Leonard Bethell (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Large quarto, hardcover, light wear to spine extremities of beige boards else VG. A Pictorial History with Text by Burkhart Schneider, S.J. B/w photographs by Leonard Von Matt, illustrating the 21 Councils of the First Christian Millennium in the East, with accompanying text by Burkhart Schneider (translated by Ruth Mary Bethell). Pp.20 text/48 with 89b/w plates. Von Matt, Leonard, photographer (illustrator). Book. …

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). (1932) 1941 reprint. Small 8vo (122 x 183mm). Ppviii,273. Blue cloth, gilt titles to black spine label. Signature to front end-paper. Very slight browning, internally clean. Lacks dust-wrapper. This is an interesting and exciting collection of tales and reminiscences from assorted corners of the British Empire. The articles first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine. Chapter 6 is about 'Mist, salmon and crocodiles.' .…

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: 12 volumes ; 18 cm. Subjects: Nouvelles; Short stories. 1 Kg.…

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1933). 1933 1st edition. Small 8vo (123 x 184mm). Ppvi,310. Blue cloth, gilt titles to brown spine-label. Quite used and slightly foxed. Good only. This is an interesting and exciting collection of sporting tales and reminiscences from assorted corners of the Indian Empire. The articles first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine. Big game, maneaters, pig sticking, observations of the lives of the natives and one - rather incongruous - chapter by Horace Hutchinson, entitled 'A New Method with the Dry Fly'. .…

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: 12 volumes ; 18 cm. Subjects: Nouvelles; Short stories. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Fair. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 442 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1933). 1933 1st edition. Small 8vo (123 x 184mm). Ppvi,310. Blue cloth, gilt titles to brown spine-label. End-papers browned but a good-plus copy. A collection of humorous tales from the British colonies. Includes a chapter on a mahseer fishing expedition in the Punjab - "Weights and Scales" by "Pousse Cailloux," a pen-name used by the series editor. . …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 285p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Short stories, Scottish. 1 Kg. …

Condition: dust jacket (good). 1961 64 pages illustrated.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 285p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Short stories, Scottish. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo.pp.332. Fiction. The first two chapters were reissued in Blackwood's Tales from the Outpost. VIII. Jungle Tales in 1934. POUSSE CAILLOUX is the pseudonym of Lt-Col Leonard Arthur Bethell 1879-1950 (Indian Army.) Original publisher's binding of dark green cloth with black lettering. Very good-minus. Remains of Boots Book-Lovers Library label on cover & pastedown. Slight wear to spine hinges.…

Condition: Good. A good clean sound copy of the First Edition with just an unfortunate blemish to the bottom right hand corner, publishers cloth. 8vo.vi.332pps no ownership marks.[The first two chapters were reissued in Blackwood' Tales from the Outpost. VIII. Jungle Tales in 1934].