Murray Chapman Olive (52 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Heavily sunned spine area as well as front cover top. Spine slanted. No DJ. Binding is tight. No markings in book. After her husband was killed during the WW I, the young widow, Olive Murray Chapman, was determined to make the most of the education provided to her by her surgeon father. Ignoring criticism, she instead followed in the hoofprints of that former famous lady Long Rider author, Isabella Bird. Chapman set out not only to see the worldâs more exotic places, but to record her experiences on paper. Iceland is one of her experiences.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. 1941 Reprint. slightly loose binding, remainder marks on covers and rubbing to edges, foxing inside cover and fep.

Condition: Good. 1941. Reprint. 193 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed. The clipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Considerable water marks to edges and corners.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Penguin paperback impression. Good overall with some wear to spine ends. No jacket. There are previous owner price stickers to rear cover that loo to be too sticky to remove easilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fourth printing of Murrays' well illustrated Icelandic travelogue, with new introduction. Spotting to edge of block but this rarely intruding onto pages which are clean and bright. Green boards with red titling, faded to front and spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 193pp.

Condition: Good. 1941. Reprinted. 193 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and ink mark to front pastedown and endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Split to bottom edge of spin with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket is in two parts and has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to front panel. Foxing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4th Printing. 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Inside the front cover the name and address of an American Sergeant, dated 1943-44, presumably the dates he was assigned to Iceland. The book in fine condition, the jacket faded with a small bit of wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 193 pp.+ Color Plt at Frontis & 7 Other Color Plts, Many BW Photo Plts, Orig Blue Hardback, Gilt title, VG, no DJ, 1st ed (Stated).

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. Lacking dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1945 hardback, lacks dustjacket produced to war economy standard. Contains fold out map to front showing author's route across the length and breadth of the island "by car, cycle, mule or foot" , also several period photos showing locals in traditional dress. Interior very clean with no writing, marks or tears and all pages tight in binding, covers clean and unscuffed.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dustjacket. Photographs Throughout (illustrator). First Penguin Edition, First Printing. First Penguin printing, 1939, #226. From the collection of Ian Ballantine, who was the American representative of Penguin Books prior to his founding of Ballantine Books in 1952. Each book from the Ballantine collection comes with a loose card indicating it is from the library of Ian and Betty Ballantine. Book is fine, no wear or fading. DJ price clipped, light wear and very small chip at head of spine, light brownig to spine, tiny loss near bottom of front flap fold.

Condition: Good. Reprint. Boards are clean. Content is clean with spotting on the outer edge pages. Good DJ with some tears, toning and marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 212pp with b/w photos and colour illustrations - tan cloth - very lightly soiled - previous owner's stamp to first blank page - preliminary pages and content edges slightly foxed - solid and very tidy FIRST EDITION copy.

Condition: Good. Third impression (hardback). 12mo (20cm by 13cm), 254pp. Colour frontispiece, b&w plates, folding map. Original green cloth, no dustwrapper. The rear board is somewhat rubbed, there is some foxing to the edges of the text block, ownership inscriptions to the front endpapers, and light creasing to the foldong map. Overall, this book is in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (Ref.PP5) Blue cloth boards with faded edges. Spine is tanned and greyed. Greyed top edge. Yellowed foredge with slight foxes. Main contents otherwise good and unmarked. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bookplate tipped in on the front inner board by Ian Mackenzie. Complete with all illustrations. No date stated c1942. Publication of 144 pages. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. There is foxing on the early and last few pages. Internally there are minor creases and the pages are slightly wavy. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards, title in light blue, board colour quite clean and bright, a little edge/corner wear with slight loss of colour. Binding good. previous owner's name stamp on blank end-paper clean, includes all photo plates. May incur some extra postage (at cost) outside the UK.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition third printing octavo hardback 254 pages illustrated in colour and black and white Folding map Good condition Original owner's name on front end paper.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Boards stained. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 144 pages: illustrations, 1 map; 19 cm. Subjects: Madagascar Description and travel. Madagascar Manners and customs. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Light foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi, 183 pages : illustrations (map) plates ; 18 cm. Subjects; Sami (European people). Samis. Sami. Travel. Lapland Description and travel. Europe Lapland. 3 Kg.

1st Ed. [xii] + 193pp. + [i] publ. advert. 12 ills., sketch map. From the Library of Ann Savours Shirley, some light browning, prize bookplate, inscription, original red lettered turquoise cloth, foxed d/w. chipped with loss to edges. US$37.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. SIGNED, DEDICATED AND DATED Christmas 1939 on the half-title. Pages age-toned. Half-title slightly loose. Covers are very clean and sharp beecause of the unclipped, repaired jacket, the rear panel of which is detached but extant. 183pp. plus. 7pp. Penguin adverts. illus. Size: `. Signed by Author.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Boards stained. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 144 pages: illustrations, 1 map; 19 cm. Subjects: Madagascar Description and travel. Madagascar Manners and customs. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Light foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi, 183 pages : illustrations (map) plates ; 18 cm. Subjects; Sami (European people). Samis. Sami. Travel. Lapland Description and travel. Europe Lapland. 1 Kg.

Hard. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Text bright, light spotting on closed edges, boards and binding neat, chipping to dust jacket with small loss and some small closed tears. Size: 8vo.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Octavo. 255pp. Original green cloth with gilt spine titles. Light foxing to fore-edge otherwise very good indeed. No dust jacket. 1937 1st edition.

N.Y., 1932. 212 pp. Ills. Hardcover - Spine faded & top sl. worn.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.