comyn d c e (11 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Photos, 9 x 6", gilt-lettered pict green cloth, 331pp with index + pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities bumped (especially spine ends), front inner hinge cracking, pp toned, former owner's bookplate on front fly, inside front cover is a bookplate from Colfe Grammar School; this copy was a prize for "General Proficiency" in 1917. A nice copy of the FIRST EDITION. The title page identifies the author as "Late of the Black Watch".

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The uncommon first edition of D. C. E. FF. Comyn's account of his working and hunting experiences in the Sudan. The first edition of this work. An extensive account of D. C. E. FF. Comyn's experiences in the Sudan as an officer in the Black Watch, infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. An African travelogue telling of the author's journey from Cairo to Khartum, along the Nile, to El Obeid, and more, with accounts of hunting.Illustrated with sixteen full page plates and three maps, of which one folding. Collated, complete.With advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, considerable damp marking to the boards. Previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1916. Additional illustrated magazine cutting tipped in to p. 15. Internally, firmly bound. light spotting tot he occasional leaf, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with sixteen full page plates and three maps, of which one folding. Collated, complete. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo, pp 331 + publisher's catalogue at rear. Bound in green cloth covered hard boards, decoration and gilt lettering to the spine and upper board. Illustrated with photo plates and with a folding map of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan bound in at rear. Internally clean other than browning to the half-title page and some light spotting to the title page and endpapers, previous owner's name to end-paper and a small bookseller's label from Bloemfontein to the front pastedown, else clean inside, binding tight and square. Boards rubbed and marked, spine remains bright and clean. Overall a Very Good Minus copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A complete first edition of this account of the author's time working in Sudan, illustrated throughout with plates and folding maps. The first edition of this work.An account of the author's experiences working and hunting in Sudan as an officer in the Black Watch.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, two maps, and sixteen plates.Collated, complete.Written by D. C. E. F. Comyn, who was an officer in the Black Watch.Twenty pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some minor marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Rear hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots. Very Good Indeed. book.

First edition. First edition. [xxiii], 331 pp., [20] ads at rear; photographic portrait frontispiece, illustrations and maps throughout. 8vo. Green cloth boards with gilt titles stamped on front with illustration and silver borders, decorative gilt titles and silver borders along spine, t.e.g.,handsome bookplate on upper pastedown, separating along upper hinge, [xxiii], 331 pp., [20] ads at rear; photographic portrait frontispiece, illustrations and maps throughout. 8vo.

1st Edn,. xxiii 331 pages, 16pp adverts op edge gilt illustrations in b/w from photographs, 2 single page maps, and folding map at rear showing the author's travels, armorial bookplate to the front paste down with pencil ownership name dated 1911 above. Published emerald green cloth with gilt title within white ruled borders and standing native vignette to the upper cover, gilt title and crescent moon to the spine. The binding clean and bright. Comyn a former army officer relates his adventures fighting the Mahdi with instances of big game hunting for elephant, rhino. Buffalo and hippo primally in the Sudd and Pongo River region of Sudan, also he bagged lion, roan. waterbuck, crocodile etc. Czech 66.

1st Edn,. xxiii 331 pages, 16pp adverts, top edge gilt illustrations in b/w from photographs, 2 single page maps, and folding map at rear showing the author's travels. Ownership prize inscription dated 1924 to the front paste down Published emerald green cloth with gilt title within white ruled borders and standing native vignette to the upper cover, gilt title and crescent moon to the spine. The binding clean and bright. Comyn a former army officer relates his adventures fighting the Mahdi with instances of big game hunting for elephant, rhino. Buffalo and hippo primally in the Sudd and Pongo River region of Sudan, also he bagged lion, roan. waterbuck, crocodile etc. Czech 66.