Return Islands by Grimble (34 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DUST JACKET. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good. Ex-libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book in burgundy boards and jacket in mylar cover have minor shelf-wear, tight, bright, and unmarked. 'This special large print edition is made and printed in England for F.A. Thorpe, Glenfield, Leicestershire'.

Condition: Fair. 1957. First Edition. 215 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. 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 mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very clean copy with a little edge wear to the jacket.

Condition: Fair. 1957. First Edition. 214 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. 1957. No edition remarks. 215 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, heavy foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.

Condition: Good. First Edition. 201 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket laminated to red cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning to edges Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Dust jacket attached to boards and protected by plastic wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. x, 214pp, with a map and occasional line drawings in text. Emerald cloth-covered boards with silver lettering on spine, white motif on front panel. 8vo. Cloth a little worn, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Some toning to text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original illustrated dust wrapper, browned at rubbed edges, a couple of small nicks, repaired tear on spine (tape shows on interior only), shelf worn. Grimble of the Colonial Administration Service left England the day after his wedding in 1914 for the far-flung corner of the British Empire - the Gilbert and Ellice islands in the Central Pacfic. His is a continuation of his delightful story of the drama and romance of those atoll islands, begun in the first volume of his travel biography, Pattern of Islands (John Murray, 1952).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Good. " .'At the end of [A Pattern of Islands] the author wrote 'I borrowed L150 at the end of my leave to pay my way back to the Pacific and leave the family in funds until I arrived there. I did not see them again for seven years. But that is another story. ' This is the other story: and it is a remarkable one. Sir Arthur returns, alone this time, not only to the friendship of the Gilbert and Ellice Islanders and to continue his instruction in etiquette at the hands of 'Movement of Clouds', who becomes his adopted daughter, but also to increased anxieties and responsibilities on Bannaba (Ocean Island). Acting as resident Commissioner, Magistrate, and in charge of police and prisons, he has to intervene in the riots between the Gilbertese and Chinese labour force and to make arrests single-handed on the island of Arorae. DJ; Owner's Name inside. DJ worn, small pieces missing. 215 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Grimble, Rosemary (illustrator). 1st Edition. D/W browned internally has a few minor snags to edges. Spine slightly rubbed at ends and dust has slightly discoloured the eps, otherwise fine copy with no marks or insc. Map of the Gilbert Islands on light blue paper.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Covers and contents clean and bright with a small inscription on the front endpaper. Price-clipped dustjacket chipped along upper edge but has been tidied up and plastic protected in a removable sleeve. Some light sporadic spotting. Size: 5.5 " x 9.0". Hard Cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. DJ with very light edgewear. Spine a bit slanted. ; One of the areas most well known raconteurs returns to the islands with this delightful adventure. The Gilberts are part of Kiribati and belongs to one of the most remote regions of the world. Map and numerous line drawings. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION with tatty dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Paperback Edition. Titles, contents & prologue to front. This is the sequel to. A Pattern of Islands. It takes the reader further into the story of the author's time in the Gilbert & Ellice Islands in the Pacific Ocean. In 'Return to the Islands' Sir Arthur Grimble returns, alone this time, not only to the friendship of the Gilbert and Ellice Islanders and to continue his instruction in etiquette at the hands of 'Movement of Clouds', who becomes his adopted daughter, but also to increased anxieties and responsibilities on Bannaba (Ocean Island) in his role as resident Commissioner, Magistrate and in charge of police and prisons, he has to intervene in the riots between the Gilbertese and Chinese labour force and to make arrests single-handed on the island of Arorae. But the Gilbertese know him as a friend and support him faithfully and with affection, though sometimes not without merriment when he shows himself ignorant of the finer points of their code of behaviour. He vividly relates how oral poems were composed in Kiribati & describes the first stirring of poetry as a âdivine spark of inspiration,â which gives the poet his mana. viii + 215. No Dust Jacket as published. Black titles spine. illustrated by b/w. drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Gilbert & Ellice Islands; Biography & Autobiography; Kiribati; Indigenous Cultures. Inventory No: 5126.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. first edition in good overall condition but dust jacket has tear and wear. not price clipped Nice bright copy with inscription.

First edition. Cloth, 215pp. Fine in a d/w with wear to spine ends. A return trip to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

1st US edition. VIII, 215 PP with 1 sketch map and 29 drawings by Rosemary Grimble. Fp: Map of the Gilbert Islands and inset with location map. Cloth cover, device (coconut trees) on front cover. Covers marked and speckled (on spine and back). Offsetting on endpapers and occasional foxing. Near fine internally. 22 x 14.8.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, previous owner inscription in pen to f.f.e.p. Dust jacket price clipped with rubbing to extremities. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

vi, 215p., b/w illus., dj.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. VG+/VG. 8vo. original green cloth (slightly rubbed, spine a little slanting, prev. owner's name to FFE. occ. spots) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed & a little frayed, some toning to spine and edges); pp. [viii], 216 (last blank), with illustrations + map. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, pp, 214, map of The Gilbert islands, illustrations, white titled blue cloth, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket which is slightly edge-rubbed, some mild foxing to the fore-edge. The author gives fascinating glimpses of cheerful tribesmen, and his slow steps to adapt himself to their customs and point of view.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rosemary Grimble (illustrator). First Edition. Dj bumped to corners and spine.

First Edition. Map, black and white text illustrations, viii + 215pp, signature prior owner front free endpaper, dustjacket chipped with loss to the lower extremities, now protected, cloth boards in good condition, a good copy. The sequel to 'A Pattern of Islands'.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK Edition. 214 pages in good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Marked and blacked out on the ffep. Page edges are lightly darkened and smudged. Bound in green cloth with white titles. Lightly worn around the edges. Illustrated dustjacket in good condition with yellow and white tiltes. Worn around the edges. Faded on the spine, lightly wrinkled. 1ST UK EDITION. G/G. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. First edition first printing hardback, 1957, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dust jacket with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed and tanned to spine and edges (now protected); cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.