North Escott (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Good condition hardcover copy of the first edition, undated, but is 1942. Moderate wear to covers. Dustjacket is in fair condition with a colorful front showing some wear and tear while the back is quite well-worn with tears, creases, and general wear. Adams 730, Dykes 313. The true first edition, undated, is considered rare.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. Unknown edition (no date), in brown cloth, frontis. of the author, plates, photos, illus., index, 192pp. Six-Guns #1620. Good with typical wear. Written by an Englishman who migrated to America and worked as a cowboy. Includes the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, range material, etc. Nice reference copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. B&W Photographs (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 192pp. Spine sun faded, lightly edge worn dust jacket. Book is as described - all defects and marks are noted.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex Library, rebound into new covers by library, Wear to covers and spine, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine bumped, surface of covers grubby, internally in god condition, pages crisp and clear but slightly yellowing, front and rear hinge cracked, library stickers on rear paste down, previous owners name on front end paper.

War economy standard. Owner's name on front free end paper & fore-edge; spine worn along joint & at head and foot. All illustrations present, but illustration between pp16 & 17 stuck in with yellowed sellotape (illustration unaffected). Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. nd, inscription to fep dated 1945.

[1942]. (Hardcover) Good to very good, no dust jacket. 192pp. Frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, index. Spine faded, small dampstains on front cover. "All about the cattlemen, and the part he has played in the great drama of the west". Locale: Western America. (Western America, Cowboys, Folklore, Horses, Outlaws, Rodeo).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., 192 pp., frontis., plates, photos, illus., index, cloth, vg 6-Guns#1620 Herd#1686 Dykes Kid#313 Written by an Englishman who migrated to America and worked as a cowboy. Range material, the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid, Earp, Hickok, etc.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Webb, Arch.; Reynolds, Warwick; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Soper, Geo.; Elcock, H.K.; Waters, D.B.; Woodville, R. Caton; Robinson, T.H.; Lloyd, S. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.