Captain E a S Bailey (5 results)

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).

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.

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.

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.