F Whymper (64 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. : Este libro, 'Perspectivas del Mont Blanc', publicado por Alba Editorial, ofrece una recopilación de veinticuatro textos que exploran la fascinación y admiración que el Mont Blanc ha inspirado a lo largo de los siglos. Desde alpinistas y científicos hasta etnólogos, geógrafos y hombres de letras, esta obra reúne diversas experiencias y perspectivas sobre la montaña más alta de Europa. Los textos, que datan desde 1606 hasta 1987, combinan la aventura del alpinismo con reflexiones científicas y literarias, ofreciendo una visión completa y enriquecedora del Mont Blanc. EAN: 9788484284048 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Perspectivas del Mont Blanc Autor: J. J. Rousseau| J. W. Goethe| F. R. de Chateaubriand| M. Shelley| V. Hugo| A. Dumas| G. Sand| E. Whymper| G. Rébuffat Editorial: Alba Editorial Idioma: es-ES Páginas: 192 Formato: tapa blanda.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. First. 8vo. foxed no spine boards detached. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Dustjacket. 320 pages. Has a number 1 on spine but no other reference to volume number as far as I can see. No dustjacket. Dark royal-blue hardback binding, impressed decoration and gilt titles/ornamentation to front and spine, light white streaky marks to lightly decorated rear. Wear with small rubs and light small frays to spine-ends, rubbing to boards' corners which are rounded, browning to end-papers and last page. Foxing to page-edges, blotching to title-page, first pages/prelims and last couple of pages. Signs of splitting to ends of inner hinges, fairly minor and strong. Pages have occasional small blotches. Excellent B&Willustrations and strong binding.…

Condition: Very Good. 5 Pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Illustrator: C. Whymper & A Barraud. Category: Harmsworth London Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). C. Whymper & A Barraud (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles and decoration to spine and front, 205 x 145 mm approx. Top edge gilt others uncut, xvi + 256 pp. Frontis with captioned tissue guard with 7 other colour plates from paintings by Charles Wymper all as called for. First Edition 1906. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Book - surface sheen of cloth to both boards slightly mottled from exposure to damp, negligible wear, offset browning to half title and last text page else paper of book block bright and clean with no previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects). CHARLES WHYMPER (illustrator).…

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

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

Brown Cloth. Condition: Good (damaged spine). No Jacket. This is a First Edition. There is very slight foxing on the first few pages.please e-mail for further details. Size: 8vmo - over 7¾" - 9¾". With Illustrations on Wood, Drawn By Wolf, Engraved By Whymper (illustrator). Not Signed or Inscribed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small octavo in green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt. Eight color plates. Condition: very slight shelf-wear to binding; toning to page 256; else near fine. Pages: xv, 256.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Blue cloth bound with gilt title and decoration to spine and cover. slight fading to front cover. Frontispiece missing seven colour illustations intact, Previous owner inscribed on front board, very minimal foxing on front and last two pages, one loose tissue paper over illustration, xiv, 256pp. The author has collated a 'mass of information, anecdote and opinion' from over 100 anglers of 'recognised qualification for answering such an inquiry'. He has presented this in a fully indexed book so that 'anyone can ascertain at a glance the most or least favourable weather conditions for any given fish in a number of well-known waters'. His chapter headings include: of Rain and incidentally of Hail mad Sleet, of Wind, of Thunder and Lightening, Best and worst weather for certain waters. Seven of the original eight colour illustrations remain, the frontispiece is missing. They are reproductions of works by Charles Whymper. Whymper (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G, 1st ed, 1906. In worn, green printed cloth, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, corners & edges bumped & worn, gilt titles. Internally, some offsetting, half title present, lack frontis, (xiv), [2], 256 pp, 6 pls (of 8), all coloured, t.e.g., printed by R & R Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. (196*134 mm). Charles Whymper (illustrator).…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

8vo xiv +330pp. Original red cloth, slightly discoloured at spine. Numours b/w illustrations on plates. Rear endpapers hold a pull-out map of the Swiss Alps. A very good to near-fine copy. First edition.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO Dustwrapper. Religious Tract Society - no date (c1920s). illus 192 + 12pp adverts hb embossed gilt blue cloth, covers rubbed, lacks fep, pages browned, quite a nice copy, vg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Date Given [1880] First Edition Hardcover. Blue Cloth Boards With Gilt Lettering On Spine And Front Cover. Some Signs Of Age, Including Fading / Spotting To Pages Edges, Yet All Pages Are Intact And Clear. Inscription From Original Owner Inside Front Cover. Several Small B&W Illustrations Included. 96 Pages, Weight 0.2Kg. International Orders Are Fulfilled By Airmail And This Means We Will Quote For This When An Order Is Placed, Please Contact Us If You Need To Know. We Pass Postage On At Cost. Whymper (illustrator).…

Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. Volumes I & II bound together into purple half leather covers, edges rubbed and knocked, spine loosening. Tired in appearance. Hinges cracked and pages tanned and foxed. Undated, inscription dated 1881. Good reading copy or repair project.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Usual brown decorative cloth. Mild bumping to extremities. Hinges cracking at front and rear, but secure. Otherwise clean and tidy throughout, and firm. Volume I only of the Badminton Library 2 volume set on shooting. Charles Whymper and H Willink (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First separate edition. 8vo. pp. 484-506; 4 illusts.; minor creasing, else very good in the original printed wrappers. 'Young' Peter Taugwalder, his father and Edward Whymper were the three survivors of the first ascent of the Matterhorn - the four other members of the team falling to their deaths on the descent. In 1917 Taugwalder sent his account of episode to H. F. Montagnier, who forwarded it to J. P. Farrar, but it was not published at the time, and this is its first appearance, in a translation by H. A. Meyer.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1894 FIRST EDITION. Two-Volume DELUXE LARGE PAPER LIMITED FIRST EDITION numbered by publisher on printed limitation page. Two volumes complete. Original orange cloth boards with gilt coat of arms on front covers, navy spines and corners with gilt lettering spines, TEG, original dark greenish navy coated EPs, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge both volumes. Both volumes have loss of much of the spine covering (see photos), but bindings are very solid and not broken or cracked. This set is an obvious candidate for rebacking. The covers have significant rubbing along edges and corners but the boards are relatively clean and bright with a few faint dark smudges (nothing serious). Each volume has previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller ticket on front pastedown otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, Some fore-edge foxing is present but nearly all pages are completely free of foxing and are clean. Each volume measures 251mm tall x 200mm (compared to 195mm tall for the regular first edition). Volume one has 494 pages, 20 b/w full-page illustrations and photos, 57 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume two has 483 pages, 13 full-page illustrations and photos, 56 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume one covers hunting in the arctic (whacking a giant walrus with an ax from a small whaling boat), three chapters on hunting in the Caucasus, a chapter on Mongolia, two chapter on hunting chamois and stags in the Alps, a chapter on elk in Scandinavia, a chapter on big game throughout Europe, hunting in Spain and Portugal, hunting in India tigers, a chapter on travel/camping considerations, a chapter on rifles and ammo, a chapter on taxidermy, a small bibliography. Volume two mostly about hunting in Africa with specific chapters on various types of big game hunting: lions, antelopes, hippos, giraffes, ostriches, rhinos, buffalo, elephants, with several chapters on South Africa including some history, a chapter on travel with Livingstone, some chapters on East Africa including special hunting considerations regarding gear, routes, etc. Volume two concludes with one chapter on big game hunting in North America (bears, wapiti, moose, cougars, bison, deer, elk, caribou, bighorn, mountain goat, antelope mainly in British Columbia, Alaska, Colorado and Pacific NW), and a brief chapter on hunting musk ox. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, H. Willink (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Two voumes bound in dark blue with black and gilt decoartion. Both volumes are highly illustrated. They have wear to the top and bottom of the spine as well as the corners and edges. There is some browning to the front and rear free pages in both volumes. Pages are gilt edged. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. This book appears to be the 2nd volume of a 4 volume set. Evidence is that the chapter heading for Chapter 1 is entitled the History of Ships and Shipping Interests continued, and 2 stars on spine, other volumes available have different numbers of stars. Illustrated in monochrome a, cover worn on edges and corners, part from frontispiece which is polychrome. Some browning, double page 187-192 almost completely detached from stitching, prize stamp dated 94 (presumably 1894).…

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 736 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 576 pp. Ill. New foreword by Jim Casada.A hunter's wanderings from Khalamba to the Limbombo. Teeming with hunting stories. Kirby is known for his pursuit of leopards, lions and elephants. This is the first book to discuss different haunts of leopards and different methods of hunting them. A true big game hunting classic. Vg copy with very minor rubbing top of spine. This is the Deluxe Limited edition but with no slipcase. Priced accordingly. Whymper, C. (illustrator).…