ernest watt (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Double Bay, SGR Press, 1998. Quarto, 196 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs plus a family tree. Papered boards; a fine copy with the dustwrapper a little unevenly sunned. Signed in ink by Susie Rankine on the title page (and inscribed in ink in the margin, 'From the author - September 2007'). Ernest Alexander Stuart Watt (1874-1954), shipowner, pastoralist and patron of the arts. Signed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. (no date circa 1882) Dutton HC square format HC in illstd monotint boards with green cloth backstrip. Profusely illstd with extremely high quality chromolithographic plates by Linnie Watt. Rural poems on each page lithographed on a monotinit illustrated backdrop of a pastoral scene with margin ills. Monotint plates by Ernest Wilson. Square bright and neat; only very minimal rubbing to corners. Binding carcked internally at two spots but no jutting pages. Quite neat. An exceptional example of the chromolithographic childrens' book from the turn of the century. VG or better. Uncommon; Chromo-lithograph; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 64 pages; (no date circa 1882) Dutton HC square format HC in illstd monotint boards with green cloth backstrip. Profusely illustrated with extremely high quality chromolithographic plates by Linnie Watt. Rural poems on each page lithographed on a monotint illustrated backdrop of a pastoral scene with margin illustrated Monotint plates by Ernest Wilson. Square bright and neat; only very minimal rubbing to corners. Binding cracked internally at two spots but no jutting pages. Quite neat. An exceptional example of the chromolithographic childrens' book from the turn of the century. VG or better. Uncommon.

Softcover. Limited Edition. St Marys Books is proud to present this 1921 limited edition copy of Oswald Watt A Tribute to his memory by a few of his friends edited by Sydney Ure Smith Betram Stevens and Ernest Watt Bound in olive green paper with gold gilt and black ink lettering this softcover book contains 69 pages of text peppered with black and white photographs This book provides an intimate tribute to Oswald Watts life from his early days to his service in the war to his very last words This copy is in good condition though the cover is bumped and worn and there is some splitting to the hinges on the spine the interior remains clean and readable Oswald Watt is looking for a new home and would make for a perfect gift for anyone hoping to understand the great war from a more personal perspective. book.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Robinson, T.H.; Tresilian, S.; Leigh, Conrad; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Wightman, W.E.; Tresilian, S.; Sindall, A.W.; Brock, R.H. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Dead Men's Tracks - Part I - A story from Western Australia about a lost mine; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part II - How the first white woman in history succeeded in entering Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet; Stumbling Pete (Peter Dawson) - a tale of two trappers on the northern coast of British Columbia; Down the World's Most Dangerous River - A thrilling 750 mile boat voyage down the Colorado River, with photos; Muskrat Farming in Canada - One of the latest industries to be established in Canada - breeding muskrats for their pelts on a commercial scale; Marooned in the Swamps - A veteran hunter is abandoned in the heart of Africa; Murder will Out - How R.N.W.M.P. Constable Pennecuick searched for three missing travellers - one of the most remarkable cases in the annals of the famous Mounted Police of Canada, with photos; The Gorilla of Ubangui - A trip to French Congo in search of a huge gorilla; The Promotion of Constable Sidi, a Nigerian Policeman; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part III - The continued adventures of two city-bred sisters who took up homesteading in South Dakota. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Sutcliffe, Norman; Goss, G.W.; gale, W.G.; Sindall, A.W.; Moorsom, F.G.; tresilian, S.; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, R.H.; Carruthers, G.P.; Saunderson, E.J.; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: America's Murder Gangs Unmasked - A striking revelation of the forces at work behind the "murder-gangs," or organized criminal syndicates, of New York, Chicago, and other large American cities; My Menagerie - Photo-illustrated article about D. Maule and his odd experiences with his collection of animals, acquired in the wilds of Rhodesia; "Square-Pegs" - Part III of a story which should be studied by everyone considering settling in Canada - in this case a London family purchases a prairie farm; The Crowing Cock - How two Buddhist priests unmasked a cunning thief by a clever piece of 'divination'; on the outskirts of Colombo, Ceylon; Room Forty-Nine - A dangerous experience for an Englishman in Mexico; "Kruger's" Day Out - A bold, bad baboon is unfastened by mischievous troopers in South Africa; Hunting the "Moonshiners" - Interesting stories from the officers tasked with suppressing the flow of illegal liquor in the Prohibition-era United States - with photos; Photo of communal bakery in Brittany; "Tiger" - After 11 years in Malaya William Hodge saw his first live tiger; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part I - Two city-bred sisters take up homesteading in South Dakota - with photos; Nik's Homecoming - Life and death in a remote Albanian village last August is described, with photos, by Lieut-Colonel P.T. Etherton; Mart Dayton's Grizzly - It took him a year but he finally took revenge on the bear that killed his young partner in the remote MacGregor country in British Columbia; The Bridge-Builders - Two men knowing nothing of the business take on a contract to build a bridge across an obscure river in the wilds of Africa; Fire-Walkers of Mauritius - A Photo-illustrated account of an extraordinary ceremony; In Quest of Gold - Part II - Two young Americans in search of buried treasure are forced to turn around by the dreaded Yaqui Indians. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The author's presentation copy of this very scarce poetical collection, generously inscribed by him with original verses. The author's inscribed presentation copy. With two handwritten poems - including twenty lines written over the front paste down and front free endpaper ("To A. J. M.) and fourteen lines written to the rear endpaper (titled 'The Perfect Poem').First edition.Very scarce, with only one copy held institutionally by the British Library. No previous records in auction.In the original quarter cloth, with paper covered boards.A collection of war poetry from Australian-born shipowner, pastoralist and patron of the arts, Ernest Alexander Stuart Watt. He publishedLove Letters of a Genius(1905) which he had translated from the French of Prosper Mérimée,Pauline's Book of Poetry(1911) and an anthology,A Diary and Other Indiscretions(1914).This volume includes numerous tributary verses to comrades as well as romantic pieces dedicated to his wife, the titular Bertha. In the original quarter cloth, with paper covered boards. Externally, with discolouration to the spine and handling marks to the boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the occasional light spots. Author's inscription to the front paste down, front free endpaper and rear endpaper. Very Good. signed by author. book.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Peddie, Tom; Prater, Ernest (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel, involving the Elder Dempster branch boat "Lagoon"; Tales of the Service - The Smuggler's Cave (part III) - stirring stories of the Service contributed by a customs-house officer on the West Coast of Scotland and also in Ireland; The Wooing of Abia - a charming yet thrilling love story involving natives of Papua, with great photos; Beyond the Law (part III) - The Dalton Gang terrorized the Western States of America for years while committing train robberies and holding up banks; The Empire's Only Eskimo Soldier - John Shiwak, of Labrador, the only Eskimo soldier to lay down his life for the empire (article with photo); Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram (part III) - the Himalayan exploits of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman (with photos); A Nightmare Voyage - in 1905, the American barque Challenger left Port Townsend for Japan in the command of Captain Pedersen; Photo of a Papuan chief's daughter wearing a necklace of hundreds of dog teeth; Lion-Hunting as a Business - Frank Allen of Rhodesia is the only known lion-hunter - article with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa (part IV) - a 4,000 mile honeymoon trip east to west across the Dark Continent - with photos; The Baboon and the Baby - a baboon steals a baby from a home; My Experiences in German East Africa - James Henry Butcher relates his thrilling experiences as a private in the South African Infantry, with photos; The Shining Town - a fascinating photo-illustrated sketch of life and scenes in Granada; The "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island - the shipwrecked author was adopted by a chief in the South Sea Islands and went on to become the ruler of an island and its people; Only a Half-Breed - in South-West Colorado in 1869 a white man's squaw prevented a war; Fantastic ad "Swear Off Tobacco" by the Newell harmacal Company of St. Louis inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.