Potts w h (24 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket No date stated. (Outhouses, Privvies, American Wit).

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. A good condition copy lacking jacket. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking otherwise a nice clear book.…

hardcover. A Book of Travel in the Sahara and North Africa. Many photos, 8vo. London, (1956).

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. Good condition book. 1st edition. Dust jacket lightly worn, with a few small chips around the edges. A previous owner's name on the ffep. A tan to the page edges. Otherwise fine. Blue cloth boards in nice shape, and all contents clear throughout. A lovely copy.…

Zustand: Good. Mostly clean content with minor spotting to page ends, heavily toned to title page - a few correction fluid marks to endpapers. DJ has been reinforced with tape to edges and is price clipped.

Zustand: Good. Boards have some wear. Content has light age tone. No DJ.

Zustand: Good. 1956. First Edition. 187 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm with water stains. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking. …

Zustand: Good. Reprint. Boards have little wear and some fading. Light toning to pages with some spotting. DJ has tears and loss to edges with some marks. Price clipped.

Zustand: Fair. 1940. First Edition. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dents to edges. Wear marks overall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1948. Blackie & Son, London, 1948. Hard cover. Book Condition : Very good, clean unmarked text. Jacket has shelf wear, bumping. Spine bumped. Printed on Wartime Economy paper. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Bookseller Inventory #011132. N/A (illustrator). N/A.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback: This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has one small closed tear to the head of spine.Price clipped.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning to spine.Varied travel book with Author's adventures by sea on the ship Parma,and the steamer Lutana and his south sea ventures to the South Seas,second half is devotes to his land adventures gold prospecting in New Guinea and travels in tibet and Bali,and Muli.8vo 244pp First UK Edition 2nd Impression [1944].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good book in pictorial board covers with picture of a cowboy on horseback to front; brown linen strip to spine; a little corner rubbing. Internally very good and free of inscriptions; well illustrated; binding tight. An attractive copy. No date but c. 1945. H M Brock, Leonard Potts, Gale Lumley et al (illustrator). …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. the wraps are a bit chipped and creased. usage marks. all pages are intact and legible. sound binding. may require extra postage. very good copy for its age (1924) [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Good grey hardcover. No dustjacket. 191p. Past owners name on endpaper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 3rd edition. Signed by the author, W.H. Potts. 3rd edition, 1946. Frontispiece. Publication of 244 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and small chipped pieces. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.…

Zustand: Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Wear and loss to edges. Fading to spine. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fair. Book: Purple cloth binding. Heavy rubbing to ends of spine and edges of boards. A few small marks to page edges. Very clean text throughout. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Inked number to verso of title page. Overall book condition is Good Plus. Size: 6.25 x 10 inches (16 x 25.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: lxxxviii, 950.…

Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and scuffed. 280mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). 528pp. B/W illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Half-leather hardback with purple cloth boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Smaller sized hardcover with gilt lettered front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition for its age. Front board is lightly marked. Corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block is tanned and foxed. Endpapers are also lightly tanned and previous owner's initials in colour pencil to FEP. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Babes In A Boat - Part I - A couple knowing nothing of navigation decides to set sail from Victoria, British Columbia and cross the Pacific; The Big Redwood - Story of a dog's uncanny instinct; A Holiday in the Sunderbunds - Pursuing a Royal Bengal Tiger - with great photos; A Matter of Habit - An amusing tale of two mean men at that 'sun-baked cinder-heap Aden'; In Search of the Lost Oases - Part III of an amazing expedition from Sollum to El Obeid, over two thousand miles, across the Sahara, visiting much previously unexplored territory, with nice photos; The "Lone Star Kid" - Young Harry Wells purchases a pony, sombrero and revolver before proceeding to carry out a 'hold-up'; Ram Kumar's "Cure" - a common fraud/confidence trick practiced in India; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part III of the extraordinary adventures of G.M. Dyott, who was abandoned by his guide in the upper Amazon - includes photos of shrunken heads; The Great Snake - A native Basuto legend comes true in the Orange Free State; Full-page photo of the 'Santa Cruz Monster' that washed up on shore; Photo of the Emir of Kano's Bodyguard; "Black Foxes" - An amusing story from near Mink Landing, Alberta which proves not every black fox pelt is worth the money; Two Men and a Leopard - Story of a terrific hand-to-hand battle with an infuriated leopard; A Weird Quest - Daily seances are held to aid in finding lost California gold mines; Up and Down in Kurdistan - Nicely phtoto-illustrated article about David F. Anderson and his flying excursion in Mesopotamia which began as an ibex hunt and ended with a bear. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Potts, Leonard; Robinson, T.H.; Edward, Lionel; Gillett, F.; Woodville, R. Caton; Eyles, D.C.; Gillett, Frank; Somerfield, T.; Goss, G.W.; Brock, H.M.; Prater, E.; Vedder, S.H.; Hiley, F.E. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt - The Chinese servant of a Chief of Police in a Malay state settles a score with an enemy who killed his brother; My Sea-Trip - Peter Carden's amusing experience as a 'horseman' aboard a cargo-steamer; Photo of a Mariamma goddess in India, used to ward off epidemics; Photo and brief write-up of a marine fruit market in Bangkok, the "Venice of the East"; Passages With Pachyderms - exciting encounters with these great beasts, as told by Captain C. Lestock Reid; Dead Man's Treasure - A consulting engineer for the Cyclops M. and M. Company of Montida USA makes strange discoveries on a prospecting trip; Through Spain in Disguise - Part III - A continuation of the adventures and misadventures of Count and Countess Malmignati who travelled through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Zaki and Zomo - The Dog and Pony who both lost their lives while serving Captain J.F.J. Fitzpatrick in battle against the Germans; On Foot Through South America - G.C. Thompson and his two young sons travlled all over South America in search of work for four years; The Tale of the Toheroa - The curious shellfish found only in New Zealand - with photos; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part I - Colonel Deneys Reitz describes his exploration of mysterious terra incognita in what was formerly known as German South-West Africa - with many interesting photos; Timothy Murphy's "Donkey" - Great story about a logging donkey-engine at Calfton's logging outfit on Myrtle Island on the British Columbia Coast; The Mine Under the Creek - A brush with death when a mine floods in the Gulf country of Australia; The Chrissie C. Thomey's" Last Voyage - A gallant old Arctic schooner is lost through a most unlikely mischance - with photo; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part V - The amazing voyage of several young men from Shanghai to Copenhagen - article with nice photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Holloway, Cyril; Illingworth, L.G.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Cleaver, Reginald; Prater, Ernest; Potts, Leonard; Vedder, S.H.; Soper, G.; York, W.G. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Hidden Bay - A member of the Cape Police investigates a series of missing boats and their crews; The Parson - A Tale of old frontier days in Marshall, Texas; A Gambling Raid in Malaya - A white police officer single-handedly attempts to raid a gambling-den in the Malay States; Through Arctic Seas - Part III - The continues adventures of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Baychimo in the Western Arctic as it studies the Eskimos and wild life - with map and many nice photos; Among the Kazak Nomads - Matthew Edwards describes his time with these hardy riders of the plains, who enjoy hunting with trained eagles - including many very nice photos; On Tour With a Puppet Show - Part I - Walter Wilkinson travels through the West of England with his glorified Punch-and-Judy outfit; George's Crocodile - an amusing tale from the coast of China; "Bimbo" - Russell Afzal's dog killed a sacred monkey, was cursed, and died a mysterious death; Pat the Teacher - He drifted to a remote Australian sheep station and proved his manhood to the full; The Isle of Rip Van Winkle - A visit to the quaint and beautiful island of Banda, the "Pearl of the Moluccas" - with photos; The Romance of Pearls - An excellently photo-illustrated account of the fisheries of Ceylon, with some interesting stories concerning pearls; Across Central Africa from East to West - Part II - The continued tale of Major Jackson's year-long, 6,000 mile trip from Beira to Banana - with interesting photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Moorsom, F.G.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Brock, H.M.; Holloway, Cyril; Goss, G.W.; Potts, Leonard (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 338-420 + 16 pages of nice ads, including one page for Leonard Wood Memorial, an organization combatting leprosy. Features: The Sealed River - the terrible events which befell a young British police officer at the hands of an old Boer ex-commandant; The Hold-Up of No. 13 - remarkable robbery of the Southern Pacific Railway Company in Oregon, October 11, 1923 - article with photos of Hugh De Autremont, Ray Charles De Autremont and Roy A.A. De Autremont; Saving a President - the author spirited President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico from Mexico City to the coast when he adbicated in 1911; Ning Wo Intervenes - a Chinese Sherlock Holmes with methods all his own; Diver v. Devil-Fish - a Puget Sound battle in 1927; Life in a Land of Death - Part 1 - adventures among Papuan head-hunters - article with amazing photos; A Matter of Slave-Raiding - the white man goes up against a ruffianly border chieftain along the Abyssinian frontier of the Sudan; "Square-Pegs" - part 1 - the misadventures of a middle-class London family which uprooted itself and relocated to a Canadian prairie farm; Saved by an Iceberg - two Newfoundland fisherman were adrift for 11 days; The Lost Tusker - occult powers of the primitive Kurramba tribesmen of the Malabar forests; O'Hara to the Rescue - incident on board a steamer; Tom Threepersons - article with photo about a 'wild west' gunman; On Tour with a Puppet-Show - part 2 - odd experiences through the West of England; Tobacco Redeemer (smoking cessation) ad inside back cover. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, March (Mar.) 1928, Vol. LX, No. 359 - Slave-Raiding Leonard Wood Memorial, an organization combatting leprosy. Features: The Sealed River - the terrible events which befell a young British police offi. Illustrated by Prater, Ernest; Carruthers, G.P.; Hiley, F.E.; Holloway,Cyril; Wigfull, W.E.; Briault, S.; Gale, W.G.; Goss, G.W.; Tresilian, S.;Potts, Leonard; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, H.M. (illustrator).…

Lnbd. 0. gr.8vo. 1038 S., 3 Karten, zahlr. Abb. Lnbd. Sprache: Deutsch 1.100 gr.

HarperCollins. London. 2012. First edition. DW. Illustrated throughout. A lovely clean and fresh copy in wrapper.