Captain Webb (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by A Webb (illustrator). Chromo-lithograph; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Publisher's green cloth this chrom paste down. Three chromo plates inside. Various b/w drawings as well. Sound, clean, rubbing to extremities, contents unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Webb Arch. (illustrator). ND. Grey cloth covers with black titles and illustration of a man being attacked by a tiger to front. Gilt titles to spine. Covers are poor.Inscription on ffep., Internally clean apart from the last few pages which have some damp staining to top.254pp. Reading copy only.

good some white tape at the spine ends, creases, spine chipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Arch Webb (illustrator). Wear to covers and spine, decoration on cover worn, small stain on left side, back cover grubby, corners bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp but some light foxing and a few bent and creased corners, front end paper missing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. v, 292 pages 6 plates 20 cm. Bound in publisher's handsome pictorial cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1872-1957) served in the British Army in the Boer War and the First World War in the Royal Army Medical Corps. (Later promoted to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel). He wrote over 40 books describing heroic deeds of the British Empire for young people.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Arch. Webb (illustrator). Undated. Circa 1916. 6 plates and 2 maps as called for. Publishers olive pictorial cloth, spine design very feint now. Minor corner wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG purple pictorial hardcover. 1999. Pages all clean/unmarked. Covers bright and clean. Binding solid. 111 pp. " On August 25th, 1875 Webb touched on Calais Sands, and became the first man to swim the English Chanel. This is an account of his epic swim.".

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Arch Webb (illustrator). First Edition. WITH FRENCH AT THE FRONT A Story of the Great European War down to the Battle of the Aisne. Captain Brereton Illustrated by Arch Webb. Blackie and Son Ltd., London. 1915 First Edition 292pp Illustrated Hardback. Bound in tan coloured boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and illustrations by the artist to the spine and the upper board. A dust wrapper is not present. There is a small neat gift inscription to the obverse of the f.e.p. dated 16-4-15. The text block is otherwise unmarked, tight, white and bright. A stirring adventure in the trenches and in the air of our hero is Jim Fletcher, attached to the British Embassy in Berlin. He goes to France as a member of the Royal Flying Corps but is soon in the trenches and his descriptions of engagement with the enemy, as with many similar books published in the early years of the war are full of descriptions of dash and derring-do and less focussed on the mud and death that was later to come to light. Illustrated with six black and white reproductions by the artist. Ref KK4.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Webb, Archibald (illustrator). 1st Edition. Exciting adventure story of the First World War. Illustrated with 6 Monochrome Plates. Frontis illus. shows Soldiers staring at a German Soldier. Brown cloth cover with Black, Green and Brown illus of Soldiers fighting in the Trenches. Black Lettering above. Similar scxene of charging Soldier on spine. Top page edges olivine. Undated Edition, prize inscription on back of ffep dated 1916. No other inscriptions. Crack to binding between half-title and frontis.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Webb, Archie (illustrator). Captain Marryat MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY Cassell and Company, Ltd. Poor 360 pp. 12mo. Blue hardcover boards have a worn and scratched picture on the front cover as well as gilt titles on the front and spine. Boards are extremely worn and faded, especially on spine. Boards are also bumped at all corners as well as top and bottom of spine. Pages are extremely age toned and foxed. Front free end paper has inscription from PO dated 1910. Binding is loose and cracking in areas. Includes 4 black and white images throughout text.

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. Page size 27 x 40 cms. Largest Image size 23 x 29 cms. : 2 pages. The Illustrated London News burst onto the scene in 1842, revolutionizing the way people consumed news. For the first time, readers could see the world unfold before their eyes, not just through words, but through stunning engravings and illustrations. From royal coronations to scientific breakthroughs, it delivered vivid storytelling that brought global events to life in a way no publication had done before. For over 160 years, this pioneering magazine captured the imagination of its audience, covering wars, discoveries, cultural moments, and historic milestones. With its bold mix of journalism and artistry, it set the standard for illustrated news, leaving an enduring legacy that shaped the future of storytelling. This is a genuine, original piece, carefully removed from the historic volume, not a reprint or reproduction! Category: Illustrated London News; Vintage Prints; PRINTS : Historic News. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Archibald Webb (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, 1919. 4 colour plates by Archibald Webb. First serialised as "In the Power of the Pygmies. A tale of the great African forest" in The Boy's Own Paper, Nov 1914 - May 1915. Slight tanning to endpapers otherwise in fine condition with no marks or inscriptions. Very much "of its time".

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. No Jacket. Archibald Webb (illustrator). In the Power of the Pygmies by Captain Charles Gilson is over 500g to post & 284pp plus catalogue at rear. What is the theme of this book? I'm glad you asked >> Britain is a great nation that has the right to rule over others and when a nation disrespects or is dangerous to the British way of life they must be controlled. The Africans, or pygmies as Gilson calls them, were obviously not a civilization that was prominent in the English consciousness, but as Britain is a vast and powerful nation & therefore logically the pygmies are in need of European domination and governance. Herein (this story) is created for young audiences, a sensationalized, subversive depiction of African cultures, totally created by European powers. The Power Of The Pygmies is a blatant act of Orientalism with constant depictions of pygmies, which are presumed to be Africans, as savage, uncivilized monsters who pose a great threat to the cordial, English way of living. << so, now you have the gist of the thinking of the time & probably not just Gilson's. A few coloured plates, book has fox spotting scattered (blame the pygmies??), illustrated board cover. Size: 20.5cm. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Arch. Webb (illustrator). An early edition of this historical fiction novel by Captain Frederick Sadleir Brereton, illustrated throughout. An early edition of this work, dated from Jisc 1915.Captain Frederick Sadleir Brereton was a British Army officer and author of children's books on heroic deeds conducted in the name of the British Empire.This story follows that of a battle during the First Worlds War from Neuve Chapelle to Loos.Illustrated with all six plates by Arch. Webb. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Inscribed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper. The cloth to the spine is slightly rubbed. The half title page is loose but present; Otherwise, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with all six plates by Arch. Webb. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Arch. Webb (illustrator). First Edition. First edition of this Great War story. Unusually for Blackie, the first edition was not dated, but this copy bears an ownership inscription from 1915. Pictorial covers, olivine edges. Rubbed and a bit worn but still a sound and internally pretty clean copy.

Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. WEBB, Captain Matthew. The Art of Swimming. Edited by A. G. Payne. London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, [c.1875]. 8vo. Pp. 111 plus 4 pages of advertisements at the rear. Chromolithographic portrait frontispiece of Webb, numerous text illustrations of strokes and techniques. Publisher's striking blue cloth gilt, upper cover blocked with portrait medallion of Webb in gilt within a decorative border of tridents and dolphins, lettered in gilt and black. Spine ends and corners rubbed, some wear to cloth (notably a small abrasion to lower front cover), inner hinges tender but holding, scattered foxing to preliminaries; two holes in the fabric on the backstrip, a tear to the bottom corner, the front free end paper has a small portion cut out to the top right; an about good, presentable copy in the rare pictorial binding. First edition of Webb's instructional manual, published shortly after his historic swim across the English Channel in August 1875. Webb (1848-1883) became a Victorian sporting hero after completing the Channel crossing in just under 22 hours, the first person to do so without artificial aids. The Art of Swimming combines autobiographical reflections with practical guidance on strokes, training, and technique, illustrated with muscular figures demonstrating movements in the water. Webb's fame was tragically short-lived: in 1883, aged only 35, he drowned attempting to swim the rapids below Niagara Falls, an audacious stunt that captured headlines around the world. His early death, coupled with his iconic Channel crossing, cemented his place as a cult figure of Victorian sport. A desirable piece of Victorian sporting literature celebrated both for its subject matter and its publisher's cloth binding. The book is rare in commerce?no copies are currently for sale?and institutional holdings are limited, with only six copies traced in the UK.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Webb, Arch. (illustrator). Reprint, scarce in jacket, light wear to dustjacket, front panel and spine still bright but chipped along edges and on piece torn top of front panel 3/4" by 3/4 ", 292pp, Book.

almost near fine.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. APE. (Carlo Pellegrini) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Vanity Fair Coloured Lithograph No 112 dated October 9th 1875. "Swam The Channel" caricature by APE of Mr Clifford Webb. With page of letterpress facsimiled from the original. Good wide margins. Measures 23+ x 35 cm. Very Good. Not been framed before!

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Webb, Arch.; Reynolds, Warwick; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Soper, Geo.; Elcock, H.K.; Waters, D.B.; Woodville, R. Caton; Robinson, T.H.; Lloyd, S. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Davis, G.H.; Abbey, S.; Soper, G.; Wood, Stanley L.; Edwards, Lionel; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Gillett, Frank; Webb, A.; Tennant, Dudley; Peddie, Tom; Dowd, L.P.; Wigfull, W.E.; Wright, Frank; Northwood, A.J. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 353-440, plus 24 pages of fascinating ads. Features: The House of a Hundred Rooms - Part 1 - incredible revelations of a building in Philadelphia with underground cellars and dungeons which were put to diabolical uses by Chinese Tong-men; A Village on a Mountain Top - nice photo-illustrated article on Mola, Sicily; Enrico Toti - Italy's One-Legged War Hero - how he fought and died at the Carso front; With the British Armoured Cars in Russia - Part 1 - the first authentic account of their work and adventures - photo-illustrated article; In the Grip of the Blizzard - Daring Antarctic Sledge Expedition of Sir Douglas Mawson as described by Capt. Madigan - major article with fascinating photos; My Adventures in the World War, Part 3 of E. Ashmead-Bartlett's adventures as a war correspondent; In the Land of the Lapps - Part 3 - photo-illustrated description of the life and customs of these fascinating and little-known people; The Gum Lands of New Zealand - photo-illustrated article on the Kauri gum industry of New Zealand; How We Brought the Chinese War-Workers to France - important information about the Chinese Labour Corps which assisted British armies in non-combatant duties at the Front were recruited in China and transported from their distant homes in the Far East across the seas to France, travelling via Canada; Marooned in the Arctic - E.H.L. Mitchell went to Alaska on a mining venture but was shipwrecked and marooned on a barren island for eight weeks; The Water-Gardeners of Amiens, France - wonderful photo-illustrated article; Lost in the Mine - the lamp of a boy working in a Welsh coillery went out and he lost his way - and nearly his life; Photo of the four-hundred and fifty Temples of the Law at Mandalay, in Upper Burma. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Leist, Fred; Perceval, C.H.; Reynolds, Warwick; Wood,Esmond; Prater, Ernest; Bates, L.; Elcock, Howard; Pride, Sid; Webb, Arch;Austen, Winifred; Dovaston, Margaret; Pitcher, Sotheby (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Cheetah-Hunting - Lewis R. Freeman provides an interesting account of using cheetahs to hunt deer in India - article with photos; The Mad Hatter - two former partners fight it out over a woman in the boom days of the Kalgoorlie mines; Ivory-Poaching in German East Africa - Prior to WWI big game hunter J.A. Jordan set out to poach ivory from the jealously guarded herds of the colony after a German captain confiscated his possessions and left him stranded - article with amazing photos; Adventures of a Wild-Beast Trainer - The thrilling experiences of ex-lion-tamer Alexander Feely; An Errand of Mercy - the dangers and difficulty of travel in the interior of Paraguay; After Outlaws in Unknown New Guinea - pursuit of a band of native murderers who had wiped out a village - article with excellent photos; 'Big-Bang' - the story of a WWI heavy-duty trench mortar invented by a man named X____; The Brothers Alvarez - a Mexican narrative related to the author by the late British Minister to Mexico; A Canadian Lumber-Camp - Part I - A vivid photo-illustrated sketch of the strenuous winter existence of a Canadian lumber-jack; A Five Minutes' Race With Death - a mining engineer's story of a revengeful Matabele and a very narrow escape; The Bunko House - a very narrow escape in Chicago; Bob Trinder's Good Time - at story of the bad old days of San Francisco when men were 'shanghaied' aboard deep-water ships for the sake of advance-money or private vengeance; South African Snakes - their variety and characteristics; A Race With a Typhoon - the remarkable adventure of Yale graduate Dr. E.E. Severy in a remote district of Mindanao in the Philippines; Sensational 16-page photo-illustrated stock offering for the Pruden Coal Carburetor and the Powdered Coal Engineering & Equipment Company; and and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 292-382, 22-32 [ads]. Covers beginning to loosen. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, February 1917, Cheetah-Hunting, India, Lewis R. Freeman, The Mad Hatter, Kalgoorlie, Ivory-Poaching - German East Africa, elephant hunting, J.A. Jordan, Lion-Tamer, Alexander Feely, Paraguay, New Guinea, Pygmies, Mortar, Alvarez Brot.