Flaherty Robert, First Edition (42 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good/Fine. 1st Printing. Fawcett Premier M573. An unusual oblong paperback (spine is on the short edge). Very light wear along the edges of the wraps and a sticker ghost on the bottom right corner of the front cover.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First paperback printing. Biography of this filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature length documentary film, the classic silent film 'Nanook of the North,' in 1922. He sought out adventures which inspired his movies.Illustrated with scenes from the films and photographs of the director at work. Several appendices, index. 304 pp. Very good (usual toning to the pages, some rubbing to the covers.).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. MULTIPLE COPIES AVAILABLE. Brand New never used. Possible minor shelf wear only. Ships same or next business day via USPS Media Mail or Canada Post Expedited.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Illustrated by Flaherty, Robert (illustrator). First Edition. Flaherty's career is followed through its many stages, beautifully illustrated with his own camera-work. Films covered are Nanook, Moana, Man of Aran, Elephant Boy, Luisiana Story and The Land. 165 pages; four 1/4" chip missing from dust jacket top, dj bottom spine bumped (in mylar) ; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2".

Condition: Good. 1971. First printing. Unpaginated. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Colour photographs throughout. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. moderate wear to jacket, otherwise a nice, clean, gently used copy, quarto, stated first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback book in very good condition,dust jacket is good,edgewear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 56 pages. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD; Pencil drawing on rear cover, otherwise very clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 90 pp., Illus, Orig Orange Illus Hardback, Oblong 8vo, VG in lightly soiled DJ with edge tearouts, 1st ed (Stated).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. [32pp], mostly stills from the classic film "Nanook of the North". Good in worn and chipped jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Stan Sowinski (illustrator). Limited Edition. 4to. Pp. ix, [2], 3-175 followed by several color plates by Stan Sowinski. Richly illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs and print matter. Maps. With a note on contributors. Bound in textured cloth with gilt artwork stamped on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. The prospectus is laid in, as well as an order form and an article on the death of the widow of author Max Miller, a contributor here and the author of I Cover the Waterfront. Of an edition limited to 500 copies, the limitation is stricken and noted in manuscript pen: "Presentation copy." Several of the entries are signed by the authors. A bright, fresh copy of the annual, this issue being the "Bicentennial Year" issue featuring articles on early efforts by the British to establish a consulate in California, the history of Fort Piute, the evolution of the University of San Diego, Father Lasuen's 1783 report on the Mission San Diego, historian-journalist Max Miller, the Molokan Russian Colony of Guadalupe, Santa Catarina de Las Yumas, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Edmund Carpenter (illustrator). First Edition. dj (price clipped) worn, dusty and frayed on edges, orange boards illustrated and lettered in blue, edges slightly faded, illustrations (and afterword) by EDMUND CARPENTER, inscription on flyleaf, endpapers and foredges lightly foxed, oblong 8vo, 95pp. Edited by Edmund Carpenter. In 1902 Comock led his starving family across the frozen sea to an island rumored to be rich in game . Robert Flaherty is the maker of the documentary "Nanook of the North".

first edition 315pp VG (sl.soiled w.minor wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,owner's name to top edge,cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,sunned,chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8 x 6", light blue cloth, 315pp, cover rubbed and heavily white-spotted (especially spine), extremities bumped and worn, former owner's inkstamp and date on front fly, eps unevenly toned, contents good, in an extremity-worn, spine-darkened, lightly soiled dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Canadian Arctic region.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 315pp. Bookplate, bit of a spine slant, else a clean, tight, VG copy in a good dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good in Wraps. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Original Wraps. Light shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed pictorial wraps. Small fo. 96pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Robert Flaherty (illustrator). 1st Edition. Scribner's, New York, 1937. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine in Good+ DJ. First Edition. dust jacket with two chips else good under mylar brodart. the book is bright and clean. Red gilt pictorial cloth, gilt lettering and decorative elements, top of text block dyed dark gray. 8vo. 136pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Illustrated throughout with photographs taken by director Robert Flaherty's wife on the set of "Elephant Boy." This is effectively a photo diary (with strong text) during the filming. Note these travel saga was written during the famous production of the Robert Flaherty and Alexander Korda Elephant Boy Film shot on location in India starring Sabu the Elephant Boy who was an actual elephant boy in the stables of a Maharaja in Mysore, Sabu learned English during the film, being limited to his native Hindi or Tamil during the filming. There was a Faber and Faber edition the same year, this edition has the Scribners A meaning this is a true 1st edition unlike most others. Preface by John Collier.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . Hardback. First Scribners printing as designated by letter A on copyright page. Book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good to Near Fine condition. Price clipped Dustjacket is in Very Good plus condition with just very slight edgewear. The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. Photos on request. This book is The Captain's chair. A story of the North. Original 1938 Scribners First Edition. No Signature.

8vo. 314, [2] pp. Maps on endpapers. Blue-green cloth, blue lettrng (vry mnr rubbng hd & ft of spine, slght dustsoilng), w/ d.j. (chppng hd & ft of spine), VG/G, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition of these epic tales of Captain William Grant annd his voyages in the ship, Eskimo, which sailed once a year into Hudson Bay from England, made into a 1938 British film. The author is best known for his portrayal of Eskimos in the Nanook of the North film (1933).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Some moderate foxing to edges; jacket somewhat soiled and edge-worn {now neat in archival mylar sleeve). Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Endpaper maps. 314pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Softcover. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Very Good+ in wraps.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 165 pages; Physical desc. : xxii, 165 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subject: Flaherty, Robert Joseph (1884-1951) . Documentary films - Production and direction. 3 Kg.

Condition: very good. 1st UK Edition. 315,[1]pp. Small Octavo in original green cloth with front endpaper map. very good A novel by the author and director of well known Nanook of the North. His first Novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good copy of this signed first edition. Inscription from Flaherty on title page. Boards have light edge wear and some 'bubbling' around spine (see photo). Light foxing to first few pages, otherwise text is very good; clear and unmarked. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st. Uncommon. Turquoise cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Boards are generally in good order, just a little grubby. Slight bumping to corners. Spine is faded with bumping to ends. Slightly cocked. Textblock is in good condition, tanned, but clean and tight. Some foxing to endpages, not extending as far as the textblock. 304 pp + adverts. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 551g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 026445:1-G5) Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall Language: ENG 551 G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine First Edition in a Near Fine unclipped DJ.inscribed and signed by the author to the half title,' J E Waller with many thanks'. Boards are lightly rubbed but square and sharp although the spine is bubbling which appears to be a common trait with this title. Textblock is bright, tight & clean. DJ has some light wear to the edges and is a little darkened to the spine. This is an exceptionally good signed copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 165 pages; Physical desc. : xxii, 165 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subject: Flaherty, Robert Joseph (1884-1951) . Documentary films - Production and direction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book is bound in bright blue boards with bright gilt letters on the spine. There is very, very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. There is a previous owner's ink dedication on the front end paper, dated 1939. The contents are clean & unmarked and the binding is tight. States: "First Published 1939" on the verso. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. Aqua colored cloth with black cover and spine lettering. Map end papers. Unclipped dust jacket. Flaherty was an explorer and film maker who explored sub-arctic Canada from 1910 to 1916 and made his famous documentary film Nanook of the North in 1922. Contents clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.