Trader horn (23 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover: Cloth Over Boards. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. *Attractive 1st edition in dustcover* Book is square, well-bound, and unmarked. Green cloth with orange & gold details; some corner bumps and a lightly toned interior. Dustjacket unclipped, venerable, whole, and worn with scuffs, dings chips -- all in all about 95% present. Pictures available on request. We ship daily. Out to you w/tracking. …

Zustand: Good. 7th impression. Cloth, VG. 320pp, b/w frontis, spine a little sunned, cloth rubbed & slightly tired looking, otherwise a nice copy. The first volume of Trader Horn's autobiography, detailing his days as an Ivory merchant in the 1870s on the West Coast of Africa. The work details his exploits, including rescuing slaves & in particular his saving of a princess who has been held captive. The book is of its time, with many casual references to shooting big game, although Trader Horn does have a genuine respect of the African people. Alfred Aloysius Smith [ 1861 - 1931 ]. 600 grams.…

Zustand: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, VG. 320pp, b/w frontis, some spotting to the last pp, edges of boards rubbed & bumped. The first volume of Trader Horn's autobiography, detailing his days as an Ivory merchant in the 1870s on the West Coast of Africa. The work details his exploits, including rescuing slaves & in particular his saving of a princess who has been held captive. The book is of its time, with many casual references to shooting big game, although Trader Horn does have a genuine respect of the African people. Alfred Aloysius Smith [ 1861 - 1931 ]. 600 grams.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. 1928 PRINTING. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. See photos for more information. Photographed with an included mylar cover on dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

M. 8 Fotogr. a. Taf., 1 Karte im hinterem Vors. sowie einem Vorwort v. John Galsworthy. 304 S. OLwd. m. leicht lädiertem OSchutzumschl. Name a. Schmutztitelbl.; sonst schönes Expl.

Zustand: Good. 1929. No Edition Remarks. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Volume 3. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.…

First Edition. First Penguin edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. With the dust-wrapper. Physical description; 278 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; A complete list of Penguin books series up to 1938 included at rear of text. Subjects; Africa, West Description and travel. Co?te d'Ivoire Description and travel. Travel and Adventure: Penguin books (series). 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 319 pages; Physical desc. : 319, [1] p. : front. (port. ) 1 plate, map ; 21 cm. Subject: Africa, West -- Description and travel. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Physical description. : 256 p. ; 24 cm. Subject: Horn, Trader, 1861-1931 - Biography - Travels - Portrait West Africa - Description and travel. 1 Kg.…

Green Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 279 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt Lettering, Orange Decorations. Wear But No Fraying, Gilt Lettering Bright But Spine Lettering Showing A Little Wear, Hinges Solid, Former Owner's Name On Front Pastedown. No Dj. Albert Schweitzer Built His Forest Hospital At Lambarene On The Site Of Trader Horn's African Home. Frontispiece (illustrator).…

8°. 303(1) S., 1 Faltkarte, 2 Bl. Oln. mit goldgeprägtem Titel und reicher Rückenverzierung. Sehr gutes Exemplar. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Sarkowski 788. Horn (1861-1931) war Elfenbeinhändler in Zentralafrika. Seine Abenteuer schilderte er in seinen Memoiren, die die Schriftstellerin Ethelreda Lewis transkribierte und in drei Bänden 1927-29 bei Jonathan Cape in London veröffentlichte. Sie dokumentieren dessen Bemühungen Sklaven zu befreien, sein Treffen mit Cecil Rhodes, dem Gründer von Rhodesien (heute Simbabwe), und die Befreiung einer Prinzessin aus Gefangenschaft. Hier vorliegend die deutsche Übersetzung des ersten Bandes "The Ivory Coast in the Earlies", der die Jugendabenteuer Horns im Elfenbeinhandel an der Elfenbeinküste beinhaltet. Sprache: de.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A job wolf rock. Book.

7th impression. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 319 pages; Physical desc. : 319, [1] p. : front. (port. ) 1 plate, map ; 21 cm Subject: Horn, Trader (1861-1931) . Africa, West -- Description and travel. Cote d'Ivoire -- Description and travel. 1 Kg. …

304 S., 8°, Oln, ohne Os, Einband in sich unsauber, farbiger Kopfschnitt, Ganzschnitt leicht altersfleckig, priv. Widmung auf Vs, gut.

Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes. In Fair plus condition with Fair dust jackets. Spines are tan with black print. Dust jackets in mylar, have edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Prices unclipped: "$4.00" (Vol. 1), "$3.50" (Vol. 2). Boards in green cloth with gold print. Wear to spine caps and corners. Text blocks have tinted top edge. Illustrated with b&w frontispieces (portraits) in each volume, maps on endpapers. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Trader Horn / with a foreword by John Galsworthy (1927; Eleventh printing; tanning to endpapers and preliminary pages, inscription in ink on half-title page, owner name stamp on page 1, intermittent spine breaks; viii, 302 pages) - Vol. 2. Harold the Webbed, or, The Young Vykings / with a foreword by William McFee (1928; 275 pages). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1372155. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Origi.Leinenband, 8°, 304 Seiten mit 8 Bildtafeln und einer Karte im Anhang. Buchblock leicht gebogen, Rücken etwas angestaubt sonst guter Zustand.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG+. First Penguin. VG+/VG+. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed, paperstock a little tanned, some spotting) in dustwrapper priced 6d net (slightly rubbed & frayed, spine a little toned, occ. spots); pp. 278, [6 (pubs. advts.)], with illustrations. A very good copy. …

Zustand: BUONO USATO. Da revisionare ITALIANO II ristampa, traduzione dall'inglese di Maria Luisa Castellani, prefazione di John Galsworthy, pagine ingiallite ai bordi per il tempo ed anche per la qualità della carta, due figure in nero applicate al risguardo anteriore, rilegatura rigida, in mezza tela, muta e con minimi segni di usura. Numero pagine 341.…

O Gln., 8°, 304 (4) S., 1 gefaltete Karte.Gut erhalten. Sarkowski 788 A. Sprache: de.

La piccola illustrazione del popolo - Supplemento all'Illustrazione del popolo - Anno XII n.4 - in 8° - pp.16 - - Libro usato.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Pages 59-116 plus 16 pages of advertisements. Features: Four Lives for One - a tale from Algeria; Too Much Rope - Canadian Criminal Norman "Red" Ryan - article with photo; Why They Named it Mount Podolsky - how Canadian George Podolsky saved the lives of three men there after a plane crash - article with photos and illustrations; Death in Sixty-Five Minutes - a snake bite in India; The Greatest Golden Hoard - Incas, El Sangay and Dr. Kurt von Ritter - illustrated article with photo of Dr. von Ritter; Half-Pint Savage - a tale of a wolverine on the Alaska Peninsula; Abo in the Iron Lung - the curing of an Australian Aborigine; Thracian Pays a Dividend - a tale of marine salvage; Girl Pear Divers (Amas) of Japan - brief article with lovely photos; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality vintage copy. Colvin, Neville; O'Hanlan, Brian; Phillips, Edwin; Gray, Reg; Longaron, Jorge; MacGillivray, Robert; O'Hanlan, Brian; (illustrator).…