Traprock Walter E George Chappell (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; grey c w/gilt titles; moderate wear at spine/tips; illustrated end papers; 146 clean, unmarked pages. 17 Illus & a Map (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Slight darkening of spine, a bit of smudging and a very small light blue stain on upper spine, bright gilt cover and spine; Very light overall wear to hardboards, appears to have been a reading copy in a southern Maine library (library stamp inside cover) no circulation, clean, no other markings -- presentation copy signed by author with pen name and real name ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages; Signed by Author.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Chappell's marvelous spoof of whole exploration game. (Published by George Putman who was Amelia Earhart's husband.) A VG copy in gray cloth binding with faded gold lettering, no DJ. Lovely art deco endpapers.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; grey c w/gilt titles; moderate wear at spine/tips; illustrated end papers; 245 clean, unmarked pages. B/W Illus (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A 1920's spoof of polar exploration. With black and white photos, some quite funny, of the explorer and his "eskimo" companions. With spectacular endpapers, possibly by Rockwell Kent (or possibly not). Cover faded, corners worn, some photos detached but present. 241 pp.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; grey c; w/gilt titles; slight wear at spine/tips, rubbing, moderate sunning of spine; ownr's name; 245 clean, unmarked pages. B/W Illus (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. HUM 039940 This grey cloth First Edition (1922 on title page and copyright page) hardcover has mostly clean boards with the gilt title on the front board bright. The spine has some sun darkening and that title is still readable but darker. There is a little fraying and tearing to top of spine and even less on bottom and edges and corners show little wear. The color endpapers with a "smiling walrus" are lovely and look like the heroic work of Rockwell Kent and are, but with tongue in cheek. The obviously fake photos are quite funny. The inside pages are clean and tight- there is a nice bookplate on the front inside board covering some of the endpaper. The dust jacket is a replica of the endpaper illustration but is in two large pieces- the front with large flap and the rear cover with large flap. Most, but not all, of the dust jacket spine is awol. We have put the pieces in a Brodart cover to preserve them. Rockwell Kent did dust jacket and endpapers - many posed black and white photo spoofs (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 8vo. 241 pp. Very Good, Beige Decorative Cloth with sun-fading, minor stains, edge wear, & rubbing on boards; minor shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; bookplate of previous owner on FFEP. Photographs. First Edition. Satire of travelogues.

Condition: New. In English.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 146pp/illus +ads. First w/17 illustrations & a map. First Edition. A literary burlesque of a Polynesian idyll. Spine soiled with edgewear. Text clean.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Walter E. Traprock is the pseudonym for architect and writer George S. Chappell. He wrote a series of travel parodies, one of which is Sarah of the Sahara. In this humorous adventure, Traprock pursues the lovely Sarah Wimpole, from Cannes to Africa, facing thieves and Azad the Terrible. Throughout the novel are staged photographs of the characters poorly inserted into desert scenes, including one of a "native musician performing on the Balipsa, one of the earliest Egyptian wind-instruments," which is just a vacuum cleaner upon closer inspection (186). A perfect blend of humor and excitement, Traprock will quickly become a favorite adventurer. Light rubbing edges, near fine. Publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt. With seventeen full page illustrations (illustrator).…

Gebunden. Condition: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition, first printing. My Northern Exposure is the second in a series of travel parodies by George S. Chappell, an American architect who also wrote under the pseudonym of Walter E. Traprock. A humorous tale of polar exploration complete with obviously faked photographs, Traprock's adventures braving the ice and polar bears are sure to entertain. Bookplate of Carl J. Lomen on verso of frontispiece. Lomen was the founder and president of the Lomen Company, where he earned the title The Reindeer King of Alaska for his work in the reindeer industry. Briefly inscribed by the author (signed both Traprock and Chappell) on the dedication page. Carl J. Lomen bookplate prelim, faint foxing text block edges, mild rubbing edges, slight pressing spine tips, overall near fine. Publisher's gray cloth stamped in gilt. With twenty-one full page illustrations (illustrator). Signed.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Édition illustrée. New-York and London, G.P. Putnam's son, 1922. In-8, percaline éditeur, titre doré au dos et sur le plat supérieur. 245 pp. Ouvrage illustré de 21 planches en noir, dont 1 en frontispice, jolies gardes illustrées en couleurs. Coiffes légèrement frottées, papier jauni, quelques rousseurs. Ouvrage humoristique parodiant les livres d'exploration.…

Condition: Good. 8vo. 146 pp. Very Good, Beige Decorative Cloth with sun-fading, minor stains, edge wear, & rubbing on boards; minor shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; bookplates of previous owners on FEP; signed, dated inscription to previous owner on FFEP. Illustrations. Photographs. Maps on end papers by Rockwell Kent. First Edition. Satire of travelogues.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1923. 224 pgs. Illustrated with 17 full page black and white photographic illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Rollicking travel parody by George Shepard Chappell published in 1923 "with seventeen full page illustrations" ("from photographs taken for the Super-Feature Film of Dr. Traprock's story recently released by the All-for-Art Production Co. Of Derby, Conn. ) " George Shepard Chappell, AIA (January 2, 1877 November 25, 1946) was an American architect, parodist, journalist (with the magazine Vanity Fair) and author. He is known as the author of numerous books, including a travel series parody published under the pseudonym Walter E. Traprock. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 192.

Or.cl. xiv,146pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. The author was an architect who edited "The Architect" 1923-1931. He fancied himself as a humorist and wrote several humorous books as well as books on architecture, a book of poetry and a volume on the restaurants of New York.