Crombie Charles E Chas (3 results)

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Witherell Kidnapping case - Mrs. Gladys Witherell was kidnapped for several days - article with photos of victim and perpetrators; Bad Man Louis - a tale from what is now Glacier National Park in Montana; The Justice of the North - The North-West Mounted Police set out in search of two Eskimos - Sinnisiak and Uluksak - who killed Catholic priests in Canada's north; The Cowboys of the Camargue - a description of the life and cowboys of Frances's Camargue; Through Central America on Horseback - Part I - Eugene Cunningham describes his trip by horseback south from San Jose, Costa Rica - with photos; The Wreck of the "Angola" - the horrible tale of 42 days afloat between China and the Philippines; The River of Mystery - the largely unknown Orange River of South Africa; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - VI - the author finds himself hired as a Montana ranch hand; Photo and brief writeup of Turkey farm of Mr. M.A. Stutsman in Barstow, California; Two Boys in the Foreign Legion - young men choose to escape from the French Foreign Legion in the African desert, pursued by Arabs; Photo and brief write-up of "The Joshua Tree", the world's largest Yucca tree in southern California; The Buried Cities of Asia Minor - II - investigating the cities of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; The Cowboy Outlaw - Kid Curry terrorized the western states; Odds and Ends - Hungarian barber and Egyptian fisherman at work; nice vintage ads. Average wear. Bits of external tape secure spine. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Whitaker, W.G.; Bates, Leo; Soper, G.; Gillett, F.; Robinson, T.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; Lane, Harry; Crombie, Chas; Tennant, Dudley (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Oblong 4to. The delightful color plates by Charles Crombie have brilliant colors, with the images in perfect condition, each with the postcard-sized Perrier labels mounted on rear (the mounting rippled the margins of each plate as in all copies seen). Original dark green cloth over green printed boards (some rubbing to binding; light ex-library markings). Description:Color Plates.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODustjacket ISSUED ,UNDATED EARLY ,First Edition. VG/GOOD, NOJACKET, In original OBLONG paper covered boards. In GOOD condition with some minor wear and tear externally but internally a very good condition with FOXING. Oblong 4to Grey Boards TITLED IN RED & BLACK with wear edges & tears wear Along Cvr Spine , TEARS chips CVR SPINE AREA Oversized 14 3/4 X 10 3/4 IN. , Charles E Crombie, of whom little appears to be known, is now best remembered for the 3 books of cartoons he drew for the Perrier water company, based on texts from the The Laws of Cricket, Golf and Motoring. CHAS. or Charles CROMBIE (illustrator).…