Foreword Selous (9 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. xxx, 356pp, index, bw ills. Or boards in jacket. As new. Facsimile edition appearing as Volume 1 in the Library of African Adventure series. Selous is acknowledged as one of the greatest of the African big game hunters. This book was originally written and published at the request of Teddy Roosevelt. Size: 8vo. Caldwell, E. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. Reprint. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. There are closed tears, and a small sticker scuff mark. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally, pen inscription. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. r*17/09/2026. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Jacket is rubbed and marked.This book is signed by Peter Stiff and the artist Francis Latigan after the publisher foreword page.Well bound.[Restored]04-07-2019. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Second printing 1908. Nice copy. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. No dust jacket. E. Caldwell (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. School prize label on front endpaper. Lacking the folding map at the rear. 1 plate detached. Creasing to one of the folding maps. Creasing to the free endpapers. All illustrations present.; 359, [1] pages + frontispiece + 84 illustrations + 4 of 5 maps ( 3 folding). Charcoal cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. School gilt stamp on front board (Otago Boys High School). Page dimensions: 194 x 127mm.; 8vo.…

T.Fisher Unwin. London. 1914. Third Impression. Hardback. No DW. Illustrated black cloth. All plates and maps present. 359pp including appendices and index. Generally a clean and sound copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1907 at title page. No additional printings denoting a first edition from MacMillan; true first printing of October, 1907. Large heavy volume measuring approx. "5 3/4 x 8 1/2". Dark green buckram (cloth) boards, crisp gilt spine titles with three bands and decorative dentell, moderate shelf, corner wear, bump. Appears to be a high quality re-bind of some variety and also near contemporary to 1907. Pages generally very good; couple small areas of discoloration at few leaves. Moderate fairly faint fox to exterior text block. Light green floral endpapers. Label inside back cover apparently for lending but without any dates penned; stamp on this states: "Purchased from library." No other stamps, labels or indications. Ominous frontispiece of lion's heads on black b.g.: "Heads of Eight Lions Shot by the Author in British East Africa". String-bind good, square; hinges reinforced as original to this binding. Rare near very good first printing with unique cover. Profusely illustrated with photographs throughout. Features a preface by the author and foreword by F. C. Selous. Appendix at back with details on hunting in Africa for the sportsman. An account by a railway engineer working in East Africa at the turn of the century of his encounters with man-eating lions. Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, Breadstreet Hill, E. C., and Bungay, Suffolk. 339 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First Edition, October, 1907. Reprinted November, 1907." Rare second printing from first year of publication. The original larger heavy volume measuring approx. 6" x 8 3/4". Navy cloth boards, gilt cover design and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, rub. Front cover features dynamic roaring lion in gilt with circular borders. Pages generally near fine, clean; toning, fox inside cover. Stylish antiquarian signature in fountain pen at front endpaper: "Alan W. Robinson." Ominous frontispiece, with sharp original tissue guard, of lion's heads on black b.g.: "Heads of Eight Lions Shot by the Author in British East Africa". Gilded top edge of text block. Bind good, light cant. Rare near very good second printing from first year of publication. Profusely illustrated with photographs throughout. Features a preface by the author and foreword by F. C. Selous. Appendix at back with details on hunting in Africa for the sportsman. An account by a railway engineer working in East Africa at the turn of the century of his encounters with man-eating lions. Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, Breadstreet Hill, E. C., and Bungay, Suffolk. 339 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1907 at title page. No additional printings denoting a first edition from MacMillan; true first printing of October, 1907. The original larger heavy volume measuring approx. 6" x 8 3/4". Navy cloth boards, crisp gilt cover design and spine titles, moderate shelf, corner wear, bump. Front cover features dynamic roaring lion in gilt with circular borders. Protected in (unadhered) thick clear sleeve. Pages generally very good; moderate toning at endps., few small areas of discoloration at several leaves. Ominous frontispiece of lion's heads on black b.g.: "Heads of Eight Lions Shot by the Author in British East Africa". Bind good, square; hinges intact. Rare near very good first printing. Profusely illustrated with photographs throughout. Features a preface by the author and foreword by F. C. Selous. Appendix at back with details on hunting in Africa for the sportsman. An account by a railway engineer working in East Africa at the turn of the century of his encounters with man-eating lions. Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, Breadstreet Hill, E. C., and Bungay, Suffolk. 339 pages. Insured post. Intriguing antiquarian pictorial bookplate at front pastedown with classic old font: "G. W. Hamilton Cumming." Side-by-side above name is a tree growing from a fleur-de-lis crown with word "Through" running through it and Latin motto below: "Requiesco Sub Umbra" or, "I Rest Under the Shade." Next to this is large bunch of upright bound wheat with the word "Courage" below. Small bookseller's black label with gold lettering above this: "Frederick R. Jones, 'Adwell,' Torre Torquay, And at 20 Victoria Parade, Beacon Quay." Fountain pen signature adjacent at front blank endpaper: "A. Hawkins, Croyde Hoe, Torquay." Torquay is a 'traditional British seaside' resort and a vibrant, cheerful town. Set at the very heart of the English Riviera on the South Devon Coast, it is famous for sandy beaches, family attractions and genteel Victorian appearance. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. …