Telegraph Press (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. first edition. unpaged, 32 leaves, 18cm tall, 12mo oblong. A collection of 64 b/w photographs of flooded areas in Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Harrisburg, and several other communities. Also, a Pennsylvania map showing extent of flooded areas. Light edge wear to the covers, front cover has a small white line where surface color was rubbed off, affecting the title. Clean and internally fine.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. A story of old king dole and his humpty dumpty court.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (Pennsylvania history, Floods, Natural disaster) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Tight binding. Flat, unmarked pages. Cover scuffed. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Telegraph Press, 1936. First edition (1936). Black and white photographs of the Pennsylvania floods of 1936. Printed softcover with black cloth spine, 64 pages. Some light cover wear, internally about fine with no names or other markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo.

No Binding. Condition: Good. A set of 7 original b/w photos, various sizes, dates and publishers, with captions and ink stamps to the backs. (1) "The return of fishermen after a fruitful day, despite the primitive equipment used", unloading their boat and wading ashore with bunches of large fish strung from the ends of poles carried across the neck. 18x13cm. Belga Tass, 10 Apr 1966. Good, two hole punched to the left. // (2) "Two Fishermen, one very young and one old, take in their catch along the harbor of Hodeidah" using similar poles, with a dhow on the horizon. 23x18cm. Wide World Photo, 4 Aug 1957. Good, creased. // (3) "Peasants at the side of the road on the central plateau in Yemen, isolated mid-Eastern kingdom", two on donkeys, one on foot shading herself with an umbrella. 24x18cm. Wide World Photo, 22 Apr 1957. Good with closed tear. // (4) "Bedouin women water their flocks of goats at this oasis at Riyan in the British Protectorate of Aden", centred along an irrigation channel with traditional buildings in the distance. 23x18cm. United Press Photo, 28 Feb 1956. Good. // (5) Swedish correspondents at Ketaf, the main subject being goats and their herders in the vicinity of local buildings. 13x19cm. Very good. The photo has come away from a card backing, revealing the original caption to its back. 19 Feb 1967. // (6) "An ancient method of drawing water is seen at Dhamar -- Animals pull leather bags full of water up the ramp. It is dumped into troughs to be drawn off for drinking or irrigation. Donkeys, bulls and camels are used as carriers". Wide World Photo, 26 May 1957. Good, with some crinkling. // (7) "Butchers at work. A carcass, hanging from a primitive stand, being stripped and cut up in preparation for sale in the local meat market at Mukeiras", with a tower on the horizon. 26x21cm. Daily Telegraph, 17 Mar 1960. Good, with crop marks to the image.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Three original b/w press photos of Yemen's penultimate King, Ahmad bin Yahya (1891-1962). Good with printed captions and ink stamps to the backs, crop marks to the front of (1), with touch up marks to the front of (2). They date to 1957-58, when Imam Yahya was drawing closer to Nasser's Egypt post-Suez, and inciting tribes to revolt against the British resulting in the Aden Emergency. (1) Daily Telegraph, 5 Feb 1957, 21x27cm. Taken during his first ever press conference, where he accused the British of staying on in Aden in the hope of discovering oil. // (2) AP Wirephoto 19 Feb 1957, 21x26cm. Taken during the same press conference. // (3) Planet News, 3 Feb 1958, 18x23cm. A well known formal portrait.