Ben s boyce (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. 125 pages. Shelf wear, some discoloring to the pages; stamp inside the back cover; a good book. No jacket. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Countries & Travel; Inventory No: 185837.

Zustand: Good. W.D. Boyce Company 1928 8vo. 124 pages. black cloth boards moderately worn with rubbing. light foxing and handsoiling to text pages. binding tight. G+.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. DEAR DAD LETTERS FROM NEW GUINEA ILLUSTRATED BY BEN S. BOYCE 1928. I am pleased to offer an interesting chronicle of a young man s expedition to the wilds of then Papua New Guinea which at the time was under a custodianship mandate by Australia. Visiting the area was considered quite dangerousthere were still unknown tribes in the wilds there, many of them apparently practicing cannibalism! One of the terms of his visit was that he post a weekly letter recounting his experiences to his father who was a newspaper publisher in Chicago and who would see to it that the letters were published. This book is a compilation of those letters published posthumously after the son died at the young age of 43, in 1928. The four-month expedition, in the company of seasoned New Guinea hands, took place before the onset of World War I although the exact dates are not mentioned in the book. Please find then: Illustrated Dear Dad Letters from New Guinea, by Ben S. Boyce. This medium-sized but relatively thin hard cover book (6 x 8 ¾ inches, 125 pages) was published by the W.D. Boyce Company of Chicago, dated 1928 (his father s publishing company). The book is bound in handsome black cloth with bright gilt titles on the cover. As mentioned, the book is well illustrated with b&w photos from the expedition throughout and some color maps of Papua New Guinea and the Region at the rear endpaper. Condition: This book is in very good condition. The gilt titles and framing on the front cover are very slightly worn but still fine and handsome. Inside, the book is unmarked and the pages and photos are clean and bright throughout. Both hinges are intact, and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder. …

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. HC/DJ in mylar protective wraps; black boards with gilt lettering and boarding to cover. No shelf-wear. B/W Photo Illustrated end papers at front; Color mapped end papers at rear. MINT EXTERIOR/INTERIOR. Second fly-leaf has a personal typed and in publishers lettering message to prev. owner "To Mr. William W. Crooke' In memory of Ben S. Boyce - W.D. Boyce Co." sem-attached. B/E Photo Frontis of Ben s. Boyce. Includes several b/w photographs and illustrations. A collection of letters from a son to his father. At the time they were written, exploration of New Guinea was forbidden. The island was too dangerous. However, Ben S. Boyce was given permission to do so on the agreement that he would write a letter once a week during his expedition. These letters would be published in a newspaper called the Chicago Saturday Blade. DJ is in FINE condition; some very minor rubbing to edges, in mylar. 124pp [1 page]. 8vo. --B.R. Box 93.…

8vo. pp. 124, [1]. illus. (incl. frontis. portrait). illus. & colour maps on endpapers. cloth. Near fine copy. Printed Presentation Slip from the Publisher. First Edition.