WILLIAMS, ERIC (ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARTIN THOMAS.)

The Wooden Horse

Collins. 1955, revised edition. (Hardcover) About very good, no dust jacket. Textblock somewhat discolored, binding a bit fragile. A special edition revised and edited by the author for young people. Illustrations by Martin Thomas. (Escapes, World War 2).

-- Pandora's Books

Book number: 390582

Catalogue: Weapons, Military and War

Keywords: Escapes, World War 2

AMBLER, ERIC; CLIVE EGLETON; ELIZABETH JENKINS; ANDREW GARVE; WINSTON GRAHAM; LUDOVIC KENNEDY; EMLYN WILLIAMS; RUSSELL BRADDON; AND JULIAN SYMONS

Great Cases of Scotland Yard

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Readers Digest, 1978. 0895770539. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0895770539. Hardcover with dust jacket. Publisher's full gray cloth, gilt (silver) lettering on spine, gilt (silver) barge medallion on cover. 690 pp. Illustrated with numerous color and B&W photographs, prints, and drawings. The volume is in perfect, unopened condition. Thick 8vo. The dust jacket shows only the slightest shelf-wear. AS NEW/FINE. A chilling collection of 8 mysteries written by Clive Egleton, Elizabeth Jenkins, Andrew Garve, Winston Graham, Ludovic Kennedy, Emlyn Williams, Russell Braddon and Julian Symons. Introduction by Eric Ambler.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As New in Fine dust jacket .

-- Round Table Books, LLC

Book number: 4780

Catalogue: Mystery Anthology

Keywords: 0895770539 Mystery Detective Fiction All All Books Antiquarian, Collectible & First Editions Novels, Poetry & Literature Mystery & Suspense

ANDERSON, PERRY (ED. ) ; LIVINGSTONE, KEN; WILLIAMS, RAYMOND; TAYLOR, JENNY; HEFFER, ERIC; LEE, MICHÈLE; BRITTAIN, VICTORIA; MITCHELL, JULIET

New Left Review, 140 (July-August 1983) : A Politics for the Future

London: New Left Review, 1983. Softcover. Square, sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wraps have general shelf wear. ; Contents: Williams, "Problems of the Coming Period"; Taylor, "Canvassing for Socialism"; Livingstone, "Why Labour Lost"; Heffer, "Socialists and the Labour Party"; Brittain, "Ghana's Precarious Revolution"; Lee, "Kosovo between Yugoslavia and Albania"; Mitchell, "Psychoanalysis and Child Development."; 9.0" tall; 96 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

-- Cats Cradle Books

Book number: 1800059

Keywords: Radical Socialism Socialist New Left Politics History Economic Journal All History Politics and Government Economics, Finance, Management

BARKER, ERIC J. & LAWRENCE H. WILLIAMS

Britain from the Air

GB, Ginn. 1974, 3rd Impression. Paperback. VARIOUS LIBRARY MARKS. nrVG.

-- Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (Bookdealer)

Book number: kb375.020

BASS, MICHAEL, ERIC W. VAN STRYLAND, DAVID R. WILLIAMS AND WILLIAM L. WOLFE

Handbook of Optics Volume I : Devices, Measurements and Properties (Second Edition) Sponsored by The Optical Society of America (Michael Bass, Editor in Chief)

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1995. Hardcover. Devices, measurements and properties involved in the study of optics. Sections include (with Chapter Headings following each capitalized SECTION NAME): OPTICAL ELEMENTS : Lenses, Afocal Systems, Polarizers, Nondispersive Prisms, Dispersive Prisms and Gratings, Integrated Optics, Miniature and Micro-Optics, Binary Optics, Gradient Index Optics, Optical Fibers and Fiber-Optic Communications, X-Ray Optics, Acousto-Optic Devices and Applications, Electro-Optic Modulators, Liquid Crystals; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS (Cameras, Camera Lenses, Microscopes, Reflective and Catadioptric Objectives, Scanners, Optical Spectrometers, Interferometers, Polarimetry, Holography and Holographic Instruments; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT : Radiometry and Photometry, The Measurement of Transmission, Absorption, Emission, and Reflection, Scatterometers, Ellipsometry, Spectroscopic Measurements, Optical Metrology, Optical Testing, Use of Computer-Generated Holograms in Optical Testing, Transfer Function Techniques; OPTICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS : Properties of Crystals and Glasses, Polymetric Optics, Properties of Metals Optical Properties of Semiconductors, Black Surfaces for Optical Systems; NONLINEAR AND PHOTOREFRACTIVE OPTICS : Nonlinear Optics, Photorefractive Materials and Devices. Includes bibliographical references plus index. Light shelfwear and one 1.5" scar to spine - hardly noticeable. NEAR FINE .

-- Aardvark Books

Book number: 65896

Catalogue: SCIENCE

Keywords: Engineering

BASS, MICHAEL, ERIC W. VAN STRYLAND, DAVID R. WILLIAMS AND WILLIAM L. WOLFE

Handbook of Optics Volume III : Classical, Vision, and X-Ray Optics (Second Edition) Sponsored by The Optical Society of America (Michael Bass, Editor in Chief)

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1995. Hardcover. Sections include (with Chapter Headings following each capitalized SECTION NAME): CLASSICAL OPTICS : Adaptive Optics, Nonijaging Optics: Concentration and Illumination, Volume Scattering in Random Media, Solid-State Cameras, Xenographic Systems, Photographic Materials, Radiometry and Photometry: Units and Conversions; VISION OPTICS : Update to Part 7 ("VISION" )of Volume I of THE HANDBOOK OF OPTICS (See our Inventory # _____, Biological Waveguides, Adaptive Optics in Retinal Microscopy and Vision, Assessment of Refraction and Refractive Errors, Binocular Vision Factors That Infuence Optical Design, Optics and Vision of the Aging Eye, Radiometry and Photometry Review for Vision Optics, Ocular Radiation Hazards, Vision Problems at Computers, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, Visual Factors Associatd with Head-Mounted Displays; X-RAY AND NEUTRON OPTICS : Introduction, (SUBPARTS: REFRACTIVE OPTICS :Refractive X-Ray Optics,; DIFFRACTIVE AND INTERFERENCE OPTICS : Gratings and Monochromators in the VUV and Soft X-Ray Spectral Region), Crystal Monochromators and Bent Crystals, Zone and Phase Plates, Bragg-Fresnel Optics, Multilayers, Polarizing Crystal Optics; TOTAL REFLECTION OPTICS : Mirrors for Synchroton Beamlines, The Schwarzschild Objective, Astronomical X-Ray Optics, Single Capillaries, Polycapillary and Multichannel Plate X-Ray Optics Includes bibliographical references plus index. Light shelfwear and one 1.5" scar to spine - hardly noticeable. NEAR FINE .

-- Aardvark Books

Book number: 65897

Catalogue: SCIENCE

Keywords: Engineering Handook of Optics Optical Society of America

BASS, MICHAEL, ERIC W. VAN STRYLAND, DAVID R. WILLIAMS AND WILLIAM L. WOLFE

Handbook of Optics Volume I : Fundamentals, Techniques and Design( Second Edition) Sponsored by The Optical Society of America (Michael Bass, Editor in Chief)

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1995. Hardcover. Fundamentals, techniques, designs involved in the study of optics. Sections include (with Chapter Headings following each capitalized SECTION NAME) GEOMETRIC OPTICS; PHYSICAL OPTICS (Interference, Diffraction, Coherence Theory, Polarization, Scattering by Particles, Surface Scattering, QUANTUM OPTICS : Optical Spectroscopic Lineshapes, Fundamental Optical Properties of Solids; OPTICAL SOURCES : Artificial, Laser, LED, Semiconductor Laser, Ultrashort Laser); OPTICAL DETECTORS (Photodetection and photodetectors, High-Speed Photodetectors, Signal Detection and Analysis, Thermal Detectors; IMAGING DETECTORS : Photographic Films, Image Tube Intensified Electronic Imaging, Visible Array Detectors, Infrared Detector Arrays; VISION : Optics of the Eye, Visual Performance, Colorimetry, Displays for Vision Research, Optical Generation of the Visual Stimulus, Psychophysical Methods; OPTICAL INFORMATION AND IMAGE PROCESSING : Analog Optical Signal and Image Processing, Principles of Optical Disk Data Storage; OPTICAL DESIGN TECHNIQUES : Techniques of First-Order Layout, Aberration Curves in Lens Design, Optical Design Software, Optical Specifications, Tolerancing Techniques, Mounting Optical Components, Control of Stray Light, Thermal Copensation Techniques; OPTICAL FABRICATION : Fabrication of Optics by Diamond Tuning; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF FILMS AND COATINGS; TERRESTRIAL OPTICS : Optical Properties of Water, Atmospheric Optics. Includes bibliographical references plus index. Light shelfwear and one 1.5" scar to spine - hardly noticeable. NEAR FINE .

-- Aardvark Books

Book number: 65895

Catalogue: SCIENCE

Keywords: Engineering

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE [STARRING ERIC PORTMAN, ERIC ADENEY, PERCY WALSH, JOHN GARSIDE, DEREK WILLIAMS, CECIL HOME, RUPERT HART-DAVIS, JEAN FORBES-ROBERTSON IN] PLAYED BY THE VIC. SHAKESPEARE COMPANY AND PRODUCED BY ANDREW LEIGH [LESSEE AND MANAGER LILIAN BAY

The Merchant of Venice: Souvenir Theatre Programme Performed at The Old Vic. The Royal Victoria Hall, Opposite Waterloo Station, London

Performance Programme Dated 1927-1928 Season. Original single sheet folded souvenir theatre programme 7½'' x 5'' with black lettering. In Very Good condition.

-- Little Stour Books Books (Member of PBFA)

Book number: 59589

Catalogue: THEATRE PROGRAMMES BOOK TWO [2

WILLIAMS ERIC C

Largesse from Triangulum.

Hale 1979, 1979. VG/VG 1st [Sci Fi]. .

-- The Victoria Bookshop

Book number: 13638

Keywords: Fiction 1st Edition

CAMPBELL, JOHN W., JR., ED. (HAL CLEMENT, H.B. FYFE, LESTER DEL REY, ERIC FRANK RUSSELL, RALPH WILLIAMS, WILLIAM OLCOTT, P. SCHUYLER MILLER). COVER ART BY VAN DONGEN.

Astounding Science Fiction. October, 1951. Vol. Xlviii, No. 2.

Street & Smith, New York, 1951.. 170 pp, soft cover (digest size), stapled inside wraps. B&w illustrations by Cartier, Orban and van Dongen. Contents: Iceworld by Hal Clement (Part One of Three Parts); Thinking Machine by H.B. Fyfe; "The Years Draw Nigh" by Lester del Rey; Ultim a Thule by Eric Frank Russell; The Head Hunters by Ralph Williams; These Rare Earths (article) by William Olcott; The Editor's Page; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Inte r i o r - light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, very light rubbing/soiling, and small date stamp on rear cover, old tape down full spine. Good.

-- Capricorn Books

Book number: 11619

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Short Stories, Novels, Novelettes, Science, Hal Clement, H.B. Fyfe, Lester Del Rey, Eric Frank Russell, Ralph Williams, William Olcott, P. Schuyler Miller, Cartier, Orban, Van Dongen, Rare Earth, Metals, Crystals.

CAMPBELL, JOHN W., JR., ED. (ERIC FRANK RUSSELL, RALPH WILLIAMS, GENE L. HENDERSON, ALGIS BUDRYS, ISAAC ASIMOV, WALLACE WEST, P. SCHUYLER MILLER). COVER ART BY SCHNEEMAN.

Astounding Science Fiction. November 1952. Vol. L, No. 3.

Street & Smith, New York, 1952.. 170 pp, soft cover (digest size), stapled inside wraps. B&w illustrations by Orban, Pawelka and van Dongen. Contents: Last Blast by Eric Frank Russell; Pax Galactica by Ralph Williams; The Things to Come by Gene L. Henderson; The High Purpose by Algis Budrys; The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov (Part Two of Three Parts); Oil for Tomorrow (article) by Wallace West; The Editor's Page; In Times to Come; The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller; Brass Tacks. Int erior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear - mainly on spine, small corner crease on front cover, light rubbing on rear cover, soft crease at bottom corner of t e x t b l o ck, tiny tear at bottom of rear cover and last few pages (archivally taped). VG-.

-- Capricorn Books

Book number: 11625

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Short Stories, Novels, Novelettes, Science, Eric Frank Russell, Ralph Williams, Gene L. Henderson, Algis Budrys, Isaac Asimov, Wallace West, P. Schuyler Miller, Orban, Pawelka, Van Dongen, Schneeman, Oil, Drilling, Wells, Platforms.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW [STARRING HARCOURT WILLIAMS, MARTITA HUNT, ERIC PHILLIPS, JOHN GIELGUD, ADELE DIXON, RICHARD RIDDLE IN] PLAYED BY THE VIC. SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets and Androcles and the Lion: Souvenir Theatre Programme Performed at The Old Vic. The Royal Victoria Hall, Opposite Waterloo Station, London

Performance Programme Dated 1929-1930 Season. Original single sheet folded souvenir theatre programme 9'' x 6'' with black lettering and simple sketch of the theatre to the front cover. In Very Good condition.

-- Little Stour Books Books (Member of PBFA)

Book number: 59578

Catalogue: THEATRE PROGRAMMES BOOK TWO [2

WILLIAMS ERIC

Complete And Free: A Modern Idyll

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover. 207 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. His Wartime Service As A Navigator In Bomber Command Ended With His Capture By The Germans In 1942 .A Year Later He Escaped To Sweden. Good/No Jacket.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 072262

Catalogue: Military - Auto Biography

WILLIAMS ERIC

Complete And Free: A Modern Idyll.

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1957, Reprint. Hard Cover. 207 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Good condition. There is some light shelf and reading wear, but still a presentable copy. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. This book is the story of how Eric Williams broke away from a settled life in England and set off with his wife on a roundabout journey across Europe. Good/Good.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 027429

Catalogue: Travel - Europe

WILLIAMS ERIC

Dragoman Pass: An Adventure In The Balkans

London, Reader's Book Club. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover. 268 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. Fine/Fine.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 059930

Catalogue: Travel - Europe

WILLIAMS ERIC

Dragoman Pass

London, Readers Book Club. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover. 268 pages. Jacket is in Good condition. Book is in Very good condition. The story of kate and roger starte who making a a similar trip by the author some years earlier, find themselves involved in far more frightening experiences than they had bargained for. Very Good/Good.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 016063

Catalogue: Military - Ww11 to Now

WILLIAMS ERIC

Dragoman Pass: An Adventure in the Balkans

London, Readers Book Club. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover. 268 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The story of Roger and kate Starte who, making a similar journey find themselves involved in far more frightening experiences than they had bargained for. An encounter with a fellow-countryman in danger forces them to assume the role of Scarlet Pimpernels.Soon they are neck-deep in battles with the Iron Curtain police as they try first one mountain pass, then another, with the 'third man' hidden in the land-rover. Very Good/Very Good.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 035124

Catalogue: Fiction - Action/Adventure

WILLIAMS ERIC

Dragoman Pass: An Adventure In The Balkans

London, Reader's Book Club. 1959, Reprint. Hard Cover. 268 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. An Exciting Novel Of Modern Adventure. Very Good/Very Good.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 075622

Catalogue: Fiction - Action/Adventure

WILLIAMS ERIC

The Escapers - a Chronicle of Escape in Many Wars with Eighteen Firsthand Accounts

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1953, 3rd Impression. Hardback, spotting to fore edge of book with spotting and a few closed tears to dustwrapper. Very Good/Good.

-- Marble Hill Books

Book number: 005196

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Escape

WILLIAMS ERIC

From Columbus to Castro : The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969

Andre Deutsch, 1970. 0233961631. Hardcover. ISBN: 0233961631. Andre Deutsch 1970; A detailed study (576 pages) illustrated, owners name, good to very good in dust jacket. Good+ .

-- Ryans Books

Book number: 11432

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0233961631 West Indies

ERIC WILLIAMS

More Escapers

1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book, A Very Good Copy, with bright gilt title on spine. In Good + unclipped D/J. Clean endpapers and tight clean text.

-- Balfour Books

Book number: 000912

Keywords: 1968 More Escapers Williams

WILLIAMS ERIC

The Tunnel

Fontana, 1955. Paperback. Fontana 1955; Good plus in paperback. Good+ .

-- Ryans Books

Book number: 32163

Catalogue: Biographical

Keywords: English

WILLIAMS ERIC

The Tunnel

London, Collins & Brown. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (500 gram rate) pencil name crossed in pen and a small pen price to fep, boards slightly sunned in spots where chips to edges of DW, some browning to closed edges, unclipped DW some chipping loss to spine ends, light soiling, 255pp, escape attempts and life in German Prisoner of War camps Dulag-luft and Oflag XXIB. Very Good/Good.

-- Fortuna Books

Book number: 005261

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Escape Prisoner of War Escapee Second World War World War Two the Wooden Horse British Escapers Dulag-Luft Oflag Xxib

ERIC WILLIAMS

The Wooden Horse

1955 Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book, A Good + copy, in Fair unclipped D/J with tears and some portions missing. Clean endpapers. Text and b/w illustrations clean.

-- Balfour Books

Book number: 000946

Keywords: The Wooden Horse Williams 1955

WILLIAMS.ERIC.

THE WOODEN HORSE.

Collins.London.,1949. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.8vo.Seventh impression,may 1949,only three months after first publication.Inscribed on the title page "To Joy Edwards,with best wishes,Eric Williams".A very good tight copy in very good original dustwrapper with just a little spotting to the rear panel.Overall a lovely copy.Williams classic story of his escape from Stalag Luft III with 2 other detainees.It became an instant best seller,as the fact that after initial publication in february 1949 the book was already on its seventh impression by May,shows.:

-- Paul Foster Books

Book number: 7030