Robert Scharff Walter S Taylor (8 results)

HARD BACK TEAL. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: GOOD DJ. minor foxing to top of front cover and to rear. gold gilt lettering to spine. clean endpapers. contains an advertisement for The Jungle Restaurant, Bar and Dance to front endpapers. pages are very clean. black and white photographic illustrations. DATE PUBLISHED: 1968 EDITION: 310. …

Presumed first edition (no direct edition/printing statement provided). [10], 310 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket rubbed with some chipping and soiling/stains; front flap is not price-clipped and with "568" (date code for May 1968) at bottom left. Aquamarine cloth. Foxing to text block's top edge and fore-edge. Past owner's ink signature at top of front free endpaper; interior foxing mostly affecting b/w plates with slight occurrences at text leaves' top margins which are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Aviation, History, Biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Solid first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. Neatly penned previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. No other marks. Illustrated with historical photographs. 310 pages with Index. Clean jacket has two very tiny chips at top spine edge, is not price clipped. The dramatic story of the dashing aviation pioneer, Glenn Curtiss. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK IN JACKET 1968. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Jacket has some edge wear. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 429.3. Over Land and Sea. A Biography of Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The Dramatic story of the Great Aviation Pioneer by Robert Scharff & Walter S. Taylor. …

Association copy of George A. Page Jr. - Early Bird club member. Page had his first solo flight at Long Island in 1913. Page's signature in ink on flyleaf with two of his small address labels on title page. Probably a first edition. 8vo. Light blue boards stamped in gilt. Two sections of B&W photos printed on slick paper. 10 chapters. viii, 310 pages. Index. Gift note dated Feb. 1971 on flyleaf otherwise clean. Tighty bound. Dust jacket. Very good/ Very good.…

Leineneinband. Glenn Hammond Curtiss (* 21. Mai 1878 in Hammondsport, New York; 23. Juli 1930 in Buffalo) war ein amerikanischer Rennfahrer, Luftfahrtpionier, Pilot und Unternehmer Curtiss erhielt die erste Pilotenlizenz, die in den USA ausgestellt wurde (Auszug aus Wikipedia). M.zahlr.Abb.a.Bildtaf. VII, 1 Bl., 310 S. 21 x 14 cm. Blaugrüne OLwd.m.silbergepräg.Rtit.m.bebild.OSchutzumschl. Schutzumschlagränder ber.u.m.kl.Randläsuren,Schutzumschlagvorderseite m.2 fachm.hinterlegten Einrissen; Kopfschn.des Buches ger.fl.,sonst Buch sehr gut erhalten. 570 Gramm. …