Sir Harry Brittain (58 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, some fading. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Red hardback with white ensign on front. Spine soiled and with small tear but internally overall the book is in good condition. Map endpapers. 66 lovely illustrations of Austria . Fold out map.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. London: Hutchinson, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition in original jacket. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 222 pp. with fold-out map at rear of book ("The Navy's Colossal Task of Guarding British Merchant Ships at Sea"). Illustrated with 48 photographs. Clean dustjacket is price clipped at lower corner of front inside flap, has 1/2" chip at base of spine, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red boards with black letters. FIRST EDITION. 48 illustrations. The last three books the author has written have been made possible by the use of the Ediphone (Thomas Edison). 222 pages plus 20 pages of advertisements.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1st Edition. Undated but appears 1930s. Spine, binding and cover all fine. Contents very clean and no inscription. Strong blue boards with faded spine and strong gilt on front cover. 355 pages.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st. 288pp; faded and foxed spine, elsewhere slight rubbing and fading.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Firmly bound although with a tarnished spine. Some foxing to closed edges but text pages and illustrations all good. Previous owner name and date to a blank ep. No dust jacket. Despatched same or next working day in protective packaging.

Condition: Very Good. 1949. Unknown Binding. Clean copy in red cloth. Light bumping to spine. Minor foxing to edge, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 294pp., ills., index. Some foxing to spine and text, otherwise vgc. 1st Edition, 3rd Impression.

Condition: Very Good. 1949. Unknown Binding. Clean copy in red cloth. Light bumping to spine. Minor foxing to edge, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are rubbed, marked and edge worn. Internally the pages are neat, legible and securely bound. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. the boards are a little shelf rubbed. mild foxing. ownership inscriptions. all else remains clear and presentable. binding may have been repaired. good condition [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

3rd impression, 1933. Tidy black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt school emblem on front board, possibly a rebinding. Prize bookplate on front pastedown dated 1935. Light foxing on prelims and page edges. Binding tight. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Boards are worn and marked.Repaired.Foxing.Well bound.No date.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st 1934. Vg hardback copy in orange buckram with flying-plane vignette. Antique pen inscription and ex-owner's address label on front endpaper. B&w frontispiece and photos.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Se trata de un interesante folleto con un breve texto publicado en el Windsor Magazine y con interesantes fotografías (una por cada página) de Ortiz de Echague, Kulzer, Ramis, Truyols. Creemos editado por los años 1930. 20 páginas.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Good+. Hardcover edition. Inscribed by Brittain to Eric Geddes of Imperial Airways. 294pp, small octavo hardcover in black cloth. mild wear to book boards and edges, light lean to book when flat yet binding and block remain solid, toning to endpapers and prelims, minor foxing to title and first couple pages, text clean and legible throughout. inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. ex-library. Book.

Black Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. 1st Edition. 294pp. First edition - no wrapper. Numerous b/w photographic plates ( - approx 88) illustrate the text including a frontispiece of the Prince of Wales. Light fading to the spine of the book. All four corners are bumped and there is a light bump at the head of the spine. Some slight toning to the end papers and the textblock remains clean and well preserved. A good copy.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. A long inscription to Edward Halifax from the author (but not signed) on front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st 1933. Vg hardback copy. Faded spine. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 294pp, illustrated, gift inscription by the author on endpaper, scattered foxing, mainly on page edges, text clean and binding sound, black coth, glt titles, Very Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Suede Covers. Condition: Good. Book measures 29 x 23 cm. Dark green suede [on flexible cloth] covers with gilt embossed titling:- 'Souvenir'; book is sewn along spine with blue, visible gathering. This is a collection of 34 full-page b/w [sepia tinge] photos in ruled frames - these are of Melbourne and the towns and countryside of Victoria. Title page includes 'With compliments of the Government of Victoria'. Printed to reverse of title page is Brittains name in full. The suede covers are dusty and a little grubby but appear cleanable; there is a stain to back endpaper but all plates are in very good order; no previous names or inscriptions. The seller welcomes enquiries about this scarce publication. Image supplied upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. unkown (illustrator). 1st Edition. In hardbackr Illustrated with photographs CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION BY THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY Chapter I INTO THE SKY Chapter II AT CROYDON ' Chapter III IMPERIAL AIRWAYS BEGINS Chapter I V THE ATLANTIC ROUTE Chapter V TO INDIA AND AUSTRALIA Chapter V1 THE AFRICAN ROUTE Chapter VI] ADVENTURE IN THE SKY Chapter VIII THE R.A.F. / Chapter IX BIRD'S?EYE v11~:w Chapter X YOUTH AND AVIATION _ Chapter XI INTERNATIONAL BARRIERS '" Condition Some Foxing to text block.

British journalist and Conservative politician (1873-1974). The typed text is entirely legible, but the collection is in extremely poor condition - badly damp-damaged and frayed, and with much of the menu consumed by insects. ITEM ONE: TLS, 4 May 1944, 'KIRKLANDS, | HEADLEY, HANTS.', on letterhead of the Incorporated Sales Managers' Association, one page, 4to. Green-ink signature severely faded by damp. He has returned 'after a very successful three weeks' mission with Western Command'. Regarding the Jubilee Reception at Mansion House, he would like an invitation sent to Walter Hutchinson and his wife. '[A]s he published your book, ['Poems by contemporary women', compiled by T[heodora]. Roscoe and M. W. Were, [1944]] and book publishing is somewhat analogous to newspaper publishing, I think an invitation would be appropriate'. ITEM TWO: TLS, 5 May 1945, on letterhead 'KIRKLANDS, | HEADLEY, HANTS', one page, 8vo. Rust and damp staining. He thanks her for the postcard. He will do his best 'to be with you' on the 31st. He will also try and come on 12 July. 'I am not only a great admirer of Arthur Bryant but he is, as perhaps you know, a regular and most appreciated writer for our 'Illustrated London News'." ITEM THREE: TLS, 7 October 1945, on Kirklands letterhead, one page, 4to. Frayed and with damp damage. He thanks her for 'a most interesting number of The Woman Journalist' and will 'try to foregather with you at one or other of the functions'. He is glad that his 'old friend, 'A. P. H[erbert' ' is going to address them. 'I was responsible twenty-one years ago for annexng him for a trip round the world, when I went out as Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the British Press, for the Third Imperial Press Conference at Melbourne.' Can she suggest 'any school of journalism' for a 'young girl of about sixteen - who incidentally was an evacuated child to the United States for five years' 'That excellent school - of London University - presided over by my friend Tom Clarke, has not, I think, been revived'. 'John Reid, the Scottish sculptor, has just completed a very beautiful, simple, seat, as a small memorial to my dear Lady, and I hope very shortly to have it brought across from Hertfordshire and installed in Headley churchyard.' ITEM FOUR: ALS, 'Sept 8. ' on letterhead of the Burlington Hotel, Bournemouth, two pages, 8vo. In green ink. Severely damaged by damp, with much of the text illegible. ITEM FIVE: printed menu for a 'dinner of the British International Association of Journalists', 22 April 1921, at the House of Commons. Illustration of the Houses of Parliament. Three pages, 12mo. Signed in pencil by Brittain on blank verso of the second leaf of the bifoliate. Severe entomological affliction. Image on application.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. Interesting account.= with much on Imperial Airways, Croydon etc. 294pp., ills., some foxing and a few blemishes, else vgc black boards, gilt. Presentation inscription to Percival Perry, Chairman of Ford UK, signed and dated by the author 1933. Signed Presentation Copy from.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 1st Edition. DESCRIPTION: Blue cloth Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to corners and edges. Sunned and spotted spine with chipped upper spine end. Tightly bound with lightly age toned intact endpapers and strong hinges. Lightly toned unmarked pages DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 288. Size: 8vo 20.5cm by 13.5cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. boards are edge worn and a bit faded on spine. foxing and marks. inscribed by author. contents are clean and fresh. soundly bound. fairly good condition.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Hardback. First Edition. St Marys Books is proud to present this 1933 first edition of By Air signed and inscribed by the author Sir Harry Brittain describing the book as an elite tribute to the Airmen of the Empire and dedicating it to Air Commodore Chamier an ideal man for a real Empire job Bound in black cloth with gold gilt lettering to the spine this hardback book contains ixiv and 294 pages of text peppered with black and white photographs Within the pages of this book the reader is treated to a record of the intense development and real achieements of civil aviation in Britain using primary sources and contemporary records This copy is in good condition there is some slight damage to the cloth on the spine some minor offsetting on the front free endpaper and it appears some of the images are missing and have been replaced with facsimilies By Air is looking for a new home and would make for a perfect gift for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.