Frank Pitcairn (22 results)

Paperback. Ref. L108563. 22x14. 170 págs. Fotografías en blanco y negro. - Crónica de la Guerra Civil. Colección: Armas y letras, Nº4. Guerra Civil (D) Armas y Letras 170 pág. Guerra Civil|Periodismo.

Condition: Good. 1943. Pamphlet. Ex-libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing and nicks and bumps to cover but otherwise is a good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. 1943. Pamphlet. Ex-libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing and nicks and bumps to cover but otherwise is a good copy. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean unmarked lightly bumped corners, tiny dot stain very good.

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good small octavo 141pp., Very good copy in rather dulled yellow cloth boards.

pp.169 22X14.

100p., 8.5x5.5 inch wraps creased and severely worn on spine, paperstock badly browned and somewhat fragile else good condition. Text in German. Pitcairn was the pseudonym of Claude Cockburn while he covered the civil war for the Daily Worker.

12pp paper covers, Daily Worker League, London (1943) Very good copy.

Hardback. Intro: Ralph Bates. 141pp London 1936. Covers marked, contents very good.

Original-Broschur, 8°, 99 Seiten. Umschlag mit Einriss, gebräunt, bestossen und berieben, Rücken etwas beschädigt, Seiten innen durchgehend altersbedingt gebräunt sonst gut.

boards Some small tears & tears to title-page & half-title edges. Good. 23x15cm, 99 pp, Recent binder's blind boards. Some page browning. Translation of "Reporter in Spain". Some small tears & tears to title-page & half-title edges. Good.

tapa dura. Condition: 2ª Mano - Aceptable. 2ª Mano. Lawrence & Wishart. 1936. Firma anterior propietario.,Portada y guardas. sobadas. Reporter in Spain se publicó en Inglaterra en octubre de 1936, solo tres meses después de estallar la guerra civil en España y en poco más de un año se había traducido al danés, sueco, alemán, checo y ruso. El éxito y difusión inicial de la crónica de guerra de Frank Pitcairn se debe en gran medida al interés que esta contienda suscitó fuera de las fronteras españolas, pero también al esfuerzo de los distintos partidos comunistas en Europa por recabar apoyo para el gobierno de la República, lo que les llevó a promover su traducción y edición fuera del Reino Unido. Valentine Ackland, poeta y ferviente defensora de la causa de la República, auguró en su día que el libro de Pitcairn se convertiría en un referente para los historiadores sobre la guerra de España 1936. Libro.…

Original stiff card covers and green back strap 100pp (German Text) A Vg copy.

London, Lawrence & Wishart, 1936. Introduct. Ralph Bates. 19x13 cm. 144 p. Tela editorial. Buen estado. Primera edición. (Ref. N. 105-BJ-4).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 90-178 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The pitfalls of a man who purchased three submarine-chasing 'M.L.'s' and set out to bring them from Rosyth to the Thames - with only one boat reaching her destination - with illustrations and a photo of the boat which survived; Some Adventures with Jaguars; Photo and brief write-up of a nine-foot boa constrictor housepet in Ecuador which showed remarkable affection for its master; Unkown Peru - an Englishman who has lived in Peru for many years describes his experience in unknown regions - illustrated with his photos (part 1); Mangahau the 'Magician' - a Maori tale of a prodigal son and Tapu ; In Search of Sea Monsters - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges sets out on a two-year expedition to find and catch the world's largest fish - with photos (part 1); The Poker Bandits; a 'hold-up' at the Red Deer Lumber Company's camp in Manitoba leads to an exciting and tragic man-hunt; A Miracle of Marine Salvage - the strange case of the 'St. Paul' - with photos; The Road to Timbuctoo - another humourous adventure of Leo Walmsley of the "Three Asses in the Pyrenees" articles; A Motorcycle in High Albania - Kenneth Robertson was the first motorcyclist to cross the Albanian Alps; Winter Wild-Fowling in Friesland (Northern Holland) - with great photos of their decoys and more; Our Adventure in Normandy - a cycle-camping trip leads to an odd experience; Frank Miller's Last Fight - a gas bomb is used to overcome a cop-killing desperado in Jersey City, New Jersey - with photos; Above-average wear. Covers loose but present. Pencil writing atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. York, W.G.; De Walton, John; Woodville, R. Caton; Holloway, W.H.; Graves, Percy; Gillett, Frank; Spurrier, Steven; Brock, H.M.; Bates, Leo (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 88 Pages plus 24 pages of ads. Features: The Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut - Germany's Dastardly Crime, as told by Pedro Dominguez, a Spanish seaman and eye-witness of the tragedy ; The Six Skulls - Part III of a sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" (Chinese Secret Society /Tong story); The Mast-Shooters of Belgium - how quaint and novel archery contests were conducted in Belgium and Northern France - with great photos; The Unlucky Motor-Boat - the "Jean"; Queer Fixes; The Seaplane Patrol - our narrow escape in the North Sea; Historic Crimes and Mysteries; The Port Elizabeth "Spook" - a very unusual ghost story; Strange Stories of the War - how we rescued the Commander/How a Dog Outwitted the Germans/Into the Hand of a Woman (a story of the invasion of Lithuania); The Death-Room - solving the mystery of how three men died in the same room in the same house; Pumping a Great Sea Dry - Holland's gallant attempt to reclaim the Zuider Zee (with photos); An Underground City of Salt - near Cracow, in Galicia - article with photos; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part III - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific, the second great transcontinental line to pierce the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; The World's Smallest Railway, The Grand Island Railway (text with photos); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World, The Magazine For Everybody, November (Nov.) 1917, No. 235, Vol. XL - Burning of the Prisoners in the Punishment Hut Germany's Dastardly Crime, as told by Pedro Dominguez, a Spanish seaman and eye-witness of the tragedy ; The Six Skulls -. Illustrated by Wright, Frank; Evison, G. Henry; Wigfull, W.E.; Reynolds,Warwick; McDowell, R.; Coller, H.; Holloway, W. (illustrator).…

Hardback. Intro: Ralph Bates. 141pp Lawrence & Wishart, London 1936. *Inscribed on the end-paper 'From the author'. A good copy in worn dust jacket.

99 S., Pitcairn, englischer Journalist, war Sonderkorrespondent des "Daily Worker" in Spanien. Mit einem Nachwort von Ralph Bates. *-*-*-*-*-*- SHIPPING COSTS to other EU-COUNTRIES occasionally may be different than indicated (according to the weight). To OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD they may be different (sometimes less or rarely more, according to the weight). - ! ! ! ! NO SHIPPING TO USA ! ! ! ! -*-*-*-*-*-* Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 115 OBr., Rücken am oberen und unteren Kapital mit kleiner Fehlstelle (0,5 und ca 2,0 cm), Umschlag am oberen Kapital mit sehr kleinen Fehlstelle, Papier gebräunt, ansonsten ist fragile Band recht gut erhalten.…

8°, 99 S., OLwd. m. Präg., Deckel min. verzogen, sonst tadellos. Dt. EA. (= Reportagen und Berichte aus allen Kontinenten). Nachwort von Ralph Bates. Aus dem Engl. von E. Nowikow. - Frank Pitcairn, Korrespondent des «Daily Worker», «als Milizionär im 5. Regiment der Volksmiliz» mitkämpfend. 600 gr. Schlagworte: Soziale Bewegung - Spanischer Bürgerkrieg, Geschichte - Antifaschismus, Universum-Buchgemeinschaft. …

Untertitel: Nachwort von Ralph Bates Untergebiet: Geschichte Seiten: 99 S. Auflage: EA Format: 8°. Einband: Ln. Gebiet: Weltkrieg.

[Übers. von E. Nowikow]. Gr.-8°. OLwdbd. mit fotomontiertem OUmschl. (Randläsuren). 99 SS. Sprache: Deutsch, Erste dt. Ausgabe. - Mitdruck der Verlagsgenossenschaft ausländischer Arbeiter in der UdSSR für die Universum-Bücherei. Eines der einflußreichsten und am weitesten verbreiteten Bücher zum Spanischen Bürgerkrieg. Gegenüber der englischen Erstausgabe um das Nachwort erweitert. - Liste d.schädl.u.unerwünschten Schrifttums I, 111. Lorenz E 47. Nicht im Dt.Exilarchiv, bei DNB Erg. und bei Ruhl. - Hinteres Vorsatz mit hs. Zahl, sonst sehr schönes Exemplar. Der Vorderteil des Umschlags liegt bei.…

OLwd. m. geprägtem Rücken- u. Deckeltitel, Farbkopfschnitt. 8°, 99 S. Einband tlw. etw. gebräunt u. min. stockfleckig, sonst tadellos. Dt. EA. (= Reportagen und Berichte aus allen Kontinenten). Mit einem Nachwort («Auch ich kann bezeugen . . .»; 4 S.) von Ralph Bates.