Published by London: Thames and Hudson, 1954, London, 1954
Seller: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st English edition. 1st English edition. 22cm. G only h/c in art DJ with tears, chips and wear. Fading to covers and spine, including shadow of title etc on front. Slight foxing, browning prelims, small stains to vertical page edges. 242 pages, Endpaper maps. The adventures of the author as a novice crew member on a fishing boat in winter-time Alascan waters. A vivid account of this life at sea, its dangers, excitement, harships and comradeship in a hostile environment.
Published by Thames and Hudson, London, 1954., 1954
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardback, 13.5x20.5cm, 276pp. Good condition (light wear; bumped corners; faded, foxed edges; foxed page edges; F.W. Cheshire label at ffep) in fair dustwrapper (general wear and scuff marks; faded spine; worn, chipped edges, with various 1-2cm tears and some loss at corners and at head and tail of spine).
Published by Published by Thames and Hudson, 30 Bloomsbury Street, London First Edition . London 1954., 1954
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, end paper maps. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 242 printed pages of text. Ownership marking to the half-title page, foxing to the end papers, spine badly discoloured to brown, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANGLING & SPORT FISHING.
Published by London: Thames & Hudson, 1954, 1954
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very near fine copy, with a small tear in rear upper cover of dust jacket, price clipped.
Published by Thames & Hudson, London 1954, 1954
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
30.0 x 22.0cms, 96pp, 96 duotone illusts, very good- hardback (no dustywrapper) This book showcases 72 artifacts from Melanesia: New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands etc and another 24 from Polynesia.
Published by Published by Thames and Hudson, 244 High Holborn, London First Edition . London 1954., 1954
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original rose pink cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 276 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. A little wear to the foot of the spine, lower corners creased, tan age spots to the end papers, foxing to the closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with nicks and chips to the top of the spine and corners, not price clipped 10/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DANCING & CHOREOGRAPHY.
Published by London, Thames and Hudson 1954, 1954
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
125pp, 195 bw photographs. 31x23, orange cloth with glt decoration. Foxing to ffep and rfep, cloth slightly sunned, mark on back, contents very good.
Published by London: Thames and Hudson, 1954., 1954
Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
First Edition
First edition. Brown cloth. 8vo. pp. 282. VG/In like jacket/Unclipped price in clear archival cover. Minor jacket wear, tightly bound.
Published by London & NY: Thames and Hudson (1954)., 1954
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First US edition. 331 pp. Some light damp-staining to top edge, else very near fine in like dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Edward Hyams. Young 3030 (UK edition).
Published by Thames and Hudson, London, New York (1954)., 1954
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5 inches x 7 1/2 in., 331 pp. Black cloth with titling gilt on the spine, and gilt device on the front cover; unclipped, design dustjacket with the price in U. S. Dollars. The gilt lettering on the spine is faded, tanning to the dustjacket spine. "Translated from the French La Fin des Ambassades by Edward Hyams".
Published by London: Thames and Hudson, 1954, London, 1954
Seller: The Last Post Bookshop, Holbrook, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Cloth, h/c. Condition: Very Good. Robert Burnsr (illustrator). First Edition. Cloth, h/c. Very Good/Repaired and Protected. First Edition. 8" x 5". P 276, fully illustrated with 196 b/w pictures and diagrams. d/j has large piece missing at top of spine and is chipped at bottom, This book will make it possible for anyone to learn to do the folowing dances: foxtrot, waltz, rumba, tango, mambo, one-step, samba, lindy, polka, square dance, conga, Viennese waltz.
Published by London Thames and Hudson 1954, 1954
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
First English Edition. 8vo. blue cloth hardback in unclipped dust jacket. 194pp., illustrated with 16 b/w photographs. Light foxing to edges and endpapers, top of front board faintly dampstained, dust jacket slightly soiled and edgeworn, spine a little faded. Good/Good overall. (Shelf 130) ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Published by [London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1954]., 1954
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo. pp. 64. b/w text & full page illus. 2 coloured plates. pictorial wrs. (spine & edges sunned, spine worn). Exhibition Catalogue.
Published by Thames and Hudson, London 1954, 1954
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First English edition. Hardback. A near fine copy in a slightly edge worn and faded, near very good indeed dust jacket.
Published by London & New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd., [1954]., 1954
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. pp. 125. 109 b/w. illus. cloth (corners rubbed). dw. (edges worn, several short tears & surface scuffing).
Published by London: Thames and Hudson, 1954, 1954
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition in English, first impression. The novel was first published in French as La Fin des Ambassades in 1953, and this is the first translation by Edward Hyams is the first into English. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine in gilt, motif to centre of front board in gilt. With dust jacket. Spine rolled and ends rubbed, but binding firm, faint offsetting to endpapers and spots to textblock edges, but internally clean; a very good copy in the jacket, spine faded and chipped at head with several closed tears and creases, edges toned, flaps creased.