Gandar Dower (61 results)
Language: English
Published by Geographical Journal, London, 1935
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Larry W Price Books
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Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol 86, No 5, Nov 1935, pp. 455-459+ 4 Photo Plts, Map, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a Pamphlet, VG.
Language: English
Published by Rich and Cowan, UK, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bob Vinnicombe, SEFTON, NSW, AustraliaBob Vinnicombe
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Early days of aviation account of flights in North Africa & the middle east in a light plane, great b/w photos. No inscription, brown spotting to pages otherwise very good clean copy.
- Softcover
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United KingdomRarewaves.com USA
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Paperback. Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Great Matter Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Great Matter Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition in brown cloth covers with green lettering and bands on front cover and spine which are slightly soiled. Covers exhibit moderate wear, fraying, soiling and bumping to corners and spine ends. Light soiling and shelf wear on edges. Moderate soiling and shelf wear to covers. Mo…isture staining to the lower edge of the back cover. Light sunning and moderate soiling to hinges and spine. Previous owners name plate is pasted to the inside front cover. Another owners signature on ffep. Moderate soiling and yellowing to upper and lower edges. Yellowing on inside front and back covers, ffep's, bfep's and text due to age. Text and the many b&w photos are otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are weak in areas but still firmly attached. Fold out map of The Aberdares in the back of the book is yellowed due to age. Otherwise in fine condition. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.
Published by Penguin Books, 1939
- Softcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Fair. 1939. Published in Penguin Books. 183 pages. Pink striped penguin cover with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to co…rners. Moderate tanning to spine and covers. Minor splits to spine ends and corners. Visible wear marks to covers. Book has a rolled spine.
Language: English
Published by Muller, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.Kisselburg Military Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. nice copy.
Language: English
Published by Penguin (198), 1939
- Softcover
Seller: Campbell & Buccleuch, By Muir of Ord, HIGHL, United KingdomCampbell & Buccleuch
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. As photographed; 2nd printing (1939); in very good condition, with the original early dust-jacket, not clipped - price 6d (sixpence); the book tells the story of his flight in a light aircraft from England to Madras; 183pp + 8pls.
Published by Book & Magazine Collector, London, 2008
- Softcover
- Periodical
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United KingdomCosmo Books
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Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, with UK list of books. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years… on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
- Softcover
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United KingdomRia Christie Collections
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Condition: New. In.
- Softcover
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United KingdomChiron Media
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Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by London : H.M. Stationery Office, 1944
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: RAF Langham library. Physical description; 70 p. : ill., front., maps ; 23 cm. Notes; "The text of this book was written by the late K. C. Gandar Dower, who also t…ook nearly all the photographs" --p. [5]. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Africa, Italian East. Eritrea History. Eritrea Politics and government. Somalia History. 3 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd, London, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United KingdomThe Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Good tight copy, age spotting to preliminary pages & page edges, wrapper is worn & frayed at edges, tears & creases to rear panel.
Published by London : H.M. Stationery Office, 1944
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: RAF Langham library. Physical description; 70 p. : ill., front., maps ; 23 cm. Notes; "The text of this book was written by the late K. C. Gandar Dower, who also t…ook nearly all the photographs" --p. [5]. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Africa, Italian East. Eritrea History. Eritrea Politics and government. Somalia History. 1 Kg.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by William Heinemann, United Kingdom, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United KingdomPendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
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hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a good tightly bound copy in an age-toned and edge worn dust jacket with some loss & now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve. The endpapers are markedly age=toned, the contents free of marking. Illustrated, x + 331pp, folding map to…the rear.
Published by London: William Heinemann, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Good copy only in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Proveance: Bookplate of Alan Thornton Witney. Physical description: x, 331 pages, [24] leaves of plates (inc. front.): ill., map (fold.), ports. ; 20 cm. Sub…jects: Leopons Kenya. Lion hunting Kenya. Kenya Description and travel. 3 Kg.
Published by Penguin Books, 1939
Seller: Zardoz Books, Westbury, WILTS, United KingdomZardoz Books
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Condition: vg+. vg+ Penguin 2nd print 198 1939 edition nice copy no dw , In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
Published by William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1937, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 210mm). Ppx,331. B/w photographs, fold-out map of the Abedares to rear. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly dented and used, browning to end-papers and edges, paste-repair to frontispiece, tear… and crumpled edge to folding map. Good copy, lacks dust-wrapper. An entertaining and amusing description of Gandar Dower's safari, with Raymond Hook, into Kenya's Aberdare mountain range in search of the fabled 'spotted lion'. Chapters include:- Erratic pilgrimage; This book is not. ; Try Raymond Hook; In which I am charged by a pachyderm; Talks with a pirate king; First glimpse of spotted lion land; Stock safari; Murder pretty foul; Escape; The spotted lion; In which it does not strike hook as possible; In which we grope our way tenatively; In which we are neither up nor down; In which the elephant knows best; The final fling; We win through; The God's relent; The plague is with us; Ten little nigger boys; Retreat from Moscow; Purgatory regained; Dusk in the woods; Mutiny; The highest hole in history; In which I become colour conscious; The steam-roller system; In which I do a very gallant act; "If seven angry elephants"; The spotted lions bite; I find Lake Gandar; Stalemate. Appendices include:- Notes on the spotted lion of the Aberdares by R.I. Pocock, F.R.S; Native evidence. .
More imagesPublished by Penguin, 1943, first printing,, 1943
- Softcover
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United KingdomBRIMSTONES
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paperback, 112pp, illustrated, map, pages browning, text otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, covers browning and edges rubbed; frayed at base of spine, Good condition.
More imagesPublished by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1937
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Midway Book Store (ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerTan-peach Wrappers. Condition: Good+++. 21 x 14 cm. x 331pp. Frontispiece + 26 additional illustrations as well as a fold-out map of the Aberdares in rear. One of 481 copies in this binding for presentation to members of The Explorers Club. Chipping and wear to the covers and the binding feels fragile though the text block is ho…lding. In mylar wrapper. Hand D208.
Published by Muller, London, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United KingdomJoseph Burridge Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 289 pages plates (some colour) : 22 cm. Notes: "First published . 1949." "[This book] consists of about one hundred contributions, written or told by British officers, West African native sergeants, askaris of the King's African Rifles, South African pilots and transport driver…s, Italians . Ethiopians, privates, brigadiers, traders and missionaries--each of whom found himself playing his part in that curious kaleidoscope which was the East African campaign."--Preface.
Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1943
- Softcover
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United KingdomJoseph Burridge Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 111 pages including frontispiece : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. Contents: Describes Madagascar campaign from landing at Majunga 10 Sep 1942 to signing at Ambalavao 6 Nov 1942; does not include capture of Diego Suarez Notes: " With 39 photographs.".
Published by London: William Heinemann, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. Good copy only in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Proveance: Bookplate of Alan Thornton Witney. Physical description: x, 331 pages, [24] leaves of plates (inc. front.): ill., map (fold.), ports. ; 20 cm. Sub…jects: Leopons Kenya. Lion hunting Kenya. Kenya Description and travel. 1 Kg.
Published by Penguin, 1939
- Softcover
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United KingdomHALCYON BOOKS
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. We are closed 14th-23rd July items ordered after 9:00am on the 13th July will be shipped on 25th July, shipping times have been updated. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK… PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Published by Penguin, 1939
- Softcover
Seller: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, United KingdomBuckle's Books
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paperback. Condition: Fair. 1939 reprint paperback. Lose to head and tail of spine. Tanning to page edges. Stamp to endpapers. Chipping to edges. Good - condition.
Published by Little Brown & Co, Boston, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition, Special Binding. x, 331pp, map, bw ills. Greay cloth with original wraps laid on. Frontis loose, some rubbing to wraps, small stamp of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on tile page. One of 481 copies specially bound for presentation to members of the Explorers Club. Origina…lly bound as a soft cover in wraps, this one rebound with the original covers and spine laid onto the cloth. The unsuccessful search for a rare lion species. Size: 8vo.
More imagesPublished by Rich & Cowan Ltd, London, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition. xvii, 238pp. Cloth. Frontispiece and fifteen inserted plates with b&w photographs. A first hand narrative of the author's voyage from England to India. Some wear to extremities, light fading to spine, name on half-title. About very good.; Octavo.
Published by Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1943
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 111 pages including frontispiece : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. Subjects: 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Madagascar; Madagascar; Personal narratives English; World War, 1939-1945 Madag…ascar; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, English. 1 Kg.
Published by Little Brown & Co, Boston, 1937
- Softcover
Seller: Chester Creek Bookstore, Duluth, MN, U.S.A.Chester Creek Bookstore
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Soft. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. "481 copies of this book have been bound in this manner for presentation to members of The Explorers Club" printed on front cover of this paperback edition. Covers a peach/tan color. Overall discoloration and wear to edges. Still a solid and clean copy of this limited edition.
Published by Heinemann, London, 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Peter J. Ayre's Books, Somerset, United KingdomPeter J. Ayre's Books
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Story of the author's safaris in Kenya looking for a spotted lion with Raymond Hook; Binding: Orig. brown cloth; Condition notes: map missing, light foxing, O/W V. Good; Illustrations: 27 B/W; Maps: 1; Pages: x + 331; Edition/printing: 1st.
Published by penguin, Great Britain, 1939
- Softcover
Seller: The Secret Book and Record Store, Dublin, DUB, IrelandThe Secret Book and Record Store
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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. first penguin edition. offered here to fill a collectors gap at no.198. not a great copy but one that could be temporary until a better one comes along.
