Mrs Jebb (60 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue boards with gilt lettering and pictorials on front and rear. Corners are bumped as are head and tail of spine. Some soiling/fade. Flowered end papers are stamped with previous owners names(discreet). A rousing adventure including adventures in the Far East, and in the American West - travels through the Rockies, mining adventures, hunting trips on the plains, clashes with Indians and outlaws, visits to Colorado and San Francisco.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 1894 Second Edition!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Pictorial Cover. Nearly Very Good. Fifth and Cheaper Edition. xxiii, 271 pages, frontispiece portrait, b/w illustrations, name on half-title page, slight soiling on covers. The incredible story of an eventful life of travels through the Rockies, encounters with Indians and outlaws, adventures in the Far East, mining adventures, coffee planting in Brazil and more.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . First edition, second impression. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, red pictorial cloth. Vg condition. Slight old moisture mottling and rubbing to upper spine and board edges. Moderate foxing to endpapers, contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight. 318 pp. Many photographic illustrations.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. No date. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. One of the Nelson Library of Notable Books series in pocket edition. 370pp + 14pp of publisher's advertisements and 8 b/w illustrations. Blue decorative boards with gilt lettering to spine. Brown imprint to feps where cutting inserted; spine has figure 58 in black ink below author's name.

Hardback. Condition: Good.

Pictorial Cloth. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed 349pp, frontis, pict. cloth vg+ 6-Guns #1162 scarce "Some western experiences with the lawless" - Adams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. T Fisher Unwin, 1909, first edition, second impression. Condition: Very Good. Clean copy - tight Harcover binding with clear complete text and illustrations. Inscribed by previous owner. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This unconventional collection of short stories delves into the untamed landscapes and forgotten corners of the American West, capturing the raw spirit of its inhabitants. The author paints a vivid portrait of a bygone era, where danger, resilience, and a touch of the unexpected collide. From a servant with an unquenchable thirst for mixed biscuits to a mine owner's surprising encounter with a young Englishman, each tale offers a glimpse into the lives of those who dared to venture into the unknown. Through their experiences, the book explores themes of deception, ambition, and the unyielding pursuit of fortune. Ultimately, it reveals the indomitable spirit of the human heart, capable of both great adventure and unexpected redemption in the face of adversity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 'A Strange Career : The Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb' W.Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. 1894. First edition. Decorated blue and gold hard cover and spine. 335 pages. Eleven-page introduction by H. Rider Haggard. The biography of a real-life adventurer who almost seems to have stepped from the pages of one of Haggard's novels. A friend of Haggard's, Jebb was an adventurer. Together they set off to find Montezuma's lost treasure, but had to cancel the hunt due to the death of Haggard's son. A great traveller all his life to Brazil and Mexico and many other places, but a poor businessman, a gold prospector, and other strange pursuits with his life often in danger. Jebb fought in the Civil War and was in on the opening of the Old West, both of which are extensively documented here. At one point, apparently, he even had possession of the keys to the hiding place of Montezuma's treasure. Will be dispatched within 48 hours of ordering.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxv, 335, frontispiece, illustrations (facsimile), 23 cm. Subjects: Jebb, John Beveridge Gladwyn 1841-1893; Travel; Mexico Description and travel; West United States; Colorado. 3 Kg.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. First American edition. Tan decorative cloth, designed and lettered in red and gilt. A bit of soiling to cloth at spine and edges of covers, inner front hinge a bit loose, a decent very good copy in general, quite attractive. The British edition was published by Blackwood in 1896. The story of an "unconventional" group of expatriates in Mexico. This looks to be fiction, but an earlier book, "A Strange Career", is a memoir of John Gladwyn Jebb; it has an introduction by H. Rider Haggard, in which Haggard states that he believed Jebb had the key to finding Montezuma's treasure.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxv, 335, frontispiece, illustrations (facsimile), 23 cm. Subjects: Jebb, John Beveridge Gladwyn 1841-1893; Travel; Mexico Description and travel; West United States; Colorado. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 271 pages. Illustrated by John Wallace. Intro by H. Rider Haggard. Fifth edtion. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Decorative greyish cloth with aqua endpapers. Tissue guard in nice shape over frontispiece illustration.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First edition. xxiv + 349 pages. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. Illustration on frontis. Maroon cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine and cover, white and black printing on cover. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD+: light wear and light soiling to covers and spine, spine faded, edges of text block yellowed, pages clean, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Special Edition. 'A Strange Career : The Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb' W.Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. 1894. First edition. Illustrated hard cover. with gilt titles on front and spine. 335 pages. Eleven-page introduction by H. Rider Haggard. The biography of a real-life adventurer who almost seems to have stepped from the pages of one of Haggard's novels. A friend of Haggard's, Jebb was an adventurer. Together they set off to find Montezuma's lost treasure, but had to cancel the hunt due to the death of Haggard's son. A great traveller all his life to Brazil and Mexico and many other places, but a poor businessman, a gold prospector, and other strange pursuits with his life often in danger. Jebb fought in the Civil War and was in on the opening of the Old West, both of which are extensively documented here. At one point, apparently, he even had possession of the keys to the hiding place of Montezuma's treasure. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper boards and raised bands, the compartments being decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Uncommon. Will be dispatched within 48 hours of ordering.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Introduction by H. Rider Haggard. First American edition. Small octavo, bound in light blue cloth with gilt lettering and design. Minor shelf wear and aging, else very good. Binding is solid.; 349 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xxv, 335. Original publisher's illustrated blue cloth lettered gilt at spine and cover. Frontis portrait. Sound but somewhat used copy with W. H. Smith label on pastedown, covers rubbed and worn, text sound and clean.

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition to the biography of an adventurer in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, including tales of treasure hunting and brushing with bandits. The first edition of a fascinating biography on the explorer John Galdwyn Jebb, lovingly written by his widow, and with an introduction by his friend and English adventure fiction writer Henry Rider Haggard. Published by William Blackwood and Sons in 1894.In the publisher's original blue pictorial cloth, with a frontispiece of the adventurer.Following his mother's death at young age, Jebb enlisted in the army and served in India, before travelling to the Americas and exploring the regions of Mexico, Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. Tales of his adventures include treasure-hunting, mountaineering and brushing with bandits. In the publisher's original blue pictorial cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with slight fading to boards and the white marks to boards. Signs of edgewear and rubbing to joints. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, lighter to the extremities. Red end papers are clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the faint spot to extremities of the first leaves. Good. book.

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: 104. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 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: 104.

LeatherBound. 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: 320. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1895 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: 320.