williams captain p b (4 Ergebnisse)

hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, navy cloth lettered gilt to spine, faint stain to the upper board, a repaired short closed tear at the head of the spine, the binding remains tight and the text is clean and unmarked, b&w plates, xi + 427pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards are shelf worn, with scarring and very small closed tears on the spine, as well as a crease on the front board, but they remain strong. Binding is secure. Ink inscriptions from previous owners on the front pasted down and front end page. Some foxing on a few pages, but this doesn't affect the text. No other inscriptions or annotations. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: Good. Title: In lightest Africa and Darkest EuropeAuthor: Captain P B WilliamsPublisher: East Africa NewspaperPublication date/edition (if known): 1936Binding: HardbackIllustrated: Monochrome plates of cartoon drawingsPages: 427Description / Condition: Brown boards, with gilt titles to spine. Wear, discolouration, creases, grub and stain marks to boards, slight tears to spine, dents edges, bumps to corners. Spotting to fore-edge, endpapers and some pages, shipped from the UK.

First edition. Frontispiece and 19 (of 20) plates by Sallon. 8vo. Original cloth, very slightly rubbed, owner's inscription on front free endpaper, first and last few pages foxed. x, 427pp. London, East Africa Ltd., Scarce. Light-hearted collection of yarns "composed as a counter-irritant to the tsetse during uninteresting tramps through the bush and committed to paper when opportunity offered" (preface).