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Zustand: Fair. 1939. Published in Penguin Books. 183 pages. Pink striped penguin cover with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Moderate tanning to spine and covers. Minor splits to spine ends and corners. Visible wear marks to covers. Book has a rolled spine.

As photographed; 2nd printing (1939); in very good condition, with the original early dust-jacket, not clipped - price 6d (sixpence); the book tells the story of his flight in a light aircraft from England to Madras; 183pp + 8pls.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: RAF Langham library. Physical description; 70 p. : ill., front., maps ; 23 cm. Notes; "The text of this book was written by the late K. C. Gandar Dower, who also took nearly all the photographs" --p. [5]. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Africa, Italian East. Eritrea History. Eritrea Politics and government. Somalia History. 3 Kg.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Good tight copy, age spotting to preliminary pages & page edges, wrapper is worn & frayed at edges, tears & creases to rear panel.

hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a good tightly bound copy in an age-toned and edge worn dust jacket with some loss & now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve. The endpapers are markedly age=toned, the contents free of marking. Illustrated, x + 331pp, folding map to the rear.

First Edition. Good copy only in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Proveance: Bookplate of Alan Thornton Witney. Physical description: x, 331 pages, [24] leaves of plates (inc. front.): ill., map (fold.), ports. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Leopons Kenya. Lion hunting Kenya. Kenya Description and travel. 3 Kg.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 210mm). Ppx,331. B/w photographs, fold-out map of the Abedares to rear. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly dented and used, browning to end-papers and edges, paste-repair to frontispiece, tear and crumpled edge to folding map. Good copy, lacks dust-wrapper. An entertaining and amusing description of Gandar Dower's safari, with Raymond Hook, into Kenya's Aberdare mountain range in search of the fabled 'spotted lion'. Chapters include:- Erratic pilgrimage; This book is not. ; Try Raymond Hook; In which I am charged by a pachyderm; Talks with a pirate king; First glimpse of spotted lion land; Stock safari; Murder pretty foul; Escape; The spotted lion; In which it does not strike hook as possible; In which we grope our way tenatively; In which we are neither up nor down; In which the elephant knows best; The final fling; We win through; The God's relent; The plague is with us; Ten little nigger boys; Retreat from Moscow; Purgatory regained; Dusk in the woods; Mutiny; The highest hole in history; In which I become colour conscious; The steam-roller system; In which I do a very gallant act; "If seven angry elephants"; The spotted lions bite; I find Lake Gandar; Stalemate. Appendices include:- Notes on the spotted lion of the Aberdares by R.I. Pocock, F.R.S; Native evidence. .

289 pages plates (some colour) : 22 cm. Notes: "First published . 1949." "[This book] consists of about one hundred contributions, written or told by British officers, West African native sergeants, askaris of the King's African Rifles, South African pilots and transport drivers, Italians . Ethiopians, privates, brigadiers, traders and missionaries--each of whom found himself playing his part in that curious kaleidoscope which was the East African campaign."--Preface.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 111 pages including frontispiece : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. Contents: Describes Madagascar campaign from landing at Majunga 10 Sep 1942 to signing at Ambalavao 6 Nov 1942; does not include capture of Diego Suarez Notes: " With 39 photographs.".

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. First Edition. xvii, 238pp. Cloth. Frontispiece and fifteen inserted plates with b&w photographs. A first hand narrative of the author's voyage from England to India. Some wear to extremities, light fading to spine, name on half-title. About very good.; Octavo.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 111 pages including frontispiece : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. Subjects: 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Madagascar; Madagascar; Personal narratives English; World War, 1939-1945 Madagascar; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, English. 1 Kg.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. navy clothbound hardback, gilt. 290pp. with colour and b/w illustrations. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Foxing to endpapers, halftitle and foredge. Light wear to cloth covers as well as very light soiling. A VERY GOOD COPY. (Shelf 200) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First UK Edition. 331 pages, with 27 black and white photographs and one fold-out map. Brown cloth covers with gold titles, edges scuffed and worn with light markings all over, endpapers yellowed, front and rear boards both coming loose, text is clean, Good. Book.

Zustand: Used - Good. Good paperback. Reprint, 1939. Pages a little yellowed and wavy. Covers bright and vibrant. Thin crease in slightly slanted spine.

First Edition. [Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 290; [2]. Publisher's navy cloth, gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with eight double sided plates in colour. Bookplate to pastedown, neat ownership to flyleaf, slight toning to edges. Cloth lightly rubbed, some negligible paint splashes. A very good copy without wrapper. An anthology of contributions from over 100 various contributors on the overlooked East African Campaign in the Second World War.

Hardback. First Edition. St Marys Books is proud to present this lovely 1934 first edition of Amateur Adventure The Story of a Record Flight to Madras by K C Gandar Dower Housed in its original pictorial dustjacket featuring a stunning black and white aerial photograph this hardback book is bound in blue cloth with pink ink lettering to its spine Inside one finds ixvii and 238 pages of text peppered with further stunning black and white travel photographs Within the pages of this book the reader is treated to the humour and beauty of the authors solo flight to India embarking with little previous experience he recounts the story without dull technicalities instead portraying his amateur flight as the lighthearted adventure that it was This copy is in very good condition Though the original dustjacket has suffered some bumps and tears and thus can only be described as good the book itself remains remarkably well preserved with only a small inscription to the front free endpaper to note Amateur Adventure is looking for a new home and would make for the perfect gift for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in light blue cloth boards with pink lettering to spine, no dustjacket. 238pp. B/w photographic frontispiece, b/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, some light foxing to page block, remains of bookshop sticker to bottom corner of front pastedown. (6/2).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo, i-xvii, 238 pp, black and white frontispiece, 15 black and white photographs, blue cloth with pictorial dust wrapper. Some light spotting to the title page, half title and closed fore edges but an excellent copy in a fine protected dust wrapper. A scarce account of the authors flight from England to India in 1932. Particularly difficult to find in this condition.

Coachwhip Publications 2015, 275 pp., b&w photos, paperback 9781616460716 (code Sc-208).