Published by E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd, 1924
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1924. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to rear hinge causing board to be loose but still attached. Binding throughout remains firm with all pages attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions and paper worn away to front pastedown. Small holes to front endpaper. Water staining to pastedowns and edges of first few pages. Faint thumb-marking to some pages. Brown spots to gutters of some pages. Text is unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Dent to top corner of front board with water staining and white marking. Fraying to spine ends and corners. Book has a slight forward lean.
Published by E. & F. Spon, LTD, London, 1938
Seller: Shadyside Books, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1938. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. 224p. Written by Pyotr Shilovsky, President of the Gyroscopic Society of Petrograd, & inventor of the Gyrocar.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 224p hardback, brown cloth with black titles and ruled border to front board and head and foot of spine, excellent copy, some foxing to title page otherwise very clean and fresh, binding firm, very scarce copy of the 'cheaper re-issue' Language: English.