Briggs Ellis Ormsbee (11 results)
Language: English
Published by David McKay Co 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Redux Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover with DJ. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear with rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear with tears. Light shelving foxing/dust-dulling on page edges.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.
Language: English
Published by David McKay Co 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: GuthrieBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.GuthrieBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. EEx-Library hardcover no dj (blue boards) with the usual markings, attachments, and library wear. Except for library markings, interior clean and unmarked. Tight binding.
Published by David McKay Co
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by Viking Press 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 15.57
£ 4.77 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wonderful frontispiece art by and illustrated by Rudolf Freund. Ellis O. Briggs was a writer and former Ambassador to seven countries. Briggs's favorite recreation was shooting waterfowl and upland game birds on the continents on which he had serv…ed, including Korea, Brazil and Czechoslovakia, and spent his free time hunting duck, goose, pheasant, guinea fowl and pigeon in those countries, and in Peru, Cuba, Liberia and Patagonia as well, and competition bat shooting in wartime China. Includes an account of Ernest Hemingway turning his fishing boat "Pilar" into an armed warship, and fishing for marlin while hunting U-Boats.
Published by McKay
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (diplomats, correspondence, foreign relations ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included….
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London.
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1958 1958
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: PBFA
Condition: Used
£ 12.00
£ 10.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). (1957) 1958 1st UK edition. 8vo (155 x 240mm). Ppviii,149. B/w illustrations by Rudolf Freund. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Corners slightly bumped, browning to end-papers and edges. Good-plus in slightly frayed and used dust-…wrapper. An entertaining account of an American diplomat's extra-curricular hunting and shooting expeditions in South America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe: collecting giant frogs in Peru, wildfowling in Patagonia and Korea, gamebird shooting in Liberia, Czechoslovakia and Korea, and bat-shooting in China. Chapters include: The biggest frog in the world; Snakes, pepper birds, and wild guineas in Liberia; Dona Mercedes and the wild geese of Patagonia; No hasta el postre - meaning, you can't throw rolls until dessert; Pokey and the Chungking flying bat sweepstake; How to shoot non-communist pheasants in Czechoslovakia; Pheasants, vice admirals, and Lohengrin in Korea; The pheasants of Cheju Island; A helicopter is a duck's best friend; Animal interlude - with bears. .
Published by McKay
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (biography, history, ambassador, united states) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by David McKay Company, Inc., New York, NY 1964
- Hardcover
Seller: Ye Old Bookworm, Odessa, TX, U.S.A.Ye Old Bookworm
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 306 pages; Blue Cloth Binding, Book Shows Some Little Wear Text is clean no markings seen. No Dust Jacket.
Published by McKay 1964
- Hardcover
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United KingdomThe Guru Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 15.00
£ 12.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition with worn dust jacket some mild bending to outer boards- rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.
Published by McKay, New York 1964
- First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: good, poor. First? Edition. First? Printing. 306, damp stains on DJ, erasure residue on front endpaper. Foreword by Christian Herter. Mr. Briggs worked in the State Department from 1925-1962. He served as Ambassador to seven nations by appointment of three presidents. He had a long and interesting career during a fasc…inating period in American history.
