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1 Adventure!
Wells, Carveth (with a Foreword By Lowell Thomas)
New York The John Day Co. 1931 First Edition, Second Printing Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket Illustrated Signed
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. 016273

Price: 25.00 USD
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2 Adventures Among Immortals Percy Berton - Impresario
Thomas, Lowell
New York Dodd Mead 1937 First edition Hardcover Very Good+ Good+ Jacket Signed
First Edition, signed by author. Clean dark blue cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. Very slight fading to edges. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Beautifully inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "Here's wishing you immortality - Lowell." 330 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, very small chip at top front spine corner (smaller than a pea), curved edge tear at base of rear panel extending 2" up spine fold and 2-1/2" horizontally into rear panel, 2" closed edge tear at base of rear flap fold. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The intimate associations of a famous impresario with the likes of Sarah Bernhardt, H. G. Wells, Eleanora Duse, Bernard Shaw, Sir Henry Irving, J. M. Barrie and many others, as told to Lowell Thomas. 017486

Price: 65.00 USD
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3 Back to Mandalay
Thomas, Lowell
New York Greystone Press 1951 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket 
First Edition. Clean green cloth boards with small gold decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip; no fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers decorated with maps. No names, writing or bookplates. 320 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few small edge chips at top and bottom spine edge, wear to corners, a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Incredible tale of the miraculous conquest of the Burma jungle with gliders. Mr. Thomas combined historical research with his fast-paced adventure style to create this great adventure classic. 8vo. Adventure. 016599

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4 Famous First Flights That Changed History
Thomas, Lowell and Lowell Thomas, Jr.
Garden City Doubleday & Co. 1968 Stated First Edition Hardcover Fine Very Good+ Jacket Signed
"First Edition" stated on copyright page, SIGNED by both authors, in clean original unclipped jacket. Very clean beige cloth boards with blue lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean blue endpapers; no previous owner markings. Flat-signed in two different pens on front fly leaf by Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas, Jr. 340 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean jacket is not price clipped (6.95 on front inside flap), has one tiny chip at top rear spine corner (half a pea in size), a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Sixteen dramatic and historic adventures that opened aviation frontiers. Here are Bleriot, Byrd, Doolittle, Alcock and Brown and others--plus the 1965 round-the-world flight over both poles. 019199

Price: 40.00 USD
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5 Fan Mail
Thomas, Lowell
New York The Laugh Club 1935 Stated First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket O. Soglow, Illustrator Signed
Stated First Edition. SIGNED by Lowell Thomas on front free endpaper. Clean green cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Hint of slightest surface wear at top and bottom spine edge, no fraying. Slight fading at top spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Flat signed by Lowell Thomas on front free endpaper; no other marks. 371 pgs. with illustrations by O. Soglow. Illustrated dustjacket has hint of slight soiling at fold edges, very small corner chips at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 5-1/2" x 7-1/2". Journalism. 015719

Price: 100.00 USD
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6 Good Evening Everybody from Cripple Creek to Samarkand
Thomas, Lowell
New York William Morrow 1976 9th Printing Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket 
Very clean gold boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding tight & square. P/O inscription and small label on front free endpaper. Pages clean & bright. Clean bright dustjacket has minimal wear at top of spine, has been price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography. WARD00515

Price: 10.00 USD
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7 Great True Adventures
Thomas, Lowell
New York Hawthorne Books, Inc. 1955 Stated First edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very good+ Jacket 
Stated First Edition. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, author's name stamped in gold on cover. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 400 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped (5.00 on front inside flap), has a few very small shallow edge chips, slight fading with light soiling to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Twenty-nine of the world's greatest adventures from ancient times to the present selected by Lowell Thomas. 017513

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8 Hungry Waters: The Story of the Great Flood, Together with an Account of famous Floods of History, and plans for Flood control and Prevention
Thomas, Lowell
Chicago/Philadelphia/Toronto The John C. Winston Co. 1937 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Dustjacket Jacket 
Green cloth boards with black and silver illustration on cover, black lettering on cover and spine. Very slight soiling ( a few small spots to rear board). No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Illustrated with photographs. 8 vo.. Flood Control. 011095

Price: 12.00 USD
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9 India: Land of the Black Pagoda
Thomas, Lowell
New York/London The Century Co. 1930 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket 
Clean black cloth boards with gold illustration on cover, gold lettering on spine. Very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Maps on endpapers. Tasteful printed bookplate inside front cover. 350 pgs. Illustrated with photographs taken by H. A. Chase, F.R.G.S., and by the author. 8 vo.. Adventure. 007087

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10 Lowell Thomas' Book of the High Mountains
Thomas, Lowell
New York Simon & Schuster 1969 Stated First Paperback Edition Soft Cover Near Fine No Dustjacket Jacket 
Stated First Paperback Edition. Very clean bright color illustrated cover (portrait of Lowell Thomas against a mountain range). No curling, chipping or creasing. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 512 pgs. with index. Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs. Large 8vo. Adventure. 016631

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11 Lowell Thomas' Book of the High Mountains
Thomas, Lowell
New York Julian Messner 1964 First edition Hardcover Very Good++ Good+ Jacket 
First Edition. Clean blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clena blue top-stained page edges. Clean photo-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 512 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edge, 3" curved closed edge tear at lower front panel edge near spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Here, as only Lowell Thomas could write it, is the story of mountains--a story that reflects the glory, the adventure, the fact and lore, the fascinating discoveries that have emerged from man's urge to conquer the giants of the earth. 018107

Price: 25.00 USD
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12 Pageant of Adventure
Thomas, Lowell
New York Wilfred Funk, Inc. 1940 Second Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Good Jacket Signed
Second Edition, signed by author. Very clean beige buckram cloth boards with blue-black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. SIGNED by author Lowell Thomas on front free endpaper. Clean endpapers; no previous owner names or bookplates. 284 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight edge wear, tiny corner chips, one short closed edge tear (under 1/2") with small piece of clear tape over it. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. An attractive and solid edition signed by the famous reporter, adventurer, news commentator and writer Lowell Thomas.Adventure. 012809

Price: 40.00 USD
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13 Pageant of Adventure
Thomas, Lowell
New York Wilfred Funk, Inc. 1940 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket Signed
Clean beige cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. Some browning to spine. No bumping or wear to cloth. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. No other marks. 284 pgs. 8vo. Adventure. 014123

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14 Pageant of Adventure
Thomas, Lowell
New York Wilfred Funk, Inc. 1940 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket Signed
First Edition, signed by author. Very clean beige cloth boards with blue black lettering and decoration on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. No other marks or writing. 284 pgs. Clean unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny edge chips and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Two hundred stories of danger and daring around the world. 8vo. Adventure. 015427

Price: 65.00 USD
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15 Seven Wonders of the World
Thomas, Lowell
Garden City Hanover House 1956 Stated First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket 
Stated First Edition. Clean rust and gray cloth boards with gold lettering on gray spine; small area of fading at base edge of rear board. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 413 pgs. Illustrated with beautiful full color and black & white photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has one (1") closed tear at bottom of front panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 vo.. Adventure. 007437

Price: 20.00 USD
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16 Tall Stories - The Rise and Triumph of the Great American Whopper
Thomas, Lowell
New York Harvest House 1945 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket Herb Roth, Illustrator 
First Edition in clean original unclipped jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 186 pp. Illustrations by Herb Roth. Clean jacket is not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, with slight wear to corners, two short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 019314

Price: 45.00 USD
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