calabash diamonds (57 resultados)

hardback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved dust jacket, the text is clean and unmarked, b&w plates, 192pp.

Condición: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. v+215pp, endpaper maps, b/w frontis, 12pp b/w plates, edges of dustjacket rubbed, otherwise a noice copy. The true story of a treasure map and a hunt for diamonds hidden in the wilds of Rhodesia.

hardcover. Illus. 215pp. 8vo, cloth. London, (1961). Diamond hunting in Mozambique.

Condición: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is cleanwith light age tone. DJ with some edge wear, toning and creasing.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 190pp hardback, burgundy and yellow boards in wrapper, bw plates and map, some light spotting to edge s etc.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Duell, Sloan and Pearce; New York, 1961. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, discoloration along board and spine buckram, some spine edge wear, bit dusty top text block edge with trace scattered foxing, small bookstore sticker bottom front free endpaper else unmarked, bit of age toning to pages, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, spine fade, neatly clipped front flap, bit of discoloration/foxing verso panels/flaps, some edge/corner wear with few small tears/creases, Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 212pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Condición: Good. 1961. First Edition. 215 pages. Patterned dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Minor foxing and noticeable tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Mild staining to hinges. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has soft splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Book Club Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 190 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 19 cm. Subject; Treasure-trove Mozambique. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First. pp.215 b/w plates a treasure hunt in Mozambique clean tight copy with former owner name on frontpiece. frontpieces maps, tanning to text pages, d/j small nicks, creases to top/bottom spines, wear to corners and slight rubbing to extremties, shelfwear to board extremities with bumped corners, some freckles to edges Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. Hardcover with purple spine and yellow boards. Armed with an old map, Lane and her husband searched for a hoard of uncut diamonds in Mozambique. With maps and photographs. Owner's name, and dealer's stamp on the ffep. Slight wear to the edges of the jacket.

Condición: Fair. 1961. First Edition. 215 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding is shaky, frontispiece is loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Mottling to both boards. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Condición: Good. 1961. Hardcover. Clean copy showing some age and shelf wear. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. London, Melbourne, Toronto: Heinemann, 1961 Soft Cover. Galley/Proof. 9 x 5 5/8. 215 pp. Uncorrected Proof copy. The author and her husband go in search of buried treasure in Africa. Softcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket has wear to edges some tears and chips to top edge especially. Looks good in its new mylar cover. Binding is torn at bottom edges but book is still secure. B/w photo of author on Frontis. B/w photos throughout. DJ cond: fai r. Book cond: fair. Soft Cover. Fair/Fair.

Condición: Good. 1961. Hardcover. Clean copy showing some age and shelf wear. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a good copy. . . . .

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Book Club Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 190 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 19 cm. Subject; Treasure-trove Mozambique. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First edition without jacket on red cloth ex libris with usual markings will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 215 pages; Description: 215 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Treasure troves --Mozambique. Mozambique --Description and travel. Notes: Maps on lining pages. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. pgs:190. World Books Reprint Society, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. Hardback. No DJ. Straight, sharp boards. Former owner's name (neat, tidy) to top/right of ffep. Absolutely no hint of foxing or tanning. Exceptionally clean, crisp pages. Feel free to email for additional images.

Hardback, 189mm x 129mm yellow and maroon card boards, gilt titles, first thus, 190+pp. Photographic illustrations. Good +/Good +. Book is tight, spine and boards clean save for some darkening at some edges. Foxing to top block edge and light to right edge, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Dustwrapper is clean with just a little chipping at edges. The amazing story of the hunt for the funerary diamonds of an African chief in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, first published by Heinemann in 1961. Catalogue: Travel. Keywords: Mozambique, diamonds, treasure.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. 190 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. This Is The Story Of A Secret Treasure Hunt In The Portugese African Territory Of Mozambique. Many Years Ago The Author's Husband Unexpectedly Came Into Possession Of A Map And First-hand Information About A Hoard Of Uncut Diamonds Buried About Seventy Years Ago In The Grave Of An African Chief.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 215 pages; Description: 215 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Treasure troves --Mozambique. Mozambique --Description and travel. Notes: Maps on lining pages. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 190pp, yellow boards with brown spine, dustjacket with previous owner's name on inner flap. B + w photographs and maps. An African Treasure Hunt in Mozambique.

Condición: Good. Original yellow boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with some b/w photographs, maps, 8vo. World Books.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Reprint society on half bound yellow and burgundy cloth.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. HB Cr8vo ylw/ bwn bds. in prple d/w. VG/VG. This is the story of a secret treasure hunt in Mozambique. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.