pattern islands von grimble arthur (52 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Good. 1956. Cheap edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate water marking and tanning.

Zustand: Good. 1965. 10th Printing. 154 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Zustand: New. 2011. Paperback. Living for thirty years in the Gilbert and Ellis Islands, Grimble was ultimately initiated but not before he was severely tested, as when he was used as human bait for a giant octopus. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1MKCG; HBJM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: New. In.

10th edition. Good cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-nicked, somewhat edge-rubbed dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 255 p. illus. 19 cm. Subjects:Gilbert Islands; Description and travel. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. "A Pattern of Islands" is the funny, charming and self-deprecating adventure story of a young man in the Pacific. Living for thirty years in the Gilbert and Ellis Islands, Grimble was ultimately initiated but not before he was severely tested, as when he was used as human bait for a giant octopus. Beyond the hilarious and frightening adventure stories, "A Pattern of Islands" is also a true testament to the life of these Pacific islanders. Grimble collected stories from the last generation who could remember the full glory of the old pagan ways. This is anthropology with its hair down. Like discovering a treasure chest of fables, which were once true, it is full of stories of magic, dances and legends, rituals, spells and a way of life that have now disappeared from this worldexcept within the covers of this book. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Reprint. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 250 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. Subjects; Gilbert Islands Description and travel. Kiribati Description and travel. Kiribati Social life and customs. Kiribati ; Biography. Grimble, Arthur 1888-1956. Colonial administrators Kiribati ; Biography. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Reprint. A very good reprint copy in blue cloth binding with b&w illstns. Just lightly toned edges. Dust jacket is price clipped, slight loss at spine ends, wear to corners, unfaded, in a clear film protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Maps and photographs (illustrator). The Reprint Society, London, 1954. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. There are 320 pages, b/w photos. Map endpapers. Page edges slightly tanned due age and cheap paper. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details - only too pleased to help!

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. No Jacket. Reissue. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, a few marks, pencilled list of islands inside rear cover); pp. [viii], 264, with a map. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition. 250pp, with occasional black and white illustrations in text. Bluecloth-covered boards with white decoration and lettering on spine. 8vo. Cloth a little worn, gently pushed at corners and spine tips, slight lean. A hint of creaminess to pages. In its original dust wrapper, worn with closed tears, chipped and chapped at edges, shelf worn with crumbling and minor loss at spine ends.   Grimble of the Colonial Administration Service left England the day after his wedding in 1914 for the far-flung corner of the British Empire - the Gilbert and Ellice islands in the Central Pacfic. His is his delightful story of the drama and romance of those atoll islands.

Zustand: Good. 1956. 11th Impression. 250 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing.

Reprint. Provenance: Walter Smithwick's. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 250 p.: ill., map; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Prologue: Cadet in embryo. Old man of the Colonial Office; Pacific tramp; Island of dust and dreams; Old man of Ocean Island -- Cadet in action. The bottle-washer; Lost paradise; Cricket in the blue -- Recruiting trip -- First district. Measure of a job; Domestic days; Sorrows of a housewife; The spell on the oven -- Native courts -- Lagoon days. Sharks; Assignment with an octopus -- Strange interlude. Introduction to sorcery; The sorcerer's revenge; The calling of the porpoise -- Listening and learning. Happy old lady and sad old man; Warning to fiddlers; The limping man of Makin-Meang; In no strange land -- Creation myth -- Central Gilberts. George McGhee Murdoch at Ahemama; Lonely station -- Tarawa again. Mautake's patrol; The whistling ghosts of Arorae -- Priest and pagan -- Southern Gilberts. House that vanished; Father Choblet; The prisoner -- Epilogue: Return of a stranger -- Illustrations and sketch map / by Tom Pomfret. Subjects: Grimble, Arthur Sir. Colonial administrators Kiribati; Biography. Islands. Genre: Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Reprint. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 250 p.: ill., map; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Prologue: Cadet in embryo. Old man of the Colonial Office; Pacific tramp; Island of dust and dreams; Old man of Ocean Island -- Cadet in action. The bottle-washer; Lost paradise; Cricket in the blue -- Recruiting trip -- First district. Measure of a job; Domestic days; Sorrows of a housewife; The spell on the oven -- Native courts -- Lagoon days. Sharks; Assignment with an octopus -- Strange interlude. Introduction to sorcery; The sorcerer's revenge; The calling of the porpoise -- Listening and learning. Happy old lady and sad old man; Warning to fiddlers; The limping man of Makin-Meang; In no strange land -- Creation myth -- Central Gilberts. George McGhee Murdoch at Ahemama; Lonely station -- Tarawa again. Mautake's patrol; The whistling ghosts of Arorae -- Priest and pagan -- Southern Gilberts. House that vanished; Father Choblet; The prisoner -- Epilogue: Return of a stranger -- Illustrations and sketch map / by Tom Pomfret. Subjects: Grimble, Arthur Sir. Colonial administrators Kiribati; Biography. Islands. Genre: Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable. Hardcover in good condition. Unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is scuffed and marked, with some surface colour loss. Edges are creased and torn, including chips (some tears have been repaired with tape). Board corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine is cocked. Page block is tanned and foxed. Light blemishing and foxing on the endpapers. Gutter breaks noted, however binding remains sound, and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 272 pages. 8.43x5.35x0.79 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1956 cheap john murray edition on blue cloth.

No Binding. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. Illstd with b&w photos from the film version. Foxing in edges and prelims, lacks fep and half-title pages. Dust jacket is price clipped, tiny edge gaps and rust spots, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 250 pages. Dj ripped and worn. Spine cocked. Price clipped.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. November 1952 reprint. No jacket. Light rubbing to corners. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. pen inscription on front internal board. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.