waring alston (12 Ergebnisse)

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth has light nsoiling and wear. ; 100 pages.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. Second edition. 6 x 9 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; edges dented, covers clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; no clipped, clean but rubbed, edges chipped. Garden. RGR.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Labor, Working Class, Agriculture, Rural Sociology) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Illustrations by Vera Bock. Small 4to. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. xi, 100pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Binding a bit age toned and lightly soiled, though internally tight, bright and "Near fine." First edition of this nicely illustrated collection of tales about India -- and possibly signed and inscribed by him (unconfirmed), for below the printed dedication ("For Theodore and Sandra David and Joan") on page vii is handsomely penned "and / David McCallum / from / 'Pa' 1948." (The "Pa" in quotation marks suggests a self-reference to P.A. Waring.).

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. xi, 100 pages, illustrations : 25 cm. Summary:Short stories set in India. Contents: The farmer and the cobra The prodigal The dancing fawn Dev Raj Bowl of rice Drubendra The braggart The lament of the cranes Camel fight The maharani The defiant tiger The archery contest Pool of moonlight Journey through Mourbhanj The friend of the elephant The lady of the peacock country The lepard The supper of the Holy Man, The seltzer bottle Jungle conference The song of the Nagas.

1st edition. "In India there is a bond between people and animals. During my long stay in that country I came to understand this fact and to wonder at it and to be delighted by it.These stories are the stories of the lives of animals woven into the lives of people." (Introduction). Pp.xii/100, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper ("For Doreen Osborn(?) In memory of a fine evening when we who had lived in India talked and talked of the land we loved. Your liking these stories is a special tribute. P.Alston Waring. 1949"), black and white illustrations by Vera Bock throughout with decorated margins. Cream cloth, gilt and green decorated title to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+.

Zustand: Sehr gut. 21 cm. 165 S. Original Halbleinen (Hardcover). Bis auf den Lichtrand des Deckels tadelloser gepflegter Zustand. Vorwort: Louis Bromfield. Übersetzung von Norbert Schindler und Georg E. Siebeneicher.