Basil D Woon (5 results)
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Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.HPB-Emerald
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Limited edition. Copy #176/250. Signed by foreward author L. Boyd Finch on limitation bookplate on front pastedown and title page.
More imagesPublished by Horace Liveright,, 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.Bluff Park Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1929 on Copyright Pg & Title Pg, 1st Edition, 2nd printing., . Book Condition: VG- with small stains EDGES & Tape residue top & btm edge. Dust Jacket Condition:GOOD- with Mended TAPE REPAIRS & SMALL CHIPS & DJ SPINE FADE.
More imagesPublished by Liveright Publishing Co., New York, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.Bluff Park Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1933. 1st Edtion, VG/GOOD-, AS-IS, DJ GOOD- CONDITION, Dustjacket has edge tears & Chips & along DJ Fold tears , wear,THICK Blue cloth hardcover with yellow printing. Book in very good condition with only slight shelf wear at corners. Dust jacket in… GOOD- condition in Protective CLEAR Mylar cover. Jacket spine top has small chips missing but BARELY affect the text printing. Lower edge has creases FADE & SMALL CHIPS SPINE DJ. Colors are white, orange, black and royal blue. Humorous black and white illustrations chronicle their adventure as they travel west. Interior Nice tight Clean light wear FOX, Spine Ends DJ small chips & Wear , 374 pgs, Index, 5 1/4 X 8 12/4 IN., Basil Woon has written a Book about those Happy Playgrounds of the Sun: Hollywood, its Fights,Sights & Lights, Tia Juana, Agua Caliente, Santa Barbara Malibu, Calif. He Takes you thru Reno & the Grand Canyon to Colon in the Panama Zone. A Merry Pilgrimage. Travel Book. You Learn the Best of Food,Drinks & Delights. Smart Sophisticated Gossip. Divorce Highway, Chasing the Sunset ETC ,Highlight of the book is the art deco style of the illustrations by Wynn on the endpapers and free end papers. Color Decorated endpapers of Blue, B/W, & Orange , B/W Frontispiece Beach Littered with Mermaids & Mermen . Wynn (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by published by Horace Liveright NY, 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.Bluff Park Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Small tears to Listing of books pg Opposite title pg, HBDJ, BK GOOD+/ DJ FAIR-. AS-IS, , 1928. 1st edition , 1st Printing ,Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg & pg Opposite Title pg Lists this bk as 1928 with From Deauville in Preparation, It's in acceptable c…ondition with a book of it's age with a torn dust jacket, minor tearing on one page and SLIGHT yellowing throughout. BeigeYellow cloth with Orange Sun & Green Palm Trees on front cvr & Titled in Green on front & spine cvr which spine has small chips at Top Taking Out When It?s & at Btm of spineCvr tiny chip removing part of O in Horace publ. Dustjacket does have a Fair amount of wear, including chips, several tears and some fairly small pieces missing from the edges/spine. Book covers are in relatively nice condition with light edge stains & wear to Extremities, There are a number of pages that have some varying shades of waterstaining to the outer margin edge of the pages - darker on a few pages and lighter on others (no effect on text). Some occasional very light soiling to margin edges of a few other pages, but again, nothing that detracts from the text. A few small corner creases to pages. Pages and binding are tight., EXTREMELY RARE and highly sought after 284 page hardcover, Fade spine DJ, Size: 5 X 7.5 in. 284 pgs, DJ protected clear Mylar, INTERIOR NICE TIGHT CLEAN LIGHT WEAR FOX, FEW LOOSE PLATES, FRONT DJ SMALL CORNER CHIPS TAKE OUT PART OF WH IN WORD WHEN AT TOP DJ, 5 X 7.5., these are the ingredients of this effeverscent picture of what the tourist does in Cuba, what he sees, and what he drinks. First, as to what he drinks. Mr. Woon gives the real recipe of the Daiquiri as given to him by Facundo Bacardi himself, made of "the rum that cured a king and a pickled nation." He tells you that there are seven thousand places in Havana where alcohol is sold, and helpfully lists the names of the best bartenders, and the drinks that made them famous. Illustration of The Yacht Club Terrace at page 100 is tipped in. Interesting account of prohobition era Cuba. Rum, roulette and racing; sugar, cigars and senoritas - these are the ingredients of this effervescent picture of what the tourist does in Cuba, what he sees, and what he drinks. First, as to what he drinks. Mr. Woon gives the real recipe of the Daiquiri as given to him by Facundo Bacardi himself, maker of 'the rum that cured a king and pickled a nation'. He tells you that there are seven thousand places in Havana where alcohol is sold, and helpfully lists the names of the best bartenders, and the drinks that made them famous". Illustrated with photographs. This highly sought after cocktail book and Cuba guide.
