Wilfred Fowler (28 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. Stated First American Edition. Grey cloth binding. The dust jacket has a few small soil spots. 294 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Very Good -. First American Edition. Normal wear; lacks flyleaf; a decent readable copy. Book.

Condition: FINE. First US printing. A novel which follows two men - an Englishman at the beginning of his career and the African headman who befriended him - from the 1930s to the beginning of independence. Originally published in the UK under the title 'Harama' this was praised as a "remarkably unbiased portrait of an Africa in transition." Elspeth Huxley called this a "clever,spare, bitter and humane book." List of characters. 294 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (name of previous owner on front pastedown, partially hidden by dj flap).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. hardback in near fine condition with near fine dust jacket. 1st edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. An Englishman living and working in the Solomon Islands. A clean and sound book but missing its dust wrapper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK.

Condition: Good. 1959. No Edition Stated. 239 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition First Printing. First-person autobiographical account of the author's adventures as the acting District Commissioner on the island of Ysabel in the Solomon Islands while it was a British colony during the early 20th century thru WWII. In 240 pages, with photographic frontispiece & black & white photos throughout. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1959, this hardcover book is in solidly Good condition: green cloth-covered boards & interior are clean, binding straight & strong, Pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age; foxing to endpapers & exterior page edges. Former owner's name sticker inside front cover. Corners bumped, mild rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ is also Good, with light edgewear, but darkening to white rear cover & a few tiny holes on front cover (in & around the "I" in "Island; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the exact bHeavyook you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on orders received Weekdays before 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Very Good -. Hardcover with dust jacket, 240 pages, plus black-and-white phptographs; very gently read, just a hint of shelf wear, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked; DJ spine sun faded, numerous tiny chips/tears. See also our listing for Hector Holthouse's very scarce White Headhunter.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 132 pages. Illustrated . Kevin Nudd "John Fowler" / Helen Macleod "Sylvia Townsend Warner" / Mike Ashley "Robert Heinlein" / Michael Richardson "TV Spin-Offs" / David Howard "Wilfred Thesiger" / George Gorniak "Hugh Walpole".

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Very Good ++. Hardcover with dust jacket, 240 pages, plus black-and-white phptographs; very gently read, if at all, hardly a trace of shelf wear, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked; DJ spine sun faded, gently bumped, but no chips or tears, now in new mylar protector.…

dj. First Edition. First edition hardcover First edition. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. With 240 pages and illustrations, a splendid account of the Solomon Islands, the people and life there in the 1950's, deliciously written, a fine book. NOT book CLUB OR ADVENTURE'S CLUB EDITION but the original Constable published first edition, HARDCOVER, GOOD DUST JACKET, NO MARKINGS, VERY GOOD CONDITION, EXCELLENT VALUE.…

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition first edition book. No dust jacket. Mild edgewear and some scuffs to the boards and spine. Page edges are lightly tanned and lightly marked, and there are some pencil marks to the rear free end page. Overall a good clear copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. [Viii] + 240 Pages, Illustrated. A Complete And Soundly Bound Book, Some Foxing But Otherwise Internally Unmarked, The Dustjacket Is Complete But Spine Is Browned. Not Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Jacket designed by Hugh Walker. Corners bumped, spine cocked a bit, else a very good copy in a very good lightly rubbed dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A green cloth Hardcover, in a Dust Jacket which has small nicks. Not ex. library. 250 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs. Wilfred Fowler was District Commissioner on the island of Ysabel in the Solomon Islands while it was a British colony during the early 20th century. Light toning on endpapers, contents clean, tight and bright. Book.…

Hardback. Light wear to the dustjacket price clipped 294pp Contents clean with no inscriptions or marks. book.

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [viii], 240 pp, frontis, illustrations from photos. original cloth, dj (spine bit faded), fine in vg dj. The author describes his years on the Solomon Islands where he was a district commissioner. A picture of this book is available on request.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Very Good. Hardbound, with the DJ, VG/GOOD++.

Condition: Good. 1963. First Edition. 294 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Letter signed by author's wife stuck to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to both panels.…

8vo (217 x 140). pp, (viii), 239, (1). Black and white frontispiece and plates. Ex libris. (Romilly Shaw Collection). Distinctive signature of G.Romilly Shaw on front pastedown and several discreet Romilly Shaw Collection stamps, otherwise contents very clean. some very light browning. Blued top edge. Dark blue and silver gilt cloth. No dustjacket. Very good.…

Volume 2, No. 1, November 1969. Includes article between pages 23 and 35 with 1 map of Malaita Island. Card cover. Near fine. 30.2 x 24.5. The two years (1884/1886) voyages of "Young Dick" in the labour trade (blackbirding).

Hardcover. Condition: Good -. 1st Ed., hard cover green cloth bds with red title block to spine, VG, bk leans, unclipped dust jacket, edgewear, rubbing, a little staining, Good-, contents clean and tight, pp294, smells of old books! A sound reading copy with jacket.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 294 pages; Description: 294 p. , 23 cm. Subjects: Africa --Officials and employees. Africa --Politics and government. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 294 pages; Description: 294 p. , 23 cm. Subjects: Africa --Officials and employees. Africa --Politics and government. 1 Kg.

OLnbd., OU., 21 x 14 cm. Condition: Gut. 239 (1) Seiten, Über Erlebnisse auf den Salomonen. - Etwas gebräunt. Sonst sauberes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. Due to new EU packaging regulations, we are currently unable to ship to many EU countries. Shipping to Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and the Baltic states is possible. Deliveries to border-based parcel lockers or cross-border parcel forwarding services remain possible. Shipping to all countries outside the EU also remains possible. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 300. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. relationship between a D.C. and an African chief as his country moves towards independence; Binding: Orig. green cloth with frayed D/W; Condition notes: Novel - V. Good; Pages: 294; Edition/printing: 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. British Colonial Administrative Service. " 'Would you like to go to the Solomon Islands?' "I don't know,' I said, surprised by his question. 'I don't know where they are or anything about them.' ". Dustwrap torn and chipped with some loss to edges, NOT PRICE CLIPPED, Dark blue boards, silver titling to spine, clean. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 6 pages of half tone plates. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 004098; 8vo.…