Pitcher sotheby (18 Ergebnisse)

Paper Boards + Cloth Spine. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition of This Edition. Please Email for further details Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Colur Plates By Howard K. Elcock , Frank H. Mason , Gordon Browne & Others + Half Tone Plates & Drawings in Black & White (illustrator). Signed "To Harold for Christma.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. Reprint. 323pp. 600g. Blue cloth boards a little rubbed and discoloured, but contents tight and clean, Very Good, in a Poor but complete repaired and well worn d/w, in removable clear wrap. (See Picture). Illustrated with b/w plates by Lieut. N. Sotheby Pitcher, R.N.V.R. and with a preface by Rt. Hon. A.V. Alexander, M.P. First lord of the Admiralty. This is an account of the great battle on which the life of Britian depended, written during the conflict. Lieut. N. Sotheby Pitcher, R.N.V.R. (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1920. Very good condition with no wrapper. Green pictorial front board shows a boy scout in shorts with a union jack flag and a castle in the background. First story is "Hogmanay Camp" by Martin. 4 colour plates. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Some wear to cover edges. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Name in ink in belongs to box. Endpapers are browned. Heavy foxing to textblock and some page margins. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Lumley, Savile & Pitcher, N. Sotheby & Brock, H.M. & et al., (illustrator).…

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Cloth. Zustand: Good. A smart four-volume collection of early 20th-century illustrated adventure novels, illustrated with colour plates. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings. This is a charming collection of four early 20th-century illustrated adventure and historical works, with two first editions, each illustrated with colour plates. This set consists of: King of the Air, Or, To Morocco on an Airship by Herbert Strang (1908). This is a first edition. This copy is illustrated in colour by W. E. Webster. Sadly the final colour plate and frontispiece are missing from this copy, all other colour plates are present. "Herbert Strang" was a joint pseudonym used by George Herbert Ely (18661958) and Charles James L"Estrange (18671947). Their works are often critiqued for containing the attitudes of their time surrounding class, race, empire. Bridget of All Work by Winifred M. Letts (1909). This volume is a first edition. This volume is illustrated by James Durden with six colour plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. The Lost Empire: A Tale of Many Lands by Captain Charles Gilson (1910). This work is illustrated in colour by Cyrus Cuneo, with eight colour plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Charles James Louis Gilson (1878-1943), a British soldier and prolific author of adventure, science fiction, and children"s historical fiction. The Romance of the King"s Navy by Edward Fraser (1913). Illustrated in colour by N. Sotheby Pitcher, featuring four colour plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings.Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight rubbing to boards. The odd slight handling mark to boards. Prize plate to the front paste down of "King of the Air" scribbled over in pencil. Previous bookseller"s blind stamp to front free endpaper. Front board and spine of "King of the Air," disbound, holding at rear joint, with slight cracking to upper extremities of joint. Prize plate to front paste down of "The Romance of the King"s Navy" from Woodhouse Sunday School, presented to Charles Flanders, 1913. Previous owner"s pencil inscription to front free endpaper of "Bridget", partially rubbed out. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but holding firm. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves and the odd handling mark to fore edges. Final colour plate and frontispiece are missing from "King of the Air," all other colour plates are present. Good. W. E. Webster; James Durden; Cyrus Cuneo; N. Sotheby Pitcher (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 96 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Somerfield, Tom; Pape, Frank C.; Burton, Harry M.; Wright, Frank; Reynolds, Warwick; Gill, A.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby; Buchanan, F.; Wright, Frank; Gordon, Alexandre (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. United States Edition. Features: A Fall From the Clouds; Mary Gaunt - A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar; Eight Thousand Dollars; Insect Oddities; Byways in Sind and Baluchistan; The Pirates of the "Tai On"; Odds and Ends. Pages 97-192, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Tight and unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this excellent vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, June 1915, No. 206, Vol. 35 Fall From the Clouds; A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar. Illustrated by Somerfield, Thomas; Wright, Frank; Whitaker, W.G.;Rountree, Harry; Wigfull, W.E.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 290-380 pages plus 36 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Sunken Submarine - the experience which befell the U.S. submarine "Diver" which shot its men from its torpedo tubes! (per cover illustration); The Fetish Man's Downfall - a tale from Accra in 1899 involving prisoner Yao Dwirra; Building a Transcontinental Telephone Line - marvelously photo-illustrated article about the engineering and scientific wonders of the first phone line connecting New York to San Francisco; "Black Tom" - an exciting story from the early days of the Pennsylvania oil-fields; "On the Wing" - extraordinary adventure with a big rattlesnake in southern Mississippi; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth (part V) - incredible tales of a party working its way through hostile svages and the forces of nature; The Train-Robbers - the tragic story of a hold-up on the Northern Pacific Railroad and the long man-hunt which followed, 1892-1894; Wicks's Ordeal - the terrible menace which a man-eating tiger constitutes to a community; Two Girls on a Ranch (part II) - two young ladies try to win fortune by running a ranch in the wilds of Arizona; The Secret Post Office - an amusing echo of the Boer War showing how the well-known 'slimness' and fertility of resource of the Boers were for once turned against them; Concerning Camels - some amusing stories; A South Pacific Piracy - an account of the tragic voyage of the brig "Moa," of Auckland, New Zealand in 1870; The beacon of the Gulf - photo-illustrated article on Bird Rock, which lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Photo of a 'home-made' train run on the only railway in British North Borneo; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine For Men, February (Feb.) 1916, No. 214, Vol. 36 - Building a Transcontinental Telephone Line / The Fetish Man's Downfall vintage ads. Features: The Sunken Submarine - the experience which befell the U.S. submarine "Diver". Illustrated by Somerfield, Thomas; Gillett, F.; Pape, Frank C.; Reynolds,Warwick; Evison, G. Henry; Webb, Arch.; Holloway, W.H.; Gillett, Frank;Prater, Ernest; Pitcher, Sotheby (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - Part II - an American businessman is also secretly a member of a lawless tong/Chinese secret society; How We Foiled "U 39" - H.O. Read, Late First Officer S.S. "Anglo-Californian", a horse transport, explains what happened when his vessel was attacked by a German U-Boat; Our Wanderings in Northern Africa - another of the popular "Penelope" articles covers Tunis, Kairouan, and Algeria (includes photo of Tunisian Jewesses in towering head-dresses intended to make them, all fat to enhance their marriage prospects); The Trapped Diver - Charles Margerison recounts his terrible underwater predicament working for the City of Toronto's Department of Works; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part I - Mary Roberts Rinehart explores the new Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Old Man of Tregennon Lodge - a very remarkable ghost story from Cornwall, England; From Job to Job Around the World - Part VIII - two young Americans begin broke in London but soon Mr. Fletcher travels to Norway under contract to do Arctic coal-mining; A Boy Hero of the Midi - translated from the diary of Eugene Escloupie, a 14-year-old French boy who smuggled himself to the front and took part in some hot WWI fighting; Our Fijian Field-Day - three young white men compete in sports contests against sport-loving Fijians (with nice photos); The Great Wire Mystery - copper wire was constantly stolen from South-East Pennsylvania railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies until the elusive culprit was caught; Fishing With Spades and Ploughs for the sand eel on the Normandy coast; and more. pp. 9 [ads], [2], 484-576, 10-16 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Gilbert, A.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby; Montford, C.E.; Somerfield, Thomas; Evison, G.H.; Prater, Ernest; Montford, C.E.; Gillett, F. (illustrator). …

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. An ambitious record of Royal Navy vessels stretching from A-J, with numerous illustrations and details regarding historical operations and structures. The first editions of Volumes I-III of The King's Ships, Together with Important Historical Episodes Connected with the Successive Ships of the Same Name from Remote Times, and a List of Names and Services of Some Ancient War Vessels, written by decorated naval officer Halton Stirling Lecky, published between 1913-1914. In the publisher's original blue cloth. Each volume contains a frontispiece, numerous in-text and full-page illustrations, as well as colour plates illustrated by British marine artist Neville Sotheby Pitcher. These copies previously belonged to The Naval Collection at Hampshire County Library. An ambitious and insightful record of every ship that served in the Royal Navy up to 1914, with volumes I-III cover all vessels beginning with letters A-J. Each vessel includes structural details, their involvement in historical operations, and other curious anecdotes. Lecky served during the Delegoa Bay Blockade and was awarded the Albert Medal and Lloyd's Medal for Saving Life at Sea. Volumes IV-VI were planned but never published due to the outbreak of the First World War, bringing Lecy into service again at the North Sea and later at the Aegean. The original publisher died before publication could continue, and issues with subsequent publishers meant that the project was halted. - Volume I: Aboukir to Bustard. Contains a frontispiece of George V, and all five colour plates. Collated complete (1913). - Volume II: Cadmus to Encounter. Contains a frontispiece of Edward VII, and all five colour plates. Collated complete (1913). - Volume III: Endymion to Jupiter. Contains a frontispiece of William IV, and all five colour plates. Collated complete (1914). In the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally, the odd mark to boards, heavier to the rear board of I with small creases to the centre. Bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, and to the extremities. A small spot to head of I spine. Slight rubbing to joints and to edges, a little heavier to III tail of front joint with small split to cloth. Blue end papers are mostly bright and clean, with minor offsetting to free end papers. Marks to tail of front end paper hinge of I and previous owner's bookplate tear remnants to front free end papers. Library stamp plates to rear pastedown of I. Internally, firmly bound, with minor strain to hinge between pp.384-385 of III. Tissue guards preserved to colour plates. Library stamps to verso of title leaves. Pages are bright and clean. Good. Various [inc. Neville Sotheby Pitcher] (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Cheetah-Hunting - Lewis R. Freeman provides an interesting account of using cheetahs to hunt deer in India - article with photos; The Mad Hatter - two former partners fight it out over a woman in the boom days of the Kalgoorlie mines; Ivory-Poaching in German East Africa - Prior to WWI big game hunter J.A. Jordan set out to poach ivory from the jealously guarded herds of the colony after a German captain confiscated his possessions and left him stranded - article with amazing photos; Adventures of a Wild-Beast Trainer - The thrilling experiences of ex-lion-tamer Alexander Feely; An Errand of Mercy - the dangers and difficulty of travel in the interior of Paraguay; After Outlaws in Unknown New Guinea - pursuit of a band of native murderers who had wiped out a village - article with excellent photos; 'Big-Bang' - the story of a WWI heavy-duty trench mortar invented by a man named X____; The Brothers Alvarez - a Mexican narrative related to the author by the late British Minister to Mexico; A Canadian Lumber-Camp - Part I - A vivid photo-illustrated sketch of the strenuous winter existence of a Canadian lumber-jack; A Five Minutes' Race With Death - a mining engineer's story of a revengeful Matabele and a very narrow escape; The Bunko House - a very narrow escape in Chicago; Bob Trinder's Good Time - at story of the bad old days of San Francisco when men were 'shanghaied' aboard deep-water ships for the sake of advance-money or private vengeance; South African Snakes - their variety and characteristics; A Race With a Typhoon - the remarkable adventure of Yale graduate Dr. E.E. Severy in a remote district of Mindanao in the Philippines; Sensational 16-page photo-illustrated stock offering for the Pruden Coal Carburetor and the Powdered Coal Engineering & Equipment Company; and and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 292-382, 22-32 [ads]. Covers beginning to loosen. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, February 1917, Cheetah-Hunting, India, Lewis R. Freeman, The Mad Hatter, Kalgoorlie, Ivory-Poaching - German East Africa, elephant hunting, J.A. Jordan, Lion-Tamer, Alexander Feely, Paraguay, New Guinea, Pygmies, Mortar, Alvarez Brot. Illustrated by Leist, Fred; Perceval, C.H.; Reynolds, Warwick; Wood,Esmond; Prater, Ernest; Bates, L.; Elcock, Howard; Pride, Sid; Webb, Arch;Austen, Winifred; Dovaston, Margaret; Pitcher, Sotheby (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Two Men's Madness - six lives and a fine ship, the Frank N. Thayer, are lost through the unaccountable frenzy of two Indians; In Wildest Ireland - A.W. Cutler describes and photographs "unspoilt" regions of the Emerald Isle - with many fascinating photos; The Guardian of the Line - the ordeal undergone by a humble railway-crossing keeper's wife in Lithuania on the Russian Front; In Search of the Unknown Land - The tragic story of the Stefansson Arctic Exploration Expedition, twelve-page article including many photos; The Tales of Golab Khan - some amusing stories of Indian life; The Airman's Escape - two British aviators raid a Bulgarian town, then one is shot down and must be rescued by his companion; From Job To Job Around the World - part VI - Two American wanderers make there way through the Holy Land to Constantinople - with photos; The Trouble at Crib No. 2 - a tug-boat fireman recounts an exciting story of a winter rescue on the Great Lakes; Australia's Water Miracle - article and photos describe how the Government of New South Wales has created a miracle of irrigation; The Story of Count Seilern - A Tragedy of the Hapsburgs; Alpine Acrobats - A vivid account, illustrated by some very remarkable photographs, of the first ascent of the needle-like "Cigar Rock" in the Italian Alps; Lovely one-page illustrated ad by Canada Steamship Lines promotes their Niagara to the Sea all-water route; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [3], 290-385, 7-32 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. Soiling to back cover. Covers beginning to loosen, otherwise a sound vintage copy of this exceptional issue. Somerfield, Thomas; Pride, Sid; Holloway, W.H.; Gillett, Frank; Evison, G.H.; Pitcher, Sotheby; Prater, Ernest (illustrator).…

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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. The two authors of this book spent several years independently researching the history of the Northfleet dockyard, neither being aware of the others existence. Coming together through a third party introduction they decided to combine their researches and this book is the result. 147pp illustrated in colour and black and white. Size 297x210mm.…

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