Sir Leonard E Hill (3 results)

pictorial hard cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Compilation of children?s stories, games and puzzles, probably 1920?s or 1930?s. Front cover shows a boy and a girl on donkeys at a beach. Illustrated with several colour plates and numerous black and white drawings. 220 pages G. Shelf wear and edge wear to covers with splits at top of spine where cloth spine meets boards. Some foxing and browning to paper, overall good condition.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A smart copy of this illustrated study into the development of breathing apparatus for irrespirable atmospheres. Illustrated throughout. A detailed study into the development of breathing apparatus for irrespirable atmospheres, including underwater. With a history of gas and incendiary warfare, the physiology of respiration, breathing at high altitudes, resuscitation, modern gas masks and other respiratory devices, and more. With accounts of some mine rescue and recovery operations. Written by Sir Robert Henry Davis, an English inventor and director of the Siebe Gorman company. His main invention was the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus, an oxygen rebreather that was destined to allow British submarine crews to escape when their ship started to sink. With a foreword by Sir Leonard Erskine Hill, a British physiologist. Dated from the British Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with a sticker to the front board and library ink mark to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Library bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 4to in brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, 386pp, plates in colour and (mainly) b/w, illustrations in text, index etc. Errata leaf tipped in (as issued). With substantial sections on the history of gas warfare, physiology of respiration, breathing at high altitudes, resuscitation, breathing apparatus, gas masks, mine rescue etc . [CONDITION: A well preserved FINE clean and tight unmarked copy (hint of sunning to spine, pages very slightly tanned). A nice copy ] . . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS. …