John Mackworth (20 results)

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp.

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Lite spine fade else a VG tight copy in a VG+ bright price clipped dj with lite soiling on rear panel. , 1st Edition.

Condition: Fair. 1926. First Published. 279 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to rear board. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Printing. Fair tight copy with a small hole on the lower spine. Edgeworn jacket with bottom of spine missing in mylar cover with $2.00 price. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged. Thomas Somerfield (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo. Hardcover. Light blue pictorial cloth. 1st American edition, published in England as The Menace of the Terribore. 308pp. Color frontispiece and then b&w illustrations. Gift inscription. Pieces of a couple Christmas stamps glued to front end-paper. Else very good. Dust jacket worn. Rear panel soiled. Front flap clipped at bottom, but not price-clipped. Better than it sounds.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book is bound in decorative blue boards with bright black letters on the spine & front cover with spaceship on the front cover. There is light wear on the spine tips, cover corners & along the edges of the spine. The contents are clean, bright & unmarked, the binding is tight. Colour frontispiece.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8 VO , 1ST ED , ND C 1930 S , RED CLOTH , 317 PAGES , SL RUBBED AND SL MARKED AND SL TORN DUSTWRAPPER . NO COPIES FOR SALE . SCARCE .

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Label on front endpaper, "Glen Historic Collection / Southland". Small green circular sticker on front endpaper.; This copy is number 218 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. xviii, 266, [1] pages. French flaps. Page dimensions: 238 x 170mm. Illustrations in colour and black-and-white. History, New Zealand's sub-antarctic Auckland Islands. An edition of the diaries of two officers of the Southern Whale Fishery Company. "In 1849, the Enderby Settlement, so called after its visionary founder Charles Enderby, was lauded by British politicians as a 'well judged project'. With Enderby appointed Lieutenant Governor, as the Crown's representative, and Chief Commissioner of the Southern Whale Fishery Company, the lessee of the islands, the proposed colony carried the nation's hopes of reviving its global whaling industry. History records that the ill-fated settlement was to be dissolved within three years, without attaining its ambitious goals." - from blurb on front flap.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Enderby Settlement Diaries: Records of a British Colony at the Auckland Islands 1849-1852 by William Augustus Mackworth, William John Munce. Publisher: Wild Press and Worsell Press, Wellington and Pakuranga, 1999. Numbered LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies. Near new softback. slight fading to spine, no inscriptions, minor marks. 266 Pages with illustrations. British Enderby settlement on the Auckland Islands (1849-1852) and its associated whaling venture. Charles Enderby - of Samuel Enderby & Sons, one of the most prominent English sealing and whaling firms had successfully petitioned for British government backing to establish a settlement on the Auckland Islands 'for the purpose of the whale fishery, as a station at which to discharge the cargoes and refit vessels.' Unfortunately, this island settlement experienced isolation, a storm swept climate, unproductive soil, inexperienced crews, drunkenness, and, above all, an unexpected shortage of whales. The result was that the raw colony ran into trouble and the parent company found itself facing disaster. Two special commissioners were sent to either close the venture down or move it elsewhere, and a bitter struggle developed, with Charles Enderby refusing to admit defeat and Governor Sir George Grey reluctantly becoming involved. Nevertheless, the settlement collapsed and the few Maori settlers on the islands, who had preceded and benefited from the colonists' presence, left soon after. Little trace of the colony remains, and the Auckland Islands are much as they were before Charles Enderby's arrival: uninhabited, isolated, wild, and beautiful, and now of World Heritage status. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures.; This copy is number 513 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. xviii, 266, [1] pages. French flaps. Page dimensions: 240 x 170mm. Illustrations in colour and b&w. History, New Zealand's sub-antarctic Auckland Islands. An edition of the diaries of two officers of the Southern Whale Fishery Company. "In 1849, the Enderby Settlement, so called after its visionary founder Charles Enderby, was lauded by British politicians as a 'well judged project'. With Enderby appointed Lieutenant Governor, as the Crown's representative, and Chief Commissioner of the Southern Whale Fishery Company, the lessee of the islands, the proposed colony carried the nation's hopes of reviving its global whaling industry. History records that the ill-fated settlement was to be dissolved within three years, without attaining its ambitious goals." - from blurb on front flap.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. very clean softcover. no marks. clean text. solid binding very light wear. ISBN matches listing Fast service with confirmation, no international or priority orders over 4lbs.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Illustrations by Thomas Somerfield. Frontispiece by Reginald Mills. 8vo. Light blue cloth with dark blue lettering and dark blue and ivory pictorial front board stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 308pp. Color frontispiece, 6 full-page called-for line drawings. Very good/very good. Faint binding edgewear, with spine faintly sunned; jacket lightly rubbed and mildly edgeworn, with tiny chips at head and tail of spine; endpapers age toned; front flyleaf ownership signature. Tight and nice first U.S. edition of this young adult sci-fi yarn about (to cite front jacket flap) "a marvelous machine. which burrows underground and causes terror and consternation by invading the vaults of the Bank of England." Rather scarce, especially in the colorful jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.NEAR VG HARDBACK.A TIGHT COPY OF A SCARCE NOVEL.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Second printing, February, 1927. Bumped and rubbed with a touch of fraying at the corners and spine ends. Spine cocked, front hinge cracked. A bit foxed, previous owner's gift inscription on the front free end paper. Scarce. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 319. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered black on spine and illustrated on the front cover showing the Terribore beaming a search light on two motorcyclists. In Bleiler: fantastic plot and inventions. Colour frontispiece by Reginald Mills showing the the Terribore being circled by aircraft and set alight. Illustrated in colour and b/w throughout. Slight handling wear, otherwise clean, very good plus.…

first edition. very good -fine book with white spotting, in a beautiful near fine jacket.