captain c g rawling (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. Blue cover boards decorated with gilt title and gilt illustration of a man on horseback.A small portion of the hinge has wear and tear; otherwise firm. Spine is slighlty scuffed but firm. Mild foxing and tanning to pages. Text, illustrations and maps are bright and clear. Pages have deckled edges. Photograph available on request.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this interesting travel work on New Guinea, in the original very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.File copy, with a stamp to the fore edge, and five letters regarding reviewing this work loosely inserted, to and from John Methven, L. Batho Rawling, and Miss Audrey Ewart King.Captain C. G. Rawling's vivid account of his travels in New Guinea and his encounters with the native tribes, as well as his exploration of many untouched jungles; he had the first Western encounter with the Tapiro pygmies, and was the first European to reach many of the regions he explored during the expedition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and thirty-one plates.Collated, complete.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Some light marks to the boards and spine causing a little discolouration. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spots and stamps to the fore edge. Front hinge is a little strained, the frontispiece is working loose. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, resulting in a few small closed tears and chips. Spine is age-toned. Light spots to the wraps. Patch of discolouration to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Very Good Indeed. book.