Ford John Anson (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gently used, no markings. Dust jacket is protected in mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. A biography of Los Angeles County from the 30's to the 60's with spotlights on citizens & their contributions. Copy is clean although there is foxxing to the edges and endpapers. 242 pages with photos and references. Heavy mylar sleeve added to jacket protection, which shows shelf wear.…

Paperback. Condition: Very good. 2nd Printing. Octavo, 232 pages. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minimal wear. Introduction by Michael R. Adamson.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Contents are tight and clean; ex-library.

Soft cover. Condition: VGF. 1st Edition. A VGF folded pressbook with no cuts. 1944 re-release. Size: 27" x 41". Poster.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover -- VG/VG -- Book and dust jacket show only slightest wear -- 232 pages with index and section of photography -- First Edition as no prior printing noted and original price present.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1961. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. signed by the author. near fine, dj in mylar sleeve.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Foreword by Will Durant. 232pp, 8pp b/w plates, index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. A biography of the county. Size: 8vo.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 232 pages; Description: 232 p. Subject: County government - California - Los Angeles County - History - 20th century 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xv, 232 Pp. Black Cloth Printed In Red. First Printing, With The Scarce Errata Slip. Fine. Dust Jacket With Slight Wear, Short Tears At Top And Bottom Of Rear Spine Edge.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 232 pages; Description: 232 p. Subject: County government - California - Los Angeles County - History - 20th century 1 Kg. …

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. Includes dust jacket. Signed. Signed by author on the title page! Book shows external shelf wear, including edge wear & tearing on the dust jacket edges, but is otherwise in good condition with clean pages showing unmarked text, and firm, square binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. with map in rear pocket, unopened PICK UP IN SHERMAN OAKS OKAY First edition good condition soft cover coffee splashes on cover, gently read clean pages , faitn page edge riplles.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: Politics And The New Woman - A study of suffrage by Marian Bruce Clark, who believes it has failed; Joseph C. Lincoln Tells of his Cape Cod Years; The White Weasel - A True Indian Story; Shapes That Come And Go; Middle Age Has Vanished; Mr. Ford's Page; Editorials; Can Editors Be Bought or Influenced?; The Hectic Sport of Mountain Climbing; The Adventure of Mrs. Farbman, by Hugh Walpole; The Beaver; John Sobieski - Gallant Soldier of Fortune and American Citizen; and more. 32 pages. Chip from corner of back cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in ports of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman, Matthew Armstrong, Nanaimo, British Columbia The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exporting in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in parts of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman Matthew Armstrong's terrible ordeal in the woods near Nanaimo, British Columbia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Prater, E.; Hiley, F.; Wood, Stanley L.; Whitaker, W.G.; Webb, Arch; Robinson, T.H.; Abbey, S.; York, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Waye, A.S. (illustrator).…