explorer comes home (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. (1947), stated First Edition; Good to Very Good/Fair to Good Only dj, octavo, 276pp., tan cloth hardcover, small tear top of backstrip, unclipped ($3.00) dj with numerous large chips, binding tight, b&w drawings by Thomas W. Voter, text unmarked.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Voter, Thomas W. Ilustrador. First Edition. 276pp, bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped, spine faded and chipped at top of spine. Light even toning to page edges, prev owner bookplate. An explorer and naturalists adventures on his own property in Connecticut. Size: 8vo.

Full Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Original beige cloth hardcover. Jacket is not price clipped but it is tape reinfoced at the extremities. Overall an EXCELLENT book in a GOOD dust jacket. ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS (January 26, 1884 March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions through the fragmented China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Condición: good. Light sun-fading on the cover. A former library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. No dustjacket included, as pictured. The pages appear aged but unmarked. Light staining on the cover. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Shay. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!