Captain leslie richardson (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 6" x 9" 288 pages. Clean and tight. No foxing to photographic plates. 18 illustrations plus map. Towns, castles, life and attractions along the fabled Loire river.

Zustand: Good. 1927. Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear and small tear to spine. Inscription by previous owner to endpaper. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 155 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Staining to both boards.…

Zustand: Good. 1927. Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear and small tear to spine. Inscription by previous owner to endpaper. . . . .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. THE DUST JACKET IS RUBBED AND FADED. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE SCUFFED AND TORN. THERE IS A 3CM BY 1CM TEAR TO THE TOP EDGE OF THE FRONT JACKET. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND FADED. BOTH ENDS OF THE SPINE ARE SCUFFED AND TORN. THE PAGE EDGES HAVE FOXING. THE FRONT INSIDE FOLD HAS BEEN TORN ACROSS THE BOTTOM HALF. THERE IS A PENNED DEDICATION TO THE TITLE PAGE. THE BINDING HAS LOOSENED SLIGHTLY BUT THE PAGES ARE ALL ATTACHED. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A scarce leather bound first edition of this illustrated account of the author's time travelling across the Pyrenees. A scarce leather bound copy, bound in the original full calf with gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-one plates, and a double page map to the front of the text. Collated complete. A description of an interesting frontier land, its wonderful scenery, romantic associations, the attractions of its fashionable resorts, and the charms of more secluded retreats. Written from the author's own experiences in the region. Written by General Sir Charles Leslie Richardson, a senior British Army officer who saw service in the Second World War and reached high office following the end of the war. In the original full calf binding. Externally, smart with light wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting and light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Features: The Derelict; The Vengeance of Devi Chand - the revenge of a bereaved father in India; A Donkey in Spain - the author planned to take a walking trip through Spain with a donkey carrying his baggage; An Arctic Outpost - what happened to three members of the RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment - article with photos; Through France with "Sylvabelle" - I - a yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera - article with great photos; The Netik - native 'magic' on a south sea island; Aerial photo of dozens of log booms at Vancouver, B.C.; "The White Man's Great War-Game" - II - amazing photo-illustrated article of the savages of Sura, Angas and other primitive tribes of northern Nigeria; Truffle-Hunting - a description of the industry in Italy and France - and a description of the manner in which the pigs and dogs are trained to search for them - with photos; The One-Legged Kea - a tale from the South Island of New Zealand; Behind the scenes in American crime - "a veritable hell-brew of wickedness and intrigue that has no counterpart in Europe - article with photos of Mrs. Margaret Whittemore and Richard Whittemore; Besieged by Crocodiles; The Lost Safe - a detective story; Lee Sum's Lucky Day - a 'gang-robbery' in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Multiple pieces of red and clear tape holding covers in place. Brown tape securing fore-edges of each cover. A worthy vintage copy. Wightman, W.E.; Woodville, R.Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth; Nicolson, W.C.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Gillett, Frank; Burns, Inder (illustrator).…