sheppard e h (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good - Cash. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. A few pages have underlining. The book is in great condition! The price has been clipped from the dust jacket. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First. 12mo. A nice copy. Book.

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, printed pale cloth covered boards with green lettering, color frontispiece, xviii, 145 pp., b/w and color photos, map.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Series: Monographs on Physical Biochemistry 232p cloth with blue dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, printed from typescript, binding firm, near fine condition Language: English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. E.H. Sheppard (illustrator). First Edition. 43 pages, illustrations.

Zustand: Good. Volume 1.2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2200grams, ISBN:

Zustand: Good. Volume 1.3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2250grams, ISBN:

Zustand: Good. Volume 1.1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2400grams, ISBN:

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0008987020387.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Acknowledgments dated December 1961, published 1962. Cream paper boards. xviii, 145 pp. Fully illustrated. Spine tilted, sunned to extremities, damp staining to boards. 0.

Zustand: New.

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First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 145; 14 pages in color, mostly of ensignias and ribbons, numerous black and white illustrations; original cream-colored cloth lettered in green on upper cover; some spotting on the upper cover, else very good.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. de Walton, John; Tresilian, S.; Prater, Ernest; East, Laurence; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.W.; Wenban, R.; Wigfull, W.E.; Abbey, S.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Inns, Kenneth; Holloway, Cyril (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Find The Woman" - What happened in Central Africa when word spread that a venerated witch-doctress had invented a potion to render the white man's bullets harmless - with photo of Maria N'Koy in her ceremonial regalia; At Grips With the Desert - Part III - Donald R.G. Cameron's party set out to cross the Sahara and became lost for ten dreadful days - with photos and map; A Tenderfoot in Argentina - Englishman G.H. Mummery went to Argentina to try his luck on a big estancia; The "Eggers" of Yorkshire - Article with amazing photos of the people who scramble the towering cliffs of the Yorkshire coast to reap a harvest of sea-bird eggs; Brigand-Hunting in Anatolia - Capt. S.H. Woolf was stationed on the Bagdad Railway with a small detachment of Indian troops; My College Adventures - Young Carl N. Taylor was wandering around America when he decided to study in Indiana - he provides an interesting glimpse into a novel phase of American college life; The Sanyasi's Curse - A tale from construction of one of the Southern Indian railways in 1887-8; Tapu - A weird little New Zealand story from Ken J. Royal, who went hunting for Maori curios on an old native battleground; Twelve Days on a Burning Ship - The coal cargo of the old windjammer Fanny catches fire far to the south of Cape Horn; My Trip to "Devil's Island" - Excellent photo-illustrated article describing Arthur Mills' visit to the notorious French penal establishment in Guiana where Dreyfus endured his martyrdom and the betrayer of Nurse Cavell is presently imprisoned; Shorty the Sheepherder - Edith Ammons Kohl describes a strange character she met while newspapering in Montana; Rough Luck - Johannes Else's nearly successful escape from the prison at Cape Town; A Deal in Diamonds - The curious experience of an Eastern merchant while visiting Marseilles on business; The Lost Mine - Part II of II - A. Hyatt Verrill seeks a mysterious native "King" in Panama - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so covers loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Wood, Stanley L.; Sutcliffe, Norman; Cleaver, Reginald;Dowd, Leo P.; Holloway, Cyril; Moorsom, F.G.; Prater, E.; Wightman, W.E.;Briault, S. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The "Goldenburg Coward" - True tale from the headwaters of Spruce River, British Columbia during the gold stampede of summer 1900; Hunting the Long-Haired Chinese Tiger - Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy describes an eventful hunt for this tiger which is larger and more ferocious than the Indian variety; Through Arctic Seas - Part I - The eventful cruise of the Hudson Bay Company's steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life - with photos; Through Spain in Disguise - Part V - The Count and Countess Malmignati, disguised as Arab beggars, sing and dance for a living; Photo of the smallest teapot in the world, fashioned by Mr. T.A. Vickery, of Main Street, Bantry; Rebecca's Vengeance - An odd story of "Black Man's Magic" in the West Indies from 1903; Looking for Trouble - Alexander MacNab experiences disaster while engaged in a Mexican revolution under General Carranza; ; A Near Thing - A British Intelligence agent arouses suspicion while in German territory; Painting Wild Indians - A. Hyatt Verrill describes his experiences after spending years painting the little-known Indians of Central and South America; Cowboys and Raiders - Jesse C. Carson relates his association with Pancho Villa as a rebel 'general'; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Grace Sprange describes two years of disappointment, disillusionment, and disaster attempting to grow oranges - with photos; The Last of the Little "Shanghai" - brief update and photo on this trusty craft which had previously sailed from Shanghai to Copenhagen; Trapped in a Flooded Tunnel - The terrible experience which befell a diver near the Hartebeestpoort Irrigation Dam, near Pretoria, South Africa; "For the Hounour of the Mounted Police of Canada" - Herbert Patrick Lee relates an experience from when he was a recruit at Regina. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Covers beginning to separate from textblock. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, December 1927, Point Barrow, The "Goldenburg Coward", Spruce River, British Columbia, goldrush, summer 1900, Long-Haired Chinese Tiger, Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy, tiger hunting - China, Through Arctic Seas, Hudson Bay C.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. Four volumes of the famed research project, 'The Survey of London'. With illustrations and plans depicting the Parish of St James and Westminster, specifically the South and North of Piccadilly. The first editions of all volumes. Being five volumes when including the very scarce plan pocket volume, which is present. With a coloured frontispiece to all volumes. This set comprises of volumes XXIX, XXX, XXXI and XXXII of 'The Survey of London'. These are; Part I: St James Westminster, South of Piccadilly, Volumes I and II; and Part II: St James Westminster, North of Piccadilly, Volumes I and II. All four volumes are edited by F H W Sheppard. Volume XXXII has the original dustwrapper. Collated, with 86 in-text figures across volumes XXIX and XXX as well as 79 in-text figures across volumes XXXI and XXXII. With 277 plates to volume XXX. With 159 plates to volume XXXII. Volume XXXII has a folding plan to the rear as called for. With the plan pocket for volumes XXIX and XXX with the four plans inserted, and in a bright and clean condition. 'The Survey of London' was a project that was founded in 1894 by Charles Robert Ashbee. He wished to record and preserve London's ancient monuments with a comprehensive architectural survey. Volumes of this work are still produced today, with volumes 51 and 52 appearing in 2017. The editor of this work is Francis Sheppard, who was the first general editor of 'the Survey of London'. He was key in transforming the periodical from a 'selective record of London's historic buildings, area by area, into a model of urban topographical writing' (Saint, The Guardian). A lovely example of this comprehensive topographical guide to London. A useful, and beautifully produced resource. In full cloth bindings. All except volume XXXII are lacking the original dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spines. Patches of rubbing to boards of volume XXXI. Dustwrapper to volume XXXII is sunned to the spine, with just some minor shelfwear to the joints and to the head and tail of spine. Some chips to the head and tail of joints to the flyleaves. Small amount of loss to the head and tail of spine of dustwrapper. Stamp for the greater London Council Public Information Centre to the half-title of volume XXXI and for the Illustrated London News Editorial library to the the front endpaper of volume XXXII. Internally, firmly bound. Lacking the 'Plan Pocket' belonging to volumes XXIX and XXX. Pages are bright with just the odd spots. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). A very scarce fascinating log of the 1935 Sheppard and Balcombe cave dive of Wookey Hole, an important expedition, this being a limited edition illustrated account of the exploration. Very scarce, limited to an unknown number, this copy numbered 151.Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, seven photographic plates, and some in-text graphs and diagrams.Collated, complete.This 1935 expedition Cave Diving Group was a pioneering exploration of the Wookey Hole Caves, the first successful Cave Diving expedition in Britain.The cave dive was undertaken by Jack Sheppard and Graham Balcombe, who both contributed to this faithful log recounting their expedition.This log provides a scientific and vivid description of the diver's exploration. The text includes their observations on each day, what they discovered, and an interesting note on the text of the expedition.Wookey Hole Caves have been used by humans for around 45,000 years, with Palaeolithic tools and fossilised animals found in them, and evidence of occupation of the caves from the Stone and Iron Age and into Roman Britain.With a foreword by Herbert Balch. Balch was an important archaeologist who explored the caves of Mendip Hills, and pioneered many techniques for modern caving. He led excavations at Wooley from 1904 to 1914. In 1912 he found a 1000 year old skeleton in the caves, which is rumoured to be the legendary Witch of Wookey Hole.Collated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Cambridge Libraries. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. A very small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Light spots to the fore edge. Just a few small marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few occasional spot. Near Fine. book.