C P Dowsett (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Food production and management during and after World War II. 354pp. Index. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Cloth |.

octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publication of 414 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and protect in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Owner's name on pastedown. (World War 2, food, economic aspects of agriculture).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. DJ has a few small tears and some rubbin falong edges; B and w photos; 9 X 6 X 1 inches; 414 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Colour pictorial jacket. 414 pp. Colour an b/w plates (all bird plates in colour). Pictorial endpapers (maps). One very small name inscr. to half-title page. Overall near as-new. Jacket pristine in attached protective clear-plastic cover (as published). NEAR FINE / FINE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A.M. Hughes (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Second edition: octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titles and endpaper maps; 414pp., with maps and 20pp. of colour and monochrome plates. Minor wear; light offset to the endpapers. Dustwrapper is very lightly rubbed and edgeworn; now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Robinson, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Reynolds, Warwick; Carruthers, G.P.; Tennant, Dudley; Holmes, Fred; Brock, H.M.; Soper, Geo.; Brock, H.M. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.