Frank E Hayter (7 results)

Condition: Fair. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 271 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth boards with a black leather spine. Black and white photographic plates. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Detached plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. One plate is partly detached facing p.144, one plate torn facing p208. Boards have moderate shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are notably crushed. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are notably bowed. Book has a prominent forward lean. Moderate water marks to boards and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are edge worn, with the cloth lightly frayed along the top and bottom edges of the spine. Aside from this, the boards are strong and square. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are crisp and complete though ever so slightly tanned throughout. The binding is sound. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Original green cloth with very light wear, spine titles slightly rubbed with slight mark, inner front hinge starting, otherwise near very good indeed. No jacket.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Original cloth lightly marked, boards very slightly bowed, slight foxing to fore-edge, otherwise very good. No jacket.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.

, 1-272 pages, contains 35 half tone illustrations library First Edition , ex library, occasional library stamp in margins, slip on the rear free endpaper, slightly rubbed, back cover joint torn for about 2.5 cm, corners of the front and back covers scuffed, fair condition , red cloth with gilt title on the spine , octavo, 21.5 x 14.5 cm Hardback ISBN: