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De Bartolomeis, Francesco Soffiantino - Cordero. Instabili coesistenze. Villafranca Piemonte (Torino) - Manta (Torino), Comune di Villafranca Piemonte-Assessorato alla Cultura-Amici della biblioteca - tipografia Graf-Art (stampa) 1998 italian, in ottavo pp. (40) I ed.: giugno 1998. Catalogo della mostra Villafranca Piemonte (Torino), Ex chiesa Beata Vergine delle Grazie, luglio 1998. VIII piccolo/ (40)/brossura in cartoncino ruvido avorio con titoli in nero e granata. Illustrazioni in b/n nel testo e f.t. e a colori f.t.. Stato buono (copertina con bruniture). Indice: In un'opera tante opere - Uno 'studio' dentro la natura: Giacomo Soffiantino - Scultura-ambiente: Riccardo Cordero - L'arte e il pubblico - Giacomo Soffiantino (bio) - Riccardo Cordero (bio) - Francesco De Bartolomeis (bio).
Edge wear to blue cover. Front endpaper has been torn out. Dust jacket is tattered. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 128 pages. Illustrations by Gordon Laite in black, blue, and red.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book presents a collection of Aesop's fables as a dramatic vehicle for presentation. 66 "playlets" written expressly for elementary school classrooms, grades two to five. Plays include: Mouse and the bull, Grasshopper and the owl, Two frogs, Wolf and the lamb, Boy and the nuts, Flea and the ox, Mother lark and her babies, Peacock and juno, Hare and the tortoise, Wind and the sun, Serpent and the eagle, The heron, etc.
102 pages. Great cover photo of boy writing love letter while sister looks on. Features; Nice GMC pickup truck ad; Nice half-page two-colour ad for the John Deere No. 5 mower; Nice ad for 1952 Ford cars; Foot and Mouth disease discovered at farm of Leonard Wass of McLean, Saskatchewan - a major threat to Canada's billion-dollar livestock industry; Green Leaves Falling (story); The perennial problem of soil losses from erosion; Farewell to the Years (storyy); Frontier Family - The Ardills of Farrell Creek, B.C. - photo-illustrated article; So You're Getting Power - article for farmers being connected to the electrical grid; Line Breeding for Daily Gain - some account of beef cattle improvement work at the U.S. Range Livestock Experiment Station, Miles City, Montana; Runaway Trailer (story) - part II; Caterpillar diesel farm tractor ad features photo of J.B. Francis of Sedley, Saskatchewan; One-page ad for the 1952 Meteor car; Vintage 2/3-page photo-illustrated ad for the new Case DC-4 tractor; Sam Harker of Standoff, Alberta raises sheep; Fantastic vintage one-page multiple-photo ad for Farmhad loaders and power boxes displays their gangly equipment handling big loads; Ben Lodoen of Fox Valley, Saskatchewan and his irrigation improvement; Nice one-page two-colour photo ad for Firestone tractor tires features Lawrence O. Larson; Nice vintage one-page two-colour ad for the Ferguson Twenty 85 tractor; 2/3-page ads for the Cockshutt seed drill and Drive-o-matic Combine; Nice photo ad for the Oliver No. 8 tractor; One-page Dodge car ad - "test the new Oriflow Ride"; Nice one-page photo ad for the Massey-Harris No. 509 one-way disc with roto-lift; Nice ad for Ford tractors; Ad for Dodge 'Job-Rated" trucks; Fordson Major tractor ad; Fargo truck ad; Excellent one-page ad for Ford Trucks features their three V-8 engines; Lovely colour-photo ad inside back cover for Swiss watches; Awesome colour-photo ad on back cover features a variety of Minneapolis-Moline machinery at work on the prairie. Please note: pages 49, 50, 55 and 56 missing. Center page loose but present. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this nice issue. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163pp. This issue includes Chalet Books of Elinor Brent-Dyer, Poetry of TS Eliot, Stephen Leacock, Charles Lamb, Lord Dunsany, and Modesty Blaise.
Vigot 1950, In-8 broché, 138 pages + croquis. Trés bon état.
Mm 115x205 Volume in copertina rigide, sovraccoperta originale con piccoli strappi ai margini, 296 pagine. Prima edizione, in buono stato complessivo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
44 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Numerous short articles on topics including: The History of the Adams Lake; The River Driver; Sheep Days on Crowfoot Mountain; Grizzly Attack; The Thomas Brown Pioneer Family; Courting Etiquette; Dr. Walter Scatchard; Homesteading around Shuswap Lake in 1913; History Vignette of Chase; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and plates; pale blue pebble-grain cloth, gilt back, dark top, upper board lightly age-soiled else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of a Folio classic.
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1849 - In-4 - Broché - XIII-293 - pages - 14 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1849 - In-4 - Broché - XIII-293 - pages - 14 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1851 - In-4 - Broché - 235 pages - 28 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1851 - In-4 - Broché - 235 pages - 31 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1852 - In-4 - Broché - 249 pages - 31 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1853 - In-4 - Broché - 235 pages - 36 superbes planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1853 - In-4 - Broché - 243 pages - 38 superbes planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) rousseurs - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1856 - In-4 - Broché - 245 pages - Environ 40 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1856 - In-4 - Broché - 43 pages - 538 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Revised edition with fresh material added by D. McTaggart. Brown cloth. Front hinge detached. Some pages soiled. 5696. eng
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. White buckram cloth cover with black illustration and red lettering. Translated by Guy Daniels. Wood engravings by Stefan Martin.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Tragic Pearl - First found off the coast of North-West Australia, a special pearl quickly changes from person-to-person, leaving death in its wake - a famous Australian crime story; The Tiger-Killer - Major Jim Corbett specializes in single-handedly shooting troublesome tigers in the hills of Kumaun, India; Blundering Through the Balkans - Part I - John Gibbons takes his amusing act on the road again; The "White Indians" of North Carolina - A photo-illustrated article about the Croatan Indians, said to be the lineal descendants of Raleigh's ill-fated "Lost Colonists," with whom, in 1587, the friendly Red men abandoned the settlement of Roanoke and went out into the wilds to start life afresh; Left in Charge - A 19-year-old, just six weeks from home, finds himself in charge of a lonely South African sheep farm, only to have alarming things begin to happen, including a skirmish with sheep stealers; The Money-Finder - An amusing story involving a peppery West African Commissioner, a wily native chief who tried to avoid paying his taxes, and a young officer who was a bit of a conjurer; The Boy Who Sought Adventures - Part III - B. Wicksteed continues his amazing young adventures; The Opium-Smugglers - In the ancient walled city of Manila the author met a friend who told him this strange story; My Mystery Job - A queer story told by a builder's foreman concerning a remarkable job he had been called upon to undertake; Whose Hippo? - A nasty legal battle ensues after a Hippo is shot; The Land of Mystery - Part III of III - Col. E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Colonel Gallowhur continue their travels through unexplored Nepal - with many lovely photos; The Djimat - The figurehead of an old sailing ship goes missing during alterations and the superstitious natives of Java are sure trouble is sure to follow; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
2 vols., 8vo., Eighth and Seventh Edition respectively, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), titles in blue and black, and very numerous illustrations (16 and 14 full-page respectively) and head- and tail-pieces in the text; handsomely bound in navy half Chieftan morocco BY MORRELL, sides in blue cloth ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt tops, pale blue laid endpapers, navy silk markers, uncut, a most attractive set ideal as gift or for presentation. The bindings are signed on front free endpaper versos. Brock's inimitable and much-loved 'Elia' illustrations to both works were first published in 1899. A FRESH, ELEGANT SET WITH CHARMING ILLUSTRATIONS IN A NOTABLE SIGNED BINDING. Skilton, p.160.
1st Pan edition. Good pbk. Page edges browning. Ink inscription on the inside front cover. 17128. eng
London, Readers Union Ltd. by arrangement with Constable & C., 1940, in-8, solida legatura posteriore in piena tela azzurra, tassello con titolo oro al dorso, pp. 277, (3). Edizione fuori commercio.