fowler wilfred (29 résultats)

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Thus. Stated First American Edition. Grey cloth binding. The dust jacket has a few small soil spots. 294 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good -. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good -. First American Edition. Normal wear; lacks flyleaf; a decent readable copy. Book.

Etat : 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.

Etat : FINE. First US printing. A novel which follows two men - an Englishman at the beginning of his career and the African headman who befriended him - from the 1930s to the beginning of independence. Originally published in the UK under the title 'Harama' this was praised as a "remarkably unbiased portrait of an Africa in transition." Elspeth Huxley called this a "clever,spare, bitter and humane book." List of characters. 294 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (name of previous owner on front pastedown, partially hidden by dj flap).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. hardback in near fine condition with near fine dust jacket. 1st edition.

Hardcover. Etat : 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.

Etat : 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. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : 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. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : 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. Etat : Very Good ++. Etat de la jaquette : 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.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 132 pages. Illustrated . Kevin Nudd "John Fowler" / Helen Macleod "Sylvia Townsend Warner" / Mike Ashley "Robert Heinlein" / Michael Richardson "TV Spin-Offs" / David Howard "Wilfred Thesiger" / George Gorniak "Hugh Walpole".

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : 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.

Etat de la jaquette : dj. First Edition. First edition hardcover First edition. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dustjacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : 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.

Etat : 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.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First edition. Jacket designed by Hugh Walker. Corners bumped, spine cocked a bit, else a very good copy in a very good lightly rubbed dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : 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.

Hardback. Light wear to the dustjacket price clipped 294pp Contents clean with no inscriptions or marks. book.

Etat : Good. 1963. First Edition. 294 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Letter signed by author's wife stuck to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to both panels.

Volume 2, No. 1, November 1969. Includes article between pages 23 and 35 with 1 map of Malaita Island. Card cover. Near fine. 30.2 x 24.5. The two years (1884/1886) voyages of "Young Dick" in the labour trade (blackbirding).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 294 pages; Description: 294 p. , 23 cm. Subjects: Africa --Officials and employees. Africa --Politics and government. 3 Kg.

Unknown Binding. Etat : Very Good. Hardbound, with the DJ, VG/GOOD++.

Hardcover. Etat : Good -. 1st Ed., hard cover green cloth bds with red title block to spine, VG, bk leans, unclipped dust jacket, edgewear, rubbing, a little staining, Good-, contents clean and tight, pp294, smells of old books! A sound reading copy with jacket.

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.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 294 pages; Description: 294 p. , 23 cm. Subjects: Africa --Officials and employees. Africa --Politics and government. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. relationship between a D.C. and an African chief as his country moves towards independence; Binding: Orig. green cloth with frayed D/W; Condition notes: Novel - V. Good; Pages: 294; Edition/printing: 1st.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : 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].