islands de fowler wilfred (16 resultados)

Condición: Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 239 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. An Englishman living and working in the Solomon Islands. A clean and sound book but missing its dust wrapper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK.

Condición: Good. 1959. First Edition. 240 pages. Green jacket over blue cloth with silver decoration to spine. Contains black and white photographic frontispiece, with other plates throughout. Pages are lightly tanned, but text remains clear. Mild marking to some pages throughout; text is not obscured. Plates are bright. Binding is firm. Inscriptions to front endpapers. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Silver is bright. Some noticeable marking to top edge of boards and spine. Unclipped jacket. Light tanning to spine, edges and joints. Heavy edgewear, with visible rips and chipping, and some areas of loss. Heavy marking and rubbing to exterior.

Condición: Good. 1959. No Edition Stated. 239 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. [Viii] + 240 Pages, Illustrated. A Complete And Soundly Bound Book, Some Foxing But Otherwise Internally Unmarked, The Dustjacket Is Complete But Spine Is Browned. Not Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition First Printing. First-person autobiographical account of the author's adventures as the acting District Commissioner on the island of Ysabel in the Solomon Islands while it was a British colony during the early 20th century thru WWII. In 240 pages, with photographic frontispiece & black & white photos throughout. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1959, this hardcover book is in solidly Good condition: green cloth-covered boards & interior are clean, binding straight & strong, Pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age; foxing to endpapers & exterior page edges. Former owner's name sticker inside front cover. Corners bumped, mild rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ is also Good, with light edgewear, but darkening to white rear cover & a few tiny holes on front cover (in & around the "I" in "Island; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the exact bHeavyook you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on orders received Weekdays before 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good ++. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good -. Hardcover with dust jacket, 240 pages, plus black-and-white phptographs; very gently read, just a hint of shelf wear, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked; DJ spine sun faded, numerous tiny chips/tears. See also our listing for Hector Holthouse's very scarce White Headhunter.

Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition first edition book. No dust jacket. Mild edgewear and some scuffs to the boards and spine. Page edges are lightly tanned and lightly marked, and there are some pencil marks to the rear free end page. Overall a good clear copy.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good ++. Hardcover with dust jacket, 240 pages, plus black-and-white phptographs; very gently read, if at all, hardly a trace of shelf wear, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked; DJ spine sun faded, gently bumped, but no chips or tears, now in new mylar protector.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. With 240 pages and illustrations, a splendid account of the Solomon Islands, the people and life there in the 1950's, deliciously written, a fine book. NOT book CLUB OR ADVENTURE'S CLUB EDITION but the original Constable published first edition, HARDCOVER, GOOD DUST JACKET, NO MARKINGS, VERY GOOD CONDITION, EXCELLENT VALUE.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. A green cloth Hardcover, in a Dust Jacket which has small nicks. Not ex. library. 250 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs. Wilfred Fowler was District Commissioner on the island of Ysabel in the Solomon Islands while it was a British colony during the early 20th century. Light toning on endpapers, contents clean, tight and bright. Book.

Light foxing on page edges and endpapers; otherwise a bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Green cloth slightly faded on spine. Dust jacket browned with some surface loss on spine; short tear. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in good dust jacket.

8vo (217 x 140). pp, (viii), 239, (1). Black and white frontispiece and plates. Ex libris. (Romilly Shaw Collection). Distinctive signature of G.Romilly Shaw on front pastedown and several discreet Romilly Shaw Collection stamps, otherwise contents very clean. some very light browning. Blued top edge. Dark blue and silver gilt cloth. No dustjacket. Very good.

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [viii], 240 pp, frontis, illustrations from photos. original cloth, dj (spine bit faded), fine in vg dj. The author describes his years on the Solomon Islands where he was a district commissioner. A picture of this book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. British Colonial Administrative Service. " 'Would you like to go to the Solomon Islands?' "I don't know,' I said, surprised by his question. 'I don't know where they are or anything about them.' ". Dustwrap torn and chipped with some loss to edges, NOT PRICE CLIPPED, Dark blue boards, silver titling to spine, clean. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 6 pages of half tone plates. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 004098; 8vo.

London: The Adventurers Club, 1959 vi,240pp. 11 plates, dw. The author was an acting District Commissioner on the Island of Ysabel in the Solomons during the 1930's. From the library of Philip Snow with his bookplate on the front endpaper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[G].