Cecil porch edith (5 risultati)

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. 8vo, viii + 392pp. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece and numerous black & white photgraphic plates. Hardcover, bound in original red cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. In very good condition. Binding and hinges are intact and firm. Contents are crisp, clean, and bright. No signs of prior ownership. Minor shelf-wear to extremities and a touch of sunning to spine. Gilt remains sharp and bright. Remains a lovely copy of a scarce book, now protected in a custom-made clear archival dustwrapper.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo; 391p. porttrait frontispiece, all plates are present as called for. VG copy in the original red-brown cloth. Hunting bibliographer Ken Czech writes : "Though a bit oddly titles, the four individuals mentioned were members of a hunting expedition to the Zambesi, the author dubbing herself the "Rebel Woman".there is also a descriptive chapter on the mayhem caused by a marauding lion.".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. "We were all up and about very early. It was a great day - our first march. Away over the plain the big African sun was creeping up as we, all dressed, even to our shady hats, bustled about doing up boxes. The servants were getting the breakfast laid, while a slave blew up the camp fire close by." vii, 391pp +16. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Recently rebound. Book size 230x150mm.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. The first UK edition of this scarce travelogue written by one Edith Cecil-Porch, with illustrations. The first UK edition. Published simultaneously with G. Bell and Sons' edition.A scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.A charming account of the author's travels across the Zambesi river. An intriguing perspective of a female traveller is given here, with Cecil-Porch voicing her progressive thoughts on women's prospects, clothing and lifestyle choices.Cecil-Porch's travels also feature in 'The Diana Files: The Huntress-Traveller Through History', and her other work of fiction, 'Our Animated Flat', a satire, appeared in 'Strand Magazine'.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and fifteen monochrome plates. Collated, complete.With eight leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with fading to the spine and minor bumping to the head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spotting throughout. Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. 96 pages plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: Nice ad by Spiegel, May, Stern Co. inside front cover; The Johannesburg Motor Bandits - One of the most remarkable episodes in the annals of crime in South Africa - the wholesale murder of Police Officers - Robert Ward Jackson, John Maxim, Carl Neze - many great photos; Crapsey, the Sky-Worker - he loses his fear of working at heights; Some Adventurous Small-craft Voyages as told by Captain J.A. Nilsson who made a specialty of taking tiny vessels across the oceans - with photos; What Happened on the Omul - Walter Muston, his wife and a little girl experience a disaster while mountain climbing in the Carpathians - with many photos; "Pussy" - Mariner John William Nylander relates what happened when he saved two kittens from their watery graves and brought them aboard; Our Travels in Safari-Land/British East Africa - IV - by Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porth) - many great photos; Out of a Death Trap - British Missionary Rev. A. Forder rescues a party of Americans from the fierce Bedouin Arabs of Moab - with many excellent photos; The Majesty of the Law - Prohibition laws result in ludicrous events in Kansas; The Wanderings of an Entertainer - Mr. Robert Ganthony; Nice Columbia Grafonola ad; Nice color ad for Vose player pianos on back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. McCormick, H.; Somerfield, T.; Wigfull, W.E.; Pride, Sid; Reynolds, Warwick; Mins, B.E.; Evison, G.H.; Styche, Frank; Briault, S. (illustratore).…