Howells Victor (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st ed. HC. Owners name/date in pen on ffep else VG+ wi/light wear at heel of spine in about VG DW wi/a couple small back panel splits; light-mod. spine end wear & edge soiling that detracts lightly.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in dust jacket with one short tear, 180 pp., with 13 drawings by the author, 29 photographs and 1 map, index.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket (c). First Edition. Copyright Date: 1956 Octavo, , Pp.180, Very Good In Edge Worn And Chipped Jacket With Light Soil. B & W Photos And Illustrations (illustrator).

Wraps. 40 pages of ads at rear of magazine. Conents incluide: A Serenade at Siskiyou, by Owen Wister; Part VIII (conclusion) of Trilby, by Geroge due Maurier; Stubble and Slough in Dakota by Frederic Remington, A Vista in Central Park, by Brander Matthews; The Inn of San Jacinto, by Zoe Dana Underhill and more. Tan illustrated wraps with some small tears on the edges. Signed by previous owner on the front. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Frederic Remington, W.T. Smedley, Victor Berstrom, W. Hamilton Gibson, T. de Thulstrup and more (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 180 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Black cloth with faded lettering. B&W photographs throughout. Clean pages. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine and board edges. Boots booklovers library sticker to front board. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London: Andrew Melrose, 1956. First Edition. Near FIne/Very Good. Clean black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 13 drawings by the author, 29 photographs and one map. 180 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight edgewear and one small closed tear at top of rear panel (under 1/2"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Natural History.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Address label on back. Contents: Grundset, Virginia enters the eighteenth century, part two: colonial muster rolls, ca. 1701 and 1702. Little, A pay roll for Captain Jonathan Clark's company of the 8th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. Little, Accomack County tobacco list, 1725. Howells, The wives and family of David Barwick Jr. Liles, 1800 personal property tax list, Russell County. Hamilton, The will of Robert Turner, Charles City County. Chiarello, George Harrison Sanford King's card file. Little, 1785 state census, Botetourt County. Dunn, Frederick Parish, Frederick County, Virginia, vestry book, 1764-1818. Little, War of 1812 service, Rockingham County. 9.0" tall; 86 pages.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. covered - very good. Hardcover. Minor wear to the covered dust jacket. Little cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding. ** WE SHIP DAILY (Mon-Fri) ** Free Tracking Information.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 180 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Spine mildly sunned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Out of print.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Natural History, Middle East) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; 180 pp, illustrations from photos and full-page drawings by the author, map, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (chipped, tear at edge, not price clipped), signature in pencil on endpaper, else clean, very good. The author describes the insects, animals, reptiles, fish, flowers, scenery as well as Arab tales based on his travels in the area over a nine month period. The appendices include geography, climatic factors that influence animals, animal and bird migration. A picture of this book is available on request. …

Full Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated by photographs, maps, and drawings. This is the record of the nine months that Victor Howells spent wandering the wastes of the Negeb desert. He describes some of the feasts and celebrations of the Arabs in that area as well as the local insects, animals, reptiles, flowers, fish, and scenery. Designed for the layman and not the scientist, this book is a fascinating story written by a sharp-eyed naturalist. Dust Jacket is lightly soiled with some shelf-wear. Book is bumped on the top and bottom of the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Howells, Victor (illustrator). Hardcover.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. Hardback. With dust jacket. First Edition.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 180pp., b/w pls., text ills., map, appends., bibliog., index, Nice crisp copy in like unclipped dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 40 pages. Features: Hard-to-believe colour photo ad for an International Delivery truck inside front cover looks like a cross between a banana and a toaster; Net Results (short story); The Truth About the Bren Gun Article - feedback after the storm of controversey which resulted when Maclean's printed an article by Lieut.-Col. George Drew describing "the most abominable contract that could possibly have been imagined" - includes photos of many of the main players; Overload (short story); Britain Accepts Conscription - part of Beverley Baxter's update from London; Sea Room (short story); Edward Johnson of Guelph (part 2) - with indomitable will he conquered music, strange tongues and life's tragedy in his determined invasion of the operatic world - article with photos; Ribuck! (short story); Hot Dogs - how to help your pet during a heat wave; Nice Coke ad on back cover features young couple heading to a soda fountain, with photo of soda jerk inserted. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Malcolm, Scott: (Cover Photo); Eldridge, Harold; LaSalle, Charles; Mawicke, Tran; Taylor, Weston; Easley, Joe (illustrator).…