Ballantyne george (23 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. xvi 111pp map at rear, printed card covers, very good.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

1st edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 137 p., [8] col. plates : maps ; 21 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Wild flowers Scotland; Flora Fife, Scotland; Flora Kinross, Scotland. 1 Kg.…

Green hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). lvi, 364pp + plates. 2 colour plates.

Green hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). lvii, 461pp + plates. 4 plates (2 colour).

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Good. a new edition. Cloth, G. xxiv+309pp+32pp publishers catalogue, b/w frontis, 184 b/w illustrations, cloth rather rubbed, corners bumped, split to the cloth along the rear hinge repaired a little crudely, sporadic foxing to the pages. A good reading copy. Interesting account from some 22 emminent late Victorian authors of the reasons & experiences thay had in writing & getting published their first books. 950 grams.…

1st edition. Provenance; David McClintok (bookplate). Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Stapled binding. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; pp. 99, 26 cm. Subjects; Scotland, Kirkcaldy. Floras. Wild flowers. Wild flowers Scotland Kirkcaldy. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Second Edition. 111 pages. Covers very good with light general wear. Contents clean and tight, a few corners a little worn, no inscriptions. A very good copy. A Scarce publication Size: 8vo. Book.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: New. In English.

Einband - fest (Hardcover). Zustand: New.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A charming set of juvenile fiction, comprising three works by R. M. Ballantyne and one from George Manville Fenn. A set of four juvenile adventure novels, three of which are from Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne and one from English novelist and journalist, George Manville Fenn.Both writers wrote with young adults in mind, creating adventures likened to that of Robert Louis Stevenson. Ballantyne is particularly noted for his attention to real-life research and detail after a geography-related mistake he made in The Coral Island.In the original decorative cloth bindings.All volumes are undated. Dated via copies held institutionally.Including the following titles:'The Madman and the Pirate' by R. M. Ballantyne (1883) - Twenty-third thousand edition. With seven illustrated plates. Thirty-two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Collated, complete.'Life in the Red Brigade' by R. M. Ballantyne (1887) - No edition remarks. Eight pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.'The Crystal Hunters: A Boy's Adventure in the Higher Alps' by George Manville Fenn (1892) - Ninth thousand edition. Thirty-two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.'Away in the Wilderness: Life Among the Red Indians and Fur-Traders of North America' by R. M. Ballantyne (1912) - No edition remarks. With six pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original decorative cloth bindings. Externally, 'Crystal' and 'Wilderness' are very smart, with only light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. 'Madman' and 'Brigade' have slightly more notable wear, with fading to the cloth. Damp stains to the boards of 'Brigade'. Prize bookplates to the front pastedowns of 'Crystal' and 'Madman'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. with offsetting to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to 'Wilderness' front free endpaper and a few scattered spots to 'Wilderness' and 'Madman'. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A brightly illustrated collection of six late nineteenth and early twentieth century adventure novels with moral teachings. Six volumes. This set contains: The Renegade, 1915. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates. Collated complete. Written by John Finnemore, a British school teacher, novelist, and writer of history and geography texts primarily for younger readers. Illustrated by Allan Stewart, a Scottish painter and illustrator. Through Bible Lands: Notes of Travel in Egypt, The Desert, and Palestine, c1880. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates. Collated complete. Written by Philip Schaff, a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and ecclesiastical historian. With an essay of Egyptology and the Bible by Edouard Naville, a Swiss archaeologist, Egyptologist and Biblical scholar. The Gorilla Hunters, c1905. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, colour title page, and seven colour plates. Collated complete. Written by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a Scottish author of juvenile fiction, who wrote more than a hundred books. He was also an accomplished artist, exhibiting some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy and illustrating some of his novels. The Lamplighter, c1890. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. Written by Maria Susanna Cummins, an American novelist best known for this work. Scottish Chiefs, c1900. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, colour title page, and seven colour plates. Collated complete. Written by Jane Porter, an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. Illustrated by Walter G. Grieve, a Scottish artist and illustrator. More About Pixie, c1920. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece. Lacking title page. Written by Jessie Bell, an English writer who wrote under her married name Mrs George de Horne Vaizey. In the original pictorial red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines of most volumes with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge starting to The Gorilla Hunters, The Lamplighter, and More About Pixie, with the title page lacking to the latter. Both hinges starting to Scottish Chiefs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers with further age toning to the pages of The Gorilla Hunters. A school prize bookplate to the front pastedown of Through Bible Lands and The Gorilla Hunters. Very Good. Alan Stewart; Walter G. Grieve (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 136 pages. Many black and white photos plus some color ads. Features: Russell J. Smiley's cover art depicts his triumph over a mighty marlin; Wood Ticks and Dog Tricks - The wood tick causes deadly spotted fever; The Education of the Wrecker - Training a problematic dog; Death in the Timber - The peril caused by forest fires; The Gristmill Whopper - The real fisherman knows what to do if he lands the whopper; Bass Plugs and Bass (Part 2); Jungle Journey - Part 4 of E.P. Haddon's adventures hunting and fishing in the almost unexplored back-country jungles of tropical Yucatan Peninsula; Farm Fishponds - Second article on farm fish ponds, reporting on a co-operative experiment in constructing 60 ponds in North Carolina and the result after two years; The Lizard of "Was" - The Gila Monster; Know Your Ducks (7) - The Blue-Winged Teal; One-page photo of George Paulson stepping out of his boat on Leech Lake, MN, with a string of fish; One-page photo of Bernard Rocha casting into the Owens River in California; Matinee on the Marsh - Hunting and betting; The Champion - The record and life story of perhaps the most brilliant handler of all time, Clyde Morton of Alabama; Bucktails for Steelheads (Part 2) - Peter J. Schwab reveals how to tie his sensational new wire-body bucktails for steelheads; Iron rifle Sights - The peep type site is very accurate; and much more. Many great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Smiley, Russell J.; Prince, William Meade; Ballantyne, Joyce; Glaser, George (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo. Small 8vo. pp iv, 67. Full dark brown leather lettered gilt at the spine. Handsome very good indeed copy with clean text. Contemporary leather, the spine has been recently professionally restored in period style. An earlier printing appeared in London in 1743. Scarce. …