The Fire Ox and Other Years

London: Collins, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xviii 393, colour frontispiece plate and further photographic illustrations throughout. Original hardback binding, light wear only. Contents clean and tight, a few spots to endpapers only, no inscriptions. A very good clean copy..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Bubbling to front cloth, probably caused by dampness, thus good only lacking the dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by the author.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 393 pp. Three full color illustrations, 3 maps and numerous black & white photos of the author's travels through the Far East. "A" for 1st printing on copyright page. Minimal markings. Text clean. 1st Printing?. Library Binding. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Collins, 1947. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered turquoise cloth (spine lettering dulled, spine ends scuffed/worn; inner hinges weakened - Good), no dustwrapper. Pp. xviii + 393, illus with coloured frontispiece, coloured plate and plans and b&w plates (endpapers spotted; no inscriptions).

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Between service in the World Wars, Cutting was a high-society naturalist & adventurer, starting with Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.'s expedition to Turkestan; here he recounts that trip as well as visits to Assam, China, Nepal, Tibet, the Andaman Islands, Celebes, the Galapagos, Burma, & Ethiopia. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first edition… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Collins, 1947. Second edition, small 4to, pp. xviii, [ 2], 393; 3 color plates, numerous black & white plates, maps; original blue cloth, very good with bookplate on front pastedown, dust wrapper with light wear and discoloration. The story of the author's journeys to Tibet, Nepal, Lhasa, Assam, the Turkis, etc.

London.: Collins.. 1947.. 3 coloured maps,illustrated with 3 colour plates by Alezandre Iacovleff and many magnificent black and white photographs showing the various peoples described in the text at work and in their local dress, xviii + 393pp, indices including indexes of plants and mammals and birds, neat signature of prior owner front free endpaper, cloth trifle soiled and worn,… Ler mais sobre este item

Collins, 1947. 1st ed lettering on spine is faint, otherwise VG no dw . 15 years of travels around the world including Nepal, Tibet, Galapagos, Burma, Ethiopia. Please note that this is a heavy book and if posting overseas, postage may be a little more than that quoted as default.

London: Collins, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. not known. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy - Presumed Reprint - Signed By Previous Owner On Ffp. Photo Illustrations. Blue Cloth Hard Cover With Faded Gold Gilt Titles To Front And Spine - Heavy Discoloured And Stains To All Sides With Rubbing And… Ler mais sobre este item

New York.: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1940. First printing. PRESENTATION COPY gift inscribed from the author to the free front endpaper. . Hard. Good. 8vo.. Illustrated.. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Slightly foxed.

London 1947, Collins. Blue cloth, 393p.,index, mammal & bird index, index of planats, 3 maps, 178 b.w. photos, very clean bright copy in likewise dustjacket in mylar protector, 17 x 25 cm., second and best edition, 3 color plates. The author's narrative covers some fifteen years of travel in Tibet & Nepal beginning in 1925 as a member of the… Ler mais sobre este item

Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. No Edition Remarks. 393 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners.… Ler mais sobre este item

Charles Scribner's, January 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/Poor. Several chips and tears around the edges of the jacket, especialy at corners and edge of spine. Stated A edition. Signed by Cutting to Delos V. Smith, American character actor and producer/director. Smith was from Hutchinson, Kansas. His bookplate is attached to the first inside page with… Ler mais sobre este item

Collins, London. 1947. 1st. edn. Hardback without dustwrapper. Lge 4to. xviii, pp393 incl. general index. index of plants and another of mammals & birds 6 col'd plates incl. frontis. & far too numerous monochrome photo-illus to count. Orig. blue buckram, slightly dulled gilt to spine & upper board. Top edges a tad dusty o/w VG. A heavy book that will… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. travel memoirs of the explorer/naturalist, vg in blue cloth, lacking the dust jacket; rubbing/splitting to cloth along spine ends and board corners else a tight square unmarked copy with no dust jacket; first printing with "A" on copyright page

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. hardback. about very good condition with a bit of wear - no dust jacket inscribed and signed by the author

New York:Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Charles Scribner's Sons. 1940. 1st edition. xviii+393pp. Illustrated with color and black and white. Hardcover.  Blue boards with title in gilt on front cover and spine lightly soiled and shelfworn with gilt on spine quite dulled. Internally, end-pages darkened with age, with a bookplate to… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Spine lettering faded; former owner's signature on front flyleaf.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good.

Scribner. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth, few spots, bookplate removed, jacket price clipped, light soil & clear tape on edges, spine ends chipped; 565 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition. First Printing. fair to good. 25 cm, 393, illus. (some in color), color frontis illus., color maps, index, boards worn, soiled, stained, and corners bumped/worn. Some fraying to spine edges, some discoloration inside hinges, small tears inside rear hinge. Charles Suydam Cutting (1889-1972) was a New York explorer, big-game… Ler mais sobre este item