Search Results: on being a bird by philip wills

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

David & Charles Publishers. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Sailflying Press Ltd. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Aeronautics, Gilders, Hang gliding ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

London: Max Parrish, 1954 unclipped DW rubbed to edges with a few short edge tears, some mild foxing to DW, minor age toning to paper, 231pp + plates, powerless flight in a sail-plane, author was World Champion in 1952. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Max Parrish, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. Reprinted. 231 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and plates. Clean pages, illustrations and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate loss to spine and edges. Moderate tanning and wear marks to jacket and is in removable plastic cover.

Max Parrish, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. Second Edition. 231 pages. Laminated pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Review copy; plate to front free endpaper. Black and white photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Visible staining to gutter at title page and frontispiece. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.

Sailflying Press, 1956. With all faults. 112pp. 2nd Ed, 1st Imp.. Soft. Fair/No Jacket. 203x5-835mm.

Max Parrish, 1953. 2nd. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Signed. jacket is much worn and torn, spine is missing. Jacket stuck to boards. edge wear on boards. foxing and usage marks.signed and inscribed by author . all text remains clear and presentable. binding may have been neatly repaired. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.