Librería: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, Estados Unidos de America Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
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Publisher's gilt-titled black cloth, faded pinkish topstain. National Travel Club edition; also states first printing. Travel club prospectus laid in. Trace shelfwear to cloth. Endpages a bit faded. Tight and square. Frontis photo. The DJ in mylar is faintly soiled/edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages. N° de ref. del artículo 41093
Título: Tiger Man: an Odyssey of Freedom
Editorial: National Travel Club, NY
Año de publicación: 1932
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: Near Fine
Condición de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine
Librería: Nineveh Books, Wem, SHROP, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Internally unmarked and in VG plus condition, black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are soiled with edges rubbed. Nº de ref. del artículo: Z632
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth with spine & cover titles in gilt; 8vo; 287pp; illustrated with map plus b/w photos; 2nd printing stated. Duguid traveled to the jungles of South America to hunt with and tell the story of Sacha Siemel, the noted hunter/spear man of the Matto Grosso. Plenty of accounts of hunting jaguar. Written in novel style based on fact. This copy in VG condition with mild cover wear, internally bright & clean. Nº de ref. del artículo: 007246
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Anah Dunsheath RareBooks ABA ANZAAB ILAB, Auckland, NZ, Nueva Zelanda
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp.290 Frontispiece, plates. Original cloth. A fine complete and exceptionally clean copy. Nº de ref. del artículo: 020034
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Elk River Books (ABAA/ILAB), Livingston, MT, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very good. First Edition. Octavo (22.7 cm), pp. xiv, 288. Green cloth with gilt titling. Green endpapers. Numerous black and white photographic plates throughout. Spine-cocked. Damage to front pastedown from removal of a label. Minor rubbing and wear to boards. No jacket. A novelization of the life of Sacha Siemel who "killed jaguars for a living with a seven-foot spear of his own manufacture and read Tolstoy, Gogol, and Victor Hugo in the siesta-hour. In short, he charmed us, accompanied us, saved our lives." (from the Prologue). Nº de ref. del artículo: 37504
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Photos, 9 x 6", gilt-dec black cloth, 287pp, a well-worn copy with bumped and worn extremities, lightly spotted edges of textblock and contents, and a bookseller label inside rear cover. FIRST PRINTING. SCARCE. Nº de ref. del artículo: 22-1364
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Librería: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Pages show minor scattered foxing. Nº de ref. del artículo: mon0002518182
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st US Edition. 287 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Light green endpapers. Previous owner's signature on the ffep. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in green cloth with fading gilt titles. Heavily worn around the edges with some tears on the corners and spine. A small spot on the upper cover. Lightly scuffed. 1ST US EDITION. VG/- -. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 230133
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Wabash Museum Books, Mount Carmel, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. 287 pages; with foreward and prologue in front; 21 chapters and epilogue in rear. Pages tight; slight ly yellowed; no markings; page edges foxed; 16 full page glossy illustrations and photos including frontispiece, "A Male Tigre of about Thjree hundred Pounds." Dark green linen-like hard covers with gild lettering on front and spine. Moderate shelf wear. Dust jacket is in very poor condition; many tears and creases along edges, spine ends and fold flaps. Front spine crease is completely torn from remainder of dj. dj has black and orange lettering; illustration of jungle scene. Story of Sacha Siemel, an adventurous Latvian boy who sought the wilds of Brazil-roaming the wilderness, learning the use of the native spear in jaguar-hunting. He spent 14 years in the Province of Matto Grasso, reputed to be the blackest in the world. RARE VINTAGE COPY. Nº de ref. del artículo: S44-B2463-6008
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Librería: FARRAGO, HUDDERSFIELD, YORKS, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. * AS PICTURED : FIVE IMAGES * FIRST EDITION, First Printing, as stated. 1932. Large 8vo, robust green buckram boards, gilt. Some wear commensurate with age and use, but predominantly tidy, with no significant damage. Very slight gapping between ffep verso and adjacent blank. Green eps; neat ink inscription to ffep dated Xmas 1932. Small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown : 'SPORTBOOKS, Rare, Out of Print, New. 42 Church Street, New Haven 10. Conn.' Contents tight, bright and clean, no other markings and mercifully - no foxing. pp : xiii + 287. Frontis + 15 additional full-page photo reproductions, each blank verso. B/W map adjacent to Chapter One. ILLUSTRATIONS : A Male "Tigre" of about three hundred pounds (frontis); Ernst; Strangler; Apparicio, Tiger-skin and Snake; Rio Araguaya as far as the fish can swim; Cattle Ranch in the "Pantanal", Xarayes Marches; "Valente", who gave me sixty-four tigers, and "Pardo", his helper; The first diving apparatus in the Rio Das Garcas; Sunset at the "Sao Lourenco"; Tupi the brave; Tiger-Man; "Jose Aba " and family in my camp "Occulto"; Tiger-Man with spear, bow -and Tiger; Young Tigers Ready For Shipment; Aventureira on the Upper Paraguay River, a place called "Morro do Castello"; View of the "Pantanal" in front of our last Hunting Camp. This list of illustrations should give a good indication of the context and content of the text. FREE P&P IN UK. Non-UK buyers quoted Shipping cost before commitment. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association). Nº de ref. del artículo: 1487
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Saul54, Lynn, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. New York: National Travel Club,; First Printing (1932). XIII+287 pages, 16 Illustrations. NearFine Hardcover, no dj. Black cloth, Gilt spine title. No Wear. "St. Anthony Friary Ex Libris, Hudson New Hampshire" - stamped on the title page otherwise book is clean. Excellen binding and hinges. 8.9"x5.9"x1.6". bea36167. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABE-1547315205853
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