Captain Bailey (15 results)

Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 339 pages with index, glossary of shop terms; tables in rear; 14 chapters. Pages tight; minor page wear; no markings on pages; Numerous illustrations; diagrams; charts; photos throughout book. Minor yellowing of page edges; Yellow hard covers with red and black lettering; illustration of military tank on cover; Moderate rubbing, fading; soiling and stains on covers. Minor wear on edges. Student's Creed on front inside cover page; Frontispiece of b/w photo of loading 2 1/2 ton and 1/2 ton trucks on railroad flat car out of Fort Benning, GA VERY RARE VINTAGE COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus; First Printing. 8vo; 111 pages; Signed on title page by Bailey, who did the forward. Very minor wear to the dust jacket. ; Signed by Editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A very good hardcover copy without a dustcover. There's a mark on the covers (spine) and a little page end spotting. The spine is straight, the binding is tight and the text is bright and clean. Please see photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First Edition / First Print. Limited Edition of 700 copies, this being number 538. Hardback copy in Skivertex, gold gilt lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket as issued. 127pp. B/w photographs throughout, colour frontispiece. 2 typed letters signed by EAS Bailey, pasted to ffep and front pastedown. Not library copy, ink inscription to half title page. (2/5). Signed by Author(s).

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 700. This is number 126. Maroon skivertex bound. SAWAS (South African Women's Auxiliary Service) looked after British and Commonwealth convoy personnel as they rounded the CAPE on the way to/from the UK and the Middle and Far East . Colour frontis. b/w illustrations within the text. Also maps and charts. Related newspaper clippings laid in . Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 127 pages. Item Type: Book. Clean and bright pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No Dust Jacket. No inscriptions. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 025175.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 124 pages. Captain John Graham and Jack MacLeod "A Soldier of Fortune" / Anton Hauptmann and Elliot Bailey "In the Hands of the Bedouin - II" / Captain George Browne "The Matador" / James Vance Marshall "Hitting the Iron Trail - II"/ John Gibbons "The 'Fool Afoot' In Italy - III" / Henry G Lamond "The Best Policy" / G Ireland "The Queer Side of Things - The Case of Mr Pillai" / Captain G A Williams "At Twelve Midnight" / Captain A H Parsons "The Outcast" / Robert M MacDonald "The Mysterious Stranger" (SL#253).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st ed. 4to skivertex bound with gilt titles. 127pp. Illus colour reproduction of a painting by R.D.McDonald frontis, b & w photos., 2 colour diagrams & a section of maps at the rear. The little told story of South Africa's role in WW2 providing convoys, troopships etc. Very informative book with details of each convoy. Only 700 copies wre ever published, of which this is number 501. 0 9507481 0 2.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, printed wrappers, 52pp., one folding lithographic plate and one folding map inserted. NOT IN WICKERSHAM. Nearly a Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1880. 52 pgs. Ex-library item with stamps and notes present. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Holloway, Cyril; Tresilian, S.; Peddie, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Goss, G.W.; Prater, Ernest; Williams, Fleming; Bendall, C.; Sindall, A.W. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 87-168 plus 32 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Queer Side of Things - The Haunted Rest-House - an occult story from West Africa; In the Hands of the Bedouin - part I of Anton Hauptmann's story; Hitting the Iron Trial - part I of the author's train-hopping adventure from Vancouver, British Columbia to New York before he carried on to England; Update on the "Harpist of Alexandria", made famous in the July 1928 issue of this publication; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - part II; "Lo! The Poor Indian" - An amusing account of the ways and wiles of the Red men of British Columbia - with photos; The Taxi-Cab Murder Mystery - one of the most remarkable crimes in the annals of the West Australian Police; The Elephant-Slayer - an amusing story from Kenya colony in 1905-6; A Weighty Problem - young Captain Gillon and the vessel Saragossa; Piano Tuner Kenneth J. McCombie's Adventure; In a Hole - the author fell into a hole at a New Mexico gravel pit; "Wide World" Sequels; The "Fleet of the Lost" - great article about the old windjammers residing at Alameda, on the shores of San Francisco Bay - article with nice photos; Man and his Needs; House and Garden; Stamps of the World. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Sutcliffe, Norman; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; Skelton, J.R.; Crombie, Charles; Vedder, S.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; De Walton, John; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Tennant, Dudley (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Mad Mike" - Part I - The adventures of a well-known South Seas character, including his romantic connection with the beautiful half-caste Laumona; The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko - Photo-illustrated article on the shy and elusive East African Sanya race; My Wife's Double - told by Sidney Fitzgerald, now chief engineer with a firm in Portuguese East Africa; In Quest of the Unknown - Part I - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges meets the strange islanders of the San Blas Archipelago and the mysterious Chucunaque - illustrated with photos; My Chinese Crystal - This story of events surrounding an ancient crystal, believed to be stolen from a Chinese temple, will keenly interest students of the occult; The Very Keen Man - How an energetic Central African Native Commissioner conceived a Great Scheme - and what happened to it; The Great Pay-Train Hold-Up - For several years the police of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were at their wit's end to deal with an epidemic of pay-roll robberies; The Big-Game Trapper - R.D.S. describes some thrilling experiences encountered by well-known trappers; Through Savage Europe - Part III - Richard Carline describes his holiday painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro - with photos; "Down Texas Way" - The wife of a Texas rancher tells the tale of three high-spirited youngsters, a desperate gang of escaped convicts, a night alarm, and a mysterious disappearance; Across the Great Sahara - Part IV - The story of a wonderful exploit - a camel-back journey from south to north through the Sahara - with photos; Donnelly's Luck - An old prospector strikes it rich, only to fall into the hands of rascally claim-jumpers; Twenty-Three Hours of Horror - A young fireman, Clermont Lafayette Staden, falls overboard from the American oil-tank steamer Fred W. Weller in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Sambrook, Russell: Cover Art; Grassick, C.A.; Shreve, Carl; Dinsmore, E.J.; Chambers, W.V.; Summers, Dudley Gloyne; Sellen, H.E.M.; McCrea, H.W. (illustrator). First Edition. 84 pages. Features: Nice mini-golf cover illustration; Heinz vinegar and olive oil colour ad inside front cover; Nice vintage full-page photo ad for Clark's Tomato Ketchup features grocer behind counter speaking with lady customer dressed in contemporary fashion; Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of the late J.Pierpont Morgan - discusses modern women - ad with photo of Miss Morgan as part of Pond's ad; Some Truths about Wheat - W.W. Swanson argues that there has been no "foolish overproduction of wheat"; Backstage at Ottawa; The Dark Road (fiction); Pigeons on Patrol - the story of the Royal Canadian Air Force pigeon service whose winged messengers have pulled many a pilot out of a tight hole; The Hyams Twins Case - Did the Hyams brothers kill Willie Wells in Toronto in 1893?; Barry's Clarissa (fiction); The Silver Scale (fiction); Patrick "Pat" Burns - One of the West's Dominant Business Figures; Bonds of Danger - the story of "Surge" the steelhead; Canadians in Hollywood - great article with five nice photos of stars Fifi Dorsay, Walter Huston, Fay Wray, Mary Pickford, Marie Dressler, and Norma Shearer (photo of Pauline Garon appears later); The Devil in the Jade - a strange tale of mysterious Burma; The Western Mennonites - a graphic description of life among a group of New Canadians now in the throes of the conflict between orthodoxy and modernism - with photos; Sir Oswald Mosley and his New Party cause stir in Britain; Nice full-page photo ad for Kraft cheese and Velveeta; Nice full-page ad for the Chrysler Eight De Luxe; Nice full-page illustrated ad for REO speed wagons and trucks; The Brome Lake Duck Farm of Knowlton, Quebec - article with photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Swift's bacon; Great colour full-page art deco ad for Calay soap; Full-page illustrated ad for Studebaker Trucks features a 2-ton model for $1125; Nice photo ad for Spud cigarettes features a pilot lighting up; Fashionable full-page ad for Penmans new silk hosiery; Excellent full-page colour ad for International Harvester commemorates the centennial of the McCormick reaper; Nice colour full-page ad for Keen's mustard; Woodward's "Gripe Water" ad; Excellent two-colour full-page ad for Dodge Trucks shows row of trucks backed up to loading gates; Nice full-page two-colour ad for the book Murder at Belly Butte; Humour; Nice full-page ad for the Graham Prosperity Six car; Lux soap ad features photos of Clara Bow, Nancy Carroll, June Collyer, Mary Brian, Lillian Roth, and William Powell; Hot weather supper dishes - recipes; Nuce full-page ad for the new Chevrolet Convertible Cabriolet; Outdoor furniture; Colour ad for Parker pens on back cover. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent issue.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1863. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 284, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 284 284.