R A Otter:Civil Engineering Heritage Southern England
- Erstausgabe 2001, ISBN: 9780727719713
Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe
Leicester: Midland Counties Publishing, 1988. 224 pages, 415g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. . 11th Edition . Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾&q… Mehr…
Leicester: Midland Counties Publishing, 1988. 224 pages, 415g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. . 11th Edition . Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book., Midland Counties Publishing, 1988, Erin, Ontario: Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press, 1997, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing , 1997. -----------large hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, 192 pages, illustrated with b&w and colour photos, ---"The fascinating stories of two Canadian Lancaster bombers -- KB726 and FM213 -- and their crew. Andrew Mynarski earned his Victoria Cross in KB726, now known as the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster. The book contains special documentation of the nine-year restoration program for Lancaster FM213, the only flying example of this aircraft in North America. "---, ---chapters include: Foreword; Introduction - History of CWH and lanc Support Club; CHAPTER 1: Avro Lanc Mark X; Design Origin of the Avro Lanc Bomber; Manchester; Lanc MK B.1 / MK X; 2-View Drawing og KB726 and FM213 ---CHAPTER 2: Cdn Lancs at war; No. 6 ( RCAF ) Bomber Group; No. 419 'Moose' Squadron; Crewing Up on KB726 VR.A; The Cambrai Raid; The Four Evaders and two POWs ---CHAPTER 3: Cdn Lancs at peace; Production and Service Life of FM213; Some of the Crews of FM213; Retirement of FM213; Recovery by helicopter ---CHAPTER 4: The Restoration Story of Lancaster 10 FM213; The Waiting Period, Norman Etheridge, Fuselage, Bomb Doors, Woodwork, Wings, Gun Turrets, Engines, Undercarriage, etc --- CHAPTER 5: The Rush to First Flight; Painting of Aircraft; First Engine Run-Up; Lincoln U/C Change-Over, Radios; First Flight; The Inaugural Ball and Flight ---CHAPTER 6: Epilogue of the Mynarski Crew; Where the lancs are today; Where They are Today ---Update; Bibliography; Glossary; Donating Companies; Lanc Mark X Register Squadron and Service, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Later Printing of the first Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover., Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press, 1997, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, 1997, Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1984. 39 pp, 11 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps - magazine format). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, map, colour reproductions. Contents: Vantage-point Preston; The Caledonian Railway's '812' 0-6-0s; Exceptional loads by rail; The 'Lan ky' and its ambitions south of the Humber; English minor railways; High-days and holidays; An engine-fitter apprentice in the 1890s; Period-piece - a round-trip on the 'Silver Jubilee'; A Sussex evening's entertainment. Interior - clean an d t i g h t w ith no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, very light browning to edges of textblock. Very Good+., Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1984., Ian Allan, Weybridge, 1985. 39 pp, 11 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps - magazine format). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings. Contents: Trains and trouble; The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway recalled; Little things Great Western; The electric locomotive s of the London 'Tubes'; Auto-trains; North of Preston in the early BR years; The Decauville Patent Portable Railway; The Society Page: The Gresley Society. Interior - clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - old price on f r o n t c o ver, very light rubbing on rear cover, very light browning to edges of textblock. Very Good., Ian Allan, Weybridge, 1985., Ian Allan, Weybridge, 1986. 39 pp, 11 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps - magazine format). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, map. Contents: The 'Granges' - the GWR's most useful engines; Turning to Tourism in the 1860s; LNER motive power depot modernisation; Railways in the Vale of Clwyd; The 'Great Bear' - success or failure?; Local trains in the 1950s; The Clogher Valley Railway. Interior - clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - front cover has an old price, light to moderate rubb ing/color offset and a small area of tiny dints which migrate into pages; very light browning to edges of textblock. Very Good-., Ian Allan, Weybridge, 1986., Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1954, 1st edition, First Printing, 1954. -----------hardcover, about 8 x 11 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of very faint foxing to some pages, in a chipped and torn but generally intact attractive Good dustjacket, former owner's name stamp on front end paper, 388 pages, b&w photos, contents include PIONEERS of the AIR, 1907 - 1914: Wings rise in the East; Alberta's flying saucer, 1907; Gibson's twin and multi-planes, 1910-1911; More wings in the West, 1909-1918; A close-up of two ealy birds; British youths, 1907-1915; --- THE BARNSTORMERS; 1906-1914: Balloons and airships, 1906-1914; Airplane barnstorming begins, 1909-1910; The air meets of 1910; Exhibition flying, 1911; Billy Stark, Canadian barnstormer, 1912-1915; Noteworthy flights, 1912; The friendly invasion wanes, 1913-1914; --- THE WAR YEARS, 1914-1918: The war birds learn to fly; The Royal Flying Corps in Canada, 1917-1918; Other aviation highlights during World War I; ---THE DOLLAR-A-MINUTE DAYS, 1919-1920: Dollar-a-minute days in the East; Farmstorming days out West; Through the doldrums, 1921-1923; ---ANNIHILATING TIME AND SPACE, 1919-1926: Conquest of the Atlantic, 1919; Spanning the continent; Alaska, and round the world; ---NORTHWARD INTO THE BUSH AND SNOW, 1919-1929: Bush and arctic flights, 1919-1929; Rene and Vic, and the Viking; Over the icefields; The bush pilot-and his engineer; Commercial flying hits its stride, 1924-1929; Planes to the rescue; ---FOR FAME AND FUN, 1927 -: The death or glory road; A continent shrinks; Flying for fun; Youth at the controls: ---WINGS AT WORK, 1927-: The air-mail story; Wings on many missions; Retrospect and prospect; ---APPENDIXES: Outstanding events in Canadian aviation; Noteworthy air-mail events in Canada to 1939; McKee Trophy awards; Webster trophy awards; Known graduate pupils of the Curtiss Aviation School, Toronto, to the end of 1915; Known pupils connected with the Aero Club of British Columbia, to the end of 1915; The Caterpillar Club; Licensing of aircraft and personnel; Museums; Cairns and monuments: INDEX; any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description )/Good (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art., Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1954, 1st edition, First Printing, 1954, Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1984. 39 pp, 11 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps - magazine format). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs, map, colour reproduction. Contents: Taking the high road, 1924 (Scottish Highlands); Spotting on the Southern; Station Port rait: Perth; Armoured Trains; Built to last....The Furness Railway 'A5' 0-4-0s; Of railway officers and railwaymen; Researching railway history; The GWR 'County' 4-6-0s: the last of Churchward's line. Interior - clean and tight with no oth e r o w n e r s hip marks. Exterior - old price on front cover, very light rubbing on rear cover, very light browning to edges of textblock. Very Good., Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1984., Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1985. 39 pp, 11 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps - magazine format). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs, colour reproductions. Contents: The Rugby Locomotive Testing Station; The Whittingham Hospital Railway; The Great Western r ailcars; Gresley's greatest single step forward: P2 2-8-0 No 2001 'Cock o' The North'; Station Portrait: Fenchurch Street - A station of quiet distinction; Gazelle - A King's Lynn locomotive; The thwarted railway 'Grouping' of 1871; Furness R a i l w a y postcards. Interior - clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - old price on front cover in pen, very light rubbing on rear cover, very light browning to edges of textblock. Very Good., Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1985., London : Thomas Telford Ltd . Very Good . 1997 . re print . Soft . 07277 1971 8 ., Thomas Telford Ltd, 1997<
