Ernest victor thompson (18 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket.

Softcover. Condizione: Bon. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. first edition book is tight with no markings, some mild soiling to page edges, dj has minor rubbing, nice copy.

Couverture souple. Condizione: Bon. Balland collection , 1990. 1 volume broché(s) format In-8 bon.

Reprint. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and creased. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 445, [1] p. ; 18 cm. Subjects; Ireland History 1837-1901 ; Fiction. Fiction in English 1945- Texts. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good dust wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : 377p. Subjects : English fiction. Oriental. The Orient. Illustrated. Novel. English novelists. English Literature. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and creased. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 445, [1] p. ; 18 cm. Subjects; Ireland History 1837-1901 ; Fiction. Fiction in English 1945- Texts. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good dust wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : 377p. Subjects : English fiction. Oriental. The Orient. Illustrated. Novel. English novelists. English Literature. 1 Kg.

Condizione: Très bon. Nos envois se font avec suivi, pour tout problème n'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour trouver une solution.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Original price of $13.95 printed on dust jacket front flap. Jacket now protected with paper backed polyester film. Book has no writing or marking.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 392 pages. cover wornThe opium trade involved Britain in one of the most shameful wars of all time , just as it reached out from Hong Kong to threaten the very throne of China's a ll-powerful emperor. Young Cornishman Luke Trewarne is in the Far East to make h is fortune but his plans are threatened by his ideals, together with a growing l ove for China, its people and a beautiful Chinese boat-girl. Challenged by the b rutal intrigues of those with the most to gain from the squalor and degradation of the opium trade, Trewarne finds an ally in the Tartar hero of China's 'Banner men' army. Together, they meet with both triumph and disaster.--Publisher.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. signed and inscribed by the author, in black pen, on title page 'To Sadie, Happy Reading! E. V. Thompson'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very very slightly faded, corners very very slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£9.95), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 308pp. On a wild stormy night in 1813, Nathan Jago, drift fisherman, ex-prizefighter and lord of the manor of Polrudden, rescues a young boy from a drowning mother's arms as a French ship founders on the jagged Cornish rocks. It is an act that will profoundly affect his destiny. Despite hard times, Nathan and his wife Amy adopt Jean Paul and bring him up with their own son. Nathan considers a return to the ring in the struggle to make a living and keep the ancient house in the family. But events conspire to involve him in a royalist intrigue that eventually leads to Paris, where a beautiful marquise and a dashing count sow the seeds both of tragedy and renewed hope. Ernest Victor Thompson MBE (1931-2012,) was a prolific author of historical novels. Thompson served in the Royal Navy for nine years and then joined the Bristol Police. He later became the chief security officer for the Department of Aviation in Rhodesia. In 1970 he moved to Cornwall to concentrate on being an author. A scarce book, scarce signed. Jacket by John Raynes (illustratore). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE FIRST TWO BOOKS BY E V THOMPSON IN THE RETALLICK SAGA ( HE LATER A WROTE A PREQUEL: BEN RETALLICK). MODEST SIGNS OF AGE AND USAGE. SOUND BINDINGS. HARVEST OF THE SUN IS FLAT SIGNED , CHASE THE WIND HAS NO INSCRIPTIONS. FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS. GORDON CRABB & LIZ MOYES (JACKETS) (illustratore). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Printed pages: 176. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Loss to ends of spine, wear to edges. Browning to spine. Light browning and soiling, a few marks to front cover. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Quarter yellow buckram with illustrated paper covered boards. Page edges untrimmed. Browning and foxing to page edges. Good solid binding. Very clean text with just a few spots of foxing. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches (14.5 x 19.5 cm).…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition, 8vo., pp.176, uncut, pictorial yellow paper-covered boards backed in yellow cloth, design and lettering in black, b/w pictorial title; foxing to edges and margins of boards, occasional foxing within, splash-mark to top-edges, slight splash-marking to spine, a very good copy.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Cheetah-Hunting - Lewis R. Freeman provides an interesting account of using cheetahs to hunt deer in India - article with photos; The Mad Hatter - two former partners fight it out over a woman in the boom days of the Kalgoorlie mines; Ivory-Poaching in German East Africa - Prior to WWI big game hunter J.A. Jordan set out to poach ivory from the jealously guarded herds of the colony after a German captain confiscated his possessions and left him stranded - article with amazing photos; Adventures of a Wild-Beast Trainer - The thrilling experiences of ex-lion-tamer Alexander Feely; An Errand of Mercy - the dangers and difficulty of travel in the interior of Paraguay; After Outlaws in Unknown New Guinea - pursuit of a band of native murderers who had wiped out a village - article with excellent photos; 'Big-Bang' - the story of a WWI heavy-duty trench mortar invented by a man named X____; The Brothers Alvarez - a Mexican narrative related to the author by the late British Minister to Mexico; A Canadian Lumber-Camp - Part I - A vivid photo-illustrated sketch of the strenuous winter existence of a Canadian lumber-jack; A Five Minutes' Race With Death - a mining engineer's story of a revengeful Matabele and a very narrow escape; The Bunko House - a very narrow escape in Chicago; Bob Trinder's Good Time - at story of the bad old days of San Francisco when men were 'shanghaied' aboard deep-water ships for the sake of advance-money or private vengeance; South African Snakes - their variety and characteristics; A Race With a Typhoon - the remarkable adventure of Yale graduate Dr. E.E. Severy in a remote district of Mindanao in the Philippines; Sensational 16-page photo-illustrated stock offering for the Pruden Coal Carburetor and the Powdered Coal Engineering & Equipment Company; and and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 292-382, 22-32 [ads]. Covers beginning to loosen. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, February 1917, Cheetah-Hunting, India, Lewis R. Freeman, The Mad Hatter, Kalgoorlie, Ivory-Poaching - German East Africa, elephant hunting, J.A. Jordan, Lion-Tamer, Alexander Feely, Paraguay, New Guinea, Pygmies, Mortar, Alvarez Brot. Illustrated by Leist, Fred; Perceval, C.H.; Reynolds, Warwick; Wood,Esmond; Prater, Ernest; Bates, L.; Elcock, Howard; Pride, Sid; Webb, Arch;Austen, Winifred; Dovaston, Margaret; Pitcher, Sotheby (illustratore).…