Eddy Clyde (30 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. When Clyde Eddy first saw the Colorado River in 1919, he vowed that he would someday travel its length. Eight years later, Eddy recruited a handful of college students to serve as crewmen and loaded them, a hobo, a mongrel dog, a bear cub, and a heavy motion picture camera into three mahogany boats and left Green River, Utah, headed for Needles, California. Forty-two days and eight hundred miles later, they were the first to successfully navigate the river during its annual high water period. This book is the original narrative of that foolhardy and thrilling adventure.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. EX-LIB; no loan pocket. Text/Bright, sound & Near New w/repair lesion to pgs 113 & 114 by hinge. Gilt embossed blue/green linen boards/VG w/light corner tip rubs & faded spine. DJ/None. Upper text edge dyed; travel map to endpapers. Inner flap of dust jacket pasted to front end paper. Travelogue of Clyde Eddy's 200-mile down the Thames in 1937. Eddy travelled with an Eyemo camera for both still and motion pictures; some 39 photos augment text. A personal account as well as a view of the England of more than half-century past through American eyes. Member of the New York Explorers Club, Eddy had twice navigated the Colorado River, the experiences of which were penned in "Down the World's Most Dangerous River.". Eddy Clyde (Author-Photographer) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. When Clyde Eddy first saw the Colorado River in 1919, he vowed that he would someday travel its length. Eight years later, Eddy recruited a handful of college students to serve as crewmen and loaded them, a hobo, a mongrel dog, a bear cub, and a heavy motion picture camera into three mahogany boats and left Green River, Utah, headed for Needles, California. Forty-two days and eight hundred miles later, they were the first to successfully navigate the river during its annual high water period. This book is the original narrative of that foolhardy and thrilling adventure.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. As the author states" an intimate account of a voyage 200 miles across England, down 'the river of liquid history' - the Thames. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Glossy softbound covers in very good condition.; 6.25 X 0.75 X 9 inches; 232 pages.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. ACCEPTABLE - All pages and cover intact ACCEPTABLE - Yellowing and/or discoloration of pages is prevalent GOOD - Moderate corner dings and/or curled corners. Staining on bottom edge of pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Presumed. Dark green cloth with gilt titling to spine and cover. xiv, 317 ppgs. Map endpapers. Small red date stamp vertical on dedication page. "An intimate account of a voyage 200 miles across England down "The River of Liquid History" - The Thames". Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good Former owners name on top edge of title page, panel corners and spine ends bumped, panels and spine rubbed with light fading and some soiling, light browning of pages, clean text and sound binding.

First Edition. First Edition. Very Good to Near Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition (The Same Date Appears On The Copyright And Title Page, Thus First). Includes Index. The Book Is Bound In Blue Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Stamped Lettering On The Front And Spine. Minor Edge Wear. One Inch Tear To The Tissue Guard. No Ownership Information Present.…

Condition: Very Good. NY Stokes 1938. 1/0/00 Binding: Unknown VG. in no dj blue c wlite rubbing; owner's name inked out on fly 317. Illustrated by illus. 1st edition. 8vo.

paperback. Condition: LikeNew. Used Like New, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Not a book but a 12-inch vinyl Rockabilly LP from Big j Records, "Duane Eddy, Production supervisor." Near-fine jacket holds near-fine vinyl, though it's obvious tracks "You Don't Know me" and "Born to Lose" have been played. This LP was signed twice, both times diagonally to front panel, first "Always think Happy / Ralph 'n' Clyde," then a second time to "Bill & Arlene / thanks for being friends / God Bless Think Happy / Clyde & Ralph." Notes to verso also APPEAR to be signed "Duane Eddy" (who joins in, here, on "Lights in the Rain" and "Born to Lose,") though we presume THAT signature is mechanically printed, not an authentic "autograph." Reduced from $215. Inscribed by Author(s).…

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the cover and spine. Corners bumped and rubbed through. The spine has small chips along the top and bottom edges. There is a split to the cloth at the top of the junction of the front joint and the spine, measuring about 2-3 inches, and a smaller split at the bottom of the front joint. The cover is still firmly attached.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 317. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Very slight rubbing, otherwise very good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Eddy, known for an adventurous book on his experiences with the wild Colorado River here takes a more leisurely trip on England's "stream of "liquid History", recounting some 200 miles of travel by rowboat & motor launch, with numerous historical digressions. First American edition, in the scarce jacket; as pictured. Light wear to book, corners bumped; price-clipped jacket shows some edgewear, internal reinforcement with a couple of different nonarchival tapes, rear flap creased; ink name date & note opposite half-title, which has an embossed seal impression; bookseller's label: Fountaine, Columbus, Ohio. Text clean; xiv, [2], 317 pages; index, 39 b/w photo plates, one diagram, as called for. Size: Octavo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is the British edition of "Down the Worlds Most Dangerous River. Tan/gray cloth, title on spine, 288 pages, black and white photographs. Clyde Eddy ran the Colorado river in 1927 through the Grand Canyon with Parley Galloway and a group of college student, an exciting trip. A good plus copy, nice tight binding, larger black and white photographs than the American edition. A handsome former owners name and city, dated Nov. 1931 we ship promptly and package safely Prescott, AZ.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. 288 pages. stamped on the title page "With the Publisher's Compliments" light foxing around edges of pages, covers show spots. top and bottom of spine has some chipping. still a good copy of a scarce book. ; 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 ".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. TITLE: DANGER RIVER By CLYDE EDDY, ca. 1930s Illustrated AUTHOR: CLYDE EDDY PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: SKEFFINGTON & SON, LONDON, ca. 1930s EDITION: First Edition ISBN: NONE CATEGORY: River, Adventure, Rare BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: BLUE SIZE: 6 x 9 (approximately) PAGES: 288 pages. CONDITION: Ex-library copy with only a few markings present (faint code on spine, two small sized raised bands, and one stamp with notations on the copyright page). The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good condition; there are a couple of really small size scuffs to the spine and corner edges. There are age brown spots or foxing to just a few pages. Book is without outside marks or writings other than the library, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good/None dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO NAVIGATE THE RAPIDS OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS RIVER. WITH NINETEEN ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS FOUR CHARTS AND ONE MAP. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 008921. Book.…

First edition. 288pp. Portrait frontis. + 15pp. of illustrations. Orig. khaki cloth, black lettering. Extremities slightly rubbed. Prev. owners inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers browned, some occasional foxing throughout o/w contents clean and sound. A lovely copy.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. No DW. 1st Edition. Dark blue cloth lettered in gold. Title page is stamped WITH THE PUBLISHER'S COMPLIMENTS. Fairly clean tight copy has moderate edge spotting and slight internal spotting. Very small tear at head of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. 1st Edition. 293 pages. Illustrated. Very good ++. (074).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. YELLOW BOARDS, BROWN TITLE AND GRAPHC OF BOAT RUNNING A RAPID. IN THE SUMMER OF 1927 EDDY AND HIS CREW OF COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND PARLEY GALLOWAY RAN THE HIGH WATER, A FIRST OF TWO RUNS FOR EDDY. HE MADE A GOOD RUN WITH MUCH EXCITEMENT. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS, A GOOD CLEAN, BRIGHT COPY, SMALL FORMER OWNERS NAME, OTHERWISE NO MARKS OR WRITING, CLEAN BRIGHT COVER , TIGHT BINDING, CORNERS AND TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE RUBBED, OTHER WISE A VERY GOOD COPY. HANDSOME ON YOUR SHELF. We ship promptly and safely. Prescott, AZ.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Dead Men's Tracks - Part I - A story from Western Australia about a lost mine; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part II - How the first white woman in history succeeded in entering Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet; Stumbling Pete (Peter Dawson) - a tale of two trappers on the northern coast of British Columbia; Down the World's Most Dangerous River - A thrilling 750 mile boat voyage down the Colorado River, with photos; Muskrat Farming in Canada - One of the latest industries to be established in Canada - breeding muskrats for their pelts on a commercial scale; Marooned in the Swamps - A veteran hunter is abandoned in the heart of Africa; Murder will Out - How R.N.W.M.P. Constable Pennecuick searched for three missing travellers - one of the most remarkable cases in the annals of the famous Mounted Police of Canada, with photos; The Gorilla of Ubangui - A trip to French Congo in search of a huge gorilla; The Promotion of Constable Sidi, a Nigerian Policeman; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part III - The continued adventures of two city-bred sisters who took up homesteading in South Dakota. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Robinson, T.H.; Tresilian, S.; Leigh, Conrad; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Wightman, W.E.; Tresilian, S.; Sindall, A.W.; Brock, R.H. (illustrator).…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 352. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1929 edition. 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. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 352.…

First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, signed and inscribed "With every good wish/for a wonderful voyage/Clyde Eddy". 293 pp. illustrated with photographic images. Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, one of the surviving members of Major Powell's expedition contributes the introduction. Eddy is the only man who has navigated the rapids of the Colorado at extreme high and low levels of water. This is the story of a highwater expedition through the 300 bad rapids of the Colorado River. In 1927, he and a group of college students travelled through the Grand Canyon and other canyons of the Colorado River from Green river, Utah, to Needles California. They faced death daily in the high and dangerous waters. Bound in a tan pictorial linen depicting two men in a boat, lettered and decorated in brown, spine lettering brown, very light wear to spine ends, some light finger soiling to covers, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket lettered in yellow, spine ends and corners lightly chipped.…