Staib Björn (31 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Feb, 1965, pp. 254-281, Profusely Illus with Color Photos, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 178 pages. Our copy lacks the dust jacket. small initials on first page.; 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 ".

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. ARGOSY Men Adventure Magazine Volume 356, #4; (April/1963; Popular Publications;) Photo Front Cover; Arie deZanger; 150 pages including covers; Writers: Hammond Innes; Private Thomas Kenny/ Michael O'Reilly; Sam Crowther; Allan Witwer; Lee Fremstad; Pete Kuhlhoff; Bjoern O. Staib & Bjoern Reese.; Merwin Dembling; Robert Mitchell; Richard Martin Stern; Albert N. Podell; George Laycock; Gil Paust Interior Artists: Bob Handville; John Huehnergarth; Marshall Davis; Bill Johnson; Lou Feck; Contents; BOOK BONUS - ** "Atlantic Fury" by Hammond Innes, art by Bob Handville. He had watched the worst storm in the island's history tear an LCT apart and turn a helicopter into a tomb. Now, he had to risk his own life to find what there was bout this desolate place that changed his brother into another person.; ARTICLES - ** 'The Fighting Irish Never Say Die" by Private Thomas Kenny, Irish Army as told to Michael O'Reilly. There is no hope. There are three arrows in my body. I am completely surrounded by Baluba warriors. The rest of the patrol have escaped or died. It is the end.; ** "Are You a Sucker for the 'Doctored-Car' Gyp?" by Sam Crowther, art by John Huehnergarth. Before you plunk down that first installment, make sure that 'new car' you're buying hasn't been Jerry-built form this year's wrecks.; ** "Monkeys Without Tails" by Allan Witwer, art by Marshall Davis. The Villa Mimosa was rated as the greatest passion place on earth, but Yanks were barred from it on penalty of a fate worse than death.; ** "Nevada's Casino for Cons" by Lee Fremstad. Stud, Draw, blackjack, craps and lowball, not to mention bets on horse races and baseball scores, are all part of the 'rehabilitation plan' the world wildest prison.; ** "Customize your Gun Stock!" by Pete Kuhlhoff.; ** "Across Greenland on Skis" by Bjoern O. Staib & Bjoern Reese. Not once in this century had man successfully crossed the hugh hostile ice plateau of Greenland. until two daring Norwegians vowed to do it, or die trying.; ** "Hooray! Hooray! Outdoor rinking Starst Today!" by Merwin Dembling. The cry of the bock billy goat heralds the opening of that favorite season for drinkers whose wives keep urging them to go out and get some fresh air.; FICTION - ** "Scramble Off Siberia" by Robert Mitchell, art by Bill Johnson. A hundred yards of sea ice separated the airman from the horrors of capture in Siberia, and only Arlun, the American from the top of the world, could save him.; ** "Terror in the Night" by Richard Martin Stern, art by Lou Feck. You can set a thief to catch a thief, and you can sometimes set a killer to catch a killer. But when you try to catch a rapist, your best bait is an innocent young girl.; PICTURE STORIES - ** "Field Day for the Fire-Eaters" by Albert N. Podell. Belching smoke and spitting steam, with fires gleaming like red eyes, these are the mechanical monsters that rumbled over plains, plowing and reaping their harvest.; ** "How to Add Twenty Strokes to your Golf Score" photoed by Don Ornitz of Globe.; SPECIAL FISHING SECTION - ** "Those Great Big, Great Bear Trout" by George Laycock. You won't find fur-bearing through north of the Arctic circle, but you can haul in 300 pounds of lakers in a day - and you might land a fifty-pounds.; ** "Top Gear for Salt Water" by Gil Paust. The old reliable are here in force, and so are a bunch of crazy new gadgets like sonar rods, scented plastic worms and motorized reels. *** Book Order # ADV149-1; Condition= G = (2.0) GOOD; (Used Reading Copy); Mailing Label on Front Cover Paper Pull on Front Cover; Cup Staining to Front Covert Price=US$12.00); Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Interior Artists: Bob Handville; John Huehnergarth; Marshall Davis; Bill Johnson; Lou Feck; (illustrator). Book. …

hft. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. The book is in good condition for its age, with a dust jacket that shows signs of wear, including minor edge tears and some chipping. The binding remains strong, and the pages are clean without inscriptions or library markings. This copy retains its original integrity as a first edition. ## Worn with minor edge tears and some chipping.…

Condition: VG/VG. 1st US. 12mo. 178pp. Interior tape remnants top spine area price-clipped DJ, several 1/4". tears to DJ. Spine a little cocked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/ Fine. ARGOSY Men Adventure Magazine Volume 356, #4; (April/1963; Popular Publications;) Photo Front Cover; Arie deZanger; 150 pages including covers; Writers: Hammond Innes; Private Thomas Kenny/ Michael O'Reilly; Sam Crowther; Allan Witwer; Lee Fremstad; Pete Kuhlhoff; Bjoern O. Staib & Bjoern Reese.; Merwin Dembling; Robert Mitchell; Richard Martin Stern; Albert N. Podell; George Laycock; Gil Paust Interior Artists: Bob Handville; John Huehnergarth; Marshall Davis; Bill Johnson; Lou Feck; Contents; BOOK BONUS - ** "Atlantic Fury" by Hammond Innes, art by Bob Handville. He had watched the worst storm in the island's history tear an LCT apart and turn a helicopter into a tomb. Now, he had to risk his own life to find what there was bout this desolate place that changed his brother into another person.; ARTICLES - ** 'The Fighting Irish Never Say Die" by Private Thomas Kenny, Irish Army as told to Michael O'Reilly. There is no hope. There are three arrows in my body. I am completely surrounded by Baluba warriors. The rest of the patrol have escaped or died. It is the end.; ** "Are You a Sucker for the 'Doctored-Car' Gyp?" by Sam Crowther, art by John Huehnergarth. Before you plunk down that first installment, make sure that 'new car' you're buying hasn't been Jerry-built form this year's wrecks.; ** "Monkeys Without Tails" by Allan Witwer, art by Marshall Davis. The Villa Mimosa was rated as the greatest passion place on earth, but Yanks were barred from it on penalty of a fate worse than death.; ** "Nevada's Casino for Cons" by Lee Fremstad. Stud, Draw, blackjack, craps and lowball, not to mention bets on horse races and baseball scores, are all part of the 'rehabilitation plan' the world wildest prison.; ** "Customize your Gun Stock!" by Pete Kuhlhoff.; ** "Across Greenland on Skis" by Bjoern O. Staib & Bjoern Reese. Not once in this century had man successfully crossed the hugh hostile ice plateau of Greenland. until two daring Norwegians vowed to do it, or die trying.; ** "Hooray! Hooray! Outdoor rinking Starst Today!" by Merwin Dembling. The cry of the bock billy goat heralds the opening of that favorite season for drinkers whose wives keep urging them to go out and get some fresh air.; FICTION - ** "Scramble Off Siberia" by Robert Mitchell, art by Bill Johnson. A hundred yards of sea ice separated the airman from the horrors of capture in Siberia, and only Arlun, the American from the top of the world, could save him.; ** "Terror in the Night" by Richard Martin Stern, art by Lou Feck. You can set a thief to catch a thief, and you can sometimes set a killer to catch a killer. But when you try to catch a rapist, your best bait is an innocent young girl.; PICTURE STORIES - ** "Field Day for the Fire-Eaters" by Albert N. Podell. Belching smoke and spitting steam, with fires gleaming like red eyes, these are the mechanical monsters that rumbled over plains, plowing and reaping their harvest.; ** "How to Add Twenty Strokes to your Golf Score" photoed by Don Ornitz of Globe.; SPECIAL FISHING SECTION - ** "Those Great Big, Great Bear Trout" by George Laycock. You won't find fur-bearing through north of the Arctic circle, but you can haul in 300 pounds of lakers in a day - and you might land a fifty-pounds.; ** "Top Gear for Salt Water" by Gil Paust. The old reliable are here in force, and so are a bunch of crazy new gadgets like sonar rods, scented plastic worms and motorized reels. *** Book Order # ADV149-2; Condition= 2" piece loose to top of paper spine, reglued;; wear to bottom of paper spine; shelf wear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Interior Artists: Bob Handville; John Huehnergarth; Marshall Davis; Bill Johnson; Lou Feck; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First English edition. Black and white illustrated map frontispiece, 144pp, 32pp black and white photographic plates. Blue cloth-covered boards. Top edge sprayed blue. 8vo. Sun-faded spine. Very lightly rubbed spine ends, edges and corners. Top text block edge colour fading, remaining edges foxing. Signature binding. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring occasional foxing on page margins throughout. Dust jacket covered with self-adhesive plastic and adhered to boards (unable to inspect boards). Translated from the original Norwegian: Nanok: Over Gronland I Nansens Spor by Ernst S. Mortensens Forlag, published in 1962.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback with dustjacket and plastic cover protector, edges of plastic cover protector chipped and some small pieces missing, some light wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges a little creased, some light wear to covers and spine, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but slightly yellowing, previous owners name on top right corner of front end paper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 178pp. Translated by Christopher Nordman. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in near fine lightly foxed dustwrapper.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 178 pages. Illustrated with black and white photos. SIGNED by the author. Fine condition in good dust jacket that has chipping, some creasing and rubbing and a few small stains. (C1). Signed by Author(s).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 1963 very good hardback, top and bottom of spine slightly sunned, page edges slightly browned, in a good dust wrapper, corners and edges rubbed, small closed tears, tiny piece missing bottom edge of rear cover. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. Not price clipped. 144 pages. Map. Illustrations.…

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First English. VG/VG. 8vo. original blue boards (top edge a bit faded, fore-edge lightly spotted, & occ. spot internally, trace of paper from d/w to tail of spine) in dustwrapper (rubbed, minor edgewear & creasing); pp. 144, with 30 illustrations & a map. A very good copy.…

First Edition. Record of an expedition to replicate Nansen's 1888 crossing. VG in VG- jacket with a few small closed tears and rubbed corners.

first engl.transl. 144pp ills. VG (sl.rubbed and stained w.sl.bumps to extrems.,te blue,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned,some bumps and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hardcover volume with dust jacket. 178 pages. Blue cloth boards with black spine. Shelf wear to edges and corners. Page edges are discolored from age. Blue dust jacket with bold lettering and photograph. Dust jacket shows discoloration and waving from water damage. Binding is strong. Front endpaper shows some water damage to bottom edge. Pages are clean and unmarked. SIGNED by the author, "To Robert, with all my best wishes, Bjorn.". Signed by Author(s).…

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very Good octavo. 144pp., b/w pls., map, Translated from the Norvegian.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 144 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Page edges are lightly darkened with blue publisher's stain on the head edges. Bound in blue hardcovers with white titles and designs. Faded on the spine. Some small stains on the lower cover. 1ST EDITION. VG/- -. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, hb, 178p, SIGNED with No inscription on photograph of the author on page 82, VG+ book in a VG+ priced dj, mapped eps, nice signed copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardcover. 144 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: George Allen & Unwin, London, 1963. First Edition. This is the first edition in the English language. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in fair dust jacket. More specifically: Covers have moderate rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and moderate chips and/or tears. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly tanned. Gift inscription in ink. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; Inventory No: 17020124.…

Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: worn. 8vo pp.144. previous owners bookplate on FEP. book.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice copy octavo 144pp., b/w pls., map.