Clifford collinson (31 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First. 12mo. Small loss to top of spine. Faded boards.Tanning to feps.Slight spotting. Cracking at verso of ffep. 1 plate loosening. Book.

Original Cloth. Condizione: Good. No. A vintage book in toupe cloth. It has a small stain on front board. Interior is tight and clean with owners dedication on flyleaf.

Condizione: Good. . Hardcover. In original cloth without dustwrapper. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, nicks and bumps to cover, stitching on hinges is slightly loose but remains in tact and slight foxing to page edges and ffep, otherwise is a good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 288 pp., text + 18 pp. plates.

Condizione: Good. . Hardcover. In original cloth without dustwrapper. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, nicks and bumps to cover, stitching on hinges is slightly loose but remains in tact and slight foxing to page edges and ffep, otherwise is a good copy. . . . .

first edition, purple cloth, 286pp, illus, VG- (sl bruised corners, sl bumped spine head & foot, sunned spine, sl sunned rubbed & soiled, sl paste action to feps, sl foxed text edges and spasmodically throughout, previous owner stamp unobtrusive to front fep).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First edition. 287pp. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Foreword by The Lord Sempill. 34 illustrations and map. Ex-library with minimal markings, extremities worn, thus good only.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 288pp. 23cm. Frontispiece & 24 black and white photographic illustrations. 2 maps in the text. Addendum. Small related news cutting pasted to blank area of final page of text. Hard cover (no dj). Wear to cloth at head of spine. A good clean copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 2nd Edition. x pages, 1 leaf, 13-288 pages frontispiece, illustrations (maps) plates : 24 cm.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Explorers All! Foxing to end inside covers. Mark to edge. Wear to edges and corners of cloth Couple of marks to cloth. Rolled spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Introduction. The Vikings Discover America (Circa A.D. 986). Marco Polo in Far Cathay (1271-1324). Hernando Cortes Enters Mexico City (1519). Magellan and His Strait (A.D. 1520). Pizarro and the Inca of Peru (1531-1533). Hans Staden and the Cannibals (c. A.D. 1554). Francis Drake Sailes Round the World (1577-1580). Mungo Park's Lone African Quest (1795-1806). Nansen's Polar Dash (1893-1896). With Sixteen Illustrations and Eleven Maps. 286 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 4th Edition. 288 pages. 288 pages. some foxing -spine cloth faded -some light discolouration to red c loth binding-Solomon islands.

283 SS. mit 24 s/w Abb. auf Tafeln. 8°. OLn. Block etwas unfrisch. In niederländischer Sprache. Abweichender Deckeltitel "Onder de Kannibalen van de Salomons-Eilanden". Aufgrund der von der Europäischen Union erlassenen EPR-Handels-Erschwernisse kann in folgende Länder KEIN VERSAND mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Polen, Österreich, Rumänien, Dänemark, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien. Sollte eine deutsche Lieferadresse möglich sein, kann an diese aber problemlos geliefert werden! * * * due to EPR-Restrictions NO SHIPPING to Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia and Spain * * * Sprache: Deutsch 749 gr. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Fourth Edition. Spine sunned and slightly canted, interior clean and unmarked except for name/date: November 12, 1931 inked to ffep. Page ends foxed all around, including some interior pages. B/W photos, 288 pp.

Tall 8vo, 288pp. maps, original cloth boards, b/w plates, a very good copy. First edition.

Condizione: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original midnight blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, maps to the end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 287 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. 20 mm repaired tear to the cloth of the upper rear gutter, boards marked, spine ends turned-in and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. JAPAN (History & Culture).…

Original publisher's green cloth hardback, gilt title and ornamentation on spine and frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: frontispiece, 284pp., [ij], 24 illustrations, maps, table of contents. Dustjacket some wear. Fine copy.

Pictorial Wraps. Condizione: Good. First Edition. The Wide World Magazine: The Magazine for Men - September 1923 - No. 305, Vol. 51. Uncommon British monthly magazine/journal. Several contributors, including Oliver Read, Hugh Thomason, Clifford W. Collinson, Abraham Herschin, David Masters, E.R. Spencer, & several others. Cover story is "Soliman the Seer", by Oliver Read, & illustrated by W.C. Nicolson. Numerous b&w illustrations & photographs throughout, plus many wonderful classic vintage advertisements. Includes b&w frontispiece. Front & rear covers printed in colour. Printed & published in Great Britain. "The Wide World Magazine was a British monthly illustrated publication which ran from April 1898 to December 1965. The magazine was founded by well-known publisher George Newnes, also famous for Tit-Bits, The Strand Magazine, Country Life & others. It described itself as 'an illustrated magazine of true narrative' & each month purported to feature 'true-life' adventure & travel stories gathered from around the world. Its motto was 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Some famous names occasionally wrote for the magazine, & it was copiously illustrated with photographs, as well as black & white drawings." Staplebound pictorial wraps. NOTE: A GOOD COPY ONLY. Handling wear, light soiling & wear & creasing to covers & spine, mild foxing, faint staining to lower margin edge, staples rusting, otherwise a solid complete softcover copy. Internally VERY GOOD. 339-420pp + 24pp vintage advertisements. Uncommon. SB-29. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1933. Octavo. 22×15cm, [i]-x/11-288+[24 plate]pp. Blue Buckram boards, gilt title to spine. Some fading and minor general wear. Some spotting to edges with some small damage to heads of several pages in the middle of the book. With 64 b+w photographs in 24 plates including frontispiece, and with 12 maps plus 'comprehensive map' printed on endpapers. Overall a 'Good' copy. A book of travels through Canada and around the Pacific.…

Boards. 2nd Edition. Tall 8vo, original cloth boards, b&w frontis, b&w plates, maps, pp 288. N.d., c. 1928. Corners slightly rubbed, some foxing to pages, good, Travels among Pacific and South Sea islands.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Second Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp x, 288. Original publishers red cloth, lettered black at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "To Barry Bayne, with sincere good wishes, from the author, Clifford W. Collinson 1928." Clean, very good. Decent copy. Signedes.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Complete with all plates. The boards are edge rubbed with scuffing along the edges. The binding is secure. Tape marks on the end papers. Award plate attached to the front end page. The pages are browned due to age. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

1st.ed. In dark blue cloth, professionally rebacked; gilt coat-of-arms on front board; gilt on spine dull. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket).

Condizione: Good. No jacket, mild shelf wear to extremities. Pages rough cut, some have small tears where they have been split. Tanning and foxing, predominantly to endpapers and page edges. Text/images all clear.

The History of Atlantic Flight. First ed. 287 +12 p. adverts., num. b/w photogr., index (Rebound regular library book with all expected stamps a.o. markings. Further good copy.) Rare.

Hardback. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. A firstedition account of the early development of transatlantic aviation Through Atlantic Clouds traces the pioneering flights technical advances and personalities that shaped attempts to cross the Atlantic by air The narrative is supported by 287 pages a foreword by Lord Sempill and 34 blackandwhite illustrations plus a map offering valuable visual and historical contextnbsp A key title in early aviation history this work remains a significant reference on the formative years of transatlantic flight and an appealing addition to any collectionmdashparticularly in jacketed form Map endpaers and the jacket in overall good condition some loss to the spine Part of an exstensive aviation librarynbsp. book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Story of John Jewitt - A young Englishman is taken as a slave by Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island; The Children of the Wilderness - Part I - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated journey in little-known Mongolia; Winning a Wife - An incident involving an Englishman in Tirah; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-Out - Part I - The conclusion of Frederick C. Glass's adventures on a little-known Brazilian river; The Sea Devil - An extraordinary six-hour battle with a huge West Indian manta, or ray; Where the gold went - Charles Siringo describes the pursuit of two men who had robbed the famous Treadwell mine in Alaska; The Cannibal Islands - Part I - Clifford W. Collinson has spent several years in the Solomon Islands - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees (conclusion) - a couple with a donkey cart set out to explore the area without any modern luxuries; My Motor-Boat - what happend when a man tried to run a second-hand boat he purchased; How We Killed the "Rat" - a scheme to kill an intruding rat goes sadly wrong; A Woman in Unknown Albania (conclusion) - Rose Wilder Lane explores the remote northern mountains where tribal blood-feuds still flourish; A Lonely Job - a young ship's officer acts as caretaker of a vessel wrecked off the Australian coast; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Skelton, J.R.; Robinson, T.H.; Nicholson, W.C.; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, G.E.; Hall, Tom; Woodville, R. Caton; Carruthers, G.P. (illustratore).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Wood, Stanley L.; waters, D.B.; Nicolson, W.C.; Robinson, T.H.; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.; De Walton, John; Edwards, Lionel; Whitaker, W.G.; Elcock, Howard K. (illustratore). …

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Twenty-Four Days Adrift - The appalling experiences that befell the crew of the U.S. steamer Dumaru, destroyed by fire and explosion in the Pacific in 1918 - from the logs of Radio-Operator T.W. Bean and Assistant Engineer F.J. Harmon; The Kidnapping of Father Heslin - this unassuming parish priest of Colma, California ultimately died - newspapers helped in catching the kidnapper; The Cross-Eyed Englishman - a rousing story of the Canadian North-West which occured 150 miles north and west of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipegosis; After Big Game With a Camera - Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore hunts big African game with a camera; A Wipe In the Eye - A British officer's amusing account of a lion-hunt which involves a spear; At Grips With a Leopard - Story from Jan Pienaar of the Beira Mashonaland Rhodesia Railway; The Man-Eating Crocodile - The Native Commissioner in charge at Balovale in Northern Rhodesia describes a crocodile surely responsible for many deaths; The Cannibal Islands - Part III - Clifford W. Collinson lived for several years in the Solomon Islands and here describes his visit to the mysterious island of Choiseul and its hidden stronghold - with nice photos; A Rescue By Aeroplane - Captain M.N. Albert's plane crashed on a trip over Northern Quebec and Ontario; Photo of bamboo organ in Catholic church in Los Pinas, Philippines; England's Oddest Treasure-Trove - A vast hoard of gold and silver coins is discovered at Seaton Carew, on the Durham Coast; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part I - A small expedition left England in 1921 to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study the wild Indian tribes - article with photos; Bandit-Hunting - Captain George Ash describes his 18 months serving under Francisco (Pancho) Villa, and a battle with outlaws in Santo Domingo; The Voyage of the "Sargon" - The disastrous voyage of this Grimsby trawler which arrived home weeks late - article with photos; The Bandit of Marseilles - A Bulgarian in France, upset for a sentence passed upon him,begins a vendetta against inoffensive citizens; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Hiley, F.E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Nicolson, W.C.; Verpilleux, E.; Graves, Percy; Webb, Arch; Woodville, R. Caton; York, W.G.; Prater, Ernest (illustratore). …

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 296. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1929 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 296.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 328. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1926 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 328.…