high adventu…

Condition: Good. 1954. Second Edition. 120 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. 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 we…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust jacket with nicks. Beaumont (1920-2001) was a jet engine test pilot who flew the first English Electric P.1 and flew the Canberra jet bomber through its paces. His flying career took in the Battle for France and the Battle of Britain with Hurricanes, then tested the Typhoon before taking on the f…

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition first edition…

Condition: Good. 1954. Second Edition. 120 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End papers are more notably tanned. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Sil…

Condition: Good. 1958. First Published. 116 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Black and white photographic plates. Light tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is very…

Condition: Good. 1954. Sixth edition. 129 pages. Pictorial jacket over dark cloth. Black and white photographs and diagrams. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. All diagrams are coloured in, but the photographs ar…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Edition. 120pp, with monochrome illustrations throughout. Blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering on the spine (boards a little rubbed around lower edge, rounded at spine ends). The front free endpaper has been neatly removed, else internally neat, clean, bright…