Search Results: Titles starting with J from CHARLES BOSSOM

P & D Colnaghi & Co Ltd. Very Good/No DJ. 1968. Hard Cover. Sm 4to Patterned cloth boards with fading spine and title. No ownership marks. Frontis portrait plate. 151 pages plus 94 black and white illustrations on plates. Series of scholarly articles on Old Master drawings, prints, and paintings. Clean and tight. .

London: BCA. Very Good/Very Good. 1993. Reprint. Hard Cover. Large 8vo Dust jacket in clear protective sleeve. Black cloth with bright silver titling on spine. No ownership marks. 898pp clean and tight. Very heavy book but will be despatched for the default charge within UK. JFK: Reckless Youth is the first volume of a monumental new biography of John F. Kennedy - a book that will alter forever our understanding of this century's most popular and charismatic American president. In retelling JFK's extraordinary life story, Nigel Hamilton has finally succeeded in getting beyond the many accretions and distortions of recent years. Here at last - often in JFK's own inimitable words - is the real John F. Kennedy, at once roguish and intelligent, reckless and yet possessing fine judgement. Based on a wealth of never previously published letters and documents, and access to more than two thousand interviews, Hamilton's portrait of the tormented, fun loving, deeply amorous,… Read More

S.P.C.K.. Very Good. Hard Cover. 7" By 9" Tall No date. Original green pictorial cloth gilt Gilt lettering to spine. Slight wear to edges. Gilt to top edge. 184 pages clean and tight. .

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Good/No DJ. Hard Cover. 5" By 7" Tall Brown cloth spine over marbled boards. Gilt titling. Rubbed edges. Inscription on f. paste down dated 1910. 252 pages clean and tight + publisher's catalogue. .

London: Nelson. Very Good/Fair. Hard Cover. Cr. 8vo No date circa 1951. Dust jacket large chunks missing from top and tail of spine, chipped, tears, price clipped. Orange cloth with bright red titling. Mark on ffep.No owner's inscription. 280pp clean and tight .

London: Bracken Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1989. Hard Cover. Lge 4to 1851703241 Very heavy book but no extra postage will be requested. Due to weight we cannot supply this book outside of United Kingdon. Dust jacket complete in a clear protective sleeve. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Bump to top of spine. 2000 Photographs, Colour & b/w. 948 pages plus index. Clean and tight. IVE VOLUMES IN ONE With more than 2,000 illustrations in black and white and full colour This definitive reference source brings together in one volume five encyclopedic guides to the history of aviation from the days of hot air balloons to today's supersonic transports. Both aviation professionals and enthusiasts will find Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation to be a fascinating chronicle of the tremendous advances in flight technology. Fred T. Jane felt compelled to include an apologetic footnote inside his first guide to the world's aircraft. He attributed the work's… Read More

London: Jane's. Very Good/No DJ. 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to 0710603010 Illustrated laminated boards. No inscription. Clean and tight. .

Boston: G. K. Hall . Very Good. 1978. Hard Cover. 8vo Red cloth with bright gilt titling on spine, gilt decoration on upper cover. Issued without a jacket. No ownership inscription. Neat underling through out. . xxi, 306pp+ index. clean and tight. .

London: Halton & Truscott Smith. Good/No DJ. 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to Ex reference library with usual marks and library stamps. . Green buckram bevelled boards with bright gilt titling on spine and upper boards. Small amount of loss to top and tail of spine. Bumped and rubbed corners. Gilt to top edge. IX, 78pp text with 16 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards. 50 b&w. Clean and tight. .

Robson Books Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 2004. Hard Cover. 8vo 1861056214 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth with bright giltr titling on spine. No ownership marks 266 pages clean and tight.. John Paul Jones (1747-92) was an argumentative, highly original Scottish seaman. At sea from the age of 12 he commanded slave ships and merchant ships until, following a murder charge, he fled to America. In the War of Independence he was the only rebel to land on English soil, attempting to fire Whitehaven Harbour, off Flamborough Head. With thousands watching, he captured an English flagship. In his adventurous career he was knighted by Louis XVI, made an Admiral by Catherine the Great, awarded the Congress Gold Medal for Valour by George Washington. In America he is often regarded as the founder of the US Navy. Controversies about this, and about his difficult, pugnacious nature, are the main themes of this story of adventure, violence, disappointments and triumphs in the era of the… Read More

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. Fair to Good. 1920. Reprint. Hard Cover. 8vo Red cloth with slightly faded gilt lettering on spine. Slightly rubbed to edges. Cloth hinges exposed between front end papers. 216 pages clean and tight. .

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.. Very Good/Good. 1923. Reprint. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket tiny tears and chipped to edges. Blue cloth with bright gilt titling. 'Foreign Statesmen' Edition. Previous owner's details on ffep. 222 pages plus 2 pages. of book ads. Clean and tight. .

London: The Institute of Navigation. Good/No DJ. 1965. First Edition. Card Cover. Card cover with red titles to front and spine. Previous owner's ink markings to spine. 122 pages clean and tightly bound. VOL. 18, NO. I JANUARY 1965 Waves and Ships I PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Man or Machine? 10 A DiscussioN Interpretation and Behaviour in using Radar at Sea 27 F. J. WYLIE Training Sea Pilots on the Radar Simulator 33 W. BURGER Air Traffic Control Capacities at Sydney 41 Airport and Controller Saturation Levels G. A. CHANDLRE Gyro-Magnetic Compass Systems 49 The Perfection of the Gyro-Magnetic Compass R. J. TREADWELL Testing a Modern Gyro-Magnetic Compass 56 J. D. ACKERMAN Is the Gaussian Distribution Normal ? 65 L. W. ANDERSON The Operation of Mammoth Tankers 72 1. KATAYAMA Harbour Radar Developments at Southampton 88 J. ANDREW Meteorological Factors affecting Supersonic Transport 94 R. SCLIERHAG Navigation System Requirements for Supersonic Transport 101 W. L.… Read More

London: The Institute of Navigation. Good/No DJ. 1964. First Edition. Card Cover. Card cover with red titles to front and spine. Previous owner's ink markings to spine. 216 pages clean and tightly bound. VOL. I7, NO. 2 A.PRIL I964 Sea Pilotage Today I--Remote Pilotage 99 D. VAN HOOF II---The Problem of Super Tankers I o< F. V. JANES The Alignment of Aircraft Navigation Sub-systems 114 P. H. R. CLIFFORD The Attainment of Precision in Celestial Navigation 12S R. B. GORDON ` A Control System for Ships' Bridges 14$ J. BENTKOWSKY, C. G. Kurtz AND R. H. M. QUINN Errors and Time 16 i E. W. ANDERSON The Long-range Navigation of Civil Aircraft 167 D. E. HAMPTON AND J. R. MILLS . Congestion in Terminal Areas 183 S. RATCLIFFE Marine Radar Development and the User 187 F. J. WYLIE FORUM Manned Space. Flight Navigation Techniques =98 P. V. H. WEEMS The Binnacle at the Conn 199 W. E. MAY Navigating in the Offshore Powerboat Race 201 J. O. COOTE Collision… Read More

London: The Institute of Navigation. Good/No DJ. 1965. First Edition. Card Cover. Card cover with red titles to front and spine. Previous owner's ink markings to spine. 389 pages clean and tightly bound. VOL. 18, NO. 3 JULY 1965 Visual Factors in Aircraft Navigation 257 E. HEAP Estimating Safe Separation Standards for Air Traffic 285 K. H. TREWEEK The Design of Ships' Bridges 297 A DISCUSSION The Distribution of Aircraft Track-keeping Errors 312 M. R. ABBOTT Loran-Inertial Navigation Systems for Long-Range Use 319 L. E. DE GROOT Radar Design in Relation to Human Performance 330 H. C. FREIESLEBEN Ice and its Effect on Navigation in the Baltic Sea 336 C. J. WENNINK A Radar Computer for the Closest Point of Approach 355 P. G. TARNOWSKI The Economics of Automation 366 A DISCUSSION FORUM Interpretation and Behaviour in using Radar at Sea 383 D.- A. DAVIES Reviews 385 .

London: The Institute of Navigation. Good/No DJ. 1964. First Edition. Card Cover. Card cover with red titles to front and spine. Previous owner's ink markings to spine. 472 pages clean and tightly bound. VOL. 17, NO. 4 OCTOBER 1964 The Effect of Observational Errors on the Avoidance of Collision at Sea 345 S. H .HOLLINGDALE A Manoeuvre Criterion 358 J. B. .PARKER Winter Navigation through the Strait of Belle . Isle 364 .R. E. G. SIMMONS The Safety and Reliability of Sea and. Air Transport-II 376 Prescribed Courses for the Navigation of the Great Lakes of North Airierica O. T. ;BURNHAM AND C:. M. JANSKY, J'R Routing' n the North Sea 385 E. SOHNKE An All-Weather Navigational Aid for the: Dover .Strait 390 A. L. P. MILWRIGHT The .Bordeaux Port Radar 399 A. GIRARDIN Human Factors in Bridge and Chartroom Design 405 P L,, WALRAVEN AND A. I.AZ.ET. The Automation of Merchant Ships 407 A. WEPSTER Target Tracking by… Read More

London: The Institute of Navigation. Good/No DJ. 1966. First Edition. Card Cover. Card cover with red titles to front and spine. Previous owner's ink markings to front cover. 541 pages clean and tightly bound. VOL. I9, NO. 4 OCTOBER 1966 The Separation of Traffic at Sea 411 THE REPORT OF A WORKING GROUP Progress in Traffic Separation 451 L. OUDET Collision Regulations and the Courts 4S8 B. D. G. GEORGE Electronics in the British Fishing Industry 466 R. BENNETT Loran C 484 C. POWELL AND A. R. WOODS Microwave Radiometry 5O3 C. R. DITCHFIELD FORUM A Question of Notation 522 D. H. SADLER Bad Language S23 E. W. ANDERSON The Exponential Integral Frequency Distribution 526 J. B. PARKER A Radar Display for Collision Avoidance 529 P. C. H. CLISSOLD Reviews 531 .

London: The Institute of Navigation. Good/No DJ. 1966. First Edition. Card Cover. Card cover with red titles to front and spine. No ownership markings. 407 pages clean and tightly bound. VOL. 19, NO. 3 JULY 1966 Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation 281 J. H. BLYTHE, R. L. DUNCOMBE AND D. H. SADLF_R A Navigation Control Post for Automated Merchant Ships 293 C. ABRAMOWSKI Inertial Navigation in Relation to Animal Navigation 301 J. S. BARLOW `The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England' 317 C. H. COTTER. Some Aspects of S.S.T. Operations in Non-Optimum Conditions 324 P. S. COLE Analysis of Long-Range Air Traffic Systems Separation Standards-III 331 P. G. REICH Parallel-Route Systems for Supersonic Traffic 348 V. W. ATTWOOLL Principles and Applications of Prediction Display 361 R. BERNOTAT AND H. WIDLOK The Training of Navigators 371 A DISCUSSION FORUM Longitude without Time 392 J. J. EVANS Visual Indication of Direction for Ships… Read More

London: The Institute of Navigation. Good/No DJ. 1964. First Edition. Card Cover. Card cover with red titles to front and spine. No ownership markings. 98 pages clean and tightly bound. VOL. 17, NO. I JANUARY 1964 The Duke of Edinburgh's Lecture : The Shape of the Earth 1 D. G. KING-HELE Astrofix and Rectofix Tables 17 D. H. SADLER Why Aircraft Hit High Ground 24 Temperature-difference Corrections for the Dip of the Horizon 50 L. HASSE The Use of Low Frequency Radio Aids in Supersonic Aircraft 57 H. K1NG AND W. E. J. GROVES Direct Communication with Radar Identified Shipping 66 J. ARKIESON An Historical Review of the Ex-Meridian Problem 72 C. H. COTTER A Log-book of Magellan's Voyage . 83 E. G. R. TAYLOR FORUM The use of radar a practical suggestion 88 L. 0udet The Sun-Sttxr Chronometer 91 SIR E, CHILTON. Reviews 93 .

London: The Institute of Navigation. Good/No DJ. 1965. First Edition. Card Cover. Card cover with red titles to front and spine. Previous owner's ink markings to spine. 255 pages clean and tightly bound. VOL. 18, NO. 2 APRIL 1965 The Interrelation of Cruise Fuel Consumption, Temperature and Track Selection in Supersonic Transport Operations 123 S. M. SEREBRENY The Sector Rule and the Collision Problem 141 J. GARCIA-FRIAS Regional Incidence of Collision, 163 F. W. FRICKER Waves off Land's End 180 I. DRAPER AND H. S. FRICKER Collision and the Courts 188 L. OUDET Legal Aspects of Radar and Collisions 203 F. J. WYLIE Aircraft Separation Criteria for the S.S.T. 2 24 J. W. LITTLE FORUM Radar as an Anti-Collision Aid; -[he Ultimate [ setttials in h-esent.ation 232 P. J. WYLIE Some Suggestions on the Rules for Preventing Collision at Sea 2 33 J. F. KEMP Latitude by Maximum Altitude 241 J. W. CROSBIE Polynesian Navigation and Logic 244 A. SHARP Southerly Error in… Read More