Albert Arch (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Albert Orbaan (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Shelf wear to dust jacket. Dust jacket in mylar. 190 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Albert Orbaan (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Shelf wear to dust jacket. 190 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Orbaan, Albert (illustrator). First Thus. Decorated blue board covers with black lettering and red and black pictorial design on front cover; Pictorial Endpapers show different types of planes; rear free endpaper has a manila pocket though book does not appear to be a library copy; right book edge is rough-cut and top book edge is stained red by publisher; book interior is clean and tight; illustrated; 8vo; 190 pages; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is fairly clean and mostly bright; front dustjacket panel has net 'Av' written in red near center of panel and lower edge has some tiny chips and rubbing at corners; upper edge of front dustjacket panel is rubbed with a scuff at upper right corner; spine panel of dustjacket is heavily rubbed at top and bottom with some light chipping and has a couple of scuff marks along spine; rear dustjacket panel is heavily rubbed at top edge with some minor chipping and lower edge is rubbed with a chip at right spine gutter leading to a diagonal crease; both top and bottom corners of inside front panel are clipped.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Albert Orbaan (illustrator). Very clean inside and out, covers like new, no marks inside, save former owners name neatly placed on fp. Decorated endpapers, dust jacket has very minor bumps at the corners and edges, and some minor wear at the edges, small closed tear at top of spine, otherwise clean and near very good, 190 pp. Pictures on request and with our pleasure. Normally I don't buy Juvenile readers, however there was a lot of some 150 books in very nice condition, many with dust jackets in good condition. If your looking for vintage childrens books in nice condition check us out. Keyword to find these on our site is "Juvenile Reader".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Albert Orbaan (illustrator). Blue hard covers. B & w illust. Illustrated eps. 190 pages. Chapter book. Rough-cut pages. Pages yellowed. Tear on fep. Slight shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Orbaan, Albert (illustrator). Very Good/Very Good- Condition. Dust jacket has some minor chipping and a few small closed tears and is now in a protective Brodart Cover. Binding is nice and tight. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscription. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages.

Condition: Very Good. Albert Orbaan (illustrator). BCE. In Brodart cover. Size: Octavo.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Albert Orbaan (illustrator). (Real Books, edited by Helen Hoke.) Dustjacket price-clipped, faintly soiled on back panel, else bright. Illustrated by Albert Orbaan. Includes brief bibiliography, chronology and index. 190 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Illustrated by Albert Orbaan (illustrator). Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; 190 pages.

Condition: New. Orbaan, Albert (illustrator).

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Orbaan, Albert (illustrator). The Real Book about Airplanes. Book.

Condition: As New. Orbaan, Albert (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Albert Orbaan (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good condition hardback and DJ price clipped. 191 pages good and clean with clear larger print. Feint minor spots of foxing on top edge of pages. No previous names, 'On a blustering December day less than fifty years ago a little knot of shivering coastguards watched Wilbur and Orville Wright fly their rickety aeroplane 120 feet across the sands at Kitty Hawk. Today from bustling airports thousands of aircraft take off, many on long flights across high mountains and broad oceans. Many black and white illustrations throughout the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Albert Orbaan (illustrator). Book Club Edition. 190 p. 21.5 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Light wear to corners. Top front edge has a couple of tiny nicks. Previous owner's name and pull mark on reverse of front endpaper. Otherwise, inside pages are clean and unmarked, with slight toning. Dustjacket has wear to folds, corners and spine ends, including tears, chips, and creases. Spine is creased. Darkened along flap edges. Soil to both panels. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings.

Condition: As New. Orbaan, Albert (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Orbaan, Albert (illustrator).

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with small and slightly rusted staple holes to one corner. Folded once. Addressed to 'My dear [Gern?] King / A. G. B. I' (i.e. the Artists' General Benevolent Institution) and signed 'Aston Webb / Presd. A G B I -'. He is writing at the request of 'the Council', 'to express to you on their behalf & my own our sincere regret at your resignation from our Council'. Since he has 'attended so regularly and helped so sympathetically in the work that we shall all miss you very much and look forward to the day when you feel able to the [sic] come back to us and with this in View the Council have decided not to fill up the vacancy with the hope that we shall soon see you amongst us again when you may be sure of a warm welcome'.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Davis, G.H.; Abbey, S.; Soper, G.; Wood, Stanley L.; Edwards, Lionel; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Gilbert, A.; Elcock, Howard; Evison, G. Henry; Webb, Arch;Buchanan, Fred; Somerfield, Thomas; Gillett, Frank; Evison, G.H. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 385-480 plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: In the grip of the "Hip Sings" - Walter G. Patterson became a member of a Chinese secret society (Part I); Hunting the sword-fish on the south coast of Nova Scotia - with great photos; The fatal wood - a graphic account of a dramatic episode in the great Battle of Verdun; Minnie Florea's ordeal - a hurricane swept her to sea where she, the only member of her father's party of 13 to survive, battled the storm for 24 hours; The heart of Sweden - an interesting description of rural Sweden with wonderful photos; Three men in a tree - how they survived a flood in Australia; Comedies of the war - WWI anecdotes; Sandy McLain's Log-Jam - how a young Scotsman broke up one of the biggest log-jams in the history of Minnesota; Our adventures at the Chincha Islands - a lively time picking up a load of guano; From Job to Job around the World - part VII - Alfred Fletcher describes his adventures in Constantinople, his trip through Italy and across Europe to Paris - where he was shut in Voltaire's tomb for a night!; Where Grass is King - a woman's account of her live on a homestead in a region of America where grass is used for everything - with nice photos; My Romance - how Miss L.V. Smith saved a crowded train from destruction; Photo of a six-foot shark caught in the Tigris at Baghdad Great full-page ad for the Red Cross Line. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backsrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Men, September 1916 in the Grip of Hip Sings Hip Sings" - Walter G. Patterson became a member of a Chinese secret society (Part I); Hunting the sword-fish on the south coast of Nova Scotia - with great photos; Th.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Covers have wear but pages and illustrations are clean, unmarred. Includes 23 maps, photos and illustrations of the proposed 1934 Riverfront with the cooperation of Mayor Dickman. Contents: Statement of the Problem; Scope of the Survey, Conclusions, Recommendations, Details of the project; Estimate of Cost, Method of Finance, Chronology of Procedure; 11x13; 110+ pages.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Hiley, F.E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Nicolson, W.C.; Verpilleux, E.; Graves, Percy; Webb, Arch; Woodville, R. Caton; York, W.G.; Prater, Ernest (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Twenty-Four Days Adrift - The appalling experiences that befell the crew of the U.S. steamer Dumaru, destroyed by fire and explosion in the Pacific in 1918 - from the logs of Radio-Operator T.W. Bean and Assistant Engineer F.J. Harmon; The Kidnapping of Father Heslin - this unassuming parish priest of Colma, California ultimately died - newspapers helped in catching the kidnapper; The Cross-Eyed Englishman - a rousing story of the Canadian North-West which occured 150 miles north and west of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipegosis; After Big Game With a Camera - Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore hunts big African game with a camera; A Wipe In the Eye - A British officer's amusing account of a lion-hunt which involves a spear; At Grips With a Leopard - Story from Jan Pienaar of the Beira Mashonaland Rhodesia Railway; The Man-Eating Crocodile - The Native Commissioner in charge at Balovale in Northern Rhodesia describes a crocodile surely responsible for many deaths; The Cannibal Islands - Part III - Clifford W. Collinson lived for several years in the Solomon Islands and here describes his visit to the mysterious island of Choiseul and its hidden stronghold - with nice photos; A Rescue By Aeroplane - Captain M.N. Albert's plane crashed on a trip over Northern Quebec and Ontario; Photo of bamboo organ in Catholic church in Los Pinas, Philippines; England's Oddest Treasure-Trove - A vast hoard of gold and silver coins is discovered at Seaton Carew, on the Durham Coast; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part I - A small expedition left England in 1921 to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study the wild Indian tribes - article with photos; Bandit-Hunting - Captain George Ash describes his 18 months serving under Francisco (Pancho) Villa, and a battle with outlaws in Santo Domingo; The Voyage of the "Sargon" - The disastrous voyage of this Grimsby trawler which arrived home weeks late - article with photos; The Bandit of Marseilles - A Bulgarian in France, upset for a sentence passed upon him,begins a vendetta against inoffensive citizens; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Both items in good condition, lightly aged, on grey paper, with central horizontal fold. Each signed 'Aston Webb'. ONE: ANS to 'Dear Walter Spiers', 27 March 1899. 1p, 16mo. Thanking him for his congratulations on his election. TWO: ALS to 'Dear Mr Baldwin', 20 June 1903. 1p, 12mo. After thanking him for his congratulation he continues: 'We had a most delightful dinner with you the other evening.'.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1911 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. 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. Pages: 290 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. 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. Pages: 290 Language: English.