Lewis ethelreda editor (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Green cloth cover has black graphic on face and spine. Boards are clean and hard with minor bumping to the tips and very light crushing to the bottom and top of the spine. Pages are clean, unmarked and very firmly bound. This book is in fine condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Green cloth cover with gold gilt and orange print on the face and spine, has mild shelf wear and soiling. The pages are lightly discolored due to age, clean, unmarked, besides the previous owner's name and date of 1929 listed on the title page. This book is in fine condition.…

Zustand: Good. 7th impression. Cloth, VG. 320pp, b/w frontis, spine a little sunned, cloth rubbed & slightly tired looking, otherwise a nice copy. The first volume of Trader Horn's autobiography, detailing his days as an Ivory merchant in the 1870s on the West Coast of Africa. The work details his exploits, including rescuing slaves & in particular his saving of a princess who has been held captive. The book is of its time, with many casual references to shooting big game, although Trader Horn does have a genuine respect of the African people. Alfred Aloysius Smith [ 1861 - 1931 ]. 600 grams.…

Zustand: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, VG. 320pp, b/w frontis, some spotting to the last pp, edges of boards rubbed & bumped. The first volume of Trader Horn's autobiography, detailing his days as an Ivory merchant in the 1870s on the West Coast of Africa. The work details his exploits, including rescuing slaves & in particular his saving of a princess who has been held captive. The book is of its time, with many casual references to shooting big game, although Trader Horn does have a genuine respect of the African people. Alfred Aloysius Smith [ 1861 - 1931 ]. 600 grams.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First Edition, 1928. No dust jacket. Minor damage to spine ends and board edges scuffed. A tan to the page edges. Contents clear and firm throughout. A good condition book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. "A Star Book." Presumed first ed. Full subtitle: "Being the Life and Works of Alfred Aloysius Horn, the works writtren by himself at the age of seventy-three and the life, with such of his philosophy as is the gift of age and experience taken down here and edited by Ethelreda Lewis; With a Foreword by John Galsworthy." 201 p., clean and unmarked anywhere; deckle edges; map end pages; binding firm; green boards with stamped image of author have spatter of faint stains and discoloration along upper edge of back panel; bumped corners; some rubbing at crown and foot of sunned spine.These fascinating memoirs of a well-travelled adventurer turned gridiron peddler deserves rebinding.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. The boards are a bit marked and worn. Internally clean and tightly bound. A book plate and minor offsetting. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket 2 volumes. Volume One's frontiespiece detached and laid in. (travel africa adventure memoir biography).

3/4 leather. Zustand: Fine copy. Later prt. 8vo, 302 pp., Nice 3/4 blue leather binding with Africa-related (elephant, snake, etc.) gilt stamping in the spine panels.

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. An acceptable condition book and a slightly later dated nineteenth printing. Heavy wear and splitting to the spine and cover edges, and cracks to the guttering at both inner board hinges. Ex-library stamps and marks. Appears to be one volume with no indication on if it's part of a set and may be complete as-is. The textblock has toned edges and minor slackening in the centre but is fine overall, with unfaded print. Fine as a reading and reference copy only. Reliable.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 12mo. viii, 302 p.p. Green cloth boards with black stamped lettering to spine and vignette portrait of a man to front board. Spine sunned, bumped at ends. Damp stain to rear board, white scuff to head of rear board. B&W portrait frontis. of Aloysius Horn. Black, white and green map endpapers of Africa. Ink ownership inscription to FFEP. Closed tear to dedication page, damp staining to some pages near rear, not affecting text . "This is a true story of a real man. So real that I have thought it necessary to alter names here and there, including his own surname." (from Introduction). The story of an ivory trader in the 1870s who worked along the west coast of Africa.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Vol. 1, 11th printing, 1929. 320 pp. Purplish decorative cloth. Spine slightly cocked. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Vol. 2, 1928 printing. 256 pp. Green decorative cloth. Vol. 3, 1929 printing. 318 pp. Blue decorative cloth. Faint stain to rear board. Three vols. have minor age toning to pages and slight edgewear to boards. Internals clean and bright.…