Chapman Frederick Spencer (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. Time-Life Books, Richmond, VA. 1988. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1949 2nd Impression by Chatto and Windus. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to gilt edges of textblock; small scuffs to the board fore edges. No DJ. Brown leatherette/marbled boards with dark brown leather spine and tip covers (1/4 leather); real leather with 22K gold-tooled lettering and raised ribs. Page Edges are gilded with 22K gold on all three sides; sew-in red cloth pagemarker; Morse code endpapers. Gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Frontispiece drawing of Chapman opposite title page; all maps present; fold out map present in rear. 435 pp 8vo. In this book the author, narrates with typical British aplomb an amazing tale of four years spent he as a guerrilla in the jungle, haranguing the Japanese in occupied Malaysia. Traveling sometimes by bicycle and/or motorcycle, rarely by truck, and mainly in dugouts, on foot, and often on his belly through the jungle muck, Chapman recruits sympathetic Chinese, Malays, Tamils, and Sakai tribesman into an irregular corps of jungle fighters. Their mission: to harass the Japanese in any way possible. In riveting scenes, they blow up bridges, cut communication lines, and affix plasticine to troop-filled trucks idling by the road. They build mines by stuffing bamboo with gelignite. They throw grenades and disappear into the jungle, their faces darkened with carbon, their tommy guns wrapped in tape so as not to reflect the moonlight. And when he is not battling the Japanese, or escaping from their prisons, he is fighting the jungle's incessant rain, wild tigers, unfriendly tribesmen, leeches, and undergrowth so thick it can take four hours to walk a mile. A clean very presentable copy.…

rpt. Very Good pp446. illus. e.p. map. leather sp. label.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: gut. 446 S., Abb., 21 cm, Leineneinband leicht berieben, Schutzumschlag beschädigt, gebräunt. Sprache: Englisch.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint . Heavy book extra postage may be required. The wraps are little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Internally there are no markings or inscriptions. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

rpt. Very Good pp446. illus. e.p. map. leather sp. label. in very rare sl. chipped unpc dw.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges and covers somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Light foxing internally. Now in a protective plastic cover. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 310 pages frontispiece, illustrations, maps, portraits 18 cm. Subjects; Watkins, Henry George 1907-1932. History of aviation. Expeditions and exploration. Travel and Adventure: Penguin books (series). Arctic regions. Greenland. East Greenland. 1 Kg.…

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges and covers somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Light foxing internally. Now in a protective plastic cover. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 310 pages frontispiece, illustrations, maps, portraits 18 cm. Subjects; Watkins, Henry George 1907-1932. History of aviation. Expeditions and exploration. Travel and Adventure: Penguin books (series). Arctic regions. Greenland. East Greenland. 1 Kg.…

paperback. Condition: Fair. Grade 1 out 5 points. This book is VERY used with a little bit of life remaining. Used books with this grade may have any of the following: HEAVY wear, creases/tears/creases on cover and pages, personalized notes/names, stickers/labels, markings on pages, ex-library markings, minor water damage. May not include extra materials such as dust jackets, access codes, CDs, accessories, etc. All orders ship by next business day! We are a small company and very thankful for your business.…

Condition: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, end paper colour maps. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Full printer's code 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Contains 338 pp with seven maps and monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £18.99. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir). …

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Now protected in a plastic sleeve. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 256 p 18 cm. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Travel and adventure. Watkins, Henry George 1907-1932. Watkins -- History of aviation. Expeditions: 1932-33 Watkins. Arctic Regions - expeditions. 1 Kg.…

xvi, 264 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 16.5cm. Yellow dust jacket soiled and toned with latter strongest along spine, chipping and tears at edges, long tear to front flap fold, top corner of front flap is clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Maroon cloth, fraying at spine ends and at tips of board corners. Dark purple top edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a good dust jacket. With 32 b/w plates including frontispiece, Foreword by Admiral Richard E. Byrd, and b/w fold-out map at rear. Rear pastedown has bookseller ticket for "berger's | book mart | and | gift shop" which a Google search indicates was located in Frederick, Maryland.…

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Now protected in a plastic sleeve. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 256 p 18 cm. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Travel and adventure. Watkins, Henry George 1907-1932. Watkins -- History of aviation. Expeditions: 1932-33 Watkins. Arctic Regions - expeditions. 1 Kg.…

Hard Cover. Condition: G-. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to. plain brown buckram gilt (ex-Boots library, with label to upper board, binding rubbed with cocked spine , first gathering tender with one loose leaf (frayed fore-edge), lower hinge cracked, upper starting, occ. spotting to fore-edge else internally clean & unmarked; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi, 306 (last colophon), with frontispiece, 63 plates & 6 maps/diagrams (4 folding). Heavy item (1.6 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A reading copy of the first edition. [Neate C31].…

Condition: DISCRETO USATO. IIED. Da revisionare INGLESE Legatura datata, copertina telata con aspetto vissuto ingiallita dalla luce ombrata da polvere e impronte di umido, menda alla cuffia di piede, piccola abrasione alla punta di testa del piatto anteriore, manca sovraccoperta, introduz. F. Spencer Chapman, testo impreziosito da illustrazioni, interno integro avvolto da leggera ossidazione, denso pulviscolo e fioriture ai tagli. N. pag. 189. …

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Second Impression. 4to. original navy cloth (inscrip. to FFE, a few spots to leaf edges & margins, cloth a little rubbed, spine sunned, map at rear slightly misfolded, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi, 306 (last colophon), with frontispiece, 63 plates & 6 maps/diagrams (4 folding). Heavy item (1.6 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate C31].…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An extraordinarily well illustrated and readable account by Frederick Spencer Chapman (1907-1971) of the British Arctic air-route expedition. Foreword by Admiral Sir William Goodenough, an introduction by the late H.G. Watkins, leader of the expedition, and additional chapters by J.M. Scott, Capt. P.M.H. Lemon, and Augustine Courtauld. An apparent First Edition, but not so stated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean interior but for some foxing at endpapers and page fore-edges and scattered thereafter, mostly in plate margins. Previous owner's bookplate inside front flap, being that of Reginald Mortimer, with an ink inscription, "From J.D.G.M. [?] Xmas 1932." Bound in a bluish linen weave cloth, mildly rubbed and sunned, spine head and foot bumped, bruised but not broken tips, gilt titling over silver label to spine. Sixty-three black-and-white illustrations and photographs, a folding map, notes, bibliography and index. xv [1], 1-304 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…