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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.

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.

paperback, 112pp, illustrated, map, pages browning, text otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, covers browning and edges rubbed; frayed at base of spine, Good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 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.".

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.

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.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. McCaleb, Fred F. (Cover); Fuller, Arthur D.; Dower, Walter; Gillette, Henry S.; Hunt, Lynn Bogue; Monroe Jr., C.E.; Ripley, A. Lassell; Ward, Everett S.; Chapin Ray (photos); Wares, James A.; Liedl, Charles; Bransom, Paul (illustrator). First Edition. 118 pages. Features: The Great Bear Hunt; Bighorn Mountain Trout; Hawk Call - Reconverted; Moose on the Loose; The Dove; Midwinter Rainbows; Darby Creek Honkers; Confessions of a Goat Hunter; The Springer's Surprise; Duck Shooting; Big Bomber; Repairing Bamboo Rods; Deer Hunter's Cabin; The Passing of "Take 'Em" Sue; Christmas at North Crossing; Man-Eaters of Kumaon - part 3 - the Chowgarh man-eating tiger killed 64 humans before Jim Corbett caught up with her;; Magnum Loadings. Nice one-page hunting cabin photo ad for Zenith Radios; Photo of Frank M. Gale holding his winning largemouth; Photo of Mrs. Julian T. Crandall with her 121 pound tarpon; funky 2/3 page red and black ad for Prince Albert pipe tobacco explains that the man in the ad gets ladies because of his P.A. (Pipe Appeal!); Cute color ad for Calvert Whisky inside front cover features bear cub on ski hill; Nice color one-page illustration of Duck Shooting by Lassell; Nice red and black 2/3-page ad for the new Higgins Camp Trailer; Nice photo ad for Feather Foam coats by the Arctic Feather & Down Co. of Seattle; Trav-Ler Radio ad; Selecting and Using an Outdoorman's Ax; Nice photo ad for Gephart salt water fishing rods; Nice one-page red and black hunting-theme photo-ad for Gaines dog food; Front cover beginning to separate. Back cover missing. Most of pages 67/68, and 85/86 missing. A worthy vintage copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Dower, Walter (Cover); Monroe Jr. C.E.; Fuller, Arthur D.; Halls, Richard; Dower, Walter; Hunt, Lynn Bogue; Golton, Glenn; Holeywell, A.C.; Woods, James G.; (illustrator). First Edition. 136 pages. Features: Lovely Christmas package delivery cover illustration by Walter Dower; Game Laws 1948-49; The River Wise Man; November Steelheads - in the Whitney Drain near Lake Huron; Peanuts and Pictures; In the Presence of Mine Enemies; The Festive Board; The Happiest Huntsman - Henry Belden of California; The Undertaker and the Long-Tailed Bunnies; Variations of a Theme; Dress Rehearsal; McKillop's Geese; Aunt Maggie's Peach Orchard; Grouse of the Lugga; Adventures in the Night; Duck Hunters' Navy; As Advertised; A New Rifle Kills Clean; Gloves From Your Buck. Many great ads in color and black and white. Beautiful one-page color ad for Miller beer featureslovely lady sitting on the crescent moon in the night sky. Nice one-page black and red ad for Gaines Dog Meal (food). Nice color Santa ad on back cover for Camel cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.