Evison G Henry (50 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 255 pages. backstrip has been reglued-foxing. g henry evison (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. 5 pages, illustrated. The Wide World Magazine (1898-1965) captured the thrill of real-life adventure, bringing readers daring tales of exploration, survival, and discovery from across the globe. From treacherous expeditions to remote lands to gripping escapes from danger, it showcased the spirit of adventure that defined its era. The magazine also documented historical events and emerging travel trends, immersing readers in the unknown. With vivid illustrations and detailed narratives, it inspired generations to dream of far-off places, embodying the belief that "Truth is stranger than fiction." A rare chance to own a true artifact from the past. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Illustrator: G. Henry Evison. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). G. Henry Evison (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. n.d. early reprint; gray-green original publisher's cloth. lettering in black on spine and on front cover; elaborate art nouveau design in black on front cover and spine; 252 pp.; hinges tight; no foxing.; all four full page illustrations by Evison are present in excellent condition. G. Henry Evison (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hardback. Condition: G++. No DW. Reprint. G. Henry Evison (illustrator).

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad' plunges readers into the heart of World War I, following the British campaign in Iraq. Herbert Strang delivers a thrilling tale of adventure and courage amidst the harsh realities of war. This meticulously reproduced edition recounts the historical events surrounding the fight for Baghdad, offering a glimpse into a pivotal moment in the Great War. Experience the challenges and triumphs of those who served in this distant theater of conflict. A classic boys' book, 'Carry On!' is a testament to the spirit of determination and resilience. It remains a compelling war story, reminding us of the sacrifices made during a global conflict. Perfect for readers interested in military history and timeless adventures.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / Second Print (first printed 1928). Hardback copy in blue cloth pictorial boards, no dustjacket. 255pp. Colour frontispiece, and 3 of 4 b/w plates throughout (plate to page 168 missing). Not library copy, no inscriptions. Light page foxing. (15/6).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published in 1923, this is the First Edition of this Lost World / Lost Race novel featuring dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, book features a pictorial decorated binding, 8 inches tall approx., 252 pages plus four pages of illustrations by the artist G. Henry Evison. The books cover has some rubbing wear to the pictorial binding, internally old ownership inscription to front endpaper, endpapers browned, some occasional foxing marks, mainly to outer page edges, else in good general condition. G. Henry Evison (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1923. Hardcover. Fair. No Dust Jacket. Bumped corners. Wearing and damage on covers and spine. Some rubbing on covers. Repaired hinges. Some pages reattached. Taped damage on third illustration. Some staining on interior pages. Includes three illustrations. 251p. G. Henry Evison (illustrator).…

First edition in scarce d/w, octavo, green buckram boards with pink lettering to spine & front board and pink&black illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (v. slight bruising to spine extrems, inscription in black ink to fep, some tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (8cm x 3cm tear with loss to upper spine/rear repaired with archival tape, archival tape repairs to lower spine extrem, some creasing to upper edges, moderate soiling).…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A scarce first edition of this novel from T. C. Bridges Adventure Book Series. This novel is a first edition of the work, in the original publisher's blue cloth binding with a aeroplane motif to the front board. T. C. Bridges was a French-born author, living in the UK since childhood. He is particularly known for his works of children's fiction, including this novel which was part of his adventure series, and his Lost World novels. This particular novel tells the story of Martin Vaile, named in the title as Martin Crusoe, as he adventures to Wizard Island, which turns out to be a relic of Atlantis, the lost city. This work has been illustrated by G. Henry Evison, a English artist and illustrator known for his strong line drawings in books and magazines. With five plates throughout, including a colour frontispiece of a Golden Eagle defending itself in flight. Collated, complete.Mark A. Lee Stationers, Aylesbury label to front paste down. In the original publisher's blue cloth binding. Externally, smart, with slight bumping to the extremities and two small closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine. Slightly cocked. Fading to spine. Age toning to endpapers. Mark A. Lee stationers label to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Occasional chip of page causing loss to fore edge, not affecting the text. Very Good. G. Henry Evison (illustrator). book. …

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: A Dead Man's Diary - Dmitri Garkin's body - and his diary - were discovered in the summer of 1913 on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean; Three Thousand Miles On A Raft - an adventurous voyage down the Amazon from Central Ecuador to Northern Brazil; A Railway Race With Robbers - A Sheriff pursues three desperate bank robbers in New York State; The Mutiny of the "Ziba" - part II - Captain John Hart relates how he was eventually able to escape and see justice brought to the murderers; The Land of the North Wind - P.H. Godsell describes his experiences in Keewatin; A Christmas Crime - story from the Australian back-blocks; The Great Cook Problem - the amusing story of how a resourceful woman tackled one part of the "Yellow Peril" in Nevada's "Bean House"; Tight Corners - part I - E.Torday recounts some of his African big game hunting adventures; "Smut" (short story about a queer pet and some of his doings); The Tree Spirit (short story from the area near Singapore); Our Travels in Safari-Land - part II of Edith Cecil-Porch and her journey through the wilds of British East Africa travelling with a wagon pulled by six oxen; Cupid and the "Wireless" - Sidney Lehre recounts a telegraphic affair while he was in the wireless service; Wonderful one-page photo of "An Eastern Venice", the town of Brunei, Borneo, once the headquarters of the dreaded Borneo pirates. Photo of a Kikuyu warrior buying a wife, paying with goats. pp. 8 [ads], 197-292, 9-32 [ads]. Tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Roger, Biron; Evison, G. Henry; Webb, A.; Gordon, Alexandre; Hunter, Leslie; et al (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Circle of Death - dangerous fall into the great drum of the winding-engine at a Pennsylvania coal mine; In Search of Adventure part II - the story of a chequered cruise aboard a six-ton yacht; "Kermis" Time in Belgium - an annual week-long celebration during which young and old alike compete in curious races and competitions - article with many interesting photos; Trapped in a Furnace - terrible experience for Ira MacDonell at a Lewis Run, Pennsylvania brick plant; The "Apache Kid's" Last Fight - F.S. McDonald describes his terrible death-duel in the desert with a notorious Indian outlaw; A Memorable Man-Hunt - tracking down murderers Jimmy and Joe Governor in New South Wales; "Dangerous Jobs" - bronco-busters, steeplejacks, bridge-builders, shrapnel-shell makers, underground miners, steel-makers, firemen, window cleaners, undersea divers, sewer workers - article with great photos of each of these occupations; Behind the Nailed Door - Englishman A.H. Hinde posed as an Arab traded with the Moors of the African coast while trying to locate a lost silver mine; An Ill-Starred Elopement - disaster strikes two unfortunate lovers; A Woman Alone in China - part IV - Mary Gaunt set forth in a Peking cart with an interpreter and her cart men, meeting many odd experiences; ; Petre's Island - a bit of New Zealand history, showing something of the lives of the earliest settlers among their Maori hosts. pp. 6 [ads], 387-480, 7-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Whitaker, W.G.; Somerfield, Thomas; Wood, Stanley L.; Soper, George; Evison, G. Henry; Jackson, A.E. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 474-560 + 32 pages of ads. Features: The Six Skulls, Part II (sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings";The Reformation of Bill Allerday - an amusing Australian story; The Human 'Tank' - Mike Inik constructed a suit of armour out of solid steel and schemed revenge for twenty years; The Boat-Dwellers - wonderful photo-illustrated article on the thousands of British families who live on boats; "R.N.-W.M.P - The Riders of the Plains - authoritative stories of some of their exploits; Strange Stories of the War, including "Maroc", mascot of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; On the Borders of Tibet, Part VI - article with amazing photos; The Trouble at Punta Gorda - a planter's struggle with drink-crazed labourers in British Honduras; Circumstantial Evidence - the October 4th, 1900 tragedy at Rochester University, New York state; Historic Crimes and Mysteries; Railway Building in the Wilderness, Part II - fantastic photo-illustrated article on the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad through the Canadian Rockies; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with openings to bottom of backstrip. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Everybody, October 1917, Vol. XXXIX, No. 234 - The Human Tank Tong Royal North-West Mounted Police of Canada Inspector W.J. Beyts Sergeant Calkin Six Skulls, Part II (sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings";The Reform. Illustrated by Evison, G.Henry; Henry, Thomas; Wright, Frank; Gillett, F.;Wood, Stanley L.; Coller, Hy (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 180-262 plus 16 pages of ads. This is a particularly excellent issue jammed full of fascinating accounts. Features: Terrible Experiences in the Arctic - a whaling schooner is crushed by ice and its crew exists on moss and snow for nearly a week; Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny - he avenged the killing of his employer, an English officer; The Trade Guilds of Constantinople - article with truly amazing photos; The Yaqui Luck-Piece; My Brumby Hunt; When Everything Happened to Me - hauling timber in the 1870s; Salving (Salvaging) Fifty Million Pounds' Worth of Shipping - fantastic photo-illustrated article on some of the 500 ships saved by the Admiralty Salvage Section in WWI; The Sun Dance - photo-illustrated account of a trip to Alberta, Canada to witness the Sun Dance, an annual festival of the Indians; My Dashes fro Freedom - Lieut. E.H. Garland's account of how he escaped from 12 German prison camps in WWI - article with illustrations and photos of the Holzminden Tunnel; ; In Search of Gold - John A. Jordan in East Africa; Our Disastrous Cattle Drive - tale of an horrific Australian cattle drive; Fascinating photo of a "Tramps' Hotel" in the fashion of a jail - they are required to break a quantity of rock for use in road construction before they can leave; The Kaiser's Girls - a tale of 'amazing political intrique and cold-blooded devilry' from German-occupied Russia; The Serpent Garden of Butantan, near Sao Paulo, Brazil - photo-illustrated article; My 'Roo (Kangaroo) Hunt with the 'Flying Gang' - hunting on the banks of the Murray River; With the Ortolan Trappers - photo-illustrated article on how these birds were caught; and more. Half-page photo ad for the Granliden Hotel of Lake Sunapee, N.H.; Lovely illustrated one-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines - "Shooting the Rapids of the Historic St. Lawrence in 1819"; Uncommon ad for "Tobacco Redeemer" by Newell Pharmacal inside back cover claims to help smokers kick the habit in 48 to 72 hours. Covers detached as one, but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Everybody, July, 1919, Vol. XLIII, No. 255: Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny Turkey Holzminden Tunnel Snakes Terrible Experiences in the Arctic - a whaling schooner is crushed by ice and its crew exists on moss. Illustrated by Evison, G. Henry; Somerfield, Thomas; Thomas, W.E.; Bates,Leo; Wigfull, W.E.; Reynolds, Warwick; Peddie, Tom; Boyer, Jacques;Prater, E.; (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 485-577, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: With the Dynamite Squad - among warring factions in Mexico; A Sportsman in the Wilds - an African hunting trip; When the "Norther" Broke - windstorms off the west coast of South America; James "Jimmy" Inness of Juneau, Alaska and his feud against bears; Jimmy's Bear; Curiosities of the Holy Land - part I - peasant life in Palestine - many sensational photos; An Unexecuted Sentence - George Singer was condemned to be hanged; Harnessing a Million Gallons - a farmer builds a reservoir in South Africa; A Prisoner of the Gitanos - author was a prisoner of gipsies for six months; Lost in the Everglades; The Wanderings of an Entertainer, Part II - Robert Ganthony; My Escape from Venezuela - what happened to an Englishman who meddled in the politics of this nation; Odds and Ends. Average wear. Binding intact. Bit of clear tape at each end of spine. A sound copy of this wonderful issue. Somerfield, T.; Reynolds, Warwick; Wigfull, W.E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Burton, H.M.; Soper, George; Pape, Frank; Evans, Treyver; Evison, G. Henry (illustrator).…