Tribes Frontier by Eha (23 results)

Condition: New. pp. xiii + 167 Illus.

Condition: New. pp. xiii + 167.

Condition: New. pp. xiii + 167.

Condition: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.

216pp. Originally printed in the Times of India. Natural history and humour from Dustypore. Slightly rubbed. Spotting to prelims.

Condition: Good. Original gilt cloth, gilt top, frontispiece and other b/w plates and illustrations, 216,20p., 8vo.; Some foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1892 5th edition hardback. Preface explains that "these papers were originally written during the Afghan War and made their debut in the Times of India " (which is assumed the 2nd WAr of 1878-1880). Takes a light hearted look at the local Indian wildlife, charmingly illustrated by Macrae and printed by the Dalziel brothers (famous for their engravings of the Alice in Wonderland books). Front seam has cracked (but not split) and all pages tight in binding. EX libris plate for R A Mess Sheerness and stamp for 20th Field Brigade otherwisec lean interior with all pages tight in binding. Olive green Cloth covers with gilt and black pictorials to front cover generally clean, spine lightly rubbed. F C Macrae (illustrator).…

216pp + 40pp illustrated Thacker catalogue. Very good in decorated boards. Front endpaper removed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Aitken, E. H. (EHA). The tribes on my frontier. An Indian naturalist's foreign policy / illustrated by F. C. MacCrea. Seventh edition. London: W. Thacker & Co., 1909. Hardback, VG. Blue cloth, bumped to corners and ends of spine with some small marks and blemishes. Gilt decorations and lettering to front and spine. Binding strong. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece b/w illustration with tissue guard. Title page lettering in red and black. 216pp., b/w illustrations, 64pp. illustrated publisher catalogue. Contents clean and bright. Top edge of the page block gilt. Edward Hamilton Aitken (16 August 1851 - 11 April 1909) was a British civil servant in India, better known for his humorist writings on natural history in India and as a founding member of the Bombay Natural History Society. He was well known to Anglo-Indians by the pen-name of Eha. T. R. Bell, a naturalist friend, writing of him after his death said "He was a good man in every sense of the word; a strongly religious man, a pleasant companion, broad minded, exceedingly tolerant of the weaknesses of others, gentle and lovable and a rare example of a man without a single enemy". RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. We do not use AI and all images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. F. C. MacCrea (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to the boards, bookseller's pencil marks. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.

hardcover, 20 cm, 216 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Followed by a Illustrated Catologue of 31 pages by Thacker. Cond.: goed / good.

Condition: Good. The Tribes on my Frontier by EHA, illustrations by F. C. Macrae, 1892.Publisher: Thacker Spink, Calcutta.Binding: decorative hardback cloth.Illustrated: yes.Description / Condition: Light edge wear/browning/marks to boards. Tape repairs to inner hinges. Scrubbed out inscription to title page and marks to endpaper. Light foxing to pages with minor marks in places. A nice copy for its age.Please see pictures for further information.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. An amusing & intelligent naturalist at large in India in the late nineteenth century, an earlier incarnation of Gerald Durrell? "These papers" states the Preface, "were written during the Afghan War, and made their debut in the Times of India." Chapters are headed variously, The rats, The Lizards, The Bats, The Butterfly: Hunting Him, etc. Blue cloth covers with gilt design and chamfered edges. Slight wear to corners and to top and bottom of spine. Foxing to tissue frontispiece cover. B& W illustrations throughout. Text clean. Binding seems firm although it appears the binders may have used staples. Guttering to front eps (black paper) is split but front cover remaains firmly attached. F C Macrae (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A scarce copy of The Tribes on My Frontier by Eha, Author of "A Naturalist on the Prowl" and "Behind the Bungalow." Illustrated by F. C. Macrae. Sixth Edition. Edward Hamilton Aitken was a civil servant in India, better known for his humorist writings on natural history in India and as a founding member of the Bombay Natural History Society. He was well known to Anglo-Indians by the pen-name of Eha In a blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. There is some minor bumping to the top and tail of the spine. Spine is also faded. Internally, generally firmly bound, though front hinge is tender. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing, predominantly to the end papers. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front free end papers Very Good. F. C. Macrae (illustrator). book.…

London/ Calcutta, Thacker/ Spink, 1898. Illustrated blue cloth. 216, 24 p. Illustrated. With publisher's book list at the end. 6th ed. Edges a bit worn, some foxing. Delicious book about the birds and bees, but especially the bugs around the house of a Colonial Brit, with funny drawings. On the upper cover a row of rats with personalities.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. A scarce second edition copy of this abundantly illustrated natural history work. The scarce second edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 7 plates, and in text illustrations throughout.With 32 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.A work by Edward Hamilton Aitken, a civil servant in India, better known for hishumoristwritings onnatural historyin India and as a founding member of theBombay Natural History Society. He was well known toAnglo-Indiansby the pen-name ofEha. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Shelf wear to extremities, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to spine. Marks to rear board. Hinges cracked. Internally, generally firmly bound, but fragile to the middle of the work. Pages 113- 144 disbound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot. Ink inscription to first blank. Good. F.C. Macrae (illustrator). book.…

1st edition. Gilt & black lettering & decoration. Staining at top of front board and on discoloured spine. Endpapers foxed. Name on front free endpaper. Internally VG. Used - Good. Good hardback in blue cloth Used - Good. Good hardback in blue cloth.

Condition: Poor. 1890 edition. Very worn hardcover with scuffs & light scratches & exposed board along the edges & corners. Worn & cracked hinges. Tanned & foxed textblock edge & endpapers. Loose ffep with pen & marks on first page. Content is good & clear to read with light tanning to pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Bumping at spine crown/heel and panel edges. Owner inscription on back of first FEP and 2nd FEP. Front hinge starting.

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