metcalfe a e (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1952. Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: Under the editorial authorship of H. D. Hughes, Maurice E. Heath [and] Darrel S. Metcalfe, with 52 additional contributing authors, selected for their recognized leadership in the field of grassland agriculture. xii, 724 p. illus. 26 cm. Original cloth. Ex-library: stamp on front free endpaper and paste-down;,o/w, good clean copy." Keywords: Forage plants. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. New Edition. 512 pages + 24 pages publisher's adverts.

Zustand: Good. 1952. Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: Under the editorial authorship of H. D. Hughes, Maurice E. Heath [and] Darrel S. Metcalfe, with 52 additional contributing authors, selected for their recognized leadership in the field of grassland agriculture. xii, 724 p. illus. 26 cm. Original cloth. Ex-library: stamp on front free endpaper and paste-down;,o/w, good clean copy." Keywords: Forage plants. Not a first edition copy. . . .

Hardback, Small 8vo. (7x5ins) Green cloth with gilt lettering to front. In very good condition. Some rubbing to corners. Inside pages all very clean, bright and tight throughout. A very good copy. 62 pp. Illustrated with 18 B&W photos.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Pearse, Alfred; Hardy, Norman H.; Johnson, A.J.; Hardy, Norman H.; Staniland, C.J. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 418-528. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - Part VI; How Mohammedans Pray - photo-illustrated article; The Pirate of "The Ghost" - a stowaway saves a blockade-runner; Where Beasts are Baptized - astonishing ceremonies in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; The Story of an Alpine Adventure - Miss A.E. Metcalfe and Miss M. Cartwright take a wrong turn in the Swiss mountains; A Race up Mont Blanc, by Samuel Turner (with is photo); Fascinated by a Snake - photo-illustrated tale from Australia; Congo Money - fascinating photo-illustrated article showing grass mats, cowrie shells, beads, etc.; Bob Mansell's Lion; Run Amok - Borneo tale by E.W. Barrant (with his photo); Floating Church on the Seine - article with nice photos; Strangest Horse Race on Earth - the 'Palio' of Sienna - article with great photos; Gun Robbers of Fyzabad - tale related by veteran Michael Lynch, with his photo; The Havoc Wrought by One Man - Chinaman Gong Ung Chung blows up powder magazine at the Western Fuse Works in Oakland, California - article with photos; The Wreck of the "General Grant" - a desert island experience; Illustrations of the curious "Knapp" roller-boat; Photo of William Laurens and the boat he lived in for years; Photo of a bag of 369 caribou in Newfoundland; and more. Front cover missing. Back cover loose but present. Above-average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy.

First edition. Octavo. 295 pages. Colour frontispiece from a caricature of the author. Memoirs, largely from the First World War and frequently humorous. The author was an Irishman who served as an officer in the British army.Edges faintly spotted. Very good indeed in very good, very slightly nicked and faintly marked dustwrapper.