webster captain (23 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Boards have some wear, scuffs. Content has light toning. Some foxing to prelim pages. No DJ.

Zustand: New. 2014. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. First Edition. spotting to spine First story: Green Deep by Captain John E. Gurdon. Book.

Zustand: Fine. Book has a slight lean with fading to spine, crack to front hinge. Slight toning to pages with spotting/foxing. Gift message to first blank page. DJ has some edge wear and light marks. Price clipped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frederick Warne & Co London 1930 First Edition VG- (black cloth w title in gilt on spine and image on front board, sl worn, head and foot of spine sl bumped, spine v sl faded, fading on extrems of boards, foxing on edges and prelims, sticker with owners name and address on front pastedown ) lacks dw.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Undated edition probably 1950s to 1960s. Clean and firmly bound red boards with no writing inside. Jacket is price clipped with light edge wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. with illustrations by Ruth Swanton, E.A. Shearlock, R.B. Ogle, F.J. Sherman, J.C.B. Knight, A.B. White (illustrator). Firmly bound, illustrated card boards, decorated brown cloth spine. Scuffing on covers, wear on the edges and corners. No jacket. Neat gift inscription is dated 1937. The front cover shows an elderly couple in the front door of a log cabin with a cowgirl on a horse in front. The first story is, "A Cavern Calamity".

Boards with Cloth Spine. Zustand: Good Plus. J.C.B.Knight, R.B.Ogle, F.J.Sherman, A.B.White (illustrator). Short stories for young people from a different age. Undated circa 1932. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Unpaginated. Some light foxing fore and aft otherwise very good. Size: 280x200mm.

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. First edition book in good condition, no jacket. Minor shelfwear and a few small marks to boards with foxing to tanned textblock edges. Contents clear, a lovely copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Textured red cloth with rounded outer corners and small gilt discus thrower image to front, otherwise unlettered. 94 pp.+ a full page illustrated puff for Ovaltine's support of the Mount Everest Expeditions of 1933 & 1936 (the latter described as 'forthcoming'), 10 (I make it) full page photo illustrations, 9 of athletes perforrning particular events and one of 1932 Olympic Games with Ovaltine plug.; small p.o.s. top corner front end-paper, one gutter opening; otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked, would have rated Fine but for p.o.s. and gutter opening. Uncommon and not listed on the Athlos site web-site dedicated to Webster. Undated but internal evidence implies 1933-1935. 9.5 cm x 15.5 cm.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. KlappentextGet a first-hand account and fascinating new details of the story behind The Finest Hours, the film portraying the harrowing rescue of the SS Pendleton in 1952.On February 18, 1952, off the coast of.

Hardcover (Printed Boards). Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Undated. Inscription to ffep indicates 1934. Jacket is torn with some areas of loss. Illustrated Boards. Front board (identical to jacket), shows a cowgirl breaking a horse with a group of cowboys watching). Colour frontis. Item Type: Book. Category: Children; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 015530.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First edition without jacket on illustrated pictorial cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this thrilling adventure story set in Africa by Captain F. A. M. Webster. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper.Frederick Annesley Michael Webster was a British Army captain, who wrote many novels in a variety of genres: adventure, science fiction, and espionage. During the First World War, he was involved with British military intelligence which would inspire his later espionage novels. This exciting adventure novel is set in Africa.With the original dust wrapper, which is very scarce for the first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very bright and smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Dust wrapper remains generally bright, but is chipped to folds of the front flaps and to the lower extremity of the front of the wrap, with significant losses to the spine and rear of the wrap. Amateur repair with sticky tape to the joints of the wrap to the verso of the wrap. Near Fine. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. W. E. Webster; James Durden; Cyrus Cuneo; N. Sotheby Pitcher (illustrator). A smart four-volume collection of early 20th-century illustrated adventure novels, illustrated with colour plates. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings. This is a charming collection of four early 20th-century illustrated adventure and historical works, with two first editions, each illustrated with colour plates. This set consists of: King of the Air, Or, To Morocco on an Airship by Herbert Strang (1908). This is a first edition. This copy is illustrated in colour by W. E. Webster. Sadly the final colour plate and frontispiece are missing from this copy, all other colour plates are present. "Herbert Strang" was a joint pseudonym used by George Herbert Ely (18661958) and Charles James L"Estrange (18671947). Their works are often critiqued for containing the attitudes of their time surrounding class, race, empire. Bridget of All Work by Winifred M. Letts (1909). This volume is a first edition. This volume is illustrated by James Durden with six colour plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. The Lost Empire: A Tale of Many Lands by Captain Charles Gilson (1910). This work is illustrated in colour by Cyrus Cuneo, with eight colour plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Charles James Louis Gilson (1878-1943), a British soldier and prolific author of adventure, science fiction, and children"s historical fiction. The Romance of the King"s Navy by Edward Fraser (1913). Illustrated in colour by N. Sotheby Pitcher, featuring four colour plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings.Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight rubbing to boards. The odd slight handling mark to boards. Prize plate to the front paste down of "King of the Air" scribbled over in pencil. Previous bookseller"s blind stamp to front free endpaper. Front board and spine of "King of the Air," disbound, holding at rear joint, with slight cracking to upper extremities of joint. Prize plate to front paste down of "The Romance of the King"s Navy" from Woodhouse Sunday School, presented to Charles Flanders, 1913. Previous owner"s pencil inscription to front free endpaper of "Bridget", partially rubbed out. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but holding firm. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves and the odd handling mark to fore edges. Final colour plate and frontispiece are missing from "King of the Air," all other colour plates are present. Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from British author Captain F. A. M. Webster, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and three black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A thrilling adventure novel following Wilson Crowther, his friend, and his guide Doka Fademula, during their experiences big game hunting in Africa. Doka encourages the white men to learn about the culture around them. Written by Captain Frederick Annesley Michael Webster, a British author, athlete, and soldier. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Small closed tears to the edges of the panels. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Ink stamps to the front pastedown and endpaper. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in light blue cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 287pp. Colour frontispiece. Not library copy, no inscriptions. Some foxing to pages, rubbing and tears to dustjacket edges. (16/7).

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from Captain Webster, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Includes a colour frontispiece. An exciting adventure novel following the search for the lost city of light. Written by Captain Frederick Annesley Michael Webster, a British author, soldier, and athlete. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is worn with wear and chipping to the extremities. Loss to the tail of the spine and front panel. The odd small closed tear with a 1" closed tear to the front panel. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with an ink stamp to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed. book.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Broadhead, W. Smithson; Cleaver, Ralph; Reynolds, Warwick; Avis, W.; Thomas, E.H.; Elcock, Howard; Soper, G; Prater, Ernest; Brightwell, L.R.; Horne, A.E.; Ambler, C. Gifford (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 362-448, plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Girl With the Red Hair; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 1; A 'Q" and a "U"; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season; "Bully's" Last Battle; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron; Queer Fixes - Falling Ten Thousand Feet; What Happened to Marshall Mabey; Gassed on a Chimney; My Two Years of Captivity Among the Turks - part 3; Among the Dyaks; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - part 3; On Foot Through South America, part 4; Silas Seeks London; In Little Known Afghanistan; Odds and Ends. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Pearse, Alfred; Cayley-Webster, Captain H.; Hardy, Norman H.; Bone, W.H.; Wollen, W.B.; Finnemore, J. (illustrator). First Edition. 112 Pages. Features: Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part IX; Holy Week Procession in Seville (includes photos of Nazarene's in costumes similar to those of Klansmen); My Texan Elopement -John H. Jones impersonates Miss Sally Steddem; A Naturalist in Cannibal-Land - adventures of Captain H. Cayley-Webster in the cannibal islands of the South Seas (with photos of Cayley-Webster); Jinkers and Jinkering - photo-illustrated article shows how buildings are moved by horses and oxen in Western New South Wales; My Klondike Mission - Lilian Agnes Oliver of Chicago set out for the Klondike to raise money to support her invalid husband - a photo-illustrated account; Through Pygmy-Land - Part I - photo-illustrated article by Albert B. Lloyd; The Heroes of Niagara - a series of graphic narratives, each illustrated by a photo of the hero and his apparatus; "Dago" - eminent actor Kyrle Bellew relates a remarkable mining incident - with photos; The Martyrs of Ku-Cheng - photo-illustrated article on the slaughter of Christian missionaries in the interior of China and the decapitating retribution; My First Leopard - by Walter H. Bone; Round the World in a Home-Made Boat - Joshua Slocum and the 'Spray'; Wolves in a Blizzard - Mr. and Mrs. E. Howard in North-West Canada; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part II - an account of a remarkable bicycle ride across the deserts of Kara-kum and Kizil-kum by Robert L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S.; Attacked by Leeches - W. Harcourt-Bath describes a horrible jungle; Incredible photos of dozens of prisoners on treadmill in the great prison of Rangoon; Photo of dead Armenian heroes in Samsoun; and more. Average wear. Complete and intact. Few pencil markings. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue.

1936, London, Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., pp288, black and white frontispiece, blue cloth in dustwrapper. Dustwrapper slightly chipped with a few short, closed tears, otherwise very good.

The official report of the British Olympic Association on the tenth modern games held in Los Angeles. Paperback, 1st edition. 8vo. 151pp. including tables, plus plates and ads to front. Gutter exposed and binding coming loose to first few advert pages. Internally very good condition, clean and bright. In the original green/brown stiff card wraps, very lightly rubbed, bumped and tanned, else very good condition.