Richards Colonel W H (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. First.. 12mo. Worn extrems. Marked boards. Small hole to middle of front board Owners name to tityle page. Some marks. 1 plate missing at section XI. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Used copy in fair to good condition, shows signs of wear and age. Spine in good condition, inner spine showing signs of separation, but intact. Some wear to page edges and corners. Book cover is worn, with some damage and slight warping present. Pages are yellowed from age and some foxing is present. Book contents have light pencil underlying text throughout sections of the book. No pen or other markings. Foldout maps are intact, some have slight tears at hinge points from usage. All images are of the actual book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback, tooled red cloth 1st Edition in this form 1888 Excellent very well illustrated Text Book on Military topography. 236pp., folding plates a number coloured, including early Theodolite, one repaired. One folding sketch close to Staff college and another in rear pocket. (no obvious listing of contents of rear pocket) A few blemishes to boards and modest stains, wear to corners and head and tail of spine. Overall good+.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Osmond, Edward (illustrator).…

1888. Printed for Her Majesty's Stationary Office by Harrison and Sons. Hardback. Book - Good. Front free end paper detached.