Temple Perkins (25 results)

Condition: As New. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Like New dust jacket. Signed by Trudi Temple on title page.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Gail Perkins photographer (illustrator). 1st edition. 2006, first edition. Very Good. 8vo, 192 pp. Illustrated with full color photographs. Bound in green cloth with full color dust jacket. Dust jacket in Near Fine condition, unmarked. Book has a very slight waviness to the text block, otherwise Very Good. Signed by author on title page. Take one small German girl. Add a terrifying childhood during World War II. Mix in a cup of feisty spunk and simmer through troubled teens and twenties. Sprinkle with a cheerful spirit and generosity towards others, and deliver to America. Meet Trudi Temple, who founded Market Day in 1975 when she was a suburban housewife and mother. Living a roller-coaster life, she triumphed over every obstacle.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Black cloth with gilt spine titles; 8vo; 271 pp; illustrated with b/w photos plus 2 maps; color pictorial dust jacket. Stories of hunting elephant, both for conservation and also sport. The author was perhaps one of the most famous big-game wardens in the world, at the same time, considered one of the most daring and persistent hunters of big game. This is a reading copy only with dingy cloth covers; text block a bit cocked but internally clean. The jacket is intact with wrinkles on rear panel and was once taped to pastedowns.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine cover sun-toned. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages; 319 p. : front. (port.) plates. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Westminster Abbey - History. Architecture, Medieval. Church architecture - England - London. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine cover sun-toned. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages; 319 p. : front. (port.) plates. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Westminster Abbey - History. Architecture, Medieval. Church architecture - England - London. 1 Kg.

Condition: Neuf.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd reprint, the same year as the first edition. Preface by Col Sir James Sleeman. 271pp. Green cloth covered boards, the title faded to the spine. 40 b + w photographs. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Memoirs of many years of big game hunting in Uganda, especially elephants, lions and buffaloes,

Montbel "Les aventuriers voyageurs", 2009 grand In/8, broché, couverture illustrée en couleur. 381 pages. "Arrivé en Ouganda en 1919, Temple-Perkins chassera durant toute sa carrière dans l'administration coloniale britannique. Si son gibier de prédilection est l'éléphant - qui prolifère et dévaste les cultures - il ne néglige pas les autres gibiers africains, rhinocéros, lions et hippopotames, les "monstres du lac Edouard", ainsi que les crocodiles infestant le lac Albert. Après trente-sept ans de loyaux services, il prend sa retraite et s'installe au sud de la chaîne du Ruwenzori, entre le lac Albert et lac George. Il est alors nommé conservateur honoraire du parc Reine Elisabeth qui vient d'être créé et continue d'y observer la faune sauvage".

Gebundene Ausgabe. Vorsatz beschrieben, Schutzumschlag mit Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren (Lager: 472) 6708161F2DFA Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 789.

REPRINT, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 271pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor general soiling throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, top of spine missing, light tanning & soiling).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. the jacket is chipped, a few tears. mild foxing and some minor markings. all pages and plates are intact and presentable. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1st edition. The dust jacket is edge worn, has some small edge tears, chipped and marked. The boards are slightly edge worn. Tanning. It is in very good condition, excellent binding. MK. (r*fh). Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. CXLVIII, No. 4. Coverart by Modest Stein for "Jungle Test" (pt. 1 of 5) by Kenneth Perkins. Includes "The Ledbury Fist" (pt. 2 of 4) by Elizabeth York Miller; "Good Looking and Rich" (pt. 3 of 6) by Edgar Franklin; "Tarzan and the Golden Lion" (pt. 6 of 7) by Edgar Rice Burroughs; "The Free Trader" (pt. 5 of 5) by Kathrene & Robert Pinkerton; "When a Man's Broke" by L. H. Robbins; "The Yellow Flame" by Albert Dorrington; "Soap and Sophistry" by Eric Howard; "The Adventures of Peabody Smith: XII: The Sanderson Sapphires" by Wailliam J. Flynn & George Barton; "The Crawling Death" by L. Patrick Greene; "Josh Stebbins, Treasure Hunter" by A. D. Temple. Minor tears at spine ends with small loss at head; a little less than standard edge and corner wear and tear; tanning; minor creasing; minor stress, scars and soil. Magazine.

First Edition. Very good condition in fair price clipped dust jacket. The book is bumped to the corners and head and tail of the spine. Free from any internal markings or inscriptions, previous owners sticker to front fly leaf. The dust jacket is rather tatty and torn, particularly so to the head of the spine (see photos). Book.

Paris, Payot, coll. "Bibliothèque Scientifique", 1956 ; in-8, 276 pp., demi-toile grise moderne à la Bradel, dos lisse, pièce de titre de chagrin vert, premier plat de couverture conservé. Bon exemplaire, relié. 1956.

hardcover. Seiten; Gebundene Ausgabe Melrose, 1955. Vorsatz beschrieben, Schutzumschlag mit Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren (Lager: 472) 6708161F2DFA 15251 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. First Edition. First edition. Illustrated, octavo, pp 271, predominantly clean internally, but a fore-edge blemish to the first 36 pages has also lightly affected the margins of those pages, with the title page a little more marked, and the half-title and verso of the frontispiece slightly worse still; the black cloth is dull and marked, the lettering on the spine no longer visible, and the faint traces of a shelf label; the cloth of the upper cover is bubbled in one place; with the bookplate of the Authors' Club, and a large scrawling inscription signed by the author. RARE. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. London: Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1953. First edition, third printing. Good/fair. Dedicated and signed by the author, scarce thus. D.j. with significant loss to top of spine and front cover, splits and minor losses, boards stained, contents largely clean and binding sound. Signed by Author.

Condition: Good. Inscribed by the author. A story of hunting, drama and adventures in Ugana. Temple-Perkins was regarded as one of the most famous and experienced big-game wardens in the world. With 40 b&w illustrations. some foxing to top edges. 271 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Reprint. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Good. Foxing with some sunning to covers and verso. Chipping to spine. A couple of small tears to the edges. Hardcover. Black boards with gilt. Some bumping to head and foot of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Big Game Hunting, especially trophy elephants in Uganda and Tanganyika by one of the famous and respected Game Wardens and a great elephant hunter. Temple Perkins was a crack shot. His many accounts includes a safari with Colonel Jim Corbett of Kumaon ( author of Man eaters of Kumaon and 5 other books). Illustrated with photo plates featuring several of his trophies with great tusks, 271pp with index, First edition, third printing, Very Good book with a crisp laser printed dustjacket.

Condition: Fair. Envoi rapide Bon Etat de conservation couverture un peu défraîchie intérieur frais. in8. 1956. Broché. Fair.

London: Andrew Melrose. 1955. 8vo. Original cloth and wrapper; pp. xii, 271, 40 photographic plates; a little chipping to dustwrapper at head of spine, internally very fresh, very good indeed.Third printing inscribed by the author to title page. A vigorous defence of elephant hunting as a necessary conservation activity is followed by tall tales of safari escapades.

Condition: Used: Good. Occasion - Bon Etat - Jauni - Le royaume des éléphants (1956) - Grand Format.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1920 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 234 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 234 Language: English.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1920. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: : - 232, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 232 232.