Guppy Nicholas (46 results)

Hard Cover; Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. s4 9"x10¼"; 183 pages; Hard cover with pictorial cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce…

Condition: Good. 1961. 1961 Reprint. 365 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good +. First Penguin Edition. G+, Edgewear, small spine tear, creases, ink name blacked out on first page, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "Nicholas Guppy penetrated the upper waters of the Rio Alto-Trombetas to bring back this report". 366 pages, including index and glossary. Illustrated with photogr…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 276 pages. The dust jacket is a touch edge worn. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and pr…

Condition: Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 375 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. 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 mild shelf…

Condition: Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 375 pages. Photographic jacket over green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Includes photographic plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, mostly erased. Text block edges are a little tanned and foxed with minor scratch…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition large 8vo, illustrated. Much wear, closed tears, small loss to unclipped jacket, green boards sound binding, partial toning to eps, very good internal condition thereafter. An interesting note: the small fish the guppy was named after the au…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that…

1st edition. Good copy in gilt-blocked plain boards. Spine torn (but inserted inside), covers somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. * Estimated year of publication. Physical Description; 358 p., [6] c. di tav. : illustrations ; 22 cm. Subjects; Guyana Descrizioni e viaggi. Amazzonia del no…

8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; x, 375 pp, illustrations from photos, endpaper maps showing author's route, profile of Serra Acarai Rain Forest, index and glossary. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, corner slightly bumped, clean and near fine in good dj (rubbed, spine end chipped, but not price clipped). The author was the first…

1st edition. Good copy in gilt-blocked plain boards. Spine torn (but inserted inside), covers somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. * Estimated year of publication. Physical Description; 358 p., [6] c. di tav. : illustrations ; 22 cm. Subjects; Guyana Descrizioni e viaggi. Amazzonia del no…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is the first edition in Penguin of the book first published in 1958 in hardback by John Murray.Wia-Wai is the first account of a genuine exploration in a region which is still almost unknown [in 1958]Nicholas Guppy penetrated the upper waters of the Rio Alto-Trombetas to bring this…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners and folds rubbed, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 375pp, lavishly illustra…