Hamilton Mr John A (7 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Third printing, 1987. Solid binding with reading creases to spine and light shelf wear to wraps. Previous owner's name written on FFEP. Text and images unmarked. 320pp.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

First edition thus (per matching dates upon title and copyright pages but reprinting stories first published in Blackwood's Magazine). [8], 268 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L14.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some soiling; spine panel toned with short tearing and chipping at head; spine heel nicks with flap fold ends worn; toning to flaps. Blue boards; white discoloration to rear board; bumping to spine ends and board corners. Text block edges toned; light staining to fore-edge. Some toning/soiling to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy in a very good- dust jacket. With Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Dermot A. Boyle and seventeen stories/essays: "Fledgelings: Early Flying Experiments and Experiences" by The Hon. Alan Boyle; "Early Days in the R.F.C." by John Mackworth; "The Last of the Zeppelins" by C.S. Iron; "Dawn Flight" by M.O.W. Miller; "Per Ardua Ad-Terram" by 'Cocles'; "Portrait of a Night Fighter" by Douglas Reekie; "Watery Return" by Victor MacClure; "With a Fighter Squadron in Malta" by Lord David Douglas-Hamilton; "Coned" by 'Nosmo'; "A Taranto Diary" by M.R. Maund; "Atlantic Ferry" by E.C. Palmer; "Operation 'Co-operation'" by 'Won-tolla'; "The Ways of a Walrus" by 'Griff'; "The Last Flight of Hastings TG.574" by 'Nosmo'; "Faster than Sound" by A.G.D.; "Playing with Time" by M.D.L. and A.G.D.; and "The Taxpayer's Money" by Brian J. Haimes. In 1967 Blackwood published a follow-up volume of other aviation stories selected from their monthly magazine.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid engraved portrait, printed in circa 1837. Plate Size Approx 10 x 7 Ins, 25 x 20 Cms. Engraved size approx 5 x 3 Ins, 13 x 8 Cms. Mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase an attractive and decorative engraved portrait. By John Paton Kay (illustrator).…

Hardcover. First Edition. Bound in contemporary sheep leather with a gilt-lettered black morocco spine label; 671 pages. The First Edition of this classic in which the authors of each essay were identified by name. Comprises 85 political essays, most written by Hamilton, all but the last 8 of which were first published in newspapers in New York in an effort to convince New York to approve the ratification of the Federalist Constitution. Also contains much additional material including the preface by Jacob Gideon as well as anonymous Hamilton letters written as "Pacificus" and the responses and corrections prepared by Madison to the McLean edition of 1810. Owner signature on the title page dated 1872 of James B[lack] Groome, Governor of Maryland from 1874 to 1876 and a member of the United States Senate representing Maryland from 1879 to 1885. HOWES H-114: "most famous and influential American political work"; SABIN 23985 [Washington imprint only]. Text evenly darkened with some foxing and staining. Old rebacking with a newer front board, front hinge a tad tender but firm. Very Good.…