Flight Howard (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60069855: 1989. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 207 pages. Illustré de nombreux graphiques en noir et blanc dans le texte. Tranche légèrement passée. Nombreuses annotations au dos du premier plat et quelques unes dans le texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards, black title lettering to the maroon cloth spine. Thick quarto 9½'' x 7ĵ''. Contains 248 printed pages of text with 4 colour plates and 4 monochrome plates on coated paper. Contains four stories by Captain W. E. Johns. Cheap paper browning to the margins, marginal stain to the frontispiece, top front corner is worn through to the boards, rubbing to the spine ends and corners and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. JOHNS, Captain W. E.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Howard Leigh and Stanley Orton Bradshaw (illustrator). A lovely collection of heroic tales for children from W.E. Johns and fellow writing air veterans, inspired by their own service during the First World War. A charming collection of tales about heroic fighter aces, written by air veterans W.E. Johns, George E. Rochester and William Hansboro. Published in 1938, only two years before the Battle of Britain.In the publisher's original pictorial paper boards with a red cloth spine. A frontispiece of The Gloster 'Gauntlet' fighter plane by Stanley Orton Bradshaw, as well as three other colour illustrations, four monochrome illustrations, and numerous woodcut illustrations by both Bradshaw and Leigh. Collated complete.Most famous for creating fighter hero 'Biggles', W.E. Johns has teamed up with Rochester and Hansboro to offer more daring adventures inspired by their service during the First World War. Alongside Leigh and Bradswhaw's illustrations, the tales are brilliant for portraying the brave actions of aces, as well as the life-threatening challenges they had to endure. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally, smart, with the occasional minor scratch to boards. Marginal fading to the spine. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with signs of shelf wear to extremities. End papers are clean, with rare spot to extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound, with signs of wear to hinge between leaf p.76 and 'Reconnaisance' plate. Pages are bright and clean, with occasional browning to top of leaves. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Howard Leigh; Stanley Orton Bradshaw (illustrator). First edition. Two smart air and flying annuals from "Flight-Lieutenant", featuring stories by popular adventure novelist Captain W. E. Johns. Including the first editions of 'Ace High' (1936) and 'Air Stories' (1938)In the publisher's quarter cloth binding, with illustrated boards.Both volumes are illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, four monochrome plates and numerous in-text drawings.Collated, complete.Two inspiring collections of aviation stories, with contributions from 'Biggles' author Captain W. E. Johns, fellow WWI veteran-author George E. Rochester, "Vigilant" (Claud W. Sykes), and one by William Hansboro.Featuring six Biggles stories from 'Biggles Flies Again'. In the publisher's quarter cloth binding, with illustrated boards. Externally, 'Ace High' is very smart, with only mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. 'Air Stories' is more worn, with a couple cracks to the front board and marks to the spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned, but generally clean, with the occasional spots largely concentrated to the first and last few leaves and to the borders of plates. With contemporary gift inscriptions to both front free endpapers. Contemporary Christmas sticker to front free endpaper of 'Ace High'. Very Good. book.

Disbound. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Leigh, Howard; W. E. Johns; Stanley Orton Bradshaw (illustrator). First Edition. No date (c. 1936) . 248 pages + b& w frontis + 3 b&w plates + 5 of 6 colour plates. Dimensions: 9" by 7". NB: condition. Front board detached. Rear board missing. Spine missing. Pencil scribbles on inside of front board. The frontis illustration is by Howard Leigh. Two of the other b&w plates are by Howard Leigh and the third is by W. E. Johns ("Johns") . The b&w plate by Johns has moderate creasing and several 1" tears in the margins. Of the 5 colour plates, the first two are by Stanley Orton Bradshaw. The other three have no artist's name. Some are possibly by W. E. Johns? One of the other three plates is titled "The Camels are Coming", which was the titel of W. E. Johns first book. The missing sixth plate is titled "The Duel". Some of the colour plates are in fair condition only as someone has traced over the outlines of the images creating indentations in the paper. 1" chip missing in one plate. 2" marginal tear and several 3/8" tears in one plate. Rubber school stamp on title page. Occasional pen marks or small stains. Moderate browning to pages throughout. The front board is very worn with chips and heavy rubbing. This book is a collection of 11 short stories, of which 3 are by W. E. Johns. One of these three stories is a Biggles story ("The Ace of Spades") . ; 8vo.

Condition: Fine. A 48 star American Flag measure 8" x 12" that accompanied Howard Hughes on his "Around the World Flight" in July of 1938. Fine The flag was from the estate of Albert I Lodwick, the flight operations manager for Hughes during this feat. Additionally included is a 7 1/4" x 9" black and white gelatin silver photograph of Hughes posed with John S Lodwick, Albert Lodwick and Chicago Mayor Edward Kelly after the famed trip. Signed by Howard Hughes next to Kelly's. Light stain at the base of the photograph. Flag is fine. Rare.