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224 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Index of owners. Index of horses. Index of equitation riders. Clean and unmarked. Modertate wear. A quality copy. Book
140 pages. Fiction: End of a Marriage; The Platoon of Pariahs; A Dream for Sale; Record Run; The Lady (part 3 of 4); Kiowa Moon (part 5 of 7). Articles: The Glamorous Governor of New Jersey - Bob Meyner abandoned bachelorhood mid-term; The Seven Dictators of Broadway - Reviewers John McClain, John Chapman, Richard Watts, Jr.; Robert Coleman, Tom Donnelly, Walter Kerr and Brooks Atkinson; ; The Woes of Willy Mays - why 1956 was almost a nightmare for him; The Oddest War Ever Fought - The Aden-Yemen war has been going on for 2,000 years, with daily time-outs for prayers and narcotic binges - article with maps and interesting photos; The Face of America - Prize Babies (photo); Pals of My Childhood - Farley Mowat writes of his two hilarious pets; My Daughter's Silent World - Adelyn Pagenstecher was told her daugher Mari was deaf; A Bloom for Mother-In-Law - beautiful color photos of tulips and daffodils ; Wonderful Wooden Sandwich - how plywood turns waste wood into a useful product - with photo of Sol Walter (Tony) of United States Plywood.. Ads: Liberty Mutual auto accident insurance; Savage brand lawn mowers; Bunnygrans - one-page photo ad featuring Lucille Ball and son; Nice Easter-themed two-page photo ad for Buick cars; National Cash Register (NCR) adding machines; Fantastic three-page color ad for International trucks; Vigoro plant foods; One-page black and white photo ad for movie "The Spirit of St. Louis" starring James Stewart; Great two-page color-photo ad for the 1957 Dodge Swept-wing convertible featuring Lawrence Welk; Pink Westinghouse clothes washer; 1957 Frigidaire pink (interior) fridge; 1957 Ford - two-page color-photo ad; Pall Mall cigarettes - cowboy scene; Page & Shaw chocolates; Chevrolet - two-page color photo of four 1957 models; Elgin Watches (graduation theme); American Airlines - nice color two-page ad shows glamorous lady boarding plane; L&M cigarettes - nautical theme; Eaton tandem axle ad features Joseph J. Hock of Baltimore; Longines-Wittnauer Watches; Nice two-page color ad for Kodak's broad line of cameras; Hit Parade cigarettes; Kings Men aftershave "I don't want to be a tycoon"; Douglas DC-7 airliner; Viewmaster; Johnson outboard motors; Harrison car air conditioning; Pullman cars; Evinrude outboards; Springfield mowers and tillers; Richard Harding Davis is honored in a U.S. Savings Bond ad; Vista auto wax; Nice color one-page Viceroy cigarette ad features tennis player Pancho Gonzales and his lovely wife Henrietta; Back cover Coke ad with sailing illustration. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1985031389New York: Churchill Livingstone 1985. NOT a library discard. We have only this one copy but it is available now and ready to ship today from Henderson Nevada. Near Very Good condition. Cover is rubbed at the edges. Previous owner's ink stamp a Las Vegas Animal Clinic. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Appendix. Index. Bound in the original blue laminated boards lettered in bright white. From the publisher: "Handbook for Veterinarians Rescue Workers and Shelter Workers." Subjects Dogs -- Diseases -- Chemotherapy -- Handbooks manuals etc. Cats -- Diseases -- Chemotherapy -- Handbooks manuals etc. Cat Diseases -- drug therapy -- handbooks. Medical Subject Heading Dog Diseases -- drug therapy -- handbooks. Medical Subject Heading. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xv 718 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Churchill Livingstone Hardcover
1824022652Paris: Audot et Corbie 1824. First edition. Illustrated with 25 colour plates and one plain engraved plate of equipment small octavo pp viii 240 the text pages are very clean but the book is becoming very weak with badly cracked hinges the front hinge in particularly is badly sprung and the endpaper is protruding. Whilst most of the plates are good a couple are suffering from light foxing but a few others have suffered at the hands of a careless original colourist with the odd small splashmar and in one case a smeared image. Contemporary full calf rubbed and worn with the rear cover rather scuffed. From the library of Alan Roger of Dundonnell House in the Highlands; Roger had a notable garden there with many caged birds. On aviary and dovecote pigeons. Corbie was the birdkeeper to the Duchess of Berry who had been breeding purebred pigeons for 45 years. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fair. Audot et Corbie Hardcover
1830038658Philadelphia PA: Judah Dobson 1830. Book. Fair-Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dull pink cloth lacking spine panel. Cloth spotted and faded mostly tanned especially toward edges rounded/exposed corners. Foxed throughout ranging light to moderate. Unrestored copy front board detached rear board loose and binding weak but holding. viii1271ii56errata pp. engraving of fox on 2nd p. 51. First edition first issue with no added text on p. viii but this copy lacking lithographic views and portraits. Signatures of former owner John Clemens Haddonfield NJ in fore-edge margins of pp. 31 and 113; front pastedown shows private library book plate of Pennsylvania historian Thomas Lynch Montgomery 1929. First title takes up the history of the oldest sporting club in the world; second title is the first American imprint about fox hunting. Howes M 636. Very scarce. Judah Dobson Hardcover
72 pages. Features: Two-colour black and white photo ad inside front cover for International Harvestor's Industrial Power Products; Out of the Indian Night, by William J. Makin - a tale of the Northwest frontier and teh courage that drives frail flesh to heroism; Britain's Unemployment Insurance , by Brian Meredith; Can War Cross the Pacific?, by Charles Lugrin Shaw who argues that adequate defenses are needed to protect Canada's west coast from attack; You Roll Your Own, by Kalman Phillips - she fell in love with a man who kep finding an octopus in a trout pool; The Bay Street Boys, by Frederick Edwards - life is just one up and down after another to the Dominion's 4,000 stock salesmen - with nice black and white photo of Bay Street, Toronto; The Exile, by Beryl Gray - it took them a long time to realize that love does not feed on selfishness; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - an address to the United States; Sable Island, by C.F. Blackadar - "While men sail in ships there will be wrecks on Sable's greedy sands" - with photos; The 7th (Seventh) Day, by Max Brand (part); Checks Please, by Lotta Dempsey - checks are very much in fashion; Mexico and Manana, by Madge Macbeth - Growing trade with Mexico opens new opportunities to Canadian business; Nice full-page black and white DeSoto ad on page 31; Two-colour Oldsmobile full-page ad on page 33; Black and white photo two-page centrefold ad for the Hudson 112 car; Black and white full-page 1938 Plymouth ad on page 45; Black and white photo full-page Dodge truck ad on page 49; William G. Gibson of Ladner, BC - world's champion wheat grower; Cougar Pets, by Francis Dickie - Marion, Pearl and Pansy Schnarr of Sonora, BC have brought up from babyhood two cougars - includes two photos; Page 65 missing; Small piece removed from page 67; Nice Kodak ad on back cover shows baby covering his mouth. Address label atop front cover. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy. Book
181595551815 demi-reliure bradel vert (bradel half binding) in-douze (duodecimo), dos long (spine without raised band) - pièce de titre sur fond rouge avec filet or (label of title with gilt line), papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), gouttière long papier (fore-edge - great papier), tache d'encre bleue sur la page de faux-titre (blue ink mark on the half title page), légères salissures et petites déchirures marginales sur certaines pages (light dirty marks and small margin tears on some pages), 107 pages, 1815 à Paris Chez L. G. Michaud Imprimeur du Roi,
136 pages. Features: Nice color Jade East ad; Omega watch ad inside front cover; Gorgeous color fashion ads; Bankers Trust ad with photo of John Leahey; Chairman Mao - Nationalist First, Communist Second - article with photo; Eight fascinating photos of scenes in India; A professor argues in favor of a guaranteed income; Cold War Article declares that Western security depends on our showing superior nerve and skill; Behind the Smile on 'Krokodil', the Russian magazine founded in 1922; 'Herr Bundeskanzler', Ludwig Erhard, visits Washington - article with photo; How Much Academic Freedom is There?; Where are the New Playwrights?; The Official Case for Apartheid - South Africa's Foreign Minister outlines the history and philosophy behind his country's policy of 'separate development' for whites and nonwhites; Explanation of the 'Black Psyche' - article with photo of "Uncle Jack" statue in Natchitoches, LA; Chesterfield cigarette ad features Howard G. Heaton, Joan Kakow and Felix de Cossio; Nice Columbia Records ad features photo of Ray Conniff; Photo of Bert Lahr on stage in "Milliken Breakfast Show"; Color Caravelle watch ad; The status of wives in France has been elevated to the level of pals rather than pets, but is it all for hte better?; Coat fashion ad features 'senior' models Ida Shlansky, Marion Smith, Celestine Doctor and Rose Millstein, Louis Shlansky, Sandy Smith, Arthur Doctor and Dan Millstein; Great color centerfold photo ad for Creslan fabric features fourteen men standing along bar; Seven wonderful photos of youth fashion around the world; Nostalgic color-photo ad for Pleetway His'n Her pajamas (look like martial arts gear) at Gimbels; Rev. William Glenesk stirs up Brooklyn Heights; Nice one-page color photo ad for Guiness Extra Stout; Beach fashion photos by James Moore; The Case for 'Intelligent Neglect' of children; Ad for Mott's 'Figure Control Meal'; Attractive color Carlsberg Beer ad; Photos of living room decorated by Albert Hadley of Mrs. Henry Parish 2d Inc.; One-page ad for Degna Home Fluoridation Service promotes their service available on Long Island, in New Jersey or Connecticut - with photo of the John Snyder Family of Hicksville, NY; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
371 pages. "A dictionary on the meanings of Close Encounters of Any Kind with animals... intended to assist you in interpreting what are the implications of significant contacts with animals in your life, ranging from recurrent events to notable single occurrences." - from Introduction. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
44 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover illustration of Newfoundland outport by John Phillips; Morley Callaghan asks "Which Myth Do You Follow?"; Half-page colour ad for Swift's Prem tinned meat; Handsome one-page ad for Snyder's Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario; Newfoundland (is welcomed to Confederation) - Photo-illustrated article by Prime Minister Joseph R. Smallwood; Quicksand (short story); Girl Overboard! (short story); Nice one-page colour O'Keefe's ad includes large reproduction of John Worsley painting of boy watching construction of new high school; Hot From the Cold War - Austin Cross reports from Europe; Half-page two-colour ad for Canadian Admiral Corp features their AC-DC-Battery "Personal" portable radio and Model 5R12 Mahogany radio; 3/4-page two-colour (black and blue) Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) recruiting ad; Cats, Cats, Cats! - photo-illustrated article; Half-page ad for the 1949 C.N.E.; Uncommon half-page ad for Burgess batteries; Half-page Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) ad shows paperboy visiting accountant in branch; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry; Photo-illustrated article on swimwear fashions for ladies; Half-page colour ad for Heinz baby foods; Attractive half-page colour ad for Aylmer Tomato juice, catsup and soup; Great vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Burns tinned meat balls, bologna and hamburgers; Cooking article with recipe for blueberry jelly; Small photo ad for Kranich & Bach pianos of Toronto; Tips for keeping your home cool; Half-page Javex ad; Half-page ad for Frigidaire ranges; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad; Magnificent back cover colour Coke ad shows aerial image of busy supermarket with enormous Coke cooler on its roof; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of shoeshine boy; Bright colour Parker pen ad inside front cover; Nice colourr Ritz cracker ad; Post-War Education - A Canadian Problem; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad; Canada Dry colour ad; What the War Has Done to Canada; A White Candle (short story); All in the Family (short story); Swap King Jack Redshaw of Granville Illinois - photo-illustrated article; Christmas Gift (short story); Dog Days in Paris - great photo-illustrated article of Parisians and their dogs; Man of the Month, G.B. Gordon, President of Dominion Textile Company; Jergens Lotion ad features lovely photo of Janet Blair; Lovely one-page colour-photo Oldsmobile ad features a blue 1946 four-door; Fantastic colour two-page ad for the 1946 Chevrolet (red four-door); Colour one-page Waterman's pen ad; Nice colour Maxwell House coffee ad shows lady struggling to hold her groceries; Colour ad for Stokely's tomato juice; Small ad for the Rosicrucians AMORC of San Jose, California; Anita Ellis appears in Don Juan lipstick ad; Mackenzie King goes to London; Rolex ad; Developments in Science; Nice half-page colour ad for Clark's Mincemeat; Fantastic Chase & Sanborn coffee ad features Charlie McCarthy cartoon; One-page colour-photo Swift's Premium ad features Christmas ham; Nice one-page Singer sewing machine photo- ad; Very nice one-page colour Pontiac ad features red Silver Streak leading a parade of previous Chevs from 1935 through 1942; Arrid ad features photo of Eleanor Holm; Nice colour Frigidaire range ad inside back cover features grandma cooking steak; Back cover features lovely colour-illustrated ad for GSW's kitchen pots (white with red trim); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
Approximately 24 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Illustrations include: Ideal Type Male Collie - full profile view; Ideal Type Female Collie - full profile view; Correct Forequarter Assembly (viewed from the side); Correct Hindquarter Assembly (viewed from the side); Correct Front - superficial muscles of front - skeleton; Correct Rear - superficial muscles of rear - skeleton; The Front; The Rear; Superficial Muscles; Skeleton; Headstudy of Ideal Type of Collie; The Bite; Head Faults. Prior owner's small ink stamp inside front cover else unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
256 pages. Black and white frontis portrait of author plus dozens of wonderful black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Topics include: Origin and History of Wild Animal Training, Housekeeping for Wild Animals, The Feeding of Snakes and Elephants, Characteristics of Different Animals, Animal Instinct, How to Capture Whild Animals, How to Teach Wild Animals, The Principles of Training, The Animal Trainer, Guarding against Accidents. School stamps and a variety of pencil jottings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Above-average external wear. 3"x3" ink stain upon front board. Binding and hinges intact. A worthy reading copy of this most interesting work. Book
14269Paris 1825 in 8 1 volume reliure demi maroquin bleu, dos à nerfs, tête dorée (reliure signée Smeers), 68 pages, et 2 faux feuillets non chiffrés in fine dont une planche de musique; et une pièce d'une page ajoutée in fine: Ode inodore (25e édition), se vend chez Verrassel-Charvet (propriété déposé le 30 avril 1857). Barbier VIII 715, IX 22. Cette oeuvre zéphyrienne a pour auteur un Rouennais, ancien magistrat et ancien député sous le gouvernement de Juillet, M. Eugéne Aroux. Rare et bel exemplaire dans une reliure finement établie
1972vp626Vander Cartonné avec jaquette 1972 Trois volumes in-4 carrés (31 x 31 cm), cartonnés toilés avec jaquette illustrée, 214, 200 et 207 pages, illustrations en couleurs, ouvrage peu commun et recherché ; jaquettes abîmées (frottements, traces, pliures, notamment à la pliure des rabats), zones insolées aux plats, ex-libris tamponnés à l'intérieur par ailleurs bien conservé, assez bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1907ZNF-826Album de chasse édité pour sa clientèle par la Manufacture française d'armes et cycles en 1907. Aquarelles de Mahler, monographies de Samat. Ce magnifique album regroupe les trois luxueuses publications que l'on rencontre le plus souvent séparément. Il contient 64 planches de chiens, 22 planches d'animaux des champs et des bois, et 88 planches d'oiseaux. Rousseurs éparses. Voir mes photos.
190557815Des Moines IA: Iowa Bird Company Winters Lithography Co. Nov. 1 1905. Oblong 8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 in. 64 pp. Illustrated throughout. Beautiful colour lithograph softcovers cover art of parrot & canary on front cover w/ octagonal ornamental ironwork aquarium fountain fancy goldfish and betas w/ shell son back cover w/ hanging goldfish bowl minor edgewear light foxing still VG- copy. First edition of this very uncommon sales catalogue for the Iowa Bird Company a subsidiary of the Iowa Seed Company in Des Moines. Originally established by Page in 1903 the Iowa Bird Company quickly grew to be one of the largest suppliers of tropical fish goldfish aquariums aquarium supplies & decorations and tropical cage birds in the country. This catalogue features listings for Canaries Goldfinches Mocking birds Cuban Mexican & African Parrots as well as Cockatoos and Cockateels. Also featured are the combination bird cage and aquarium a small globe perched atop a lacquered ornamented bird cage parrot squirrel & mouse cages. In addition there are goldfish bowls fancy goldfish aquarium plants ornate and plain aquariums ranging up 10 gallons as well as castle decorations sea shells and more. Page 1860-1950 was manager and owner of the Iowa Seed Company and Iowa Bird Company for decades as well as an author of several books on parrots tropical fish aquariums and more. Worldcat locates 1 copy of a 1904 ed. Univ. of Virginia. Iowa Bird Company, [Winters Lithography Co.], paperback
020321London: L. Upcott Gill Third edition not dated - 1887 . Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and 17 colour chromolithograph plates 22 plain plates several text illustrations. small thick octavo pp viii 431 1 advertisement page a little age-toning and very occasional fox spots very slightly used throughout an address and date on the half-title with the name neatly crossed out - "Geo. Bertie Bird Juy 8th 1897 Walton Rectory Loughborough" and a later signature - "H.H. Cousins 3rd ocober 1928" simply bound in plain green cloth of a later date. SCARCE. . Third edition. Cloth. Good. L. Upcott Gill Hardcover
Pages 265-352 plus 24 pages of great vintage ads. Features: My Adventures in the World War - a startling and thrilling contribution upon the great conflict by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Vengeance of the "Stroapers' - exploring for gold in Guiana leads to adventure and death; In the Land of the Lapps - great photo-illustrated narrative of Frank Butler's travels throughout Lapland; The Secret Press of Belgium - how 'La Libre Belgique' had the courage to tell the Belgian people the truth and counteract the evil influence of their brutalizers; Trooping Cattle in Paraguay - taking 1,000 cattle from the ranch of Zanja Moroti to the ranch of San Antonio; The Strangest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated account of a recent visit to the Mount Athos Peninsula; Historic Crime and Mysteries - The Iron Judge of Malt; My Firework Display in China; In the Jaws of the Alligator - woman is pulled from the arms of her husband in Papua; Doctoring War Dogs - touching photo-illustrated account of a visit to the Countess Yourkevitch's hospital for wounded dog soldiers at Neuilly/Paris; The State Documents - How a great german spy system was laid bare in Rome; A Man-Hunt in the Arctic - A Royal North-West Mounted Police patrol from Fort Norman up the Bear River was the longest in the history of that famous organization; The Tragedy at Ras Elka - Sudanese stevedores revolt and pay dearly; Moderate wear. Openings to backstrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy of this exquisite issue. Book
201 pages. Author's neat signature and inscription upon dedication page. "The only 20th century manual for educating all dogs, by the owner and educator of The Littlest Hobo." - subtitle. "The step-by-step account of an intellectual breakthrough between man and dog. A revolutionary method of teaching a dog how to think, reason and behave that is a step ahead of society's thinking." - from foreward. Illustrated in black and white. Binding sound. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this classic manual. Book
91 pages plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: The Artificial Volcano - an incident of the Italian campaign in the Dolomites; Soko the Stanleyville Chimp - raised by the author J.A. Jordan - with many photos; Seven to One - a vendetta and Arkansas farmer Walter Ridgeley of the Texarkana area; A Lofty Ambition - Tom Needham of Cleveland, Ohio recounts how he tried to perform a high dive from a lofty bridge to become a famous actor - with photos; A Canadian Lumber Camp at Riviere aux Ecorces, Quebec - Part II - with photos; In the Casting Pit - a tale of one of the finest deeds of courage and self-sacrifice on record; On the Road in the country of Georgia, by R.Courtier-Forser - illustrated; The White "Maori" - Kimble Bent spent 50 years in the bush - with photos; The Old Firm - a remarkable mystery is recounted from the documents and personal narratives of W.H. Holloway; The Strength of Dan Dempster - this Canadian frontier railway track foreman saved the men of a work-train from destruction with a superhuman act of strength; Round Labrador and Hudson's Bay - Part 1 of E.W. Hawkes' 3,000 mile journey, with great photos; Finding a Wife - S.A. Beattie went hunting for Jaguars in the British Honduras... but ended up with a wife; Throssell's "V.C." - How Hugo Throssell won the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli; Photo of two Jewish street merchants in New York's east side. Lovely color ad for the Vose Player Piano on back cover. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
9843essai théori-physique et méthodique à l’usage des personnes graves & austères, de Dames mélancoliques & de tous ceux qui sont esclaves du préjugé. Suivi de l’histoire de Pet-en-l’air & de la Reine des Amazones, où l’on trouve l’origine des vuidangeurs. Nouvelle édition augmentée de la Société des Francs-Pêteurs pour ceux qui désirent y être initiés. In 12 reliure postérieure plein chagrin marron, muette, à nerfs, filets à froid, double filet à froid encadrant les plats, avec petits fers à froid en écoinçon Frontispice en fac-similé., titre, trois pages manuscrites 216 pages. En Westphalie chez Florent – Q, rue Pet-en gueule au soufflet 1776. Très bon état.
18203657Couverture rigide Etablissement lithographique du Comte de Lasteyrie 1820 Paris 29,5x22,5 cm
8936essay théori-physique et méthodique In 12 reliure muette, postérieure, plein chagrin rouge, double filet et petit fer à froid, en écoinçon sur les plats, filets à froid au dos. Frontispice gravé, titre, 108 pages, En Westphalie Chez Florent-Q rue Pet-en gueule au soufflet 1751. Edition originale fort rare
