laurie long e ernest (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Previous owner's rubber stamp and bookseller's blindstamp on front endpaper. Small tears and chips to corners of dust-jacket and ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1951 reprint. 256 pages. Red boads with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 120mm. Nautical novel. "Lady Betty Wenfield, a young society woman, feeling herself responsible for a motor accident in which her husband is killed, decides to take her motor yacht, the Uhussie, to the Far East on a self-imposed task of investigating the mystery of the disappearance of an old friend, seven years previously. With the assistance of a down-and-out beachcomber who ships as mate, an American reporter looking for copy and a Chinese crew, the Uhussie sails from Penang to find herself soon involved with both the British and U.S.A. authorities, and also with native hatred and intrigue." - from dust-jacket blurb.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Front free endpaper torn out. A few 3/8" and smaller tears to margins of dust wrapper. Some staining to rear panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 192 pages. Blue papered boards. A sea story for children. "In this splendid sea story, Lilia Fowell, daughter of a London shipowner, recalls the incidents of her young days and tells how, in order to avoid an enforced marriage, she stowed away in one of her father's ships bound for Australia. After being deserted by the captain and crew during a storm, she and the young mate, with the help of a few passengers, brought the derelict boat to Perth, Western Australia, to find their difficulties were only just beginning. This is a first-rate tale of the period when sail was fighting a losing battle with steam." ; 12mo.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Prater, Ernest; Peddie, Tom; Soper, G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Wightman, W.E.; Potts, Leonard; Tayler, Laurie; Bestall, A.E. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 170-252, plus 20 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Warden of the Marches; Seeds of Fortune; An Elephant-Poacher's Odyssey; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - part 2; "Denied Admittance" - an Ellis Island Story; The Shrine or Ordam Padshah; The Two Portraits; A "New Chum" in New Zealand - part 2; The Isles of the Arafura; Cave-Hunting in New Mexico; A Rolling Stone. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.