Flight From The Middle (14 items)

Hardback. Very Good.

Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In 1798, an initial review of France's naval forces had led Napoleon to conclude his navy could not hope to outfight the power of the Royal Navy, which had been the dominant naval power for centuries, so he was forced to look elsewhere.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York : Viking Press, [London : Printed by the Curwen Press ; Malta : Photoset by St. Paul's Press Ltd], 1970., 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. 192 pp. ; illustrated, color plates. ; 22 cm. ; LCCN: 77-91318 ; LC: DA185; Dewey: 914.2/03/4 ; OCLC: 58069 ; A Studio Book ; red cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, date due, pocket, label ; color plates feature Tower of Bab el, Brit Mus. Add. MS 18,850 (Bedford Missal fo.17v; Spinning Wool, Brit Mus. Royal MS 16 G V, fol. 56; Banking scene, Brit Mus. Add. MS 27, 695, fo. 8; Chaucer reading, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 61; Vincent of Beauvais, Brit Mus. Royal MS E i (vol.1), fo. 3; Court of King's Bench (Library of the Inner Temple, London, Misc MS 188); Fortune with Her Wheel, Bit Mus. Royal MS 18 D ii, fo. 30v; A Bishop Dictates His Will, Bit Mus. Add. MS 15,274, fo. 161v ; numerous quotations from the Cely Papers, Paston Letters, Plumpton Corerspondence, Stonor Letters and the Statutes of the Realm ; VG

Ministry of Defence Air Historical Branch (RAF) 1978. First Edition, super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/Fine. xi, 219 pp. Black boards, silver gilt spine lettering. A pristine copy in like DJ.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1980 (first edition). Octavo; cloth; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper.

MACMILLAN, 2008-01-04. First Edition. hardcover. New. 5.98x0.73x8.38. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

MACMILLAN, 2008-01-04. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 5.98x0.73x8.38. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

London: HMSO, 1980. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.339

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardcover. LIKE NEW/LIKE NEW.

Moscow: Detizdat, 1937 (Moskva : f-ka detskoy knigi Izd-va detskoy lit-ry TSK VLKSM). 62, [2] pp.: ill. 22,7x17,1 cm. In original publisher’s illustrated cloth. Illustrated endpapers depicting a globe with a red line tracing the route from Moscow to Portland. Binding slightly worn, but otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. Text in Russian. A rare Soviet children’s photobook celebrating the first nonstop flight from the USSR to the United States, accomplished on June 18–20, 1937, along the Moscow–North Pole–Vancouver route. The daring journey was completed in the long-range ANT-25 aircraft by pilot Valery Chkalov, co-pilot Georgy Baidukov, and navigator Alexander Belyakov. Lasting more than 63 hours and covering over 8,500 kilometers, it was the first flight in history to cross the North Pole directly from Moscow to North America without landing. The achievement was hailed as both a triumph of Soviet aviation and a symbol of national pride. Upon their arrival in Vancouver, Washington,… Read more