Geoffrey Rawson (116 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London : Longmans, 1963. 1st edition, NF/VG. Book has some wear to spine ends, previous owner name in ink on FFE. DJ is price-clipped, wear to spine ends & corners, small hole on front flap, light edge wear, light soiling to upper page edges. Six b & w illustrations, 3 maps. Icludes three appendices, bibliography and index. "In 1791, Pandora was sent to the Pacific to find the mutineers of the Bounty and bring them back to England for justice." They were successful bringing back those that lived in Tahiti, but failed in bringing any back from Pitcairn's Island. The trip home was no picnic for the prisoners. 165 pp.

Condition: Good. 1958. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1936. New Edition. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First American Edition. Fine, tight, clean copy with no prior owner markings or bookplates and no remainder markings. In a vg dust jacket, internally reinforced with four smallish pieces of masking tape along top edge and with a 1/2" tear and adjacent creasing at base of front panel, 1" tear at top of front panel, slight rubbing/scuffing and ink line through printed price on dj flap. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Very good first American edition in an edge-worn jacket under a new plastic cover. True saga of the pursuit of the mutinous Bounty crewmen.

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

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Prospectus. 4pp (single sheet folded) approx 7 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, illustrated (horizontal crease at center, bump with radiating creases at foot of spine, slight curl at top, else very good).

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

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Everyman's Library No 244 Black cloth hardback with gilt lettering on spine, decorative endpapers, clean tight copy in good condition, 486pp plus16pp of Everyman's book titles. Yellow illustrated Dust Jacket small tears on top of spine, sunned spine, otherwise nice bright cover also in good condition. First published in this edition 1960 by J M Dent and E P Dutton Book#103816.

Condition: Good. 1949. First Edition. 463 pages. No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Minor Foxing. Some Torn Front Endpapers And Partially Torn Title Page Corner.

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

Condition: Fair. 1947. First Edition. 334 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages with heavy tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Mild water droplets to front board. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine. Moderate rubbing and marking all over. Mild water staining to panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. vii, 165pp. Signature in pen on the front free endpaper, laid-in newspaper article about the events depcited, else good hardback in a chipped jacket.

Condition: Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 260 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.

Condition: Good. 1934. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With b&w illstns. Very tidy, faint foxing in endpapers. Dust jacket is intact and bright.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Bligh of the 'Bounty'. Book.

hardcover. First. Illustrated. xi + 237 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1967). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.

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Condition: Good. 1934. 2nd Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

hardcover. 1958 First Edition. 260pp, owner's signature, VG in Poor dw with pieces missing The author tells his life story, he joined the Royal Indian Marine, he was shipmates with little Bowers, who later died with Scott in the Antarctic. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Blue cloth on boards with sunned spine. Previous owner's name on FFE. Some light foxing to prelims and around margins.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Ex-libris bookplate of Cedric W. Widas. Born in Australia on March 4, 1888. Windas moved to Fresno, CA in 1918. About 1922 he settled in Los Angeles where he remained until his death of pneumonia in Hermosa Beach on Dec. 4, 1966. As well as a painter, he was also a writer of such books as Traditions of the Navy (1942). WRITTEN TEXT UNMARKED, DJ flaps removed with parts of flap glued to rear pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good with fair to good dust jacket. Dust jacket is well worn at spine tips and corners and is rubbed at some edges with chipping at top of spine, soiling around back panel edges, and a one inch tear at top back corner. 463 pages. Index.

Condition: Fair. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and front folded map. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Water marks on boards.

Condition: Fair. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Pull-out black and white map to frontispiece. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining overall.