Hives Frank (27 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ballantine F575. Light creases to the spine. Owner's initials on the first page. A little wear to the edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. In a white and pink soft cover with black titles to spine and front. 192 pp. The book is in fair condition. There is moderately heavy shelf-wear to the extremities of the cover, with light tanning, especially to the spine and the trace of a price label to the top corner of the front. The front flap is price clipped. The cover is detached from the text block. There is tanning to the extremities of the pages. There is minor creasing and bruising to the bottom corner of the first four leaves. Otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked.

209, (1) S., 1 Bl. Gr.-8°. Orig.-Leinenband. - Sehr guter Zustand. * (Ein Titel aus unserem Online-Katalog "Geographie - Afrika").

210 SS. Gr.-8°. OLn. Stempel und Widmung auf Vorsatz. Vorsatzblatt entfernt. Ansonsten aber gut. Kainbacher 177. Aufgrund der von der Europäischen Union erlassenen EPR-Handels-Erschwernisse kann in folgende Länder KEIN VERSAND mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Polen, Österreich, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien. Sollte eine deutsche Lieferadresse möglich sein, kann an diese aber problemlos geliefert werden! * * * due to EPR-Restrictions NO SHIPPING to Austria, Bulgaria, Danmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia and Spain * * * Sprache: Deutsch 749 gr.

first edition thus [cheap edition] 254pp [b/w frontis.] VG (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cocked) lacks d/w.

Orange Cloth. Condition: Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Cheap Edition. Cheap Edition, xi + 254pp , 18 illustrations & map, orange cloth spine faded, o/w good, Bodley Head, 1933. * Life in the remote hinterland at the turn of the 20th century - fascinating reading. With two non intrusive bookplates: Syracuse University Library and ex-libris: Harris N. Cookingham.

209 S., OLeinen mit OUmschlag, Gr.-8° (U. etw. Randläsuren, halb entferntes Exl., gut erhalten) 820 gr. Buch.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The Wide World Magazine: The Magazine for Men - December 1929 - No. 380, Vol. 64. Uncommon British monthly magazine/journal. Several contributors, including Nemo, Frank Hives, Anton Hauptmann, Elliot Bailey, James Vance Marshall, John Gibbons, & several others. Cover story is "The Taxi-Cab Murder Mystery", by "Nemo", & illustrated by Ernest Prater. This mystery is set in Western Australia. The introduction notes it's "the story of one of the most remarkable crimes in the annals of the Western Australian police". Numerous b&w illustrations & photographs throughout, plus many wonderful classic vintage advertisements. Includes b&w frontispiece. Great front cover artwork by W.C. Nicolson. Front & rear covers printed in colour. Printed & published in Great Britain. "The Wide World Magazine was a British monthly illustrated publication which ran from April 1898 to December 1965. The magazine was founded by well-known publisher George Newnes, also famous for Tit-Bits, The Strand Magazine, Country Life & others. It described itself as 'an illustrated magazine of true narrative' & each month purported to feature 'true-life' adventure & travel stories gathered from around the world. Its motto was 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Some famous names occasionally wrote for the magazine, & it was copiously illustrated with photographs, as well as black & white drawings." Staplebound pictorial wraps. NOTE: A FAIR to GOOD COPY ONLY. Much handling wear, soiling & wear & creasing to covers & spine, covers almost detached, insect nibbling & staining & rubbing to rear cover, mild foxing, slight rippling to pages, staples rusting, otherwise a solid complete softcover copy. Internally VERY GOOD. 87-168pp + 32pp vintage advertisements. Uncommon. SB-29.

München, Drei Masken Verlag, o. J. Olwd., 209 S. - Ebd. fleckig - sonst gut erhalten. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Deutsch.

Tlw. etw. stockfleckig.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Includes previous owner's signatures. Physical description; xi, 254 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map, ports ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Ethnology Nigeria. Fetishism. Fetishism Nigeria. Nigeria Description and travel. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

HardBack. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition, very rare, by the author of 'Ju-Ju and Justice in Nigeria'. Ivory cover shows b&w photo of author wearing pin-stripe shirt, kerchief, hat and mustache. Title in black with price 'Ten Shillings and Sixpence Net' at bottom. Dust jacket in good condition with minor wear at head and tail of spine, unclipped and protected in plastic cover. Rich blue boards with title gold embossed across very top of cover and on spine, lightly bumped. Blue top edge, pages clean, tiny chunk taken out of bottom of front end paper. Binding tight, 228pp.

Deutsche EA. Gr.8°. (1931). Erste Auflage, 209 S., 1 Bl. OLeinen. Gering berieben und etwas bestoßen; teils etwas stockfleckig; Papier leicht gebräunt. Kainbacher , 177.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The book has light foxing but no significant wear and tear. The dust-jacket (in a removable plastic cover) has damage around the edges, with a few small bits missing (and one larger one at the top of the spine), and is also faded on the spine and part of the front.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Includes previous owner's signatures. Physical description; xi, 254 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map, ports ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Ethnology Nigeria. Fetishism. Fetishism Nigeria. Nigeria Description and travel. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 192 pages 18 cm. Subjects; Hives, Frank. Ethnology Nigeria. Fetishism. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-toned only, as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xi, 254 p., [17] leaves of plates : front. (port.), map, photos. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Ethnology - Nigeria. Fetishism - Nigeria. Nigeria - Description and travel. Aro. Divination. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 192 pages 18 cm. Subjects; Hives, Frank. Ethnology Nigeria. Fetishism. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-toned only, as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xi, 254 p., [17] leaves of plates : front. (port.), map, photos. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Ethnology - Nigeria. Fetishism - Nigeria. Nigeria - Description and travel. Aro. Divination. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

209 S. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. - "Die folgenden Geschichten sind von meinem Freund und Kameraden Frank Hives erzählt worden, und ich fand sie so interessant, daß ich sie niedergeschrieben habe, teils nach seinen Worten, teils nach seinen Notizen. Es handelt sich um wahre Begegnungen, und die vorkommenden Personen hat Hives selbst gekannt." (Einleitung). - Papierbedingt gebräunt, stellenw. etw. fleckig, teils Anstreichungen in Bleistift. Vorsatz und Buchinnendeckel mit eingekl. OU und Zeitungskopie. *** *** Copyright: Matthaeus TRUPPE Buchhandlung & Antiquariat - Stubenberggasse 7 - A-8010 Graz - ++43 (0)316 - 829552 *** *** Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 600 Gr.-8°. OLwd. (kl. Gebrssprn., fleckig, gebräunt).

LeatheBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 270. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1932 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 270.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very scarce with dust jacket. Hardback in Very Good condition with a Very Good jacket. Blue boards, bumped, clean, 286 pages, previous owner's name and date to fep, otherwise clean. Clipped jacket has slight edge wear with small chips to head and toe of the spine, surfaces clean, now protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. Price includes standard postage worldwide.

aus dem Umschlagtext: "An der Westküste Afrikas, ., liegt igeria. Im Innern diese Gebietes trieb noch vor zwei Jahrzehnten die Priester- und Häuptlingskaste der Aros ihr Wesen. Intelligent, grausam, macht- und besitzgierig beherrschten sie kraft eines Fetischkultes , des Ju-Ju-Götzendienstes mit seinen grausigen Menschenopfern und blutigen Orakeln die abergläubische Bevölkerung. Diesen Zuständen mußte Frank Hives, einer der Kolonialpioniere, die ihr schicksalreiches Leben unter den Wilden zugebracht haben, im Namen der britischen Justiz zu Leibe gehen. . Seine Berichte vom großen Kamalu-Ju-Ju, von Gespensterglauben, Frauenhäusern, Schlangen- und Krokodilzauber und von den Kultfesten, die zu ekstatischen Orgien werden, umgeben uns mit der mystischen Welt des dunklen Erdteils, ."; Leineneinband mit Schutzumschlag, Format 15,5 x 23 cm guter Zustand, Schutzumschlag mit Fehlstelle de 210 S. 550 g.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

8°. XI, 254 S., 3 Bll. mit 13 ganzs. Taf., dav. e. Karte. Rotes OLn. mit goldgeprägten Deckel- u. Rückentitel. Rücken etwas lichtrandig, innen vereinzelt leicht stockfleckig, sonst gut ehalten. Erstausgabe. Im Vorwort schreibt Gascoigne Lumley: "The term ju-ju means the same as fetish, or obeah. It is not a native African word, but it derived from the French jeu, a play; though of course it is more than a play, it is religion."(VI). Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Holloway, Cyril; Tresilian, S.; Peddie, T.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Goss, G.W.; Prater, Ernest; Williams, Fleming; Bendall, C.; Sindall, A.W. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 87-168 plus 32 pages of nice vintage advertisements. Features: The Queer Side of Things - The Haunted Rest-House - an occult story from West Africa; In the Hands of the Bedouin - part I of Anton Hauptmann's story; Hitting the Iron Trial - part I of the author's train-hopping adventure from Vancouver, British Columbia to New York before he carried on to England; Update on the "Harpist of Alexandria", made famous in the July 1928 issue of this publication; The "Fool Afoot" in Italy - part II; "Lo! The Poor Indian" - An amusing account of the ways and wiles of the Red men of British Columbia - with photos; The Taxi-Cab Murder Mystery - one of the most remarkable crimes in the annals of the West Australian Police; The Elephant-Slayer - an amusing story from Kenya colony in 1905-6; A Weighty Problem - young Captain Gillon and the vessel Saragossa; Piano Tuner Kenneth J. McCombie's Adventure; In a Hole - the author fell into a hole at a New Mexico gravel pit; "Wide World" Sequels; The "Fleet of the Lost" - great article about the old windjammers residing at Alameda, on the shores of San Francisco Bay - article with nice photos; Man and his Needs; House and Garden; Stamps of the World. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1930). 8vo. Or. cl. (XII, 254, 6pp.). With portr., and 18 illusts. 1st ed. Previous owner's name on front fly-leaf, some minor foxing, otherwise a fine and complete copy. NOTE: The author also wrote "The Journal of a Jackeroo", Lond. 1930, describing his pioneering adventures in Queensland, Australia.