George Lewis Byron Fish (19 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The story of elephant owners. Book is fully illustrated with lots of black and white images. Book looks to have been rebound for a library. A child has gotten ahold of the end papers and there are significant marker scribbling on them- however it is only the end papers, the rest of the book is in great shape. Some tape repair to front cover as well.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Jacket in Fair condition with tear. Previous owner's inscription and bookplate on flyleaf. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. SPINE LEAN. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. See photos for more information. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. The book is tight and clean, with just minor corner bumps. The jacket has a few tiny chips at the edges and the spine is just slightly sunned. 279 pages. Nice copy of this autobiography of a leading elephant trainer for different circuses.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Interior Artists: Ken Fagg; Norm Saunders; Don Miller; (illustrator). CAVALIER Men Adventure Magazine Volume 3, #26 (August /1955; Fawcett Publications;) Painted Front Cover 100 pages including covers; Writers: Russ Braley; John Abney; J. D. Ratcliff; George W. Lewis and Byron Fish; Walter Karig; Bill Burchardt; T. H. Miles; Eugene Jaderquist and Jerry Chesebrough; Washington Pezet and Bradford Chambers; Karl Spooner; Wade Miller; Interior Artists: Ken Fagg; Norm Saunders; Don Miller; THE KILLER by Wade Miller; Super-Spy Reinhard Gehlen; Clarence Darrow and the RAPE that Rocked Hawaii; Silk Stockings Siren, Julie Newmar = 3 Page Pictorial; *** Book Order # ADV267; Condition= VG = (4.0) VERY GOOD; (Average Used Condition) Price=US$39.00); Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tan boards, titles in gilt to spine, illustrated dust jacket, not priced clipped, 215pp, 8 full page b&w photographs, previous owners circus themed bookplate to ffep, corners and head and foot of spine slightly bumped, edges of dust jacket creased with small tear to top corner, top edge slightly tanned, otherwise a very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, with slight foxing to the white part of the jacket. 184 pages, index, many black and white photos. The theme of the book is how man and elephants work together. And you will not believe all the work that elephants do for us.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo viii + 215pp., b/w pls., The autobiography of a circus elephant trainer. Small corner clipped from front end paper o/w a very nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj. Elephant Tramp. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Small scuff mark on front cover of dust jacet where someone removed sticker, else very clean and crisp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Seattle, WA: Superior, 1978. 1st edition thus (includes rare errata slip laid-in), F/NF. Book has very little wear. DJ has light corner wear, one short closed tear on upper front gutter. This is an updated reprint of the 1955 original titled "Elephant Tramp", with each chapter updated with pertinent material and two new chapters added. Illustrated with 226 b & w photos from Lewis' personal collection. Four indexes: People and places, Circuses and zoos, Elephants in the cast and Other subjects. With nearly a lifetime of experience with elephants, Lewis is able to separate fact from fiction and offer fresh new insights into these massive animals. Well-written text, many interesting views into the lives of elephants. Quite rae, especially with the errata slip.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. :: The Life of An Elephant Tramp :: A story about Elephants by a man who spent a lifetime working with them, training them, and yes, loving them! :: Autographed on the front free endpaper by George "Slim" Lewis, dated 1979, and autographed by notables throughout the book including Joe Rettinger (personalized inscription on Acknowledgements page), Rex and Eva Williams (pages 23 & 166 ), Renie Williams (page 26), Joel Wallach (page 92), and Darlene Williams (page 166). :: Stated first edition on copyright page, but was originally published under the title "Elephant Tramp" (Little, Brown & Company, 1955). This is the revised & retitled edition from 1978. :: Includes scarce errata slip. :: Filled with wonderful black and white photographs! :: Bound in publisher's elephant gray dappled paper-covered boards, title, author's, and publisher lettered in gold down spine. Quarto (10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 273 x 216 millimeters). 184 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Book is rubbed along the bottom of the boards, at the bottom corners, the foot of the spine and a touch at the crown. Dust jacket is price clipped and age-toned, worn along with edges with small tears. Flaking at the hinges. Additional photographs upon request.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R320161953: 1957. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Papier jauni. 330 pages - quelques planches de photographies en noir et blanc - coins et tranches frottés. . . . Classification Dewey : 791.3-Cirques.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO40027194: Non daté. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 330 pages. Quelques planches en noir et blanc hors texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 636.9-Autres mammifères.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. ROD0104276: 1957. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Mors fendus, Intérieur acceptable. 330 pages. Quelques planches en noir et blanc hors texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. The lower front corner of the front board is worn with slight evidence of dampstaining. There is also loss on the jacket at the same corner, with the loss extending up the flap fold another couple of inches. In addition, there are small chips at the spine ends and a closed tear at the top of the front panel. Signed "George 'Slim' Lewis/The Elephant Tramp" on the front endpaper. A decent copy of this autobiography of a man who spent his life training circus elephants. Signed by Author.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition autobiography describing the author's life as an elephant trainer, from the library of Paul Gallico. Written by George 'Slim' Lewis, an elephant handler who ran away to join the circus at sixteen.Complete with an unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with photographs throughout.Acquired from the sale of Paul Gallico's library. Paul Gallico was an American novelist best known for 'The Snow Goose' and 'The Poseidon Adventure'. With Gallico's annotations and underlining.With a review by Ernest Hemingway on the spine describing the work as 'first-rate'.An exciting autobiography detailing the lives of these remarkable creatures. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart, with a little wear to the extremities. Dust wrapper is starting at the the joints, with a closed tear to the front board and some wear to the head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a touch age-toned, with Gallico's underlining in biro occasionally. Good. book.