Reid Lestock (34 results)

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket. Covers are bowed. Front cover has uneven sun-toning. Private owner's name, city, and the date written on the front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Thus. University library withdrawl with neat markings and seemingly little used; in clean brown cloth. Illustrated.; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Condition: Good. 1935. Popular edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Lavender cloth covered boards. 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 moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket. Later Edition. Second edition [stated]. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy page 181 "Lost race adventure novel set in Africa"]. Bleiler [1978 Checklist page 165]. Reginald 12123. Brown cloth with black spine lettering, 256 pages. VG copy some bumping, contents tight and clean in lower corner clipped, Good Dust Wrapper spine and edge toned, two tears one with creasing, spine heel lightly chipped. clphE. …

Condition: Good. 1935. Hardcover. Good copy in original cloth covers. Spine sunned. Cover has light night nicks. Light foxing, remains a good opy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Pp. 256; 19 full page black-and-white plates. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Describes the history of the East India company. No ownership marks. Gilt on the spine is dull but readable, a tight copy in very good condition.

Condition: Good. 1935. Hardcover. Good copy in original cloth covers. Spine sunned. Cover has light night nicks. Light foxing, remains a good opy. . . . .

hard cover with dustjacket. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated in black and white. 256 pages G/FR. Minor faults commensurate with age, small sticky tape stains on endpapers, foxing to page edges, small pieces missing from dust jacket, overall good book in fair dust jacket.

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. Red cloth boards in reasonable condition with slight shelf wear to the corners and the spine. Book well bound and sits straight. Textblock has a little foxing around the edges. Pages are in good condition and clean, no marks or annotations. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. C. & J. Temple Limited 1947 1st edition hardback. Boards quite marked. Light name to fep (Sir Henry Braund?). Contents clean, bright and tight. No jacket. Fair+.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Published by C. & J. Temple. With dust jacket.

Brown Cloth. Condition: Fair. No dj. First Edition. Very shelfworn copy with spine rear hinge mostly split. Servicable as-is if handled carefully though really needs a re-back. Binding otherwise sound, 2 plates are missing, those facing p.34 & p 38. Size: 8vo.

Condition: Sehr gut. Original hardcover with dust jacket, 256 pages, 19 plates, edges slightly foxed, some calculation on the inside flap of the rear dust jacket, otherwise very good condition. Standard work on British India. Loosely inserted a copy of an article on the East India Company from an unnamed encyclopaedia. Uncommon. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. None. First Edition. 22.5 cm, 218 pp plus 2 pp publisher's catalogue, cloth over boards. Rather foxed. VG minus to good plus.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. VG DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Slight text edge spotting. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 68.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. C. & J. Temple Limited London January 1947 Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Good. London: Philip Allan, 1935. "Popular Edition." 12mo hardcover. 256pp. Good book. Fair dust jacket. Dust jacket has heavy wear and open tears. Spine faded and slightly slanted. Page edges foxed and soiled. Owner's name stamped on front endpage. In protective mylar cover. (Science Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. The very scarce Popular Edition of Reid"s African adventure, following a young fortune-seeker into a perilous search for a Pharaoh"s legendary treasure. In the publisher's original light blue cloth binding. First published in 1924, this is the Popular Edition. A scarce copy of this work, rarely found in commerce. An African adventure novel following Rupert Challoner, a young Englishman seeking his fortune beneath the Ruwenzori Mountains. Claude Lestock Reid (1888-1954) was an India-born British army officer and novelist who served during the First World War. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, souad nd. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. mottled pale marking to perimeters of boards and spine. Slight fading to spine. Previous owner's red ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean if slightly age toned, with scattered spotting and irregular brown damp staining to the lower and fore margins of first few leaves. The odd light spot to fore edge. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A scarce Lost Race adventure novel by C. Lestock Reid, the first edition. The first edition of this scarce work.'Sons of Solomon' follows a Lost Race in Africa, discovered by an Englishman whilst on a Safari.By C. Lestock Reid, an army officer who also wrote the Technothriller 'Revenge With a Vengeance'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine and extremities are faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few light marks to the cloth. Light spots to the fore edge and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Prior owner's ink inscription to the title page. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt - The Chinese servant of a Chief of Police in a Malay state settles a score with an enemy who killed his brother; My Sea-Trip - Peter Carden's amusing experience as a 'horseman' aboard a cargo-steamer; Photo of a Mariamma goddess in India, used to ward off epidemics; Photo and brief write-up of a marine fruit market in Bangkok, the "Venice of the East"; Passages With Pachyderms - exciting encounters with these great beasts, as told by Captain C. Lestock Reid; Dead Man's Treasure - A consulting engineer for the Cyclops M. and M. Company of Montida USA makes strange discoveries on a prospecting trip; Through Spain in Disguise - Part III - A continuation of the adventures and misadventures of Count and Countess Malmignati who travelled through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Zaki and Zomo - The Dog and Pony who both lost their lives while serving Captain J.F.J. Fitzpatrick in battle against the Germans; On Foot Through South America - G.C. Thompson and his two young sons travlled all over South America in search of work for four years; The Tale of the Toheroa - The curious shellfish found only in New Zealand - with photos; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part I - Colonel Deneys Reitz describes his exploration of mysterious terra incognita in what was formerly known as German South-West Africa - with many interesting photos; Timothy Murphy's "Donkey" - Great story about a logging donkey-engine at Calfton's logging outfit on Myrtle Island on the British Columbia Coast; The Mine Under the Creek - A brush with death when a mine floods in the Gulf country of Australia; The Chrissie C. Thomey's" Last Voyage - A gallant old Arctic schooner is lost through a most unlikely mischance - with photo; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part V - The amazing voyage of several young men from Shanghai to Copenhagen - article with nice photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Holloway, Cyril; Illingworth, L.G.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Cleaver, Reginald; Prater, Ernest; Potts, Leonard; Vedder, S.H.; Soper, G.; York, W.G. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Was Buried Alive - Part I - The Amazing Adventures of the "Marquis de Champaubert"; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part VI (conclusion) - John Gibbons wraps up his amusing walking tour of Southern Italy; A Himalayan Marriage Market - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a quaint annual fair where all eligible girls of the district assemble to be inspected by young men with a view to marriage; Filming in the Wilds - Part III of Major C. Lestock Reid's account of his major adventures attempting to film an adventure story in the Far East, this time in Indo-China - with two photos of Angkor Wat; A Deal in Diamonds - Dr. T. Hilding Svartengren was nearly swindled out of a fortune in Paris; The Town of Ghosts - Walter F. King discovers a deserted mining camp in the High Sierras which was abandoned in haste; Wreck-Hunting - For fifty years Herbert J. Gibson of Penzance, Cornwall, has built a photographic record of the ships driven onto the local rock-bound coasts - article with many dramatic photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part I - One of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Ship of Mystery - The strange last voyage of a vessel to Manila where a soldier of fortune hoped to profit by the ship's cargo; Premonition - Can a man prevent his death after he has had a premonition of it?; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Robinson, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Goss, G.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Perinni; Tresilian, S.; Holloway, Cyril; Peddie, T.H. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam, India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital during WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II (of II) of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car, with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield, Berger, and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers, wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India, where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Tresilian, S.; Robinson, T.H.; Wenban, R.; Bestall, A.E.; Holloway, Cyril; Cleaver, Reginald; Peddie, T.H.; Goss, G.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Prater, Ernest; Abbey, S.; (illustrator).…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 262. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1925 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 262.…

Condition: Good. New York: Adelphi, n.d. (ca. 1925). Presumed 1st US. 8vo. 217pp. Illus. Good book. Owner's name on front free endpage. (Africa, hunting, travel) Inquire if you need further information.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1853 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 69 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 69.…