Pitman Captain (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 30pp extract, illustrated with 6 plates, and a map of the gorilla habitat, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Smithsonian Institution, 1936. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Small publication of 37 pages. The pictorial boards are a little shelf rubbed and chipped pieces on the spine. The French flaps are attached to the boards, the front flap has a piece missing on the bottom edge (65x40mm). There is foxing around the block of the book and first and last blank pages. Internally there are no markings or inscriptions. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Illustrated Paper Boards. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Black & White & Colour Illustrations (illustrator). Seventh Edition. Front free endpaper and colour frontispiece missing. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK ONLY) . Please email for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Inscribed or Signed.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 8 Pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 17 x 25 cms. Category: Badminton Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Fontana Books, London, 1962 paperback First Thus 143 lightly tanned pages with monochrome photos, preface by Lord William Percy forward by Captain Charles Pitman. still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed steel-gray boards/Fine. DJ/None; tattered in shreds, included, but consider without. Label sticker remanent to fEP. Biography of Elsa the lioness by Joy Adamson (1910 - 1980), wife of Game Warden George Adamson stationed in Kenya. He was charged by, and killed, an lioness protecting her cubs. They raised Elsa, one of the orphaned cubs, for three years., during which they deliberately trained Elsa to fend for herself in the wild, to where she was ultimately released. The affection with which Elsa was raised, did establish a unique bond that is overwhelmingly touching and honorable, for the Adamsons and Elsa will visit for years to come. Illustrated with photos. First Edition, First Thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The zoological collections of the British Museum [Natural History ] are perhaps un- rivalled in extent and are certainly unsurpassed in scientific importance by any in the world. 8vo, Pp, xvi, 336. map & illustrations all corect. Boards green but with a great deal of fading on spine and tail and head on back and front. Front board has split in front , spine has title in gold lettering , Free front has inscription to previous owner Xmas 1932. A very interesting book with a great many photographs also map of UGANDA.

BINDING - Hardcover. Condition: CONDITION - used/fair. 1st Edition. 336 Pages. Illustrated. Modern End Papers. Cloth Faded, External Wear.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Binding: Orig. green cloth with worn pictorial dustwrapper; Condition notes: V. light foxing, V. Good; Illustrations: 38 B/W Photos; Maps: 1 folding at end; Pages: xvii + 279; Edition/printing: 1st.