Daniel H Buchanan (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THERE IS DISCOLOURATION AND MARKINGS TO THE FRONT BOARD, THE BACK BOARD, ALTHOUGH IT DOES HAVE SOME WEAR MARKINGS IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME DISCOLOURATION. THE EDGES AND CORNERS ARE BUMPED, AS ARE THE HEAD AND TAIL OF THE SPINE. THERE IS A 1.5 CM TEAR WHERE THE FRONT BOARD JOINS THE TAIL OF THE SPINE. THERE IS A SMALL STICKER ON THE SPINE THAT HAS BEEN PARTLY REMOVED. THE BINDING IS TIGHT BUT THERE IS AN UNFINISHED EDGE. THERE IS A PLATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL INSIDE THE FRONT BOARD AND THEIR STAMP ON SOME OF THE PAGES. THERE IS FOXING TO THE EDGE. THERE IS YELLOWING TO THE PAGES BUT THEY GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Imitation Leather. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. 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. 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).…