The Borders and Beyond - Arctic-Cheviot-Tropic (Richard Fitter's copy) by Chapman, Abel - 1924

Gurney and Jackson, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 1924. No edition remarks. 489 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Rough cut edges to textblock. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Book has slight forward lean.

Gurney and Jackson, 1924. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1924. No Edition Stated. 489 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations and photographs throughout. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable scuffing, large stains and marking to boards.

London: Gurney and Jackson, 1924. Green cloth with gilt title to spine, TEG, bookplate to front pastedown, some gutters slightly strained but remains solid, a clean and tidy copy.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Gurney and Jackson, 1924. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6.5". Abel Chapman; W. H. Riddell. A first edition of Abel Chapman's heavily illustrated volume on nature at the Scottish borders and beyond. A first edition of Abel Chapman's work of natural history on the Scottish borders and beyond. With 170 sketches, including nineteen colour illustrations by William Hutton Riddell on sixteen plates, and twenty one monochrome plates by Chapman himself, collated and complete. With a focus on birds and fish, Chapman shares his observations of the animals, flora, and fauna that live in these inhospitable areas. The Sunderland-born naturalist and hunter contributed towards saving the Spanish Ibex from extinction, and helped establish the first game reserve in South Africa. Prior owner's pencil inscription the recto of the front free endpaper, 'D. R. Guard'. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards, a little more so to the… Read More

LONDON, GURNEY AND JACKSON, 1924.. FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN CLOTH, DUSTWRAPPER. GILT TITLE ON SPINE. ARCTIC, CHEVIOT, TROPIC, NINETEEN COLOUR PLATES BY W.H. RIDDELL AND 170 SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR.

London: Gurney and Jackson, 1924. Hardcover. Very good condition. 489p., illus., part. col.

Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.

Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.

Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,… Read More

Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.

547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.

This book is an antique but it is in poor condition. The binding is loose and peeling off the spine of this book. The cover is worn substantially on the edged, corners and all over. The previous owners name is written on the inside front board and the front end page. The inside pages are yellowed and tanned and the page is torn. "A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world famous canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise. Profusely illustrated by over 600 unique and attractive photographs taken expressly for this book by our special staff." - Panama

Hubbard Brothers, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. 443 pp. Embracing an account of the discovery of the true source of the Mississippi. Complete with fold-out map. Illustrated. Wear to bottom and top of spine. Gilded lettering and design is intact, design on spine is worn towards the bottom however. Corners show bumping and wear, only slightly worn through.

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.