William james makin (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Original gilt-blocked cloth. Stated first edition.

1st edition. Pulp fiction magazine. Scarce issue includes two serials including the featured Caravan Treasure by Dwyer and Kioga of the Wilderness by Chester, one novelet (Makin), 12 short stories, plus features. Overall, a very solid & bright copy with hardly any wear. 7 x 10, 144 pp + b/w ads, b/w illus. NearFine unmarked, bright jacket, backstrip intact. Pulp Magazine in color illus wraps (Herbert Morton Stoops).…

Wraps. Condizione: Good. Vol. 66, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Edited by Donald Kennicutt. Cover art by Herbert Morton Stoops. Includes "Diamond in Spain" (novelette) by Ared White; "Robbery of Convenience" (novelette) by Robert R. Mill; "Pianos for Shanghai" by William J. Makin; "The Hands of King Pi" by James Weber Linn; "The Lynching of Poker Dick" by Jay Lucas; "Warriors in Exile: VII The First American in the Legion" by H. Bedford-Jones; "Son of the Dragon King: Ships and Men XII" by H. Bedford-Jones and Capt. L. B. Williams; "Two Yards of Soldier" by Meigs Frost; "Tarzan and the Elephant Men" (pt. 2 of 3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Prize Stories of Real Experience: "A Wanderer's Scrapbook" by James Francis Dwyer; "Flowers of the Sea" by Bill Adams; "Spy Scare" by Fulton Grant; "The Wise Cat of China" by Alfred Batson; "Spanish Battle-Fronts" by Marquesa Nena de Belmonte. Illustrated by John Clymer, Gratton Condon, Peter Kuhlhoff, Jeremy Cannon [Herbert Morton Stoops], Austin Briggs, John Richard Flanagan, Yngve Soderberg, and others. Dampstains; rubbing with some loss of color; tears and creases; a little wavy; pages only lightly tanned. Magazine.…

1st edition, circa 1931. Near fine in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. No publication date mentioned; 286 pages; Description: 286 p. : front., plates ; 24 cm. Subjects: Africa --Description and travel 1 Kg. …

1st edition, circa 1931. Near fine in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. No publication date mentioned; 286 pages; Description: 286 p. : front., plates ; 24 cm. Subjects: Africa --Description and travel 1 Kg. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1934). 1934 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Pp287. B/w photographs. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Abrasion to browned front end-paper, frontispiece loose else very good clean copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. "There is nothing so interesting to the civilised man as a beast in the jungle. It was this truism which decided me to write this book. I flash-backed my mind to those days of jungle and bush adventures, and in one of those sanctuaries of civilisation called 'garden suburbs' penned page after page. Writing this book, I soon discovered, was the most perilous adventure of all. For as my pen dripped ink the lust for real adventure again overwhelmed me. There were two months when I flung the manuscript aside and flew by aeroplane to the Africa I love. It was an adventure worth while, and only an uneasy sense of duty brought me back to the book." Chapters include:- Hidden boards of ivory; Hunting by aeroplane; Winging among vultures; Gorilla; Human beasts; The lost world; Lion lovers and haters; The rhino rush; Bare hands against beasts; Unsung heroes of the bush; Hunted by wild dogs; Snakes alive!; Royal hunters in the bush; The cattle runners; Gone native; The big-game racket; Hunts in city streets; Man in the zoo. .…

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: 360. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1933 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: 360.…

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Good. First Edition without Jacket on green cloth - collectable - will send out 1 st class post.