Captain walter campbell (2 Ergebnisse)

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A fine, leather bound edition of this captivating work from Captain Walter Campbell. Illustrated with seven full plates. Originally published in 1842, "The Old Forest Ranger; Or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in the Jungles and on the Plains", is an account of Captain Walter Campbell"s experiences hunting in the jungles of India. Lieutenant General Sir Walter Campbell, (1864 1936) was a British Army officer who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces. A charming second edition, bound in calf leather. Containing seven full plates, including frontispiece. Collated. In a full calf binding, with gilt title and decoration to the spine. Externally, very smart. Some very light rubbing to the extremities. Marbled paper to pastedowns and endpapers. "Sir Percival Scrope Marling" bookplate to front pastedown. "Alan Thornton Witney Oxon" bookplate to recto of front endpaper. Blind stamp to verso of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very light marking to endpapers. Signed by Sir Percival Scrope Marling on preface and page 1. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Mad Mike" - Part I - The adventures of a well-known South Seas character, including his romantic connection with the beautiful half-caste Laumona; The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko - Photo-illustrated article on the shy and elusive East African Sanya race; My Wife's Double - told by Sidney Fitzgerald, now chief engineer with a firm in Portuguese East Africa; In Quest of the Unknown - Part I - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges meets the strange islanders of the San Blas Archipelago and the mysterious Chucunaque - illustrated with photos; My Chinese Crystal - This story of events surrounding an ancient crystal, believed to be stolen from a Chinese temple, will keenly interest students of the occult; The Very Keen Man - How an energetic Central African Native Commissioner conceived a Great Scheme - and what happened to it; The Great Pay-Train Hold-Up - For several years the police of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were at their wit's end to deal with an epidemic of pay-roll robberies; The Big-Game Trapper - R.D.S. describes some thrilling experiences encountered by well-known trappers; Through Savage Europe - Part III - Richard Carline describes his holiday painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro - with photos; "Down Texas Way" - The wife of a Texas rancher tells the tale of three high-spirited youngsters, a desperate gang of escaped convicts, a night alarm, and a mysterious disappearance; Across the Great Sahara - Part IV - The story of a wonderful exploit - a camel-back journey from south to north through the Sahara - with photos; Donnelly's Luck - An old prospector strikes it rich, only to fall into the hands of rascally claim-jumpers; Twenty-Three Hours of Horror - A young fireman, Clermont Lafayette Staden, falls overboard from the American oil-tank steamer Fred W. Weller in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; Skelton, J.R.; Crombie, Charles; Vedder, S.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; De Walton, John; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Tennant, Dudley (illustrator).…