ENCHANTED ISLANDS by Conway, Ainslie & Frances - 1947

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Geoffrey Bles, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Reprint. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with silver lettering. B&W photographs throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Small splits to corners.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1947. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In blue cloth. Owner name. No jacket. Light rubbing. .

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1947], First edition. . original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, dj (worn, large piece lacking from spine), very good clean copy in fair to good jacket. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [x], 280 pp, frontis of authors in their rustic home, map endpapers. . The authors spent five years on the Galapagos Islands with inadequate supplies. The description provides a useful picture of life on the islands at the time, which are now being preserved for its natural treasures, but despite this, has undergone environmental degradation since the 1940s. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1947. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 280p.

Geoffrey Bles, London - first edition 1948 Hardcover (lacks jacket) Book in GOOD condition Red cloth-bound hardcover, 8.75" x 5.5", with fading gold type to spine, map endpapers, photographic portrait as frontis, 16 b/w photos. The adventures of an American couple who opted to live at the equator on Galapagos Islands for ten years. Fascinating!

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. VG/G. (1947). ........ Cloth w/DJ. A five year adventure in the Galapagos. Endpaper maps. . 8vo., 280 pp., Dj frayed, torn and stained; some uncut pages with one tear; else, vg copy .

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's, 1947. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated green linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/nips, chips & small losses to edges. PO name to first title page. Maps to endpapers. Frontispiece: Photo portrait of the Conways. The year, 1937; the place, Carmel, California. Ainslie Conway (1893 -), veteran of foreign wars against Moros in the Philippines, Pancho Villa in Mexico, and the Bonches at Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood, was seriouslu ill after a bout of working as a miner. Frances could only take on jobs as cook or gardner until school began and she could resume teaching highschool English. Down-and-out, the Conways focused on the Galapagos with dreams of living in the Encantadas for six months, which became 5 years and permanent. Una historia muy encantada and an enchanted moment in time.