Brazilian Adventure
FLEMING, Peter (1907-1971)
Verlag: London: Chatto & Windus, by permission of Jonathan Cape, 1962
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[Exploration] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.158. Reissued in the 'Queen's Classics' series, FIRST EDITION THUS. Publisher's hardback blue cloth binding with a brown leather label to spine, blocked in gilt. One of the author's personal copies, signed to flyleaf with his characteristic 'scripsit' ['He wrote it'] note. With an accompanying ink presentation to the facing page from Dennis Warren, general manager of Fleming's Nettlebed estate in Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. A fine copy. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel writer, brother of novelist Ian Fleming, and unofficial editor of his James Bond books. He has often been cited as a model for the debonair secret service agent created by his brother. This is his acclaimed first book, covering his expedition through the Brazilian jungle in search of the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett. The present copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012, published by Peter Fleming's daughter Kate Grimond) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. See Campbell; Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection [22]. Gilbert, p. 618. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 67928
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Titel: Brazilian Adventure
Verlag: London: Chatto & Windus, by permission of Jonathan Cape, 1962
Einband: Hardcover
Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
Auflage: 1. Auflage
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Brazilian Adventure
Verlag:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934
ISBN 10: 022460211X
ISBN 13: 9780224602112
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, USA
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hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First ed. "A" on c' page. ; 376 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 341019
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Brazilian Adventure
Verlag:
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968, 1968
Gebraucht
Softcover
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Exploration] Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.376; [4], ads. Large format Cape paperback, first reprint. Publisher's illustrated softcovers priced at 16s. Contents clean, soft reading creases to spine; near fine. A quality paperback printing from the original publisher, the sheets being the same size as the current hardback. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel writer, brother of novelist Ian Fleming, and unofficial editor of his James Bond books. He has often been cited as a model for the debonair secret service agent created by his brother. This is his acclaimed first book, covering his expedition through the Brazilian jungle in search of the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett. The present copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012, published by Peter Fleming's daughter Kate Grimond) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. See Campbell; Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection [22]. Gilbert, p. 618. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 67979
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BRAZILIAN ADVENTURE
Verlag:
Charles Scribner's Sons [Scribner], 1934
Gebraucht
Hardcover
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Anbieter: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 6 X 8.5 inches. 412 pages. Beige hardcover with green and black type on front and spine. Cover boards slightly toned and soiled. American first edition (per Scribner's "A" letter code and company logo upon copyright page). Dust jacket has color fading to spine panel but pictorial front panel color still bright; chipping to spine ends and fedges. Illustrated with over 20 photographs. Front flap retains publisher's printed price ($2.75) Now presented in mylar protection. Text block edges toned; deckle fore-edge. Map illustrated endpapers. Solid square binding "The elder brother of novelist Ian Fleming, Peter Fleming was a British adventurer, journalist, and travel writer who remains best known for this first book, a travel adventure in the Brazilian jungle in search of the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett expedition.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2401171Bly24
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Brazilian Adventure
Verlag:
London: Reprint Society / Jonathan Cape, 1940, 1940
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Exploration] NEW EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.376; [6]; [2], blank. With two maps and a photographic frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-titled leather label to spine. Contents clean, edges tanned, ink name to front endpaper. Very good. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel writer, brother of novelist Ian Fleming, and unofficial editor of his James Bond books. He has often been cited as a model for the debonair secret service agent created by his brother. This is his acclaimed first book, covering his expedition through the Brazilian jungle in search of the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett. The present copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012, published by Peter Fleming's daughter Kate Grimond) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. See Campbell; Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection [22]. Gilbert, p. 618. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 68256
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Brazilian Adventure
Verlag:
London: Jonathan Cape, 1942, 1942
Gebraucht
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Exploration] NEW CHEAP EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.376; [6]. With two maps and four photographic plates. Publisher's blue blocked in silver. Contents clean, edges gently tanned. Near fine. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel writer, brother of novelist Ian Fleming, and unofficial editor of his James Bond books. He has often been cited as a model for the debonair secret service agent created by his brother. This is his acclaimed first book, covering his expedition through the Brazilian jungle in search of the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett. The present copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012, published by Peter Fleming's daughter Kate Grimond) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. See Campbell; Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection [22]. Gilbert, p. 618. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 68257
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Brazilian Adventure
Verlag:
London: Jonathan Cape, 1944, 1944
Gebraucht
Softcover
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Exploration] Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.376; [6]. RE-ISSUE, first reprint. Illustrated with maps and plates. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in illustrated dust-jacket priced 10s.6d. Cape's brochure for leather binings (advertising Fleming's works bound thus) tucked in. Contents clean, edges toned, bottom corner bumped, jacket with some chips and tears, toned to spine. Very good. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel writer, brother of novelist Ian Fleming, and unofficial editor of his James Bond books. He has often been cited as a model for the debonair secret service agent created by his brother. This is his acclaimed first book, covering his expedition through the Brazilian jungle in search of the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett. The present copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012, published by Peter Fleming's daughter Kate Grimond) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. See Campbell; Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection [22]. Gilbert, p. 618. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 67761
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Brazilian Adventure
Verlag:
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968, 1968
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Exploration] Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.376. RE-ISSUED 1966, first reprint. Illustrated with maps and plates. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in illustrated dust-jacket priced 30s. A fine, fresh copy. Virtually as new. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel writer, brother of novelist Ian Fleming, and unofficial editor of his James Bond books. He has often been cited as a model for the debonair secret service agent created by his brother. This is his acclaimed first book, covering his expedition through the Brazilian jungle in search of the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett. The present copy is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012, published by Peter Fleming's daughter Kate Grimond) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. See Campbell; Ian Fleming: A Catalogue of a Collection [22]. Gilbert, p. 618. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 67763
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Brazilian Adventure
Verlag:
London: Queen Anne Press, 2010, 2010
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Travel] LIMITED EDITION, being one of 150 hand-numbered copies. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.364. Finely bound in the publisher's gilt decorated cloth, to the design of the original first edition binding. With photographic plates and illustrated map endpapers. Absolutely fine/As new. Out of print for many years, this is a fine limited re-issue; First published in 1933, the book describes an early expedition to the far reaches of the Amazon to discover the fate of Colonel Percy Fawcett, a famous explorer who with his son and a friend had gone missing in 1925 while searching for the "Lost City of Z", believed by some to be Eldorado. Peter Fleming's funny, exciting, well-written account was widely praised at the time and became an instant bestseller. It has retained a loyal following ever since, and is considered a classic of the genre of 1930s travel writing. Includes some previously unpublished photographs, and a new foreword from Fleming's daughter, Kate Grimond. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 70579
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