Alfred g cunningham (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. THERE ARE SOME MARKINGS AND SLIGHT CREASING TO THE BACK OF THE DUST JACKET . TO THE FRONT AT THE TOP THERE IS A 1.5 CM TEAR NEAR THE SPINE, A 1.5 CM TEAR IN THE TOP CORNER AND A 1 CM TEAR AT THE BOTTOM NEAR THE TAIL OF THE SPINE. THERE ARE SMALL TEARS TO THE CORNERS TOO. THE SPINE IS SUN BLEACHED. THE BOARDS OF THE BOOK ARE NEAT WITH VERY SLIGHT BUMPING TO THE TAIL OF THE SPINE. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. THERE IS A NEAT NAME INKED ON THE FFEP. THERE IS A SPLIT DOWN THE HINGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK MEASURING 13 CM. THERE ARE A FEW INKED LINE MARKS ON THE MARGINS OF A FEW OF THE PAGES. THE PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 49 p. 8º. Boards warped. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 442-528 plus 12 pages of ads. Features: A Man's Luck - Hjalmar Rutzebeck's story of life and love in the far north (Part I); Where Men Live Without Water - photo-illustrated article of life in the Kalihari Desert; Photo of the World's Biggest Saws in British Columbia - 9' in diameter with 190 detachable teeth; The Truth About Louis De Rougemont - photo-illustrated article; A Woman Doctor in the Bush - Margaret Lamont in New Zealand; Buried Cities of Asia Minor - IV - adventures of archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley and Colonel T.E. Lawrence investigate the towns of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; A Tug-of-War with an Alligator - extraordinary affair on the coast of Northern Queensland; Photo of a Pergola made of tombstones at Galt, Ontario; Through Central American on Horseback - Part III - Eugene Cunningham and a friend ride through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala - article with photos; After Wild Boar in Anatolia - story with photos; Our Man-Eater - story of a tiger on a tea plantation; A Night Hunt in the Sahara - hunting jackals and gazelles on horseback by night; The Rendezvous of Death - how two tribes of Bedouin Arabs of Palestine finally settled a blood-feud that had cost many lives on both sides; A Fight with a Sea-Tiger (Orca) - Southern California encounter ends badly for veteran fisherman; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - Part VIII (last instalment) of G.O'Hara's adventures; Ah Kim the Astute - a simple Chinaman allows an employer to 'put one over' on him; A Museum of Odds and Ends - photo-illustrated short write-up of the home of Mr. W.W. Beach on the summit of Mount Parnassus; and more. Back cover missing. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Wood, Stanley L.; Pearse, Alfred; Brock, R.H.; Crombie, Chas.; Whitaker, W.G.; Small, A.G.; Peddie, Tom; Elcock, Howard; Soper, G.; Wigfull, W.E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Waddell, J. (illustrator).…