J edwin wood (11 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. The Amalgamated Press, London. Undated. Circa early 1940s. Paperback. 64 pages. See photo of cover for details of the contents of the periodical. Also includes, a special interview with Dame Clara Butt and special; articles by H.C. Colles, Edwin Evans and John McCormack. Covers lightly foxed. Top and bottom corners of fore edge of covers and pages lightly creased. Spine externally and internally repaired with Sellotape. Some pages loose. Overall, the periodical is in a fair condition.…

Original Blue Cloth Hardback. Zustand: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1953. 200pp plus annual report and list of members to rear. Gilt titles to spine and gilt stamp to centre of front board, bevelled edges. 15 illustrations. Contents include: The Minutes of the Trades Maiden Hospital; James Ronaldson, Baker, Typefounder, Philanthropist; An addition to Laing's Chartulary of St. Giles; St. John Street: an early civic improvement; Convoys to the trade on the east coast of Scotland; Icehouses of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; The Notebook of Sir William Fettes Bart.; Charles II Lead equestrian statue, Parliament Sq.; William Forbes Gray: An appreciation. No inscriptions. Slight stain to edge of upper board, otherwise a very good copy. Heavyish book so extra may be needed for shipping to non-UK customers.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Twelfth Edition. H/b; illus boards; g+ 4to; 287pp; book cover has very dusty appearance and rubbed at edges; rear cover has some damage; pencil writing at front & rear eps; book contains 16 lovely colour plates all in great condition; internally nice; ; Nelson's Childrens Annuals; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 287 pages. Illustrated by Peter Fraser; Harold Earnshaw; J M Rock; Lawson Wood; GStuddy;arch Webb; (illustrator).…

gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Gut. 224 Seiten; Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich neben dem Rückenschild lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 460.…

Zustand: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Oct. 26 (weekend SALE item) first edition, 224 pp., hardcover, ex library else text clean & binding tight (lacks dust jacket). - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Features: The Right to Take Game; Wildlife Conservation through the century; 100 Years of Fish and Wildlife in Ontario; 100 Years of Hunting and Fishing in B.C.; Quebec - 100 Years of Hunting and Fishing; 100 Years on the Eastern Prairies; 100 Years of Hunting and Fishing in the Maritimes; Championship Fish Contest Entry Forms; and more. Bit of writing on front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy.…

, each volume of approximately 552 pages has 23 plates and frontispiece on tinted paper, as well as numerous woodcuts in text First Edition , all volumes in similar condition head and tail of spine and corners scuffed, boards and edges rubbed, gutters showing wear, inscriptions to endpapers, volume 2 lacks 5 plates vols. 3 and 4 have 3 & 8 darkened plates, a few loose pages, overall solid useful copies in good condition despite wear , half green calf with marbled paper to sides, gilt bands and title to spine Octavo (over 7-10 inches tall) Hardback ISBN.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Antonio the Counsellor - Antonio Conselheiro cast himself into the wilderness, only to become leader of a tribe of Indians which he then led in battle against the cream of the Brazilian army; Our Seaplane Fishing Trip - Summary of a novel seaplane trip recently carried out by a party of Pacific Coast anglers with the assistance of Ellard A. Bacon, manager of the Pacific Marine Airways, a passenger seaplane line operating between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island - article with excellent photos; Crops of Gold - An amusing story from the vicinity of Ten Mile House, British Columbia; The Mystery of the Pool; - Sequel to a story published here about three years ago about a South African prospector's account of a monstrous snake which is supposed to live in a pool in the Orange River; Three Incidents - J.R. Henderson led an uneventful life, aside from a three-month span; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part II - C.W. Domville-Fife and a couple of Indians ventured far into the interior of Amazonia, meeting with many strange and exciting adventures - with photos; "Number Twenty-Three" - A bobcat adventure of Harry E. Webb, a federal hunter employed by the U.S. Government Bureau of Biological Survey to trap and destroy predatory animals that infest the state of Nevada - with photos; The Ivory Raiders - Part IV - Continued adventures from Turkanaland, Africa, where unscrupulous Swahili elephant poachers and bloodthirsty Turkana warriors make things interesting for the white officers responsible for maintaining order - with photos; The Knock-Out - Judkins and Bunney, the bullies of the battalion, were manipulated into boxing each other; A South African Bushranger - A policeman named Mahon turns highwayman in Filabusi, Rhodesia; A Sailor Out Back - The amusing first day experiences of a sailor who tries farming in Willanga Township, Australia; When the Fire Came - A bush fire swept the Matawai district of New Zealand last year - with two photos; From the Great Craters to the Congo Game-Lands - Part II - Elephant hunting in the teeming game country of the Congo - with great photos; Diamond Cut Diamond - R. Granville Barrow and friends need to outwit rapacious South American officials to successfully salvage the passenger steamer Whitney in the Orinoco River; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Covers detached as one but present, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Wood, Stanley L.; Hiley, F.E. Vedder, S.H.; Brock, R.H.; Eyles, D.C.; De Walton, John; Brock, H.M.; Holmes, Fred; Brightwell, L.R.; Nicholson, W.C.; Goss, G.W.; Crozier, Frank (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 178-264 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Mystery of Ayers Valley - Miss Dorothy Belle Ayers receives an unexpected inheritance which leads to deadly peril; The Smuggled Diamonds - a perplexing mystery in Brazil; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-out Canoe - the experiences of a missionary-explorer during a trip down a little-known river in Brazil, visiting strange Indian tribes - with excellent photos; The Motor Thieves - a remarkable case of stolen vehicle recovery in southern California - with photos; A Woman in Albania - part 4 - Mrs. Lane's adventures among the remote northern mountains; Three Asses in the Pyrenees - part 7 of the continuing adventures of a husband and wife with their donkey; Our Trip to the Bird Islands - John Hogg's perilous journey - with many wonderful photos; Mrs. Robinson Crusoe - Idelle Meng's 11 months on a deserted group of uninhabited atolls - with photo; Among New Guinea Cannibals - interesting experiences of H.C. Pratt - with photos; The Wonders of Cuba - article with nice vintage photos; Up in the Air - a ballooning story; The Ghost of Fort Severn - the story of an apparition that haunted a Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) post in the Canadian north. Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Faint pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, H.M.; Carruthers, G.P.; Woodville, R. Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, F.E.; Sherie, E.F. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Elcock, Howard; Hodgson, E.S.; Tennant, Dudley; Prater, E.; Holmes, Fred; Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom (illustrator).…

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, aged and worn. Forty lines of text. He has been 'looking out for the review in the D[aily]. T[elegraph]. but never a review at all I seen. [sic] I suppose that these politics &c, squeeze out any matter which can bide its time'. He recalls their previous meeting: 'last time was on a Sunday morning, when Theodore & I trotted from Belvedere to Sidcup [.] he, like you, has been following his father's footsteps, & has made somewhat of a name in economic edntomology'. He has shown Lester's letter to his wife, who was 'delighted to see it for the sake of your mother, who, as you may recollect, was a great ally of hers'. He wishes he could be with Lester's father, never having had the luck to see India, despite having 'always hankered to do so'. He hopes to be able to call on him, but now lives so far from town, 'that I can seldom do more than rush from one station to another, when I am on one of my regular lecture-tours'.…