Fulton jr robert edison (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: new.

PAPERBACK. Zustand: used_very_good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: used_good. Libri.

Zustand: gut. One Man Caravan In englischer Sprache. pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Travel Book Club edition 1939 (after the 1st US edition by Harcourt 1937, and the first UK edition by Harrap 1938). Original pale blue and white speckled cloth in illustrated jacket 16 x 22cm. 272pp illustrated by the author with 132 captioned b/w photos, 62 sketches and maps in-text and to the endpapers. Covers near fine, interiors fine with some spotting, and previous owner's name plate to the half title (Charles Graham Wilson). Jacket about very good with a little loss to spine ends, internal reinforcements, and tape repair to top front edge. The author recounts his journey on a Douglas motorbike across Europe through Greece, Turkey and Syria, from Damascus over the desert to Bagdad, on to India, the Himalayas, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Bombay, Calcutta, Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Siam, China and Japan.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in publisher's grey and blue speckled hardcover boards with bright blue titole lettering to spine in a superb Dust-Jacket Graded Very Good + with only modest light rubbing and wear along the outer extremities of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Illustrated with 132 photographs and 62 sketches and maps by the Author.The page edges are clean and bright with NO turned corners and there is NO foxing.Great copy for the collector of this highly elusive and sought after title.8vo 272pp [1939] AN EPIC JOURNEY: In 1932 Fulton Decided to decided to travel the world to see more great architecture and for almost 18 Months he rode a modified Douglas twin-cylinder motorcycle with a revolver hidden beneath the crankcase.He travelled some 25,000 miles and took 40,000 feet of film. He spent a night in a Turkish jail, dodged bandits in Iraq and was shot at by tribesmen in the Khyber Pass near Afghanistan and was entertained royally by Indian rajahs.He traversed through Greece,Turkey,Syria and over the desert to Iraq,through the Himalayas onto India and China and also Japan.A fascinating read by this Inventor.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 272 pp : illustrated with 132 captioned b/w photos, 62 sketches and maps in-text and to the endpapers. Subjects; Fulton, Robert Edison 1909-2004. Motorcycle touring. Voyages around the world. Asia Description and travel. Douglas motorcycle. Motorcyclists Biography. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. With 132 photographs and 62 sketches and maps by the author. 275pp. Light toning at board edges and spine, tiny nicks at the spine ends, near fine in an about very good dust jacket with chips and tears (affecting a bit of text on the spine), a dampstain at the foot of the spine, and extensive interior tape repairs. The author's solo journey on a Douglas motorcycle around the world encountering different cultures. He shot 4000 feet of film of his travels and afterwards went on a lecture tour showing his footage and speaking of his adventures. Fulton was also an inventor whose more than 70 patents included a car that could fly and a rescue system for spies behind enemy lines that was used by the C.I.A. and in a James Bond movie.…