Oakley e g (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Bumped corners some edge wear. ; Matt pictorial boards, nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. Last title in series listed on rear cover and original cover price of 24p correct for true first edition. ; Ladybird Series 727; Vol. 3; Color Illustrations; 52 pages; One of a series of books produced in the 1970s by Ladybird promoting conservation measures. Still highly relevant today, although statistics mentioned are, of course, now out of date. Illustrated by Oakley, Pat (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. hardback, coloured pictorial boards, clean and tight, no inscriptions, corners slightly rubbed, Very Good condition. ISBN: 0721404421.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. 12mo. A very good copy, virtually as new, in dw with minor scuffing to edges and corners and spine top & tail, with a few small closed tears. Aquamarine spine with small loss in centre. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

Soft cover. 8vo. pp 192. Large format paperback. Signed by the author on the half title page, "For Charles Shaw Murray, with best wishes, Chris Oakley xi.vii.mcmxciii." ISBN: 0951457101 Very good indeed.

First Edition. A bright, tidy 112pp stapled paperback. Used - Very Good. VG stapled paperback.

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Wedgwood blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, blue end sheets. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 299 pp with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Unused new book. Three related flyers loosely inserted. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MUSIC [Classical].…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Poachers - An amusing story of a chase after a wounded African elephant; The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne" - A chief officer's story of a weird and nerve-trying affair that happened on board a tramp steamer; Housekeeping in the Wilds of Bechuanaland - Vivian France explains how she set up her home a month's ox-cart journey from civilization - with nice photos ; Following the Frontier Trail - Part II - The continued adventures of Edith Ammons Kohl in Wyoming; Our Caribou Hunt - How four young Newfoundlanders went into the interior one winter to shoot caribou, and what happened to them; Pekin [Peking / Beijing] to London - Mostly By Car - Part II - A most adventurous 15,000 miles, with nautical detours around civil war in China, and floods in Siam and Burma - with nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I - The amusing narrative of a decidedly unathletic 46-year-old Londoner who decided to tramp from the French coast to Lourdes; The Black Trackers of Australia - follow-up to "The Great Boulder Murder Case" which appeared in the prior issue; Photo of sheep being used as pack animals on the way from Tibet to the Rampur Fair; A Chinese Night's Entertainment - A lively interlude in the peaceful routine of life at a mission-station in a remote Chinese town; Buddy Assheton's Return - A tragic story from Western Canada, as told by a member of the Mounted Police; My Room-Mate - The amusing story of what happened one night at a hotel in a Queensland township; The Unmasking of Gola Singh - A member of the Indian police goes bad, creating the need for a delicate investigation; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part I - C.V. Warren travels to a tea estate in Ceylon and describes his experiences and the general routine of the tea-planter's life, with photos. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Wightman, W.E.; Hiley, Francis E.; Goss, G.W.; Cleaver, Reginald; Holloway, Cyril; Thompson, Kenneth; Sherie, E.F.; Prater, Ernest; Vedder, S.H. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Slippery Wiley" Again - Continued misdeeds of a West Australian gold thief; My Seal-Hunt - The touch-and-go experience of a young man who was seal hunting on the ice off the coast of Newfoundland; Through Spain in Disguise - Part IV - Count and Countess Malmignati continue their adventure, disguised as Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Photo and bried write-up of the "Magic Pool" of Henleaze, said to provide wonderfully fresh skin to her bathers; "The Lucky Seven" - A young ex-serviceman gets stung when he buys a ranch in British Columbia; "Water!" - A young Brit and his party of native soldiers nearly die of thirst while crossing the Karoli Desert in Kenya Colony; The Maroons of Jamaica - Nicely photo-illustrated article on these lineal descendants of runaway slaves who received their own peace treaty - includes photo of the community whipping post; "Witchcraft" - A queer Central African story about a missing old man - with interesting photos; The Secret of Still Valley - While hunting in Northern California, a doctor and clergyman stumble into a dangerous hidden mountain valley; Kite-Fighting in Siam - Photo-illustrated article; The Strain - The vivid photo-illustrated story of two young officers remotely stationed on the Indian frontier; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part II - Colonel Deneys Reitz explores terra incognita in the former German South-West Africa - with nice photos; Brief article on how Dutch Windmills "Talk"; Adventure Comes to the Chemist - Mr. Woodcock is inexperienced with firearms but decides to arm himself due to many local hold-ups. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A pleasing copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Goss, G.W.; Cleaver, Reginald; Gale, W.G.; Wood, Stanley L.; Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator).…