Adventure! , first published in 1931, is a collection of stories recounting the travels of renowned explorer Carveth Wells (1887-1957). Wells, whose personal mottoes of "Carpe diem" - "Sieze the Day!" - and "The Lord will provide!" characterized his exuberant approach to life. From the Arctic to tropical Africa, from lion attacks to unusual sea creatures, Wells' stories are told with a sense of wonder and a dose of humor, and remain an inspiration to anyone aspiring to break free of the confines of a sedentary life. ...
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Adventure! , first published in 1931, is a collection of stories recounting the travels of renowned explorer Carveth Wells (1887-1957). Wells, whose personal mottoes of "Carpe diem" - "Sieze the Day!" - and "The Lord will provide!" characterized his exuberant approach to life. From the Arctic to tropical Africa, from lion attacks to unusual sea creatures, Wells' stories are told with a sense of wonder and a dose of humor, and remain an inspiration to anyone aspiring to break free of the confines of a sedentary life. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 378 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 378 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Very Good+ in Very Good- jacket. Black cloth with gilt stamped spine (gilt partially rubbed). Photographic pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's name on copyright page, else very clean. Dust jacket chipped at spine ends and corners; price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. 338 pages. A collection of incidents from Carveth Wells' notebooks, taken from his journeys during the 1920s, much of it in Africa, but also including travels in Malaya and Lapland, as well as to Pitcairn Island, Bermuda and other places. Carveth Wells (1887-1957) was a British adventurer and travel writer.
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Very Good+ Boards with light rubbing to extremities.; Travel adventures around the world-hardly a place where the British travel writer has not been.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 338 pages.
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo. xx, 338pp, bw ills, appendix. Or black cloth lacking jacket. Slight edge wear, light wear to corners, some toning and foxing to page edges. Account of the travels and adventures of the author in both polar regions, Africa, Pitcairn Island, Pacific, the Americas and Malaya.
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Illustrated. Very Good+ No Dustjacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) New York: The John Day Co., 1931. First Edition, Second Printing. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Illustrated. First Edition, Second Printing, SIGNED by author. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Hint of slightest surface wear, no fraying or wear through. Small horizontal wrinkle to cloth near base of spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. SIGNED on publisher's "Here's to Adventure! " bookplate with small printed elephant illustration matching that on title page. Clean bright endpapers illustrated with maps (no marks or writing). 338 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs, including handsome frontis photo portait of the author. Foreword by Lowell Thomas. Author's adventures in Africa. Large 8vo. Adventure.
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2nd prtg. 338p. Blue cloth. Covers mildly edgeworn and faded; former owners name else interior unmarked. Binding tight. The author's memoirs of his experiences in the wilds of Africa and Malaysia. Introduction by Lowell Thomas.