Dod orsborne captain (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Envoi rapide jaquette usagée pages un peu jaunies très rares rousseurs. in8. 1952. Broché. 378 pages. Very Good.

Zustand: Good. 1957. First Published. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Pen inscription to front flap.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Good dj. First Edition. [ex-library (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Script Department "File Copy"), marked as such only by a label and pocket on the front endpaper, and aside from that the book is only lightly worn and would grade Near Fine; the jacket shows some wear and some tiny nicks along the top and bottom edges, with one tiny chip at the top of the rear panel]. Memoir by "one of England's great adventurers -- a man who made a business out of danger! Spanning two wars and the exciting years between, [the book] recreates his exploits -- using logbooks, scrapbooks, letters, and the captain's own astounding memory. At twenty-one, Orsborne was the youngest captain in the British Merchant Marine and ready for the extraordinary life that was to involve him, at one time or another, in pearl hunting, a safari to destroy a man-eating tiger, an escape through a crocodile-infested river, espionage for British Intelligence, and almost anything that looked like danger." (The "Girl Pat," by the way, was a small fishing trawler that Orsborne took on an unauthorized voyage across the Atlantic in 1936 -- an escapade for which he was tried and imprisoned, on the charge that he had stolen the boat. He claimed to have been on a secret undercover mission for British Naval Intelligence.).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Jacket is Good plus with some wear and tear, book is VG minus with moderate wear, a little edge-foxing, yellowed pages, owner name in pen to front endpaper.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R240087886: 1952. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 378 pages - jaquette conservée - ouvrage recouvert d'un plastique transparent -. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.…

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R240082268: 1952. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 378 pages - jaquette en état d'usage (déchirures), illustrée en monochrome - coins frottés. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R260189666: 1952. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 378 pages - Jaquette abimée -. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.