John Blacker (73 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. All orders are dispatched within one working day from our UK warehouse. We've been selling books online since 2004! We have over 750,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.

Condition: Very Good. New/unused condition with small scuffs and scratches to the dust jacket. The content is in new condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light wear only. Internally Very Good - clean and tidy copy in tight binding. Uclipped dust wrapper has now been fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 752g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. ; pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 321 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome photographs throughout. Just a little foxing to the upper closed edges. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0850527295 FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Various (illustrator). 112 pages. 10.25x6.75x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. John Moodie (illustrator). Squarish octavo, softcover, near fine in black pictorial wraps. 48 pp. with tri-color illustrations from the 60's. clean, unmarked. Why does water turn to ice when it gets very cold? Why can an airplane go through the air without falling? Why is it always dark in outer space? Scientists know why. You will know too- when you read this wonderful book of real science.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. This offer contains two publications by J G Blacker: The Use of Nidderdale Marble and other Crinoidal Limestones in Fountains Abbey, and The Stone Industry of Nidderdale (17pp). Both are in very good condition though the first is faded on the spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 76 pp. Light wear. The cover features the village blacksmith of Steeple Ashton in Wiltshire. This issue contains: Characters from Charles Dickens: Scrooge and Bob Cratchitt by Ronald Embleton; Tragedy of The Christmas Carol by Mary L. Stollard; Miss Mary's Christmas Cards by Kirkland Bridge; The Spirit of Christmas Past by T. C. Hudson; Christmas Reflections by Joan Board; Stilton Cheese Fairs by Trudy Blacker; The Origin of Candlemas by Mary W. Findlay; My English Home by George T. O'Bey; English Craftsmen: The Cheese Miller by John A. Tarlton; The Saga of Grace Darling by Nicholas Armstrong Collingwood; Northumbrian Fishing Villages by C. R. Denton; The Canals of England by M. G. Lavender; and All Quiet Along the Towpath by Gerald Hawke; along with many other features and columns. Size: 4to. Book.

Super octavo hardcover (G+, scruffy: spine shakey, segments lost, cracked, viewing glasses in pocket at rear): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: Very Good. 2 Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. German language. 11.10x7.40x1.18 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No marks or highlighting in the book. Our copy is hardback, no dust jacket, showing shelf-wear.

Condition: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Boards. Edited by John Blacker (illustrator). pp xii, 321, Index, b/w plates, orig boards, fine in like d.j. Thoughts and recollections of a Guards officer, including previously unpublished letters by George Bernard Shaw and Rudyard Kipling.

299 (3) Seiten, mit vielen fotografischen Kunstdrucktafeln. - Bibliophiler handgebundener Halbledereinband der Zeit über 3 erhabene Bünde mit dezenter Rückenvergoldung und goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, die Buchdeckel mit konstruktivistisch anmutendem Lininenmuster in Schwarz, Altrosa und Weiß; 8vo.(ca. 22,5 x 16 x 4 cm). *** 1. DEUTSCHE AUFLAGE, im exklusiven Privateinband. - Kanten der Buchdeckel leicht berieben, ansonsten tadelloses Exemplar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition, First Thus. Stated First American Edition. Text/Bright, clean As New. Gilt embossed black linen boards/VG; Strong & sound w/light rubs to corner tips & upper/lower spine, and fading to spine. DJ/None. PO label to front cover verso, and name & date to fEP. Photographs of the two participating Westland aircraft to endpapers. Frontispiece: Photo taken 100 feet above Everest. Chronology of the Everest Flight precedes text. Aircraft used were the original PV-6 prototype, registered G-ACBR (and also known as the Houston-Wallace) along with the Westland PV-3 G-ACAZ. Both airplanes were modified to inclued heating and oxygen equipment, fully enclosing the rear cockpits and using highly supercharged Bristol Pegasus IS.3 engines. Text, supported by photos, in 10 chapters: I, The Challenge of Everest!; II, Strategy & Preliminary Tactics; III, Final Tactics & Objectives; IV, The Flight to Indian; V, Flights Across India; VI, Nepal, Land of Mystery & Contrasts; VII, The Flying House-Party at Purnea; VIII, The Great Adventure; IX, The Flight Over Kangchenjunga; and, X, The Second Assault of Mout Everest. 3 appendices follow: I, Oxygen, Special Masks & Clothing; II, Duties of the Observers; and, III, The "Bristol" Pegasus S.3 Engine. Fine copy less dust jacket.

paperback. Condition: New. New. book.

Laminated Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Laminated Card. Very Good. First Edition. 7 " x 10 1". pages 124, some of the chapters in this book are: the ethical dimensions of police work, corruption, dirty Harry/dirty hands. The first lecture the study of ethics attempts to help the student understand how such discussion (ethics) (philosophy) can be relevant to police work.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Hardcover without dw. Ex university library book with usual markings, no underlinings, a few dogeared pages and bumped corners; text block internally clean. Good reading copy. Heavy book may require extra postage. 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in blue cloth binding. B&W photographs, 2 maps, charts and one anaglyph 3D photograph with 3D view in pocket at back of book. Condition: wear, soiling & rubbing to binding; corners bumped with minor fraying; else a good, tight copy. Pages: xix, 279.

Soft Cover/Stiched. Condition: Very Good. Unstated. Text/VG; Near New w/faint margin discoloration. Illustrated soft cover/NF. No publication date; Preface dated 1933. Adventur/expedition. Chronicle of the first successful flight over Everest. The early 1930's marked a historic era of aviation 'firsts'. Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing and Byrd's reach to the poles sparked the race to fly over Everest. This is the story of how England earned that fame. Funded by Lady Houston, the acheivement is known as the Houston-Mount Everest Expedition. 10 chapters: I, First Over Everest; II, Preliminary Steps in Technical Planning; III, Oxygen on the Everest Flight; IV, Air Photographic Survey; V, The Flight to India; VI, Nepal; VII, The Flight to Everest; VIII, The Flight Over Kangchenjunga & the Second Flight to Everest; IX, Filming the Flight; and, X, The Authors' Appreciation of Those Who Contributed to the Success of the Expedition, followed by 2 appendices, the 2nd of which describes the "Bristol" Pegasus S.3 Engine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 264 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly rubbed; spine ends bumped. Illust. from b/w photos. Contents nice.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good, approaching Near Fine; see scans and description. Chicago: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, 1985. The November, 1985 issue of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Anita Kunz cover art. The famous and historic Doomsday Clock - shown on each cover since 1947, two years after the publication's inception - here shows the time to be just 3 minutes of midnight as of late 1985. That's about as close as it had been to that point. Quarto, illustrated staple-bound wraps, 57 pp. A stout Very Good; subscriber's label at front cover, faint age-toning at perimeter of the white covers; no other exterior flaws, and the interior is quite literally as new and immaculate. See scans. Firmly bound, contents bright, tipped-in cardstock offers remain untouched. A sturdy example; see all scans. Established in 1945 by biophysicist Eugene Rabinowitch and physicist Hyman Goldsmith in response to a correctly-perceived demand for nuclear information at the time by the general public, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is without doubt the most historically significant non-technical publication on the subject of "'global security and public policy issues related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change,[2] and emerging technologies and diseases". Hence - a geopolitical instrument that became more than a nuclear watchdog. Feature articles in this now-vintage 1987 issue: U.S.-Soviet Summit (11th); Weapons Design Impedes Test Ban; Spent Nuclear Fuel and Waste; Gorbachev's Policy Innovations; Sea Provocations; Les Aspin; Pugwash Council . More, of course. A more-activist-than-average issue. Contributors include Harrison Brown (Editor); William M. Arkin; John Isaacs; Hugh E. DeWitt; Gerald E. Marsh; Coit D. Blacker; Archie Brown; Alan B. Sherr; Sidney N. Graybeal; Michael Krepon; Jack N. Barkenbus; Alvin M. Weinberg; Marcelo Alonso; William F. Lawless; Paul Good. Very scarce as the original monthly softcover issue. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR44.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first edition as stated. 7 x 10 in. 264 pp. Gray cloth boards with gilt medallion. Photo endpapers. Lavish B&W photo plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean but front board has some foxing/toning at edges. Spine mildly toned. Corners and spine ends bumped, minimal shelf wear. Binding tight. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Text clean and unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; very clean, toning to edges and spine, large chips at front upper corner and spine head. Not clipped ($3.50) In a new Mylar wrapper. Expl. RGR.

First edition. 8vo. Purple cloth with decorative blind stamp on the upper cover, and red lettering on the spine. A good only copy with fading to the spine and top edge, and damage to the lower front corner. Book plate on the front pastedown and Christmas gift inscription on the free front end paper. Sixty-one photographs, maps and diagrams including a fold out map, double page photographs and a pair of 3D Glasses in rear pastedown pocket for viewing the Anaglyph on p.222. An account of the first flight over Mount Everest in 1933. The two aircraft involved were biplanes, a Westland PV-6 and a Westland PV-3, both of which were modified to enclose the Observer positions but retained the open pilot cockpits, and contained only enough fuel for fifteen minutes of flight. The book details the pilots relying on basic oxygen equipment and animal skins for warmth, and, to reduce the weight, the parachutes were removed. The main aircraft contained a Eagle III Williamson aerial camera, the photos documented in this book. The film, Wings Over Everest, won an Oscar in Hollywood in 1934, based on the expedition detailed here.

2. (Southhampton, University of Southhampton, ca 1993), in-4°, ca 40 pp, sewn, orig.wrapper, 26 coloured ills, text in French and English.

Two vintage black-and-white British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1962 US film. A relatively unknown low-budget jungle film, the only film credit for director Jack Warner, Jr., son of the then-head of Warner Brothers Studios. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with one with pinholes at the corners, one with a short closed tear.