Arty Bees Books (74 results)

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. 14pp pamphlet in good order.

Seller Inventory # 24120

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Flying to the North Pole in Russian biplanes. Green hardcover has gilt lettering on spine. 237pp with many illustrations. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. No inscriptions.

Seller Inventory # 23380

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. Paperback in tidy condition. No publication details or dates. Maybe privately published by the author? Dedication to Manny, signed Murray and dated 12/98 on title page. 33pp. In very nice condition. An account of the last voyage of the 4 masted barque 'Pamir' in 1949, including the last rounding of Cape Horn and completion of a commercial voyage By a deep-sea square-rigged merchant sailing vessel. Signed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # 26137

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Introduction by Philip Wills then 96 b&w plates of photos taken of and from gliders. Blue cloth binding is bumped and soiled on edges. Owner's name on front e/p. Binding tight but some foxing throughout.

Seller Inventory # 21459

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Contents tight and clean. 52pp. Fold-out centrefold. Nice clean copy.

Seller Inventory # 24128

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Story of the attempts to build a flying machine at the turn of last century and leading up to WW2. 32pp. Orange hardcover with black lettering on front and spine. Contents tight bt age-discoloured with foxing on page edges. Dust jacket has faded spine and is slightly bumped on corners and spine ends.

Seller Inventory # 21464

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stiff card covers are in good order with some age spotting of rear. No date but c1950. 64pp with b&w plates. Staples are rusty. Binding tight.

Seller Inventory # 22687

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Good copy. Tight and clean. No inscriptions.

Seller Inventory # 23813

Cloth. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Brown cloth with faded gilt titles on front and spine. Cloth rubbed on spine edges and ends. Ex libris sticker on front paste down.1002pp with illustrations. Minor foxing and age discolouration of prelims and page edges. Traces of something written in red on top page edges. Binding tight.

Seller Inventory # 21956

Glossy Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Glossy hard cover in excellent condition. 61pp plus 1 page list of further reading. Tight and clean. No inscriptions but remains of sticker at bottom of front paste-down.

Seller Inventory # 23676

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First. Blue cloth has black titles on front and spine. Corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Front hinge is cracked and binding is shaky but holding. Previous owner's name and address on front e/p. Some foxing throughout. Colour frontispiece. 256pp.

Seller Inventory # 24053

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. PB A4 typeset reproduction of 1919 original published by His Majesty's Stationary Office. Blue paper covers with cloth spine and black titles on front. Slight damage to spine ends. Contents tight with some age-discolouration.

Seller Inventory # 24117

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. Gray paper covers with illustrations and titles on front and titles on faded spine. Limited to 1000 copies. This copy is tightly bound and clean with no inscriptions. This is the recreation of the journal by ship's photographer, Deschamps on the Curriodity in a voyage round the Pacific, leaving Australia in about 1913 - he was abandoned on Curtis Island in 1916 and lived there alone for 23 years before being found and brought to NZ in 1939. 96pp with many photographs.

Seller Inventory # 24172

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First. Red hard cover has silver titles on spine. Contents tight. Very smallname on pre-title page and slight discolouration of page edges. Dust jacket is not price clipped.It has a faded spine and is bumped along edges and corners with chipping and small absence at bottom of spine.

Seller Inventory # 22884

Paper Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2 volumes. Both tight and clean with no inscriptions. Text is in French. Engineering schematics for tracks for model train enthusiasts. 96pp and 79pp with many plans and b&w photos included. In very nice condition. 2 tomes. Tant serré et nettoyer sans les inscriptions. Le texte est en français. Ingénierie des schémas de pistes pour les amateurs de trains modèle. 96 pp et 79pp avec de nombreux plans et de photos en noir et blanc inclus. Dans de très belles conditions.

Seller Inventory # 23243

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Seventh. Original maroon cloth over bevelled baords with gilt on front and faded gilt on spine. Cloth is bumped and rubbed on corners and spine ends with a tear (about 11/2 inch) at top of spine. Cloth is stained on top right corner of front. 293pp with illustrations, including some fold-out. Previous owner's name on front e/p. Some foxing throughout. Binding tight. Small portion of rear e/p edge is torn and stuck to pastedown.

Seller Inventory # 22233

Pictorial Hard Cover. Condition: Mint. No Jacket. First. Tight and clean. No inscriptions. 192pp with many illustrations.

Seller Inventory # 22521

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Nice copy of this early edition without dust jacket. Maroon boards with silver titles on spine. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions.

Seller Inventory # 22919

Stiff Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Stiff card covers have black titles on front and darkened spine. Edges are tatty and browned. Contents tight with some foxing. No inscriptions. Nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 23059

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Extracts from the Journals Relating to the Visits to New Zealand in March 1793 and March 1824 of French Ships Recherche, Esperance and Coquille under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey. Single volume in grey cloth with gilt titles on black labels on front and spine. In good condition. Minor staining to cloth. Contents tight and clean. No inscriptions or markings. 219pp. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller. "This perspective is perhaps the closest that European scholarship can come to tribal accounts of the past, based on particular landscapes and particular successions of ancestors. And in one important way the early European reports complement tribal tradition, for they dwell on those physical aspects of life - houses, clothing, canoes, ornaments and weapons - that rarely if ever are described in the oral histories." - from the Foreword by Anne Salmond.

Seller Inventory # 26135

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 285pp with illustrations. Blue hard cover has gilt lettering on spine. Binding tight. There is foxing to page edges and prelims. Front e/p is creased. Dust jacket has minor chipping along edges. Spine is a bit faded. Price has been torn off the front flap. Here Laurence Pomeroy describes what the various cars which Stirling drove were like from technical viewpoints, and why they were made as they were. Stirling, for his part, gives his account of how they differed and how they behaved in the supreme test of greeting the checkered flag before anyone else.

Seller Inventory # 21771

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Good ex-library copy. Blue hard cover with gilt titles on spine. Contents tight. 272pp with illustrations. Front e/p is missing. Usual library markings. Dust jacket has slight scuffing on edges where old library cover has been removed else very good. It is not price clipped.

Seller Inventory # 23198

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Original blue paper wraps / booklet in very good condition. There is very mild foxing / age spotting to the cover and internal pages, but the sewn binding is tight and sturdy and the corners and spine are in very good condition with almost no bumping, rubbing or chipping. The Part 1 Supplement has 12 photographic plates, comprising over 80 individual images named and referenced to the appropriate contents of the Catalogue Part 1 (The Science Museum. Steam Engines & other Motors, Locomotives & Railways, Mechanical Measuring Appliances, Pumps & Lifting Machinery, Power Transmission.).

Seller Inventory # 23272

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Single volume in grey cloth with gilt titles on black labels on front and spine. All in very good condition inside and out. No inscriptions or markings. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller. "This perspective is perhaps the closest that European scholarship can come to tribal accounts of the past, based on particular landscapes and particular successions of ancestors. And in one important way the early European reports complement tribal tradition, for they dwell on those physical aspects of life - houses, clothing, canoes, ornaments and weapons - that rarely if ever are described in the oral histories." - from the Foreword by Anne Salmond.

Seller Inventory # 25763

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Tight and clean. No inscriptions. Dust jacket has slight bumping and rubbing at corners and spine ends. It has been covered. It is not price clipped. A very nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 22516

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Red cloth is bright and clean. Gilt titles on spine. 133pp with numerous color plates showing nearly 1000 coloured flags and funnels. Contents tight with no inscriptions. Dust jacket has faded spine and some bumping and minor chipping along top edge. It is not price clipped. Nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 24119

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Eleventh. Illustrated boards are a bit grubby and rubbed with bumped corners but titles and illustration are legible. Cloth spine is faded and brittle with some cracking. Binding is tight inside though boards are a bit loose. Staples are rusty. 162pp plus26pp of ads at rear. Title page is age discoloured but rest of book good. No inscriptions.

Seller Inventory # 22169

Cloth. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First. Cream cloth with gilt titles on brown spine. Some staining along edges. Contents tight with no inscriptions but with staining on edges of e/p's and some foxing of page edges. 164pp with fold-out plates. Dust jacket has been price clipped and has staining along edges. It has been covered in coverseal.

Seller Inventory # 24083

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Blue hard cover with gilt titles on spine. Contents tight with just a touch of foxing to page edges. No inscriptions. Dust jacket has faded spine and some marks on back else very good. In this new edition, the book has been brought thoroughly up to date on new techniques, new engines available (like the Golf Diesel) and new suppliers of equipment. Diesel engines feature more prominently in this book and new sections deal with corrosion, horsepower ratings, rubber mountings and pipe sizes, to name but a few. (from the blurb).

Seller Inventory # 25824

Cloth. Condition: Fair - Poor. No Jacket. Presumed First. Navy cloth with gilt titles on spine and motif of ship on fronts. Bumping and chipping of edges, corners and spine ends. Top of spines are tatty with small tears, the largest (less than 1 inch) on front edge of volume 1. Some spotting of covers, particualry in volume 1. Book plates on front paste-downs. Previous owner's inscriptions on prelims of vol 1. Internal hinges are cracked and just holding on volume 1. Front hinge gone completely in volume 2. A loose page in vol 1. This set would restore well.

Seller Inventory # 23616