Radclyffe Captain (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Orange cloth covers with black lettering on spine and front cover exhibit heavy wear, fraying and bumping on corners and spine ends. Very heavy soiling and shelf wear to covers and spine. Light wear to edges. Illustrated ffep has a large chip on the front edge. Inside front hinge is barely attached. Inside back cover hinge is cracked but still hanging on. The sketch on the inside back cover is soiling and yellowed. Text is yellowed as are the b&w photos. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Dedicated to the King's own Yorkshire Light Infantry who fell in the Battle of the Somme. "Being a very egotistical account of the authors experiences and observations from the early days of the war in Belgium to the Great Battle of the Somme in July, 1916." All of our books are individually inspected and never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.

Hardback. Condition: As New. 1st thus. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. As new condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 158 pages. Originally published in 1918. Part of the Eyewitnesses from the Great War Series.

HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. NO JACKET. 1ST EDITION. NEW YORK: DORAN, 1918. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD/NO JACKET. NEW YORK: DORAN, 1918. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD/NO JACKET. NEW YORK: DORAN, 1918. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD/NO JACKET. NEW YORK: DORAN, 1918. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD/NO JACKET. George H. Doran and Company Publishers NY, 1918. Hardcover illustrated with reproductions of photographs and maps The Author's personal account of the Somme in 1916 Very Good copy and RARE. Appears as 1st Edition, 1st Printing. No markings in Very Good to Near Fine condition with very minor cock to spine. For its age a beautiful book. 1ST PRINTING.

Hb in pictorial Dw 285pp illustrated with reproductions of photographs and maps The Author's personal account of the Somme in 1916 Vg/vg copy and RARE in Dw.

Folding map, photos, 9.75 x 7, gilt lettered green cloth, 292 w/index and ads, ex-lib, covers quite rubbed, hinges loose, map vg.

Tall 8vo. xvi, 292 pp., plus 2 pp. publisher's ads. Photo frontisp., 44 photos and plates, 1 large folding map in rear pocket. Green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine, simulated Zebra skin endpapers (minor bumping to corners, edgewear, slight spotting on the spine), still VG copy. First edition of this excellent early account of hunting on the Kenai Peninsula, including descriptions of Alaskan Native Americans, salmon cannery operations, and more. Radclyffe had acquired a permit from the Bureau of Biological Survey with the USDA in order to collect big game specimens for the British Museum, and the account was dedicated to a longtime fellow hunter and friend, Theodore Roosevelt. The author details his experiences with hunting Alaskan Brown Bears, Grizzly Bears, Moose, Dall Sheep, and running afoul of the zealous US Deputy Marshal Sexton, a stickler for the new game regulations instituted on the Kenai in 1903 (not to mention destroying the distilling operation of Alaskan hunter & miner Andrew Berg). He managed to survive a charging bear sow after being abandoned by his guide as well as the Alaskan courtroom, but his companions were not so lucky as the judge ruled that the permit did not extend to the hunting party. Radclyffe returned later to hunt Alaska on the Kenai in August, 1910 employing Andrew Berg as his head guide. See: Catherine Cassidy, Alaska's No. 1 Guide: The History and Journals of Andrew Berg, 1869-1939, pp. 28-29, 38.

Condition: very good. 1st. xvi, 292pp. Very nice clean and tight copy in original green cloth with gilt titles, "Zebra skin" endpapers, large folding map in pocket at rear. Scarce in original binding. Internal text block free from foxing. Very good condition The classic early account of Big Game Hunting in Alaska, a must for any serious Big Game Hunting collector. Radclyffe was issued a permit by the Bureau of Biological Survey USA, to collect Big Game species in Alaska for the British Museum, London. With Armourial Bookplate of Carter of Winchcome in Crundale.