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18800009132Philadelphia: Sunshine Publishing Co. 1880-95. Sewn wrappers. Good. Quarto 18 pages lithographed stone wrappers rear cover detached <br/><br/>Volume containing miscellaneous uncredited poems and brief stories with corresponding unsigned illustrations on facing pages. Includes a six-page illustrated version of "The Three Little Pigs". The covers include spaces for the names of commercial enterprises generally department stores or the like to whom the book was supplied for use as a promotional gift. The cover and inside pages contain advertisements various Aurora Illinois businesses such as Wilcox & Gilbert dress goods at River Street and Downer Place. With full-page ad for T. Kingsford & Son's "Oswego NY " starches. Records indicate that the title "Our picture book" was used by Sunshine Publishing Co. for volumes of varying content and number of pages. NOTE: the rear cover shows Kate Greenaway-esque children at play on a swing. Sunshine Publishing Co. unknown
193654147Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. 1936. 4to. 9.5 x 12.5 in. 12 pp unpaginated. photo plates throughout. Photo-illustrated stiff softcovers red lettering & borders on front & back covers dustsoiling & edgewear minor scuffing still VG copy. First edition of this charming book filled with the curious and adorable animal photographs by Frees 1879-1953 known for his comedic anthropomorphic photos showing baby animals dressed up in clothing and posed in human situations. Rand McNally & Co., paperback
1947074182New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1947. 1st printing Square and unmarked in full green cloth binding. 233pp. Photos. Jacket is price-clipped and lightly rubbed. In a protective mylar cover. -- The informal story of the Roseate Spoonbill. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
40484Very Good. Very Good Standard used condition May have some wear highlighting notes creasing previous owner's name etc May or may not include supplements such as infotrac or other web access codes the dust cover may be missing Fast & reliable delivery Exceptional customer service unknown
1940012089New York: Harper & Row 1940. Black hardcover binding clean square and tight. Red illustrated dustjacket clean and crisp with minor shelfwear. 292 pages. Early reprint of popular dog story. Story of a Skye Terrier and his master. When the shepherd dies alone and homeless Bobby follows his worshipped master to Greyfriars churchyard. Here he began a vigil that lasted 14 years and came to the attention of Queen Victoria. A true story. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Harper & Row Hardcover
1989967500078New York: Longmeadow Press 1989. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Black Board Covers with Gilt Lettering to Spine; Covers are clean and Corners are sharp; White Endpapers; Square 6to; Dustjacket is Mylar wrapped; gilt spine lettering; Book is tight. bright and dustjacket is bright; Folio; 440 pages indexed; For the first time the entire text and the complete series of John James Audubon's paintings of the Quadrupeds appear in one volume. 155 full-color plates; Complete and unabridged; These superb paintings capture in exquisite detail the breathtaking beauty of the four-footed creatures that populated the North American forests and plains of Audubon's time; A very beautiful book collectable! Extra Postage required. <br/><br/>6.22#; P3; NA; MS0.00; OD090811; ACQ5/93; C-98; Longmeadow Press hardcover
1970013429New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Apollo Edition. 1970. Oversized squareback paperback has minimal wear clean square and tight. Shelfwear along edges. Inscribed by author and dated 1977 ffep. 338 pages. Story about a wild black stallion and the man who helps Ben and Dixie keep the horse from being taken by hunter. First in the Tack Ranch series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Crowell Pers. Signed by Authors. 1st Paperback. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Thomas Y. Crowell Company Apollo Edition. Paperback
2001A43621Cambridge England: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine. 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0521782384 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. There is a small bumpt to the bottom corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a section of color graphs and examples at the front of the book as well. "Geosphere-Biosphere - brings together many of the world's leading environmental scientists to discuss the interation between the geosphere-biosphere and climate. The volume arises from a working group of the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. The chapters give a state-of the-art summary of our current understanding of the present climate and environment by exploring Earth's past analysing human influence on the climate describing climate and its relation to the Earth's surface ocean and atmosphere and making future predictions of cliimate viability." Chapters include: The Antarctic Ozone Hole a Human-Caused Chemical Instability in the Stratosphere Feedbacks and Interactions between Global Change Atmospheric Chemistry and the Biosphere Atmospheric CO2 Variations Modeling and Evaluating Terrestrial Biospheric Exchanges of Water Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen in the Global Climate System Carbon Futures Global Climate Change in the Human Perspective Earth System models and the Global BIogeochemical Cycles The Role of CO2 Sea-Level and Vegetation During the Milankovitch-Forces Glacial-Interglacial Cycles Nonlinearities in the Earth System Simulations of the Climate of the Holocene Interations of Climate Change The Record of Paleoclimactic Change and its Greenhouse Implications Long-Term Stability of Earth's Climate Physical and Chemical Properties of the Glacial Ocean Ice Core Records and Relevance for Future Climate Variations Toward a New Approach to Climate Impact Studies Research Objectives of the World Climate Research Programme and Panel Discussion: future research Objectives. . Cambridge University Press hardcover
1977012825Hodder and Stoughton 1977. Brown hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ has minimal shelfwear interior clean and bright. DJ not price-clipped. Originally published 1950 by Collins. 152 pages. Alison decides to write a pony book - and has to school a pony to get first hand experience. Then her plot requires her heroine wins a gymkhana! Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Kennedy Richard jacket and frontispiece only. 1st This Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hodder and Stoughton Hardcover
192300007794Washington: The National Geographic Society 1923 118 pages very minor indications of exlibrary. Still a nice horse book. The National Geographic Society hardcover
2007239New York: Little Brown and Company 2007. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Tan hardcover in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page "For Terry There is a scent a line of tracks. Follow them. Craig." And then signed in full again above his name on the title page. Upper corners bumped and a bit of bending at the spine ends. Large previous owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper otherwise a clean unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket with matching edgewear and corner bumps still bright and attractive. 322 pp. some black and white illustrations. A great collection of essays on encounter native animals in the North American wilderness. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
198600004623Oxford United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishers 1986 288 pages light crease on cover. Blackwell Publishers paperback
1918007679New York: Moffat Yard & Co 1918 Blue cloth pictorially stamped in navy 1/4" loss from top of spine hole in spine cloth shelf wear gift inscription light internal soil. Humorous rhymes sometimes with lessons about good behavior. Illustrated in color and b&w depicting humanized animals. The artwork is detailed and lots of fun. Rare in any condition. First Edition. Good/No Jacket. 4to. Moffat, Yard & Co hardcover
19664747Christchurch NZ: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong octavo blue pictorial boards <br/><br/>Charming story about a Godwit coming into his own. Inscribed by Cooper on the title-page to Danny. Other inked note from Mary Beth in 1967. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited hardcover
1916011385<p>Boston: Privately Printed / McGrath-Sherrill Press 1916 77 pgs. Grey paper over boards with pastedown to upper cover titled in black ink unevenly soiled upper cover extremities worn bookplate removed from endpaper light to moderate foxing some offsetting opposite photo illustrations. A survey of various working dogs including Life Saving Police Fire Department Military Brotherhood of Hero Dogs Dogs Trained for the Stage Friends and Companions Burden and Service and Hunting. Printed on high quality paper. Illustrated with photographs and line art chapter heads by an unknown hand. Kate Sanborn was an essayist editor and farmer the grand-niece of Daniel Webster and descended from Noah Webster. . First And Only Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 4to.</p> Privately Printed / McGrath-Sherrill Press hardcover
1960012624London: Collins 1960. Red hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight a few bookstore previous owner stamps front endpapers else clean interior. 254 pages slightly yellowed foxing. DJ has some chips tears wrinkles and rubbing - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Price clipped. Autumn and winter story centered around the solitary farmhouse of the Merrow family where Tamzin and Rissa keep house for the shepherd and his son during his wife's absence. They wrestle with a plan to beat back city developers by forming a group called the White Riders who gallop over the marsh at midnight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 2nd Printing. Illus. by Whittam Geoffrey. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Fair. Collins Hardcover
1901biblio124<p>1901. Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition. Second Impression. Olive green boards w/gold lettering front and spine. Boards sturdy text clean and unmarked lightly tanned. Light shelfwear to edges esp. at spine. Deckle edges. Previous owners' names on front pastedown and endpage.</p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1939T3400Platt & Munk 1939. A very good pictorial box with picture of Uncle Wiggily in a hot air balloon. One corner is repaired but nice bright box. Includes 4 softcover books from the 3600 series Platt & Munk FAGE All Books are in fine condition. Bright and probably never read. Copyright 1939. Box is marked 2590A. Boxed Set. Fine. Illus. by Charles Carlson. Platt & Munk Hardcover
2016554George P. Bonville 2016. Paperback. Good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has some wear and a couple of light creases down the length of the front. The first three pages have a couple of light creases down the length. First printing. Signed by the author George P. Bonville on front endpaper. George P. Bonville paperback
19822569bx22<p>Written and illustrated by G. A. H. C. C. L. Mc'Intyre. Warm author inscription/signature title page dated Oct 1982. Good in stapled wraps with moderate outer wear contents VG. 51pages. bx103</p> Mc' Intyre paperback
1968013155New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1968. Pictorial hardcover binding square and tight minimal soiling dj flap glued to ffep. Back pocket intact a few marks but overall clean and tight. 153 pages. Bored with the ranch and her boyfriend Wally Deb visits her friend Kitty on the beach and realizes her impulsive idea of keeping her three-year old stallion Star in Kitty's flimsy corral will not work. Follows Lucky Star. Scarce title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Savitt Sam - cover only. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. W.W. Norton & Company Hardcover
1993007106Grayling Michigan USA: The George Griffith Foundation 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. FINE/NEAR-FINE First Trade Edition SIGNED and warmly inscribed by the author. A beautiful keepsake copy with no wear but for one barely bumped corner. Crisp clean solid like-new interiors. Unclipped DJ is very nice light shelf-wear only no tears. 7.25" x 10.25" 230 pages photographs. As a founding father of Trout Unlimited the author reveals the history of the conservation group. <br/> <br/> The George Griffith Foundation hardcover
199723211NY:: Hyperion. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0786802278 . Illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin. First printing. SIGNED by the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Hyperion, hardcover
1965013951Kingswood - Tadworth - Surrey: The World's Work 1965. Dark green hardcover binding is clean square and tight. Interior no writing tears or marks. DJ is price-clipped with some minimal shelfwear some soiling back cover - protected in clean Brodart jacket. 168 pages. First illustrated edition of this classic - title slightly different than American edition which does not have the word RED in the title. Interesting Publisher's Note stating the spelling of some words utilize the American convention honor instead of honouretc to keep printing costs down. Star owned by Songbird the young daughter of the Chief must prove himself worthy of his ancestry and position and his courage and endurance are severely tested. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Language: ENG. Illus. by Christensen Cristina. 1st UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. The World's Work Hardcover
1939012465New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1939. Green hardcover cloth binding sunned spine light soiling hinges good square and tight. Foxing. Color frontispiece illustration may have been reglued in - can't tell for sure but it is secure. 1939 on title page and copyright page but no Scribner's A so probably 2nd printing. 306 pages b/w illustrations throughout. A thoroughbred horse and a wild colt are thrown together and escape the humans and roam the wild rough big country. 306 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 2nd Printing. Illus. by James Will. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
