Catherall j a (3 Ergebnisse)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 16 [ads], 63-118 pages. Features: Rogue Elephant Herd of the Sabi Valley - article with photos; Two Stowaways did not determine the destination of the ship they boarded, and problems resulted; Meeting the Wife - tragedy strikes as Mr. Barker journeys to meet his wife at a remote Tanganyika plantation; Land of Giraffe-Necked Women - the Mon-Khmer Padaungs of Burma - one-page article with great photo of Padaung beauty playing cards; Island Watchers of Koro Koro, New Zealand - one of the loneliest jobs in the world; A Night With Pirates - a man's small boat is taken over by pirates in Singapore waters and used to attack a junk; The Kwapa Diamond Chase - a curious development in the development of Nigerian mining; The Stone of Evil - story recounted by a missionary to Melanesia in 1928; Derby Commentary; "In the Bag" - interesting stories from P.O.W.s of the Japanese; Eight Thousand Dollars - South Seas silver robbery; Cattle-Droving in Australia - article with photos; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Nicolson, W.C. (cover) (illustrator).…

Zustand: Fine. Uniform matching in publisher's original duck egg blue card wrap covers [softback] navy blue linen spine and corners. Landscape 9½'' x 12''. Contains 656 pages over the five volumes with continuous pagination showing 321 full-page single-sided monochrome photographs. Descriptive text giving information required for the comprehension and enjoyment of the photograph appears beneath each plate. It is a special feature of this work that each photograph appears on a right-hand page, and that no matter is printed at the back. This has enabled the publisher's to produce the work in such a manner as to secure the highest excellence of art reproduction, an incidental advantage of the plan thus adopted is that no twisting or turning of the book is required in order to examine the pictures. This series was obtainable only by subscription and not obtainable through ordinary Booksellers. Volume 1 still has the Subscription note by the publisher's tipped-in. Light soiling and rubbing to the cover edges, the contents of all five volumes being in Fine condition. Heavy set. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLAND EXPLORATION.…