Wally Davies (15 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. Reprint. 216 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This Book Is A Comprehenssive Guide To The Variety Of Wildlife To Be Found In The Brisbane Area.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. Reprint. 216 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This Book Is A Comprehenssive Guide To The Variety Of Wildlife To Be Found In The Brisbane Area.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. Reprint. 216 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This Book Is A Comprehenssive Guide To The Variety Of Wildlife To Be Found In The Brisbane Area.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Foreword by Vincent Serventy. 144pp, b/w photos, nine appendices. Pictorial card cover. A practical guide for planting trees on a small or large scale in southeast Queensland and the north coast of New South Wales. The book includes a complete list of trees and shrubs native to these areas. The appendices list recommended species for a variety of situations such as creek banks, farms, streets, parks and backyards. Size: 4to.…

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 408 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 408 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 408 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 408 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 408 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Octavo,217 pp.,photographs, softcover.

Softcover. pp. 144 illusts #0919 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Softcover. Condition: VG+ (Very Good plus). A comprehensive guide including a complete guide to the terrestrial mammals with a selection of common marine mammals. Also includes snakes, lizards and frogs, more frequently seen birds, common species of fish found in creeks and a small selection of butterflies and spiders. xii, 216 p., [16] p. of col. plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. #0520 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "A Practical Guide for the many groups and individuals who are planting trees on a small or large scale in southeast Queensland and North Coast of New South Wales." Paperback, covers are lightly handled. Page edges are evenly and moderately thumbed. Some light discolouration to the page edges too. Head and tail of spine showing a little wear and tear. Binding is neat and tidy. Otherwise this book is in good condition. *We try to describe the faults of our books meticulously - they often present better than they sound. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. This is a fascinating scrapbook made up by Dudley Inventor and Aircraft Engineer Walter ( Wally ) Davies (1891-1972) the scrapbook was kept and added to between the years 1921-1970 recording his interest in air powered boats for which he used his knowledge of Aircraft design to design and build a series of "Hydrogliders" ( Airboats ) using aircraft propeller engines mounted on increasingly sophisticated and streamlined craft, designed for speed with very little draught they literally glided on the water surface at speeds up to 60mph, it is a known fact that Donald Campbell based the design of the "Bluebird" on one of Wally's Hydroglider designs. Walter Davies was born in April 1891 in Springmere Dudley, he developed a keen interest in boats and planes from an early age, and began designing and building his own aeroplanes, taking his first flight in his own hand built plane in May 1911 in Cavalry field near the Priory in Dudley to a very large assembled crowd of local people, the flight was a success. He then went on to build his own glider with a 35 foot wingspan. At the outbreak of World War One he joined the flying school at Billesley in Birmingham, and then went on to Bournemouth designing aircraft for the War. Once the war was over he set about designing and building his own Hydrogliders ( Airboats ) taking advantage of the surplus supply of aero engines to utilise them in his ever improving designs for his Air Driven Craft. He tested his Hydrogliders out on the River Severn where he was able to travel at remarkable speeds gliding over the water , often taking long trips up and down the river, much of this was recorded in local newspapers of the day, Wally also wrote his own articles in "The Motor Boat" magazine and other publications. He was also filmed on a number of occasions for Pathe News, some of that footage can now be seen on YouTube. With the help of a wealthy Dudley businessman he obtained the finances to set up his own company producing and manufacturing Hydrogliders for sale to the general public, having a number of different designs available, using his own workshop at his home in Aston Road Dudley, in 1934 he had his own stand at the Olympia Motor Car & Boat Show promoting his Hydroglider ( Airboat ) Company, also having own Hangers to house his craft near the river Severn at Bewdley. Wally also designed much larger passenger carrying Hydrogliders at over 40 feet in length which could carry up to ten people seated in comfort. later in life he had diversified to designing motor boats for a company based in Kingswinford. after his retirement he was a passenger onboard the world's first Hovercoach service operated by British United Airways in 1962 the certificate to prove this is in the scrapbook, also a trip in an early Passenger carrying Hydrofoil craft in 1964, he spent his retirement making models of Hovercraft and ships until his death in 1972 THE SCRAPBOOK his scrapbook charts his work with Hydrogliders right from the beginning in 1921 through till his death with the last article from December 1970, and is packed with newspaper clippings, articles for various magazines, many authored by Wally himself, and dozens of fabulous photographs showing the various long distance river trips, including some great photos at the Ironbridge in Shropshire while taking a passenger Hydroglider on a trip from Bewdley to Shrewsbury, and other photos of the many beautiful streamlined craft designs, also his workshop, his stand at the Motor and Boat Show at Olympia in London, the Davies Hydroglider hangers at Bewdley, etc, accompanied with handwritten notes, the album measures 14 inches by 11 inches approx. and runs to seventy four used pages, and contains over one hundred and twenty photographs, many of them professionally taken shots the album has the used look of a book that was in constant use for nearly fifty years, but is in good solid condition, with some browning and staining Dudley is historically par. Inscribed by Author(s).…

4'' x 7'' Autograph book. Each page details whether the signature is genuine, and if so, where and when it was acquired, the book also contains a number of copy signatures. Small newspaper clippings and, or, colour cigarette cards accompany each page. The Jack Hobbs signature states: 'Nothing succeeds like character, J. B. Hobbs, April 1930' the comments to this page state that this was acquired from Jack Hobbs own shop, 59 Fleet Street, London. The Harold Larwood signature was obtained from Gamages, Holborn, in the nets. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Cricket].…