Cecil S Webb (50 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book shelfworn, bumped corners and curled cloth at spine ends.

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

Hard Cover. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: G. Hard Cover. G+. pp. 368, index, wear extremities, bottom edge soiled, dj: heavy rubbing, wear extremities, large chips and tears extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. First edition (stated) . Hardcover on ochre cloth; map endpapers. xv+ 368 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in very good dust jacket with U.S. price intact. Cecil Webb was the Superintendent of the Dublin Zoo and here teels of his lifelong, worldwide travels in search of wildlife for public institutions and private collections. Catching the creatures alive and unharmed was only a part--obtaining proper food, accustoming the animals to captivity, and the hazards of return journeys had to be thought of. Webb's ravels took him to remote parts of Africa, kenya, Mozambique, the Careoons, Ecuador, India, Australia, Indo-China, among other places.

84 Seiten, kartoniert, Zustand akzeptabel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. (xv) 368 pp. Brown cloth lettered in black on the spine; endpaper maps; red upper edge; headband. Illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks and chips around the edges; minor loss at the foot of the spine; price intact; no interior markings. The story of collecting animals for the Dublin Zoo. The Chapters are: Early Days; South Africa; Mozambique Territory (II), Portuguese East Africa; Mozambique Territory; Indo-China; Moazambique (III); Madagascar (I); Portuguese East Africa (South); British Guiana (I); Kenya (I); Tanganyika (I); Australia; French Cameroons; Madagascar (II); India; Gold Coast; Ecuador; Tanganyika (II); Madagascar (III); Kenya (II); British Guiana (II); British Cameroons; Conclusion; Index. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Longmans, Green and CO, 1954. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with top stain. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edge wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Odyssey of an Animal Collector. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Stated. Longmans, Green and Co. 1954 First Edition Stated Very Good/ NO DUST JACKET. Light spotting to brown cloth with white spine lettering. Solid structure, map end papers. 30 unnumbered photo illustrated pages; with drawings. xvi+30+368=414 pages with index. HEAVY ITEM. No Exp.

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

Condition: New. In.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book is in excellent condition with no writing, no highlighting, nor any other markings. Dust jacket is very good but does have a few small chips on edges. ; 9" x 6" x 1.8"; 368 pages.

HC. Condition: good. 368 The author spent a lifetime collecting exoctic reptiles, birds, and animals for the World's zoos.

Original green cloth, spine faded, slightly marked, endpaper map, pp. 302, frontispiece, plates. Light foxing, inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper.

302pp. 8vo. Original cloth in rubbed dustwrapper. Mapped endpapers. B/w frontis piece. B/w plates. A very good copy. . First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Endpaper map, pp. 302, 23.5cm, frontispiece, plates. Many animal photographs in b&w and illustrations. Boards are clean and sharp, very light spotting to front endpaper map and title page, otherwise contents unmarked and free from previous owner's names or annotations. Dust wrapper, not price-clipped, (now in removable mylar) has light wear with stain to rear panel.

Condition: New. In.

Halbleinen. Condition: Gut. Oktav. 84 Seiten. Halbleinen. mit Abbildungen. Kanten gering berieben.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Memoirs of the Superintendent of the Dublin Zoo. Has all the points of first issue. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy with a small spine edge chip protected in a Mylar jacket cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. the jacket is much torn and creased. edge wear on the book. foxing and markings. sound binding. a heavy copy, extra postage may be required. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 23.5cm. VG h/c in G pictorial DJ with tears and small segments missing. Felt pen stripe lower page edges. Owner name etc FFEP. Minor bumping to corners. 302 pages, 51 b/w photos, 10 line drawings, e/paper maps. Thirty years of collecting animals world-wide provided many unusual and exciting moments for the author, who captured several rare species for the first time. His love of all wildlife comes through in his writings.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. the author caught animals for zoos. Several chapters on East Africa; Binding: Orig. brown cloth with tatty D/W; Condition notes: V. Good; Illustrations: numerous B/W Photos; Maps: F. & r. eps; Pages: xvi + 368; Edition/printing: 1st.

Condition: Good. A Wanderer in the Wind by Cecil S. Webb, 1953, 1st edition. The odyssey of an Animal Collector.Publisher: Hutchinson, London.Binding: hardback cloth.Illustrated: yes.Description / Condition: Light shelf wear to boards; no jacket. Ownership mark to inner board. Light foxing to pages. A nice copy.Please see pictures for further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Thirty years of animal collecting all over the world. Webb was a noted animal collector. He was Superintendnant of the Dublin Zoo when he wrote this book of his many amazing captures. Green cloth, map end-papers by Geographia Ltd. Spine titled in gilt. No jacket. 302 pp. Many animal photographs in b&w and illustrations.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo 302pp., frontis., b/w pls., glossary, Thirty years of animal collecting all over the world. The author was a noted animal collector, ultimately becoming Superintendnant of the Dublin Zoo.