Wells Carveth (312 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. NO DUST JACKET. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Book is very slightly shelf-cocked. Cloth covers show very minor shelf wear, rubbing to spine and corners. Binding tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Orange cloth. Cover wear, few small coffee spots and erasures, G.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition.

hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Reissue. Heavy wear. discoloration from age. book stamp inside cover. no jacket. Still readable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. Garden City Publishing Company, Garden City, NY. 1931. Hardcover. Reprint. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription and Christmas stamp on FFFP dated 1934. Book Condition: Good; bumped head, tail, and tips; edgeware and scattered flaking of board surface. No DJ. Black cloth boards and spine with yellow lettering on the spine and signature in yellow on front board. Tinted textblock top. Internal hinges are sound without cracks or breaks. 338 pp 8vo. This book is a collection of stories recounting the travels of renowned explorer Carveth Wells whose personal mottoes of "Carpe diem" - "Sieze the Day!" - and "The Lord will provide!" characterized his exuberant approach to life. From the Arctic to tropical Africa, from lion attacks to unusual sea creatures, Wells' stories are told with a sense of wonder and a dose of humor, and remain an inspiration to anyone aspiring to break free of the confines of a sedentary life. A clean presentable copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Six Years in the Malay Jungle by Carveth WELLS; orange cloth hardcover, illustrated Published by Garden City, 1925. This unpretentious and entertaining account of Wells's experiences in the Unfederated Malay States as an employee of the Crown Agents for the Colonies, contains plentiful facts about the jungle flora and fauna, as well as amusing stories about his escapades. "very good, some cloth wear, name in pencil inside, clean and tight" BX15B.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Cover lightly soiled, small sticker and scrape on back pastedown, strained, bookplate and ink name, else Good Plus. No Dust Jacket. Appendix topics: Fauna, Flora, Forests, Agriculture. Mining, Commerce. Arts and Crafts. Also includes "Bibliography of Modern Books Relating to Malaya". B & W Photographs (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pages slightly tanned o/w Good. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Photo Illustrations. 255pp. 8vo, cloth. New York.: McBride, 1931. Very good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover has light wear. Pages are clean/intact.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 76, No 2, August, 1930, pp. 110-125+ 6 Photo Plts & 1 Color Photo Plt, Map, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a Pamphlet, last page in facsimile & else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light soiling. Front hinge cracked/loose but binding intact. Book slightly shelf-cocked. Heavily used but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition book, clean and tight, no DJ. [0202].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 261 pages; 22 chapters. Pages tight; yellowed; moderate page wear; Some discoloration and foxing on endpapers. no markings on pages; Orange linen-like hard covers with white lettering on spine. Usual ex-library markings. Author presents a caricature of a cruise that takes the reader to Maderia, Africa, Gibraltar, France; Algiers; Monte Carlo; Pisa; Rome, Naples, Venice, Athens, Constantinople; Damascus; Holy Land, Egypt Capri, etc. RARE VBINTAGE COPY.…

Hard Cover -. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Thus. general wear to black cloth; corners lightly bumpe, spine lightly faded, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". b/w Illustrations (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Off-white DJ, chipped at top of spine, damp-stain to bottom front of DJ, text solid. Africa.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 343 pp.+ 32 Photo Plts, Map e.p., Blk Hardback, Gilt title, owner name & x on F e.p. else VG, no DJ, 1st ed (Stated).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 244 pp., Grey Hardback, VG, no DJ, Rev. ed.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1925 Library Rebound Hardcover Edition. Former library copy, may have usual markings. Some pages have damage, book overall still in good condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 282 pp. Rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photos, interior slightly browning,binding faded,some minor spotting.261 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Green cloth, black tape repair to spine, rubbed, text solid. Bermuda; Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 282 pp.+ 16 Photo Plts, Map e.p. Blk Hardback, Red Title, VG in chipped D with damp stain at bottom (not affecting book), else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 4th prtg. HC. 271pp. Many b&w photos. Fold-out map on DW. Owners insc. on fep (under dw flap) else G-VG wi/light-mod. spine slant; light crnr wear in price-clipped DW wi/light-mod. crnr wear & small cv scratches that detract lightly+. Nonfiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd printing. In blue cloth. One-inch scuff to bottom of front board. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Clean stated first edition. Blue cloth boards with small yellow elephant on cover, yellow lettering on spine. Very slight fading to spine; no bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. Foreword by the author. 255 pages with Index.…

Condition: Fair. 1925 Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover, edgewear on lightly stained orange cloth cover, dust jacket missing, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.