Search Results: the condor and the cows by isherwood christopher

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. First Published. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and photographs are lightly tanned throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. First Published. 194 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1949.. FIRST EDITION. Large 8°, publisher's red cloth (warped and faded; some soiling and minor wear), illustrated endpapers. Endleaves after drawings of Cuzco by William Caskey. In less than good condition. xv, (1), 194, (2) pp., map on final preliminary leaf, 94 photographic illustrations on 32 ll. plates. *** FIRST EDITION. Based on the author's diary during a trip to South America. He explains that the condor is the emblem of the mountain republics of the Andes, and the cow represents the cattle-bearing plains nations, particularly Argentina. Isherwood landed in Venezuela at La Guaira and visited Cartagena, Bogotá, Quito, Lima, La Paz, Buenos Aires, and many smaller towns in between.***

UsedVeryGood The cover is clean but does show some wear. .

New York: Random House, 1949. First American. Cloth . Good/No Jacket. Black spine with gold lettering starting to fade; brown cloth with gold lettering. Mild spine slant. Light edge discoloration. Map of South America on end pages. Photographs & frontpiece by Caskey. Previous owners' name inked front free end page. Top edge tinted black. Some markings & underlinings.

NY: Random House. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Pages have slight warp/wave at bottom. DJ has scuffing and wear with tiny bits of loss at edges. ; 217 pages .

NEW YORK: Random House, 1949. Book. Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good copy in un-price-clipped dust jacket that has small chips. Nice solid copy..

New York: Random House, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG-; red and black spine with tan text; jacket has age toning, rubbing, significant chipping and tearing around edges (all tears smaller than one inch); boards are strong, slight rubbing around edges; textblock has age toning, name written on front pastedown, otherwise clean; pp 217. 1293071. Full-priced Rockville.

NY: Random House, 1949. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, shelfwear, else very good clean & sound condition without dust jacket. First printing. 217pp.

London: Methuen, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good with wear to the spine ends and corners in a good only dustwrapper with split front joint and chips at the lower spine and top edge.

New York: Random, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Nameplate on front endpaper. Pages light brown from age, clean text. Illustrated. Corners on cover lightly rubbed. Spine ends lightly bumped. Dustwrapper price clipped. Tears and chipping to dustwrapper edges. Dustwrapper browning and shelf rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PICO IYERIn September 1947, long before mass tourism and with no knowledge of Spanish, Christopher Isherwood and William Caskey left for a six-month tour of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.

New York: Random House, 1949. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vol 217pp. illus. Photographs & Frontispiece by William Caskey. Dj shows minor chipping at extremities. Cloth. First Edition.

Paperback / softback. New. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PICO IYER In September 1947, long before mass tourism and with no knowledge of Spanish, Christopher Isherwood and William Caskey left for a six-month tour of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.

New York: Random House, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated from photographs by William Caskey. 217pp. Map endpapers. Boards tanned at the edges with modest edgewear, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, very good or better in a toned about very good dust jacket with a tiny white spot on the spine, a 1 ½" tear at the foot and a small chip and some wear at the crown. A diary of travel through Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.

NY: Random House, (1949).. First US edition.. xi + 217 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light wear to extrems. Frontispiece and photographs by William Caskey.

New York: Random House, 1949. Black cloth spine over brown cloth covered boards. Review copy with review slip stapled to front free endpaper. Illustrated with frontis drawing and photographs. Map endpapers. Small mark from staple tranfered to half-title page. Light wear to covers, overall a very good copy, lacking dustjcaket.. First Edition. Two-toned Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by William Caskey. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated from photographs by William Caskey. Octavo. 217pp. Boards tanned at the edges with modest edgewear and a tiny bit of loss at the crown, very good or better in a toned and price-clipped, about very good dust jacket with small chips and tears ,a split at the lower shoulder, and seven page numbers inked on the rear flap.