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Published by Collins, London, 1947
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Beautifully illustrated Very good with gently bumped corners Good with slightly chipped spine ends, gentle rubbing, and a few tiny closed tears Beige cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo.
Published by Collins, London, 1947
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. water stain to the page block. pages are text are not effected. bumps to the ends of the cover and spine. cover starting to become detached from the inside of the cover at the bottom.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust jacket has mild shelf and edge wear otherwise in good condition.Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic.Pages are clean and intact.
Published by Collins, London, United Kingdom, 1947
Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 324 pages including "120 illustrations in black & white", plus "48 plates in colour"; very gently used, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ has numerous tiny chips/tears.
Published by Collins, UK, 1947
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good (in mylar). 48 Colour Plates, 120 Black & White (illustrator). First Edition. Moderately aged end papers, else textblock is clean and tight; Binding sunned, edge scuffed and worn; Soiled front and back top corner, bumped head and foot of spine, discolored and bumped corners; The heavily spine sunned and worn dust jacket is humidity stained along the spine, with visible wear at the folds, corners and edges; 324p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by Collins, London, 1947
Seller: CHARLES BOSSOM, Ely, CAMBS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 48 colour plates, 120 b/w Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Dust jacket chipped wear to edges & corners, rubbed, some fading to spine. Grey cloth with bright gilt titles and illustration on spine. No inscription .324 pages clean and tight. Size: 4to.
Published by Collins, London, 1947
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 323 (1) pp, Introduction by nigel Tangye, British Merchant Adventurers by Maurice Collis; British Polar Explorers by Admiral Sir Edward Evans; British Mountaineers by F. S. Smythe; British Seamen by David Mathew; British Soldiers by S. H. F. Johnston; Britain in the Air by Nigel Tangye, list of 48 plates in color, list of 120 b&w illustrations, index. First Edition, 1947. Price clipped. Minor edge wear to dj, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Size: Large 8vo. Book.
Published by COLLINS, LONDON, 1947
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. first edition with no dust jacket on on beige cloth some colour fastness on spine due to exposure to sunlight otherwise a lovely collectable folio.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1928
Seller: CHARLES BOSSOM, Ely, CAMBS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Fading red cloth with worn and faded title on spine. Light foxing throughout. 52 pp. Size: 12 Mo.
Published by Collins, 1947
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
HARDCOVER. Condition: GOOD. 1947. Collins . Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE DJ; Acceptable, edgewear. DJ marked. End pages discoloured. Page edges foxed/marked. 8x6.
Published by Collins, London, 1947
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 324 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Light foxing to edges of covers; spine ends sunned. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Front inner hinge cracked. Light toning to blank endpapers; previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and several short tears to edges. Spine darkened w/ approx. 1" chip at bottom of spine. Illust. w/ 48 plates in colour and 120 illustrations in b/w.
Published by Collins, London, 1947
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good hardcover, very good dust jacket 40 plates in Colour with 120 illustrations in black and white.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition on blue cloth with 48 plates in colour and 120 illustrations on faded beige brown cloth.
Published by Collins, London, 1947
Seller: Grandmahawk's Eyrie, Mansfield Center, CT, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Various (illustrator). HB, cloth boards in pictorial DJ, 324pp, 48 col plates, 120 b/w illus. Price-clipped DJ has near catastrophic creasing, chipping & tears to all edges & corners, repaired on reverse & protected in poly film. Book has moderate rubbing to edges & corners, inside has tanning to page edges, foxing to epp, rep has a smal split to spine hingeelse square & tight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Published by Collins 14 St. James's Place, London First edition . 1947., 1947
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back light green/grey cloth covers with gilt titles. 323 pp. 48 colour plates and 120 illustrations in black and white. Spine very slightly faded. In Very Good+ condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. INDIA (Bharat Ganarajya).
Published by Collins, London 1947, 1947
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
22.0 x 16.0cms, 324pp, 120 b/w & 48 colour illusts, very good hardcover; no dustwrapper This book has sections on Britain's merchant adveturers (pirates); polar explorers; mountaineers; seamen; soldiers; balloonists and aeronauts.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Good condition, in a dustjacket with wear and small tears to all edges. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.
Published by London: Collins, 1957, 1957
Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Book First Edition
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. VG++, Foxing, Page Creasing/VG+, PC, Large Tears, Foxing. 1st Edition. In the 'Britain in Pictures' series. With 48 plates in colour and 120 illustrations in black & white. Contains contributions by M aurice Collis, Sir Edward Evans, F S Smythe, David Mathew, S H F Johnston & Nigel Tangye. Expanded condition report/scan on request.
Published by London: Collins, 1947
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Reprint. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly sun-toned and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 323 pages illustrations (some color) 23 cm. Short bibliographies: pages 313-314. Subjects; Adventure. Great Britain ; Biography. Turner, W. J. British merachat adventurers. British polar explorers, by Sir Edward Evans. British seamen, by David Mathew. Britain in the air, by Nigel Tangye. 1 Kg.
Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60007071: 1947. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur bon état. 323 pages. Jaquette illustrée en couleur et abîmée. Illustré de nombreuses photos et gravures en couleur et en noir et blanc, dans le texte et hors texte. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Published by London: Collins, 1947
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Reprint. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly sun-toned and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 323 pages illustrations (some color) 23 cm. Short bibliographies: pages 313-314. Subjects; Adventure. Great Britain ; Biography. Turner, W. J. British merachat adventurers. British polar explorers, by Sir Edward Evans. British seamen, by David Mathew. Britain in the air, by Nigel Tangye. 1 Kg.