J W Halley (57 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover with dust jacket. The text is clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear with minor rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing, scuffing. Ex library book with the usual library markings. Presented with clear Mylar book jacket cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…

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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Clean text, few breaks in the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Editiion. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover.near fine/VG lightly worn DJ top edge Free of any markings and no writing. For Additional Information or pictures, Please Inquire.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition, Very Good+ dust jacket Small open tear in lower front dj edge. 4to 11" to 13" tall. 151 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 151 pages; 7 1/2 x 10" Edited by Charles W. Cain. Jacket edges and corners are worn; two 1" tears on rear jacket bottom edge; jacket in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Blue boards, pristine, sharp and square, As New. Protected, price unclipped, dust jacket clean and bright. As New. Book is firm in binding, b&w historic photographs, 152 pages include Index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 152 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (w/dj)A clean tightly bound hardcover copy. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and edges of the dust jacket and lightly bumped corners. A really nice copy overall.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition 1978, first printing, matching copyright and printing dates, no additional printings listed. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition as new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights no bent pages, not a reminder. DJ very good plus, one closed tear at rear top edge and very slight wear at spine ends, Price Not clipped. 4to, 152 pages, illustrated throughout with historic images and drawings. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Blue boards hardcover bright and clean. Book firm in binding. Protected price unclipped dustjacket Very Good with a taped tear at top of spine. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white illustrations. Free of markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Photographs and color illustrations ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 152 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1978 PB Ed.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good- dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket, including a few tears. Corners of flaps are slightly clipped, not price clipped. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with 150 photographs and 16 pages of color plates. ; 9.80 X 7.50 X 0.60 inches; 152 pages.…

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Ziff Davis Flying Books, 1978. 4to., 7 1/2" x 10", 152pp., illus 150 b/w photos and 16 pages of color plates. Blus cloth with gilt titles. Very good in good dust jacket with chipping and loss at the edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, no dj. Ex-library, with usual markings, but otherwise bright and clean.

Condition: Fine. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1981. I- 392; II- (3)[fold-out maps] p. Hardbound with Dust Jackets. Some surface shelfwear to the DJs. Cloth boards and interior pages are bright and clean. 15 b&w plates in volume 1. Maps in volume 2 are fine. A nice solid set. 2 Volumes are Fine/Near Fine.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. 152pp/illus with color profiles of a/c. The evolution of fighters and their equipment. The development of defence systems against aerial bombardment and the integration of fighters into such systems. The effects of experience gained in early campaigns on the future development of fighter design and their equipment. Naval fighters and their contribution to sea power. Problems of supply and logistic support for fighter operations. Clean.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, somewhat dust-dulled and edge-nicked dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 156-157. Physical description; 2 v. (392 p., 15 p. of plates) : ill., maps, facsims, port ; 23 cm. Notes; Vol. 2 consists of 3 maps in portfolio. Contents; Volume 2 consists of a portfolio of maps. Subjects; Halley, Edmond 1656-1742 Travel. Paramore (Ship). Scientific expeditions History 18th century. Geomagnetism Atlantic Ocean. Tides English Channel. Cartography Great Britain Early works to 1800. Thrower, Norman J. W. 1919-2020. Hakluyt Society. Cambridge University Press. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 156-157. Physical description; 392 p. Subjects; Halley, Edmond (1656-1742) Travel Atlantic Ocean. Paramore (Ship). Scientific expeditions Atlantic Ocean History 17th century. Geomagnetism. Tides. Atlantic Ocean Discovery and exploration British. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. 8vo. 392pp. B/w. illustrations. Original light blue cloth. Navy d/w. with light green title patch to upper wrapp. and to spine, rubbed to edges, spine slightly faded. Second series No.156.Ex-libris Andrew David. ISBN 0904180026 US$15.

Cloth. Condition: Fine (-). Dust Jacket Condition: VG (+). First Edition. 151 numbered pp +1; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red spatter f.e. Cover: blue, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, blue/white/gray, planes front/back, white/black titles front, black titles spine; v lt edge/shelfwear, sm scrapes back, red paint spatter f.e. and back near f.e. "Many hitherto unpublished and rare photographs.".…

1st edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. 392pp. 14 b/w. illustrations, 2 maps 3 folding maps in hardback folder. Original light blue cloth. Navy d/ws. with light green title patch to upper wrapp. and to spine, slightly rubbed. Second series No.156 and 157. ISBN 0904180026 US$17.

Hardcover. 8VO, 21.5cm, 392p., with 15 illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index, light blue cloth, gilt spine titles & cover logos, a fine copy. (Tr). Commanding HMS Paramore, Edmund Halley undertook what are considered the first sea journeys for purely scientific purposes; the first two voyages were to test his geomagnetical theories, the third to investigate tidal phenomena.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 156-157. Physical description; 392 p. Subjects; Halley, Edmond (1656-1742) Travel Atlantic Ocean. Paramore (Ship). Scientific expeditions Atlantic Ocean History 17th century. Geomagnetism. Tides. Atlantic Ocean Discovery and exploration British. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. private library liquidation shelf wear. Blue cloth hard stamped. Cloth has some light fading. Dj has some shelf, edge, corner wear, book rubbed.

Hardcover. 392p., maps (folded, smallish) and illustrations as called for, with pocketed maps (all three, folded, large) in a separate binding, each casebound item Hakluyt-style: medium-blue cloth boards gilt and blind, in dust jacket. Corner-tips slightly turned, light foxing to top edge of textblock, and rolling to the slim spine of the "portfolio", these the sole and only flaws we see, pace a minute ding to the margin of one of the large charts, and mild edgewear to dust jackets. The pair, very good to near fine. Second series nos. 156, 157. FYI, "The journal of the third voyage is here published for the first time. The work also contains well over one hundred documents relating to the voyages, many published for the first time".…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Name sticker not used to inside cover. Slight wear to edges of D/J. The author develops this theme from the first fitment of armament to the primitive scouts to the complex weapons of 1970-80s. This book is a work of great lucidity so that the essentials many be grasped by the newcomer and recalled for the dedicated student of military aviation. Not least, for the connoisserus of military aircraft photographs, James Halley has truly delved into the archives and has come up with many hitherto unpublished and rare pictures. Illustrated with 150 photographs and 16 pages of colour plates. 152 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Printing. -; Fine in Fine dust jacket.