Search Results: the flying submarine by westerman percy f

Dean & Son Ltd., London. n.d. Reprint hardback. Col'd frontis. Orig. orange cloth, black titled & decorated to upper board & bumped spine. Page edges spotted. VG

Toronto: Musson, 1944 Very Good Minus Musson Hardcover, 1944. Green Boards With Blue Lettering And Top Stain. No Writing Or Ownership Marks. Small Stain To Bottom Of Text Block. Very Slight Cant But Good Corners And Clean. Spectacular Frontispiece!

Dean and Son Ltd, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Coloured illustrated frontispiece, illustrated not credited. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles and illustration to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper, artist not credited, With yellow coloured titles to the front panel and yellow and white coloured titles to the back strip. First published in 1912. There were reports, from the north coast, that there was a huge airship and a mysterious submarine, and, it was suggested that they were one in the same. Sub- Lieutenant Holmsby was sent to investigate. Softening and fading of the back strip edges; bumping of the book corners with rubbing and fading of the book edges. Tanning and foxing of the text block edges and pages. Offset tanning to the end pages and a few marks to the frontispiece verso. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and faxed corners. Tears to… Read More

Toronto: Musson Book Company - Venture Books for Boys, 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 254 pp. Green cloth lettered in red on the spine; red upper edge. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a few small nicks around the edges; price intact; no interior markings. There were reports from the north coast of a mysterious submarine and a huge airship and it was suggested they were the same vehicle. The Sub-Lieutenant was sent to investigate....

The Musson Book Co., 1944. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The Musson Book Company, 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 254 Pages Dust Jacket Edge Chipped O/W Sound..

London: Nisbet & Co, 1111. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good+/Good. 8vo. n.d. presumed first. Light bump and wear to spine and corners. Presentation label to front pastedown dated 1932. Spotting to endpapers. Crease to lower corner of pages 13 to 20. Dw has soiling to covers, darkening to spine, creasing, small tears to spine ends and top front corner.

Toronto, Canada: The Musson Book Company Limited, 1944. 254 pp. Beige endpapers, with previous owner's small sticker on ffep. Green cloth with red titles. Faded spine with head and tail rubbed, corners lightly worn, small stain. No DJ. VG. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

LONDON: JAMES NISBET AND CO, LIMITED. EARLY REPRINT . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Clean and tidy book, lightly rubbed and with dent to spine leaving a small 1cm closed tear. Edition status not confirmed. All illustrations present as called for. Olive cloth with line of sailing ships printed to top of front board. Stylised font to spine - guess circa 1930.

Toronto, Canada: The Musson Book Company Limited, 1944. 254 pp. Beige endpapers, with previous owner's small sticker on ffep. Green cloth with red titles. Faded spine with head and tail rubbed, corners lightly worn, small stain. No DJ. VG. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

James Nisbet, 1912-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Clean copy in good condition.

james nisbet london 1912. first edition 312pp ills.[4 b/w w.col.frontis.] VG (blue cloth w.black/white/yellow dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters.contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked) true first edition [Quayle p.138]

London: James Nisbet & Co. , 1912. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5" . Not Stated . Science fiction novel by Percy F. Westerman. A boy's adventure novel concerning a mysterious man from South America, who discovered a gas lighter than helium or hydrogen used to fly a submarine and win a war. By Percy Francis Westerman, prolific author of children's literature and adventure books concerned with military and naval themes.Illustrated with black and white plates. Dated from Jisc, a later impression with no advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding with illustration to front board, decorations to spine. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, boards and spine lightly bumped to extremities. Previous ownership inscriptions to endpapers, dated 1919 and 1977, with a stamp from Moravian Sunday School to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to first few leaves, pages browned as usual with the type of paper used. Very Good