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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Dark green cloth covers with silver lettering and bands on spine which is bright. Covers exhibit light bumping on corners and spine ends. Moderate soiling to edges, covers and spine. Previous owners name and address stamp on the inside front cover and the bfep. Foxing and soiling to the upper and front page ends. Foxing to the inside front and back covers, ffep's and bfep's. Text and b&w illustrations are clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Illustrated dj is in a protective mylar cover with a large chip on the hinge area of the front cover. Heavy soiling and shelf wear to covers, edges, hinges and spine. "A record of one of the world's greatest hunters of his experiences in the jungles of the Indian peninsula." All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Couple small brown spots to end papers and couple small chips to jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Near Very Good. Hardcover, has a slight skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a few small smudges to the covers and edges of the text block, and a thin area of peeling from the dust jacket stuck to the fore edge of the front cover at the lower corner. Overall, this is a solid, Very Good copy in a Near Very Good, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with some creasing and short tears to the spine ends and corners, sun fading to the spine, and rubbing with very faint soiling and smudging to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First American Edition. Silver-stamped green cloth; 8vo; 222pp; illustrated with b/w photos; color pictorial dust jacket. Primarily tiger hunting but also panther, leopard, bear and buffalo in the jungles of the Indian peninsula. This copy in good condition with general light wear; small abrasion on front endsheet from price tag(?) removal o/w internally clean. Chip to lower front DJ panel and some internal clear tape reinforcements at folds.…

Paperback. 8vo. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st edition. First edition bound in green cloth with silver foil titling on spine. Firmly bound. Boards are lightly rubbed around corners and ends. Very faint dusting to surface. 222p. Interior unmarked aside from light foxing around text block and end pages. Includes dust jacket in good condition- unclipped but foxed over spine and edges, a bit surface scuffed and lightly bumped in same places as boards.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. 222pp. D/w is slightly grubby and frayed to edges. Previous owner's details to front free end-paper. A little spotting to edges and end-papers. A decent copy. (bs131).

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Secret Submarine - Part I - A strange story of adventure in the romantic Spanish Main; The Largest Map in the World - on display in the lobby of the Ferry Building in San Francisco; The Phantom Gunman - A 19-year-old boy leads Johannesburg police on a merry chase before he is finally jailed; The Last of the Sea-Elephants - Dr. L.M. Huey visits the lonely island of Guadalupe to capture live specimens of these creatures, some of which weigh 2.5 tons! - with photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part III (conclusion) of one of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Land of Mystery - Part I - Colonel E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Gallowhur were among the very few white men allowed to enter "forbidden" Nepal, with photos; A Car Climbs Table Mountain, the mighty mass of rock that dominates Cape Town - with photos; The Boy Who Sought Adventure - Part I of the fascinating travels and adventures of B. Wicksteed; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - Part II of a three-month river and canal journey through France; The Secret of Black Horse Mountain - Dark happenings involving a farmer and a tramp who meet up again a thousand miles away; Teaching on the Frontier - A young teacher runs into trouble working in remote New Mexico; The Pennsylvania Witch-Murder - Three young men argue they were justified in their action to prevent evils spells from bewitching them - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, May 1930, Wilbert Hess, John Bymyer, Nelson Reymeyer, John Curry, The Secret Submarine, Spanish Main, The Largest Map in the World, Ferry Building - San Francisco, The Phantom Gunman, Johannesburg Police, The Last of the Sea Elephan. Illustrated by Peddie, T.H.; Inns, Kenneth; Tresilian, S.; Goss, G.W.;Wenban, R.; Wigfull, W.E.; Soper, George; De Walton, John; Robinson, T.H. (illustratore).…