Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist); Bowen, John T., approximately 1801-1856? (Lithographer)

Purple Martin (Calabash), No. 9, Pl. 45. First Edition of the Octavo Format Lithograph

New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1840. Handcolored lithograph. 26.6 x 16.9cm. One spot in the image and others in the left margin. Matted. The birds of America: from drawings made in the United States and their territories The birds of America.. Vol. I. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16-5946

Catalogue: Art

BEY, A.M. HASSENEIN; "ONEX"; MACMUNN, JAJOR-GENERAL SIR GEORGE; RAWSON, JOHN; O'MAHONY, EVE; DYOTT, G.M.; STERLING, H.D.; POUND, REGINALD; BATES, G.L.; C.V.T.; HAYTER, SERGT.-MAJOR D.N.C.; BRANDS, W.J.; BOWEN, PATRICK; MOLA, ARNOLD; ELLIS, DR. C.E.

The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, October [Oct. ], 1925, Vol LV, No. 330: In Search of the Lost Oases / Lost in the Heart of Peru

New York: The International News Company, 1925. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Fred; Briault, S.; Prater, E.; Goss, G.W.; Peddie, Tom; Lloyd, Stanley. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: In Search of the Lost Oases - Part I of a wonderful trip across the desert from Sollum, on the Mediterranean, to El Obeid, in the Sudan, mostly through unexplored territory, with photos; Smugglers Three - Poaching swan eggs; Azizun the Dancing-Girl - Sir George MacMunn owned an uncanny little "frog-girl" in India; The Odyssey of the "Olga" - A trip from Nome, Alaska to Seattle ended up taking over three months!; Photo of sixty-foot-tall statue of the god Gomateswara being annointed with oil on the great hill of Sravanbelgola; Left Behind - A young white woman is left behind at a lonely wayside station in the heart of Rhodesia; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part I - G.M. Dyott was abandoned by his guide in the trackless upper reaches of the Amazon and endured an ordeal to return home - with photos; The Thirteenth Sample - A nerve-trying adventure in the depths of an abandoned mine in Northern Mexico; A Bird-Hunter in the Wilds - G.L. Bates describes a seven-month journey in the remote Cameroon country of Central Africa - with great photos; The Voice in the Darkness - A tragic story of an encounter between a bootlegger and the law during prohibition in Brigson, Alberta; "Sinbad the Sailor" - An American university professor becomes a swindler in Winnipeg; Tiger Tales - Tales from Assam and Sumatra by W.J. Brands; What Was It? - Patrick Brown encountered a mysterious monster in South Africa which appeared to be a survivor of some prehistoric species; The Crocodile Charmers of Java - Javanese witch-doctors 'make love to them, induce them to follow them like pet dogs, and lead them to their deaths'; The Two Strangers - Dr. C.E.Ellis thought he knew a 'bunco man' but then he met two harmless prospectors. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, October 1925, Rosita Forbes, Kufra, Rohlfs, Senussi, Siwa, Sayed Idris Sennusi, Qayi-m-qana, In Search of the Lost Oases, Sahara desert, Sollum, El Obeid, Sudan, Smugglers Three, Swan eggs, Swan Egg Poaching, Azizun the Dancing-Girl,. Good .

RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage MagazinesProfessional seller

Book number: 346h5251

Keywords: 1925 Qayi M Qana Nautical Back Issues Travel Exploration &

BOWEN, John

After the Rain

London, Faber and Faber, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. Author's second book, a novel that begins in the basement of Foyle's bookshop. Dustwrapper art by Kenneth Rowell. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a wraparound band sporting a quote from Angus Wilson .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 016875

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions Modern Firsts Dustwrapper Art Literature: English Bookstores

JOHN BOWEN

After the Rain - 284 K

Ballantine Books. 1958. Soft Cover. Gd. Condition. Classic Science Fiction - (SF10B). Fair.

Mike Long BooksProfessional seller

Book number: sf1287

Catalogue: Classic Science Fiction

Keywords: novel, literature, msytery, adventure, suspense, alien, moon planets, galaxy,

BOWEN, JOHN

After the Rain

British, Panther. 1973, 2nd Printing. Paperback. Solid with light wear on the covers. Very Good +.

John Thompson BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 47713

Catalogue: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Keywords: Science Fiction Vintage Collectible

John Bowen

After the Rain a Play in Three Acts

London , Faber and Faber, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of John Bowen's play After the Rain. A first edition copy of the play After the Rain, by John Bowen. The play is set two hundred years after the Great Rain, which drowned the world as we know it. In a university lecture hall the story of how a handful of nine men and women survived is being acted out. John Bowen was a British playwright and author. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some light marks to the wraps. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 841B10

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: After the Rain A Play in Three Acts John Bowen playe performing arts John Bowen None

John Bowen

After the Rain

London, Faber and Faber, 1958-67. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Bowen's sci-fi novel about a second flood, alongside a proof copy of the dramatised play of the novel. The novel and play of John Bowen's 'After the Rain&apos.The first edition, first impression, of the novel, published in 1958, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.The proof copy of the play version of the novel, published in 1967.'After the Rain' sees a devastating flood started by a lunatic inventor, a slightly satirical work which follows the survivors of the disaster. The play, taking place in a university lecture hall, is set two centuries after the great flood, and recounts how the select few survived. In the original publisher's cloth binding, and original paper wraps. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities of the novel. Light marks to the boards and spines, and to the wraps. Dust wrapper is smart with light edge wear. Minor age-toning to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 931P17

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: After the Rain play novel john bowen play flood None

John Bowen

After the Rain

London, Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this science fiction novel in which an inventor starts the second Flood. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, and the scarce promotional wrap around band.'After the Rain' sees a devastating flood started by a lunatic inventor, a slightly satirical work which follows the survivors of the disaster.Written by John Bowen, a notable playwright and novelist. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper, and wrap around band. Externally, smart. Very light fading to the head and tail of the spine. A few spots to the fore edge. Minor edge wear to the dust wrappers, heavier to the head and tail of the spine, with a small closed tear to the tail of the spine. Wraps are very lightly age-toned with a few minor handling marks. Wraparound band is a little edge worn and age-toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 895P14

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: After the Rain john bowen sci-fi flood john bowen None

John Bowen

After the Rain

London, Faber & Faber , 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Bowen's humorous and gripping novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This work was written by British playwright and novelist John Bowen. This satirical work tells the story of a great deluge set in England in 1958. The work was later adapted into a stage play which takes place in a lecture hall, accounting the events of the book. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only very light fading to the spine and a slight lean. The wrap is very smart with slight sunning to the spine and the odd very small chip and minor mark and the odd very small closed tear to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. The odd spot to the forge edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 885Z21

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: Flood Deluge Fiction Play Deluge First edition None

Bowen, John C / Gatty, Charles T [ed] / Skivington, F J & Grant, Vernor /

Ave Verum / Come to the Manger: Christmas Carol /The Catenian Anthem

England, Acme L & Co, 1111. Hardcover. 4to. A personal music book with the above bound in. Brown cloth .Various tunes writwen in by owner. Cracked front hinge. Grubby pages. Good-.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 90014252

Keywords: MUSIC

Bowen, John,

Battlefields of the Civil War a State- By- State Guide.

London: Footnote Productions, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 189 pages. (ISBN: 0890099553) Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.

The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional seller

Book number: 8979

Catalogue: Civil War

BOWEN, John

The Birdcage

New York, Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and brown paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 208pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with one edge chip and several archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. A tight and nice first edition. YOUNG 361. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 9806

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: British Literature Modern Fiction

JOHN BOWEN.

The Birdcage. A novel. (INSCRIBED)

Faber, London, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Very Good /Very Good.

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: ARC93923

John Bowen

The Birdcage

London, Faber and Faber , 1962. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this novel by John Bowen, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition of this novel, exploring the modern successful-career oriented couple Peter Ash and Norah Palmer, and the end of their love affair. Written by John Bowen, British playwright and novelist. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with only minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped with minor shelf wear, light soiling to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 815A86

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: first editions john bowen dust wrapper john bowen None

Bowen, John

The centre of the green

Faber and Faber, 1959, 224 blz. Hardcover met stofomslag. Wat verkleurd, verder in prima conditie.

Houtman BoekenPrivate seller

Book number: 189822037

Keywords: literatuur