Abraham Captain R C (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. no d/j. Stock a little toned but otherwise in general good order. Front endpaper split, but binding holding firm. Red paper-covered boards marked and worn, particularly to base of spine. 8vo. 172pp.

1st. Ed. 8vo. vii + 82pp. Original green cloth boards with black text, faded spine. US$10.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original 1940 hardcover in VG-minus condition: slight wear, a few tiny bumps and nicks, slight fading. 102 pages on the TIV language spoken in Nigeria "near the Benue River". Without DJ. [10oz]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dustjacket. Minor wear to binding on corners, edges & spine. Foxing on edges of text block, endpapers & pastedowns. Text and images unmarked. Reprint of the 1933 edition.

1st Ed. Large 8vo. [x] + 97pp. + [vi] + 213pp. Light browning, African Society in stamps to front e.ps., front f.e.p. torn with loss across tail, original black lettered fawn cloth, some soiling, spine faded and bumped with sm. stain to tail due to label removal. US$52.

London: Published on behalf of the Government of Nigeria by the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1940 8vo. viii,102pp. Library bookplate and shelf number to upper board, a nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's dark brown cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ]. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Red cloth/gilt. Reprint. 239 page plus index. Tight and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239+ pages.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Wood, Stanley L.; waters, D.B.; Nicolson, W.C.; Robinson, T.H.; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.; De Walton, John; Edwards, Lionel; Whitaker, W.G.; Elcock, Howard K. (illustrator). …