G E Wilford (6 results)

Condition: Very Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Tuesday, May 26 (holiday SALE item)* 195 pp., hardcover, minor library markings else text clean & binding tight. Includes large color fold-out map in rear pocket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Economically, some of these caves are of particular interest because of their edible birds nests, deposits of guano and, in a few places, traces of gold. The origin of limestone caves appears to be related to past fluctuations in the water table, and consequently provide evidence of sea level changes that took place in former times. Small loss of surface to front cover otherwise very good throughout. viii, 181pp. well illustrated in black and white, together with separate publication list. Book size 253x195mm.

4To Hardcover. Condition: Good. 254pp. Gray boards, black spine, black and golden lettering. Staplebound softcover. Text and photography is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners. Includes two colored geological maps inside pocket on inner back board. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and cornerwear, foxing on inner boards, endpapers and textblock edges, pageblush throughout.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Chase, Francis (cover); Cordrey, Earl; Eng, Fred; Wilford, Loren; Pachner, WilliamBrown, Elmore; Mullin, Willard; Barnum, Jay Hyde (illustrator). First Edition. 90 pages. Fiction: Chicago Stopover; Challenge to Romance; Reprieve; Murder Haunts the Ship; Make Way for Uncle Freem!; The Secret. Articles: The Great Landlord Racket; Uneasy Ireland; USA - Peacemaker Among the Powers; Whoop-and Holler Opera; There's Money in the River - cargo on the Mississippi; What Shall I Wear?; Time Bomb in Asia - Ralph A. Conniston looks at troubled Japan; Luck Guides the Puck -ice hockey goalies need plenty of luck and skill; First Lady of France - Mme. de Gaulle. Ads: Nice color GE Radio ad features Frances Langford; International Harvester Trucks/Tractors/Equipment; Mercury cars; Fantastic color two-page Schlitz beer ad features puckered lady; Dodge Trucks; Great 2-page color ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Douglas DC-6; Hudson cars; Packard cars; The Cessna 140; Clark's Teaberry Gun; Lucky Strike (back cover). Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Prater, Ernest; Brock, H.M.; Wightman, W.E.; Peddie, T.H.; Inns, Kenneth; Moorsom, F.G.; Sutcliff, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Lloyd, Stanley; (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Cycling Round the World - Part I - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years travelling over 20,000 miles on his own!; Akimaldo's Great Idea - A story which proves West Africans have a sense of humour "even if in a somewhat perverted form"; The Girl Stowaway of the 'Cecilie' - Part I - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; The "Teak-Wallahs" of Northern Siam - A fascinating photo-illustrated look at the teak industry of northern Siam; Two Men and a Donkey - Part III - The adventures of two young artists walking from the South of France to Spain; Europeans Walk Through Fire! - An amazing photo-illustrated account of two Europeans who traversed white-hot coals barefoot with Hindu devotees, emerging apparently unscathed!; Hide-and-Seek With a Lion - A rare time when a can opener saved a life; All in the Day's Work - J.A. Browne, a policeman at Antler, Manitoba, heads out to gather a tough character - with photo of Browne; The Secret Pass - "Slippery" Wiley continues his misdeeds in the West Australia goldfields; The Yok San Mystery - Ning Wo solves another puzzling mystery in the Malay States; The Avenger of Blood - A curious case of Eskimo blood-vengeance from Alaska; "The Land of Opportunity" - Part II - Arthur W. Upfield provides readers with an idea of what lies in store if they elect to 'try their luck' in Australia, with photos; An African Man-Hunt - E.E. Stuart-Reid chased a rogue native constable of the Northern Rhodesia Police through the forest for three weeks; 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. Square inch of loss to upper corner of front cover. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Pp. xix, 254; 32 text-figures (geological maps and diagrams - some in color), 31 tables, 51 black-and-white photo-plates and geological diagrams, 2 colored geological maps on scales of 1:50,000 and 1:125,000 loose in a pocket inside the back cover. One-quarter dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, over light blue paper-covered boards, lettered in black on the front cover, lg 8vo (10 x 7.5 inches). This monograph presents a detailed well-illustrated geological survey of the western part of Sarawak. This is Memoir 3 of the Geological Survey Department, British Territories in Borneo. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Front endpaper and half-title page only show some foxing, cloth pocket edges inside the back cover show wear, text and plates are very bright and clean; a tight copy in very good condition.