Graves Peter, First Edition (23 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Jacket slightly faded, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2007 Hard Cover. 311 pp. Maps of the West Indies, Virgin Islands, Chesapeake Bay and the Virginia capes on endpapers. Set in the early 19th century amid the ships and seamen of a nascent United States Navy, Lieutenant Matty Graves is recovering from his ordeal during the slave rebellion in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue when he is ordered to Washington to answer questions about the death of his former captain. On home soil, he must deal with the mystery and shame surrounding his birth as well as the attractions of his best friend's sister. But when he is offered a command of his own, he seizes the opportunity to seek his fortune and make a name for himself - even if it means destroying those closest to him.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Stated First Edition] Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Faint stains to edges. "The astonishing adventure classic about life in Tibet just before the Chinese Communist takeover. In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet and encounter the Dalai Lama." - Barnes and Noble.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 97 pages. Jonathan Power (New Proletariat); P.N. Furbank (Arnold Bennett); John Weightman (Theatre: Tom Stoppard, Bernard Shaw); Constanticen Fitzgibbon (Norman Douglas); Mexx Beloff (Thomas Jefferson); Robert Isbet (Rousseau) Janet Adam Smith (Edwin Muir Letters); E.J. Misban (New Inflation); Roy Fuller (Keith Douglas); Poetry (John Nole, Obert Graves, Anthony Twaite, John Mathias, David Rokzah, David Day, Peter Porter); Golo Mann (Geeration Gap).

Soft cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1st Edition. A VG or better copy of Picture Show magazine. Magazine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in Fine d/w.

Softcover. 21,5 x 12 cm. Originalheft mit 23 Seiten, einfarbigen Abbildungen sowie zwei ausfaltbaren Besetzungs-Einleger. In gutem Zustand. Ebenfalls beiliegend die Besetzungliste von folgendem Aufführungsdatum am Sonnabend, 12. Februar 2000. - musikalische Leitung: Jiri Kout / Inszenierung: Peter Beavais. - Mit: Carolyn sebron, esther Lee, Mariana Cioromila, Michaela Kaune, Franco Farina, Peter Edelmann, u. a. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Nehmen Sie sich ein gutes Buch mit auf die Sommerwiese. Bei uns werden Sie fündig! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K22197-122725.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 96p Owner's details HTP Beginning with the church stained glass windows and some notable graves, the author weaves a tapestry of early Christchurch-Canterbury life, with illustrations and biographies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Stated First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Red cloth spine on illustrated black boards, with mild shelf wear. Protected dustjacket sharp and bright, general age toning, and shelf wear to edges Book firm in binding, 314 pages include Index, 40 pages of b&w photographs. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 314 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light and Life: The Memorial Stained Glass and Some Notable Graves of St Peter's Upper Riccarton Christchurch New Zealand by Audrey Storer. Publisher : Te Waihora Press for the Parish of St Peter's, 1990. First Edition. Very good softback, some minor marks, rubbing and creasing to covers, name inside front cover, pages very good. 96 pages, illustrated. The memorial stained glass and some notable graves of St Peter's, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand. Colour photographs of the windows. Besides giving information about on of the city s historic churches, the book contains pocket biographies about a disparate, random but interestingly varied group of people who made contributions in a number of areas of Christchurch life. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. William Pene du Bois (illustrator). First Edition. No markings. $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. 'First published by The Viking Press in October 1950,' on the copyright page with no further printings listed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light and Life: The Memorial Stained Glass and Some Notable Graves of St Peter's Upper Riccarton Christchurch New Zealand by Audrey Storer. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Publisher : Te Waihora Press for the Parish of St Peter's, 1990. First Edition. Very good softback, some minor marks, rubbing and creasing to covers, no owner inscriptions, pages very good. 96 pages, illustrated. The memorial stained glass and some notable graves of St Peter's, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand. Colour photographs of the windows. Besides giving information about on of the city s historic churches, the book contains pocket biographies about a disparate, random but interestingly varied group of people who made contributions in a number of areas of Christchurch life. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Lettered yellow cloth and pictorial black boards. There is some wear along the upper and lower board edges. Without names, writing or bookplates. The dust jacket has some darkening to the spine and about the edges. A 1 1/2" tear with associated creasing to the upper, rear spine edge. There is a 3/4" ragged tear near the lower spine end. This has an old tape repair to the verso. Price of $2.50 to the lower, front flap. This is not the Literary Guild edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 168 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Du Bois, William Pene (illustrator). 1st Edition. Decorated hardcover binding with yellow cloth spine is square and tight, some staining along spine. slightly bumped corners. DJ not price-clipped, also has some stains and foxing - protected now in clean Brodart jacket. 168 pages. Interior clean and tight. Peter Graves is a rambunctious fellow who plans an extremely hazardous fame of follow the leader - when he winds up the afternoon by destroying the home of an old inventor. Determined to earn money to rebuild the house, Peter goes to work with the inventor combining the old man's brains with Peter's wild imagination. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing.

Tall 8vo. 168 pp. Illustrated title, numerous illustsrations, illustrated endpapers. Quarter-yellow cloth over pictorial illustrated boards (minor wear & rubbing to lower fore-edge, very minor bumping to lower corners, light offsetting to gutter margins), w/ d.j. cover art by Du Bois (couple minor closed tears, edgewear, price-clipped), still VG-/VG- copy. First edition of this wonderful tale of the adventures of a young boy, Peter Graves, and an inventor, marketing antigravity devices and more -- illustrated and written by the Newbery Award-winning author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1stUSEdition stated of 1953 engl 1stedn. 8vo red & black cloth, & gilt illustrated cloth. binding square & tight. erasure spot on inside front cover, otherwise contents free of markings ow VG/ndj: xv, [1], 19-314 p.; 46 halftone illus., double-page line map in text, photo frontis of Dalai Lama's mother; A classic travel and adventure story by Austrian outdoorsman Harrer (1912-2006), filmed as a documentary in the 1950s. Author was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. He also wrote The White Spider (1959). The author escaped from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his dramatic trek through rugged Himalayan passes to sanctuary in the Forbidden City of Lhasa. In 1948, Harrer became a salaried official of the Tibetan government, translating foreign news and acting as the Court photographer. Harrer first met the 14th Dalai Lama when he was summoned to the Potala Palace and asked to make a film about ice skating, which Harrer had introduced to Tibet. A strong friendship developed between the two that would last the rest of their lives. H was a friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama. Seven years later he was forced to flee Tibet when the Chinese overtook the country. It is his experiences during those seven years that give the story it's name. In 1997 a major motion picture was made based n this book, starring Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer and David Thewlis as his companion, Peter Aufschnaiter.

Rupert Hart-Davis and The Book Society. 1953. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated and with colour frontis. Wrapper browned worn and torn. Foxing to page edges and prelims. Very slight lean to spine. A sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The First English edition (first printing). 8vo. xiii, 288pp. Blue pebbled boards lettered in gold at the spine. With a colour frontispiece, one double-spread map and twenty-fine black and white photographs, mostly full-page or double-spread. A little fading to the publisher's top edge stain, and a little spotting to the edges and endpapers. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little spotted and chafed at the natural folds, and with some nicks, creasing and several tiny fractions of loss from the upper edge.

8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and numerous plates in monochrome, light tape-marks on paste-downs; navy cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter crudely reinforced at inner edges. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper and relevant cuttings on preliminary and half-title. Classic account of life in Tibet immediately prior to the Chinese invasion. The basis of Jean-Jacques Annaud's feature film (1997) starring Brad Pitt. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate, H40.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First English. VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (prev. owner's details to FFE, some leaf edge spotting, slightly rubbed & bumped) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed & nicked with short fray at headcap (tape repaired on reverse), slight spotting to foldovers); pp. xvi (last blank), 288, with 26 plates & a map. A very good copy. [Neate H40: Harrer escaped from internment in India during World War II and made his way to Lhasa, where he found favour in high circles].

8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and numerous plates in monochrome; elegantly bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Classic account of life in Tibet immediately prior to the Chinese invasion. The basis of Jean-Jacques Annaud's feature film (1997) starring Brad Pitt. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Neate, H40.Neate, H40.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. "5 HOMMES ARMÉS (UN ESERCITO DI CINQUE UOMINI)" Réalisé par Don TAYLOR en 1969 avec Peter GRAVES, James DALY, Bud SPENCER / Affiche française originale / Offset par LANDI / Ets St MARTIN (1969) / Format: 120x160cm / Bon état /// Original french poster / Offset by LANDI (1969) / Size: 120x160cm / Good condition.

First edition in English. First edition in English. Illustrated with 24 plates in black and white and color. xiii, [ii, map], [i, blank], 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Yakusi H53 Recent half tan calf, with crimson title labels and marbled sides. Fine Illustrated with 24 plates in black and white and color. xiii, [ii, map], [i, blank], 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

First edition, first impression. The book recounts Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer's 1943 escape from a British internment camp in India, which results in him living in Tibet up to the Chinese invasion of the country. During his years there Harrer became a close friend of the Dalai Lama. Basis for the 1997 film starring Brad Pitt. Octavo. Photograpghs throughout. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in teracotta morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, dark green endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, gilt edges. A fine copy.