Observers Book Basic Aircraft (38 results)

Condition: good. Punnett, Dennis (illustrator). A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

Condition: Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow paper covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Very Good. 1968. Reprinted. 271 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over apricot cloth. Black and white photographs and silhouettes by Dennis Punnett. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards with minimal shelf wear. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some mild rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition with wear and markings, ex-library.

Condition: Good. 1967. No Edition Stated. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. 1967. No Edition Stated. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1968. Reprinted. 272 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow paper covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to all panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. with silhouettes by Dennis Punnett (illustrator). Jacket is price clipped, there are tears, creases, scuffing and dust spotting on it.

Condition: Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End papers are more notably tanned. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.

Light Grey Cloth. Condition: Very Good +(AVERAGE). No Jacket. Silhouettes By Dennis Punnett (illustrator). 1967 Edition. Front Free Endpaper Missing.Please Email for further details or Direct Enquiries Tel : 01822 810108 Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Condition: Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Grey paper covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Duodecimo hardcover (VG- minor insect damage); 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 costs.

Condition: Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow paper covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Tape marking to endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Water marking to bottom edges. Sticker residue to front flap. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Silhouettes by Dennis Punnett (illustrator). Good book only school library stamps and previous owners name and sticker to paste down and FEP. Book in grubby grey covers with red titles to front and spine, a little wear to spine ends. Internally tanning to end papers, some small pen marks to pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Observer's Book of Basic Aircraft - Civil - Observer's Book No. 38. Printer's code: 587.367 which I believe indicates that the book was printed in March 1967. The book was not reprinted but carried two states of the jacket - this copy being the second state with mention of The Observer's Book of Aircraft 'next edition 1968' on the back panel. The book was superseded by 'The Observer's Basic Civil Aircraft Directory' in 1974. Fully illustrated with a monochrome photograph of each aircraft type and silhouettes by Dennis Punnett. ***Near fine in light-grey textured boards with dark-red titles to the spine and front board. The covers are clean and unmarked, with just some light browning to the top edges. No creases or tears. Corners sharp. No bumps. Page block edges nice and clean. No reading lean to the binding. Internally the book is also near fine - extremely clean with no inscriptions or annotations. Printed by lithography on matt-finish paper. No marks. No creases. No cracking to the binding. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price but with a publisher's 7/- net reprice sticker over the printed price. The dustwrapper is largely complete with just slight loss at the top of the spine, and with some rubbing and creasing at the extremities, commensurate with age and handling. Small nicks and closed tears to the top edges, but no serious chips. There is a light stain at the bottom outer corner of the back panel, a small light stain to the centre of the spine, and small stain at the bottom of the front foldover flap (please see scans). No browning to the spine - just light fading to the red titles. ***147mm x 95mm. 272 pages including a detailed four-page Index of Aircraft Types at the back of the book. ***'The most compact reference source to the entire spectrum of today's civil aircraft for pocket or bookshelf, this volume of "The Observer's Basic Book of Aircraft" illustrates and describes all the most important airliners, executive transports, feederliners, agricultural and utility aircraft, sports and touring light planes, and commercial helicopters. For the first time in a book of this size comparison silhouette drawings are provided to enable differing versions of one basic aircraft design to be readily compared, and in addition to well over 400 individual drawings and 135 photographs, this volume offers a tremendous wealth of information concerning the characteristics and history of each type and, in the case of airliners, lists the principal operators currently employing the individual aircraft type.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A first printing of the true first edition, published in 1967, in very nice collectable condition, in the original dustwrapper. Whilst the Observer's books from this period are not uncommon, many of the books were handled by children and consequently show a lot of wear and tear. They can prove to be quite hard to track down now in nice condition in the original dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Archival repairs to d/w; duodecimo hardcover (VG- torn at gutter) 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 costs.

Condition: Good. 1967. No edition remarks. 272 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over duck egg cloth. Black and white photographs and diagrams. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some mild tanning and foxing to all surfaces.

Condition: Good. 1968. Reprinted. 272 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey paper covered boards. Black and white photographs illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Tape marking to endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Sticker to front flap.

Textured Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dennis Punnett (illustrator). First Edition. The Observer's Pocket Series 39 First edition, 272pp, illustrated with silhouettes by Dennis Punnett, printed on slightly glossy paper, pages clean and crisp, textured yellow cloth with maroon lettering to spine and upper board, dust jacket price unclipped, edges a little rubbed, protective plastic cover. Size: 5.75 x 3.75 Inches. Observer Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Spotting to endpapers. Price clipped. Moisture markings to dj verso. Prev owner's inscription on fep.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Punnett, Dennis (illustrator). 1968. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Observers Book No 39. Cream boards. Small format. Silhouettes by Punnett. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pencil name erased from front free-endpaper. Some light foxing/grubby marks to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with fading to front edge. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

1st edition. 1st edition 1967, with printer's code 587.367, indicating a march 1967 printing. 2nd issue dust jacket with 'illustrations are of previous editions now all sold' on back cover; dust jacket not price-clipped, & a little shelf-worn. Observer's Books no.38 Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

272 S., Opbd. mit leicht läd. Su., Abb., klf., leichte Lagerspuren, Anmerkungen tls. farbig. 34 Sprache: Englisch.

Observer's Books no.39. 1st edition, 1967, with printer's code 1853.166 indicating a printing date of Jan 1966, although the book was not published until the following year. 2nd issue dust jacket with 'illustrations are of previous editions now all sold' on back of the jacket. Dust jacket not price-clipped with minimal wear. Slight browning on front free endpaper. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Punnett, Dennis (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Observers Book No 38. Pale grey boards. Small format. Silhouettes by Punnett. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned, light foxing to textblock. Contained in second state wrapper which is lightly foxed and slightly edge worn. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Type: Book pp 272 & 272. One volume contains prior owner name to flyleaf DJs. DJs show wear with small losses to extremities.