Thomas E Collison (6 results)

Soft Cover. Sound binding, clean and bright interior. Wrappers are yellow and white with picture of a Kenya leopard. Lightly shelf worn overall. ; Contents: Fisher and Nebbia, African Wildlife: Man's Threatened Legacy. Jones and Madden, Maryland on the Half Shell. Weaver, Apollo 15 Explores the Mountains fo the Moon. Kunstadter, Spirits of Change Capture the Karens. Hawkes and Collison, Happy Birthday, Otto Lilienthal! ; 10.0" tall; 185 pages. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Brown boards lettered in black & red, frontispiece & in-text illustrations, 61 pp. Fifth edition. Spine professionally restored, a 1963 clipping about Chow tipped in to rear endpapers. Gin Chow is an oddity, and I'd love to see a modern biography of him. Right during the yellow peril, he becomes famous as a fortune teller--specifically about rain forecasting. He additionally was the plaintiff in one of California's seminal water rights lawsuits.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. FRAGILE Part of spine broken off.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. 336 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Gold On Spine And In Blind On Front Cover, Illustrated Endpapers, Plates. First Printing In Original Cloth. Signed By Jim Thorpe On Page Facing His Photograph; Stamp Of Olympic Village 1932 Los Angeles, U.S.A. On Title Page; Signatures Of 45 Olympic Athletes. Thorpe, One Of The Greatest Of All American Athletes, Once Had Taken $2 For A Sports Performance, And Was Consequently Stripped Of His Own Olympic Medals, Those Being Reinstated Only In 1978, And Never Made A Living From Sports. Book Is Clean, Yellow Lettering Is Strong, Slight Fraying Along Top Edge Of Spine And At Bottom Front Tip, Some Browning To Front Endpapers And Preliminary Pages To Contents Page, Bookplate On Front Free Endpaper. Identifiable Signatures Appear To Us As Sharkey Graham / Usa Water Polo; Charlie Kieffer, Usa Crew; Frank Cooper Usa 1500 M; Luis Sardella, Boxing, Argentina; Chris Saunders, Rowing, New Zealand; Dunc --Ay, Australia; Eddie Pierce, South Africa; H. Daum (?), India; P. Sullivan; ---Gaitolouie, Philippine Islands; Shichi Yoshida, Japan; N. J. Percy, New Zealand; Shigeo Homma, Japan, Gymnastics Captain; Roop Singh, India; Nano Manoni, Italy; Franconetti; S. Lee Shah; Pete Chlentzis, Pole Vault, Greece; Louis Vavoie, 160 Lbs Boxing; E. Merogardo, Greece; Basil Geamci, Swimming Usa; E. Burchan, Argentina, Millard Lang, Usa Lacrosse; R. -----, Japanese Boxing; J---- Ilamera, Philippines; Miguel A. Dicapieli (?), Usa Fencing; Francisco P-----, Pole Vault, Philippines; Dick Degener, Usa Diving; Cal Strong; Gelba Nissen (?); Elias Frim (?), Usa Water Polo; Darius Padilla, Philippines Boxing; M. Padilla, Philippines; --- Peltonen, Finland; Ron Dunbarton, New Zealand; Poilne, Wrestling, France; Benno --- Thispary; --- ---- Yhungarian, Water Polo; Fernando Chasault, Argentina, Xerb Phildranon (???). [Apologies, About Half Of These Identifications Are Unclear.] A Book For Adolescents, With History Of The Games From Ancient Greece To 1932, Conversational And Promotional In Tone, No Scholarly History, With A Few Plates. Signed by Author(s).

Second Edition. Near fine copy in the original color printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 61 pages; Description: v. Fronts. , illus. 19 cm. Subjects: Weather - Prophecy - Almanac. Current Frequency: Annual. 3 Kg.

Second Edition. Near fine copy in the original color printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 61 pages; Description: v. Fronts. , illus. 19 cm. Subjects: Weather - Prophecy - Almanac. Current Frequency: Annual. 1 Kg.