morris captain a (4 Ergebnisse)

Three-Quarter Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Brants, Jess. Emily (illustrator). First Edition. New York: Leslie-Judge, 1912. First edition. 8vo. Three-quarter leather over marble boards. Rough-cut pp. 122 pp., frontispiece illustration in brown. Fading to spine. Very good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. x pp ( including Publishers catalogue, preface and contents ) + 151 pp + illustrations and foldg plates. Signature of previous owner ( Captain J Walker ? ) on front cover, small ink blot on rear cover. Very good soft cover in publishers illustrated original grey card. Inscribed No Value.

[6] + 28pp., 12mo. In coloured illustrative wraps. Morris's illustrations are light and fresh, the first being a caricature of 'the enemy': a sour-looking bespectacled Japanese army officer. The first section, which it illustrates, is on 'Security' and concludes: 'Remember that in disposing of household effects, releasing servants from employment, etc., you may easily give away too much information. Be guarded; it is YOUR life too that is in danger this time.' The volume is entertainingly-written, and paints a vivid picture of the logistical niceties facing the British armed forces at the end of the war. One piece of advice, illustrated with another Morris cartoon, is: 'If you have a "double-barrelled" name, sink your pride and use one name only. You will not enjoy searching amongst piles of Baggage under two letters in the Customs Sheds on your arrival.' The pamphlet is divided into four sections: Preparations; Movement to the Port; Embarkation and the Voyage; Arrival in the United Kingdom. Subsections include: 'Vaccination Certificate', 'Pre-Censorship', 'Pets', 'Despatches from Stations in India', 'Clothing Coupons' and 'Ration Cards'. Scarce: no copy on COPAC or OCLC.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth; Sutcliffe, Norman; Gillett, F.; Forestier, A.; Peddie, Tom; De Walton, John; Carruthers, G.P.; Board, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Cowes, Dudley S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Dewar, W. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue.