Wells Zetta Carveth (10 results)

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

Condition: Good. 1942. First Edition. 93 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth covered boards with illustration. Further illustrations throughout by W.R Lohse. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front paste-down and half title. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Board corners are bumped.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library with typical library markings/labels. Cracked in several places, webbing exposed, pages secure. Small crayon markings on title page, otherwise clean text. Age-toned, foxed, some staining. Cover scuffed, soiled, bumped corners, exposed boards. Spine cover peeling. No dj. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lohse, W. R. (Illustrator) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are lightly rubbed. The binding is tight. Small tear on base of spine. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Cloth. 8vo. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by author Carveth Wells in 1945. B&w photographs. Book: Near Fine/DJ: Very Good - (DJ edgewear, chips & tears, some tape-mended, o/w a clean tight copy). 130pp.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lohse, W. R. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 93pp. Illustrated by W. R. Lohse. 1st edition 1942. D/w is slightly grubby and chipped with small losses. Private ownership. (h5).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by authors (1st names only)/ a small sketch of an elephant is included too.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. W. R. Lohse (illustrator). First Edition. Orange cloth with black lettering and decoration. 112 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the authors on the half-title page. A solid copy with only light wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dj. Illustrated by W.R. Lohse (illustrator). First Edition. [very light bumping at several corners, small newspaper obituary of Raffles affixed to ffep]. (pen and ink drawings) SIGNED by the authors on the half-title page (Zetta with her first name only, Carveth with his full name and with an additional small sketch of an elephant added). The story, told by the noted explorer/world traveler/lecturer/filmmaker Wells and his wife, of their discovery, adoption, training and exploitation (most of which still lay ahead when the book was published) of what undoubtedly was the most famous Mynah bird in history (has there even been another?) -- or perhaps I should say Mynah birds, since rather than retiring the "Raffles" name after the initial bird croaked (sorry) of pneumonia in 1947, it was subsequently bestowed on at least one bird (and who knows how many more). Actually, Mr. Wells himself fell off life's perch in February 1957, but Zetta and the chatty bird carried on -- or tried to, anyway. Later that same year she appeared with the then-current "Raffles" on the TV quiz show "You Bet Your Life," on which occasion the bird in question let down the side (and tarnished his heritage) by failing to respond to most of Zetta's cues, to the bemusement of host Groucho Marx. (Thanks to YouTube, it's possible to view this entire hilarious episode online. It's not recorded whether or not this national TV debacle forced Zetta and the Reluctant Raffles into ignominious retirement.) The original Raffles had made numerous appearances in veterans' hospitals, and according to Wells (quoted in the obituary affixed to the front endpaper) "sold $1,000,000 in War Bonds by his own efforts and, on the air with Eddie Cantor, sold $3,000,000 more." The only thing that surprises me about the whole thing is that nobody's yet composed a Wikipedia page about Raffles (or about Carveth Wells, who was a pretty interesting guy, for that matter). Signed by All Authors.