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London: Pleiades Books Ltd, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Art by John O'Connor. 32231 shelf. Larger gold-stamped indigo bds. No names, clean text. Unchipped but aged dust jacket. With b/w illus. look like wood engravings but probably use scratchboard technique.
Departures. by Grant Watson, E. L. (Elliot); O'Connor, John (illustrator) - 1948
by Grant Watson, E. L. (Elliot); O'Connor, John (illustrator)
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Departures.
by Grant Watson, E. L. (Elliot); O'Connor, John (illustrator)
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- Hardcover
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London: Pleiades Books Limited, 1948. 1st ed.. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white illustrations, minor foxing edges, reverse side jacket lightly foxed (small tear spine, minor edgewear, few creases, foxed spots white background rear cover), light foxing endpapers & title page, pages lightly toned, dustjacket protected by removable semi archival plastic sleeve lined with white paper. 131 pp. Autobiographical reflections by British naturalist and adventurer Elliot Grant Watson. The author looks at nature and sees what is fleeting and what is most permanent. He travels to distant lands, then returns to Europe. Includes a series of short poetic descriptions of life and countryside in Western Australia, including a corroboree, the fauna of Bernier and Dorre Islands (Pilbara), and caves near Busselton.
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- Book Condition Used
- Edition 1st ed.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Pleiades Books Limited
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1948
- Keywords biography, autobiography, travel, nature, animals, poetry, britain, collectible, collectable
We have 14 copies available starting at NZ$21.07.
Departures
by E.L. Grant Watson
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good+
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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Binghamton, New York, United States
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NZ$21.07
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Departures
by Watson, E.L. Grant
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- near fine
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- Used - Near fine
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- Hardcover
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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NZ$33.71
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London: Pleiades Books, 1948. Hardcover. Near fine. Decorations by John O'Connor.
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Departures
by Watson, E. L. Grant
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Jacket in Mylar
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Copake, New York, United States
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NZ$37.08
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London: Pleiades Books Limited, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover is excellent - clean and crisp, bright and tight, showing only a sprinkling of foxing on endpapers. Jacket is present, showing very light shelfwear - now preserved in mylar. A handsome copy. Will be carefully packaged and shipped with tracking.
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Departures.
by Watson, E. L. Grant
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good/no DJ
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- First edition
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- Hardcover
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London, United Kingdom
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NZ$15.86
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London:: Pleiades Books,, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/no DJ. Light wear to cloth.
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Departures
by Grant Watson, E.L
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - V.g.
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- No Jacket
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- 1st edition
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- Hardcover
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Holywell, Flintshire, United Kingdom
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NZ$25.38
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Pleiades, 1948. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. V.g. /No Jacket. Discreet owner's inscription on front pastedown. Nicely illustrated by John O'Connor. (6), 131 pp.
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DEPARTURES.
by WATSON,, E.L. Grant
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- Used
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CHELTENHAM, Victoria, Australia
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NZ$36.75
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London, Pleiades Books, 1948.. 131pp. Large 8vo. Frontis. + illus. by John O'Connor. Original cloth, a very good copy. Author draws on past travel experiences through England, Europe, and Australia with emphasis on the natural environment he witnesses to expound his own philosophy. First edition. Australian writer.
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Departures
by Watson, E.L. Grant
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- Early Edition
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- Hardcover
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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NZ$58.44
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London: Pleiades, 1953. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. John O'Connor. Beautiful woodcuts by O'Connor.
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Departures
by Watson, E. L. Grant
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- good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Hardcover
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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NZ$21.04
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London: Pleiades, 1948. Original blue cloth in tidy condition, spotting to the endpapers and page edges, illustrated by John O'Connor. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by O'Connor, John. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Departures
by Watson, E. L. Grant.:
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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Carlisle, United Kingdom
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NZ$42.30
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Pleiades, London, 1948. vi + 131pp, with b/w illus by John O'Connor. Cloth boards. Slightly soiled and frayed d/w. End papers little foxed. 25x19cms.
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NZ$42.30
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Departures
by Watson, E. L. Grant
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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NZ$52.87
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London: Pleiades Books Limited 1948. 8vo.Illustrated. (vi), 131 pp. First edition. Blue hardcover with pictorial dustjacket. Jacket marked with some loss to spine ends and corners. Generally internally clean and illustrated throughout by John O'Connor in black and white. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1948.
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