taylor capt allan (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. G.E. Lang (illustrator). Undated edition, the front cover shows a man with a white beard and a boy in waterproof clothing in rain. Coming loosely bound, illustrated card boards, red cloth spine. Fading, peeling, scuffing with small tears and dust spotting on cover and spine. Pen writing and deleting on front end paper. First story: The Elephant I Can Never Forget. No jacket.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. 18 [ads], 251-312 pages. Features: The Strange Case of Herman Crowell - the life of a senior insurance official turns to mystery and romance; The Stolen Mine-Dump - a Gold Coast mine story; Among the Skolt Lapps - photo-illustrated article; The Bundoo Mask - was it responsible for a run of misfortune in Sierra Leone; On the Edge of the World (part II) - further adventures of Richard Brenton in Tierra del Fuego; Two Black Outlaws - two Australian aboriginals go criminal and give Queensland police much trouble; My Pet Elephant - an amusing tale from Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia; Looking for Trouble - tragedy strikes when 20-year-old Henrietta Schmerler goes to live with and study the Apache Indians; Kite-Fishing in the Solomons; The Runaway Train; Four of a Kind - a Nigerian District officer tells a story related to "leopard" and "lion-men" atrocities in Africa; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.