Dower Gandar (61 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol 86, No 5, Nov 1935, pp. 455-459+ 4 Photo Plts, Map, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a Pamphlet, VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback in fair condition no jacket. Ex library copy. Pages are tanned. Spine is faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Early days of aviation account of flights in North Africa & the middle east in a light plane, great b/w photos. No inscription, brown spotting to pages otherwise very good clean copy.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition in brown cloth covers with green lettering and bands on front cover and spine which are slightly soiled. Covers exhibit moderate wear, fraying, soiling and bumping to corners and spine ends. Light soiling and shelf wear on edges. Moderate soiling and shelf wear to covers. Moisture staining to the lower edge of the back cover. Light sunning and moderate soiling to hinges and spine. Previous owners name plate is pasted to the inside front cover. Another owners signature on ffep. Moderate soiling and yellowing to upper and lower edges. Yellowing on inside front and back covers, ffep's, bfep's and text due to age. Text and the many b&w photos are otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are weak in areas but still firmly attached. Fold out map of The Aberdares in the back of the book is yellowed due to age. Otherwise in fine condition. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.

Condition: Fair. 1939. Published in Penguin Books. 183 pages. Pink striped penguin cover with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Moderate tanning to spine and covers. Minor splits to spine ends and corners. Visible wear marks to covers. Book has a rolled spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. nice copy.

As photographed; 2nd printing (1939); in very good condition, with the original early dust-jacket, not clipped - price 6d (sixpence); the book tells the story of his flight in a light aircraft from England to Madras; 183pp + 8pls.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, with UK list of books. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: RAF Langham library. Physical description; 70 p. : ill., front., maps ; 23 cm. Notes; "The text of this book was written by the late K. C. Gandar Dower, who also took nearly all the photographs" --p. [5]. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Africa, Italian East. Eritrea History. Eritrea Politics and government. Somalia History. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Good tight copy, age spotting to preliminary pages & page edges, wrapper is worn & frayed at edges, tears & creases to rear panel.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: RAF Langham library. Physical description; 70 p. : ill., front., maps ; 23 cm. Notes; "The text of this book was written by the late K. C. Gandar Dower, who also took nearly all the photographs" --p. [5]. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Africa, Italian East. Eritrea History. Eritrea Politics and government. Somalia History. 1 Kg.

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a good tightly bound copy in an age-toned and edge worn dust jacket with some loss & now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve. The endpapers are markedly age=toned, the contents free of marking. Illustrated, x + 331pp, folding map to the rear.

First Edition. Good copy only in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Proveance: Bookplate of Alan Thornton Witney. Physical description: x, 331 pages, [24] leaves of plates (inc. front.): ill., map (fold.), ports. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Leopons Kenya. Lion hunting Kenya. Kenya Description and travel. 3 Kg.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 210mm). Ppx,331. B/w photographs, fold-out map of the Abedares to rear. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly dented and used, browning to end-papers and edges, paste-repair to frontispiece, tear and crumpled edge to folding map. Good copy, lacks dust-wrapper. An entertaining and amusing description of Gandar Dower's safari, with Raymond Hook, into Kenya's Aberdare mountain range in search of the fabled 'spotted lion'. Chapters include:- Erratic pilgrimage; This book is not. ; Try Raymond Hook; In which I am charged by a pachyderm; Talks with a pirate king; First glimpse of spotted lion land; Stock safari; Murder pretty foul; Escape; The spotted lion; In which it does not strike hook as possible; In which we grope our way tenatively; In which we are neither up nor down; In which the elephant knows best; The final fling; We win through; The God's relent; The plague is with us; Ten little nigger boys; Retreat from Moscow; Purgatory regained; Dusk in the woods; Mutiny; The highest hole in history; In which I become colour conscious; The steam-roller system; In which I do a very gallant act; "If seven angry elephants"; The spotted lions bite; I find Lake Gandar; Stalemate. Appendices include:- Notes on the spotted lion of the Aberdares by R.I. Pocock, F.R.S; Native evidence. .

paperback, 112pp, illustrated, map, pages browning, text otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, covers browning and edges rubbed; frayed at base of spine, Good condition.

Tan-peach Wrappers. Condition: Good+++. 21 x 14 cm. x 331pp. Frontispiece + 26 additional illustrations as well as a fold-out map of the Aberdares in rear. One of 481 copies in this binding for presentation to members of The Explorers Club. Chipping and wear to the covers and the binding feels fragile though the text block is holding. In mylar wrapper. Hand D208.

289 pages plates (some colour) : 22 cm. Notes: "First published . 1949." "[This book] consists of about one hundred contributions, written or told by British officers, West African native sergeants, askaris of the King's African Rifles, South African pilots and transport drivers, Italians . Ethiopians, privates, brigadiers, traders and missionaries--each of whom found himself playing his part in that curious kaleidoscope which was the East African campaign."--Preface.

Condition: vg+. vg+ Penguin 2nd print 198 1939 edition nice copy no dw , In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 111 pages including frontispiece : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. Contents: Describes Madagascar campaign from landing at Majunga 10 Sep 1942 to signing at Ambalavao 6 Nov 1942; does not include capture of Diego Suarez Notes: " With 39 photographs.".

First Edition. Good copy only in gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Proveance: Bookplate of Alan Thornton Witney. Physical description: x, 331 pages, [24] leaves of plates (inc. front.): ill., map (fold.), ports. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Leopons Kenya. Lion hunting Kenya. Kenya Description and travel. 1 Kg.

paperback. Condition: Fair. 1939 reprint paperback. Lose to head and tail of spine. Tanning to page edges. Stamp to endpapers. Chipping to edges. Good - condition.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnKenneth Gandar Dower (1908-1944) wrote a classic African expedition memoir based on his adventures in search of a beast known only from rumors and stories, a lion with a spotted pelt. Gandar Dower describes the many obstacles incu.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition, Special Binding. x, 331pp, map, bw ills. Greay cloth with original wraps laid on. Frontis loose, some rubbing to wraps, small stamp of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on tile page. One of 481 copies specially bound for presentation to members of the Explorers Club. Originally bound as a soft cover in wraps, this one rebound with the original covers and spine laid onto the cloth. The unsuccessful search for a rare lion species. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. First Edition. xvii, 238pp. Cloth. Frontispiece and fifteen inserted plates with b&w photographs. A first hand narrative of the author's voyage from England to India. Some wear to extremities, light fading to spine, name on half-title. About very good.; Octavo.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 111 pages including frontispiece : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. Subjects: 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Madagascar; Madagascar; Personal narratives English; World War, 1939-1945 Madagascar; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, English. 1 Kg.

Soft. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. "481 copies of this book have been bound in this manner for presentation to members of The Explorers Club" printed on front cover of this paperback edition. Covers a peach/tan color. Overall discoloration and wear to edges. Still a solid and clean copy of this limited edition.