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195500005832New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Wiese Kurt. 8vo. 7 3-241 7 pp. Pink cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine blue decorations on the front board and spine; blue topstain. Decorated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the jacket. The first printing of the first edition. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. A nice copy of the twenty-third book in the "Freddy the Pig" series with forty pen and ink illustrations. A Near Fine book with a small vintage bookstore sticker on free front endpaper in a like dust jacket with a few hints of edge wear. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
194900005831New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Wiese Kurt. 8vo. 8 4-265 1 pp. Grey cloth with red lettering on the spine Freddy embossed in red on the front board; grey topstain. Decorated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the jacket. The first printing of the first edition. Thirty-eight pen and ink illustrations by Kurt Wiese. An endearing story about Freddy the pig-detective and how he makes the football team while solving two mysteries. The sixteenth book in the "Freddy the Pig" series. A Near Fine book in a Very Good lightly edge-worn dust jacket with a small dampstain to the spine panel. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1986038021Melbourne: Hill House 1986. HEAVY pp536-672 index references col plates col photographs. Cloth boards in jacket. Minor toning to top edge minor rippling. The last of three volumes covering the butterflies of the Oriental region. This volume covers Riodinidae & Lycaenidae. of Asia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Hill House Hardcover
199927079London: W B Saunders. Very Good. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0702023922 . With photographic illustrations in colour and black & white small patch of laminate on front cover removed light bumping of corners otherwise a very good copy. ; 250 x 195mm; x 278 pages . W B Saunders hardcover
1953284511953. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1953/Fair condition/434 pages - Discusses the animaux proteges Au Congo Belge in Congolese. AR528451 hardcover
19670061171967. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: Dover Publications 1967 Good HB 239 pp EX-LIB cover wear/rubbed. corners slightly bumped. hardcover
1976061523-BBoston MA: New York Graphic Society 1976. Book. Illus. by Ansel Adams . Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st. Edition 1976 Brown cloth hardcover with the dust jacket 32 page text . Illustrated with 109 full page black & white photo images by Ansel Adams . With an essay on the land by Lawrence Clark Powell. This copy is also signed by Ansal Adans . Condition : Very Good with a clipped dust jacket with light edge rubs. . New York Graphic Society Hardcover
1995413<p>Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society / Oxford University Press 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/fair. Blue cloth hardcover in dustjacket. A fair to good copy with heavy wear and bending at the corners staining to the cloth covers and both hinges split. Text is clean unmarked and still well bound. Jacket with heavy wear at all edges and corners short tears and chips and some loosening of the publisher's top coat at the bottom edge. A worn but intact copy of this hard to find title. 535 pp. plus back matter. Some black and white plates.</p> Bombay Natural History Society / Oxford University Press hardcover
1919026754BOSTON MA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR OWNER'S NAME PHILIP P. WELLS. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1919. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. hardcover
1955012509Boston - Toronto: Little Brown & Company 1955. Light blue hardcover binding clean tight and secure. Spine slighltly cocked. DJ has some chips tears and wrinkles - lght soiling. Now protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Dedication page thanks Captain V.S. Littauer for his help in the book along with Col. John Wofford of the 1952 USET. Interior clean and bright with no marks tears or writing. 225 pages with an extensive glossary of horse show terms. 16-yr old Pam lives with her Grandfather on his horse farm. In this sequel to Pamela and the Blue Mare Pam and her friends train to qualify for the Olympic Trials at Fort Riley Kansas. Even though at this time woman were not able to compete alongside the men Pam still tries out on her mare Frosty Morning with hopes that the rules will change. Conflict with a snobbish young horsewoman named Mary Atwater who competes with Pam both at horse shows and for the heart of the young horseman Bill. Lots of great Brown illustrations including a two-page spread showing the course the riders jump during one of the competitions. A Sealyham Terrier named Toby also plays a small role in the story. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Brown Paul. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good. Little Brown & Company Hardcover
198139629Houghton Mifflin 1981. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fair. 1st Very large oblong book children's format dark green cloth bright gilt title at top front bright on spine too light brown color inside covers and adjacent end papers unpaginated. DJ price-clipped heavy dark green paper with b/w illustrations of monkeys on girl's kitchen table on front gilt Caldecott Medal decal has slight wear at one place on edge on front DJ has wear tiny tears overall as well as light stain at bottom front left. Fair DJ/Fine book. <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover
19290016711929. 8vo size softcover with interior stapled binding and color illustrated covers; 228 pages with numerous vintage advertisements some with black and white illustrations or photographs. Contents include: Officers Directors and Executive Committee Judges and Ring Stewards Occupants of Arena Boxes Program for each day November 7 8 9 11 12 13. Catalogue of Entries Hackney Horses and Ponies Commercial Vehicle and Draft Horses Trotters and Roadsters Harness Horses Saddle Horses: Three Gaited and Five Gaited Ponies Under Saddle Mounted Police Hunters Jumpers Military Classes We note that one of the owners of a Saddle Horse has the surname of Gallop. There is a multi-page Index of Advertisers. Vintage Advertisements include: Glyco Toilet Soap color Cadillac/LaSalle/Fleetwood Motor Cars color Camel Cigarettes color Brunswick Salon Red Star Line/White Star Line Saks-Fifth Avenue Greenbrier and Cottages Crichton & Co. Ltd Alfred Nelson Plaza Art Galleries Seaton Hackney Farm White Rock Peco Peat Moss Steinway & Sons Hotel Delmonico Fox Chapel Farms Hamburg American Line Michael J. Knoud F.A.O. Swartz Toys Old Gold Cigarettes Wear to covers with a crease on front cover. Some wear and creasing to spine cover with a half inch tear on bottom of spine. Impression marks on covers from stapled binding. Inch tear on top of page 173/174; some curled page corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. Paperback
19300016721930. 8vo size softcover with interior stapled binding and color illustrated covers; 232 pages with numerous vintage advertisements some with black and white illustrations or photographs. Contents include: Officers Directors and Executive Committee Judges and Ring Stewards Occupants of Arena Boxes Program for each day November 6 7 8 10 11 12. Catalogue of Entries Hackney Horses Hackney Ponies Trotting Horses Heavy Harness Horses Saddle Horses: Three Gaited Saddle Horses: Five Gaited Saddle Ponies Mounted Police Hunters Corinthian Class Jumpers Military Classes Vintage Advertisements many full page include: Stadler & Stadler color B. Altman & Co. Hermes of Paris Hotel and Restaurant Elysee Seaton Hackney Farm Aquascutum Coats Pierce Arrow Whippy Steggall Canada Dry F.A.O. Schwarz Purina Mills Emerson's Bromo-Seltzer for Headache Rollston 4-Passenger Victoria Penciled price on cover; edgewear wear light soil and several creases to covers front hinge fragile on the inside; light creases to bottom tip of last 50 or so pages crushed top tip on first 32 or so pages. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. Paperback
1959009097New York: Viking 1959 Red cloth and beige pictorially stamped in red 1/2" tear in cloth at top edge of rear cover else fine; color pictorial dust jacket with wear along folds dust soil & foxing chipping to spine ends tiny loss from top edge of rear panel price intact $2.50. Otto and Duke visit Texas and track down three fugitives. This was Du Bois' first giant Otto book since the original Otto books were published in the 1936. See Bader page 182. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by William Pene Du Bois. Small 4to. Viking hardcover
19740385821974. Painting. Illus. by Mary Grierson. Very Good. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. An original watercolour painting of Mimosa veitchii by the distinguished British botanical artist Mary Grierson signed and dated '74 in pencil lower middle the title has been applied with Letraset. Image 510 x 330 mm slate-blue mount. Gilt and green frame 550 x 460mm lightly worn. Painting in very good condition one small mark under the glass does not appear to be on the paper just before the "M" of "Mimosa". Please contact us if you would like to view any of our artwork in person. The shipping cost on this painting within the UK is likely to be in the region of £25. Biography: Mary Anderson Grierson VMH VM GM 1912 - 2012. Mary Grierson needs little introduction doyen of British botanical illustration with an illustrious career. illustrated plants for Kew Gardens and produced numerous illustrations and paintings for Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Remarkably Mary Grierson's notable achievements in botanical art came after the age of 60; she only took up botanical art with any endeavour when in her mid-40s. In 1930 she was awarded the diploma of the Royal Drawing Society in London but it wasn't until 1957 that her interest in plant illustration began to crystallise when she attended a drawing course at Flatford Mill run by John Nash brother of the painter Paul Nash who became her mentor. She attended his classes for 10 years eventually taking over this course which she ran from 1966-1983. In 1960 she was appointed to the post of Botanical Illustrator and Artist to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and illustrated many plates in the famous periodical "Curtis's Botanical Magazine." She was awarded Her first RHS Gold Medal for botanical illustration in 1966 followed by further Gold Medals in 1969 1973 1978 1990 and in 1985 she was awarded the RHS Gold Veitch Memorial Medal. Her work has appeared in numerous books and in 1967 she designed the famous "British Flora" set of postage stamps in collaboration with the Reverend Keble Martin. Her outstanding talent and contribution to botanical illustration was widely recognised and various awards and honours were bestowed upon her: in 1967 she was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1986 received an honorary degree of Master of Philosophy at the University of Reading she served on RHS Picture Committee from 1991-1997 and also in 1997 was awarded the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour. Mary Grierson held a number of dedicated exhibitions at the Spink in London including: Hedgerows of England 20th November - 77h December 1979. Coastal Plants of England early 1980s. An English Florilegium - Botanical Watercolour Drawings of the Tradescant Legacy 4th - 27th November 1987. Plants of the Hawaiian Islands and other Recent Watercolours 22nd May - 1st June 1990. On her death in 2012 Obituaries were published in numerous newspapers and periodicals. . unknown
1967005566London / Amsterdam / New York : Frank Cass and Co Limited/ N.Israel / De Capo 1967. This the First Facsimile Edition 1967 Terra Australis Cognita Or Voyages to the Terra Australis or Southern Hemisphere during the Sixteenth Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Containing an account of the manners of the people and the productions of the countries hitherto found in the southern latitudes the Advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great continent and the methods of establishing colonies there to the Advantage of Great Britain. With a preface by the editor in which some geographical nautical and commercial questions are discussed. A facsimile copy of the original published in 1766.THREE VOLUMES Vol 1 x viii 516pp; Vol 2 iv 692pp and Vol 3 ii iv 745 printed pages plus a folding map in each volume. A FINE SET Numbers 8 9 and 10 in the publishers Bibliotheca Australiana. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. Cream Psuedo Leather . FINE AS BRAND NEW/FINE AS NEW. Illus. by Pullout Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited/ N.Israel / De Capo hardcover
1992g8677Washington: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and The National Science Foundation. VG : in very good condition with Coverlon covered dust jackets. 1992. English-Language Edition. Grey hardback cloth cover. 250mm x 180mm 10" x 7". xxviii 630pp; x 271pp; xii 814pp. Translated and published for the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The work is published in three parts: Part I- Specific Zoological Facts; Part II - Maps; Part III - General Facts. Heavy set- extra shipping needed for overseas. . Smithsonian Institution Libraries and The National Science Foundation hardcover
1935562826New York: Tudor Publishing 1935. There are a few stains to some of the plates.Grubby jacket with some loss to the edges.Please Email for further details NOT SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR! signed "J.C Maynard" Upper VI Form 1937 Prize Bookplate. "J.C Maynard" Upper VI Form 1937 Prize Bookplate. New Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/Very Good AVERAGE. Illus. by Illustrated By E.J Detmold . 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK. Tudor Publishing Hardcover
1955011333Boston - Toronto: Little Brown & Company 1955. Liight blue hardcover binding clean square tight and secure. DJ clean some sheflwear with sun-faded spine. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Dedication page thanks Captain V.S. Littauer for his help in the book along with Col. John Wofford of the 1952 USET. Interior clean and bright with name and date fep else no other marks tears or writing. 225 pages with an extensive glossary of horse show terms. 16-yr old Pam lives with her Grandfather on his horse farm. In this sequel to Pamela and the Blue Mare Pam and her friends train to qualify for the Olympic Trials at Fort Riley Kansas. Even though at this time woman were not able to compete alongside the men Pam still tries out on her mare Frosty Morning with hopes that the rules will change. Conflict with a snobbish young horsewoman named Mary Atwater who competes with Pam both at horse shows and for the heart of the young horseman Bill. Lots of great Brown illustrations including a two-page spread showing the course the riders jump during one of the competitions. A Sealyham Terrier named Toby also plays a small role in the story. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Brown Paul. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Little Brown & Company Hardcover
1991238Dublin: Wolfhound Press 1991. First edition. Hardcover. FINE. 4to. Clean unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight. 336 pages. Includes references bibliography index. Limited edition of 100 copies of which this is #20. Signed by the author. Quarter bound in dark blue leather with water-silk sides gilt top head and tail bands gold blocked spine. In matching buckram bound slipcase. History of the horse in Ireland beginning with early Celtic mythology right through to modern day breeding and racing. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging with tracking and insurance. Heavy/oversize book. May require additional postage for overseas shipment. Wolfhound Press hardcover
194629853HBDJ 1ST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING APRIL 1946 ON COPYRIGHT PG VG/VG- AS-IS INNER DJ FLAP $2.50 INTACT illustrated fly leaves FORMER OWNER NAME INSCRIPTION R GREEN & WHITE OF HORSE & TRAINER ; COLOR FRONTISPIECE WITH TINY TEARS CHIPS WEAR & BACK OF DJ LISTS ROBIN HOOD THRU ALICE'S ADVENTURES SPINE DJ TINY END CHIPS WEAR FRONT DJ HAS TINY CHIP ON FRONT & SMALL DRAWING ON FRONT DJ IN PENCIL Illustrated pink green & Beige cover of horses & Birds with gold gilt HAS LITE EDGE WEAR & BLACK CLOTH AT SPINE CVR WITH TITLES BUT GOLD GILT IS GONE BACK OF DJ LITE CREASES Much Loved Classic WAS THOROUGHBRED Horse who Began His Career in Gentleman's Stable. He was Ruined when His Knees were Broken By a Drunken Groom. & After That His Life was Succession OF MISFORTUNES Until 1 Day When a Wonderful Stroke of Luck Brought Him the Happiness & Contentment for which He had Always Longed. <br /><br /><br /> RAINBOW CLASSICS # R-2 WORLD PUBLISHING CLEVELAND hardcover
1964013962New York: Franklin Watts 1964. Red hardcover binding clean square and tight. Some foxing on endpapers but overall clean and tight interior. DJ price-clipped - although the $2.xx visible. Some shelfwear small chips and wrinkles along edges but still displays nicely in clean Brodart. 151 pages. Ann and Jim from Pilot The Hunter are now married and settled on a small stud farm. As they try to train their piebald gelding Pilot into a steeplechaser they have some sever setbacks. The story culminates in a triumphant account of the Grand National. Followed by Show Jumper and Dido and Rogue. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by Money Keith. 1st American. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good. Franklin Watts Hardcover
1950011529New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1950. Yellow hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight - 1950 gift message ffep. DJ has shelf wear chips tears light soiling some wrinkles price-clipped flap. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Interior clean and tight. 116 pages. for ages 6-10. Story of Prance youngest horse on a traveling merry-go-round who feels an emptiness and wants a child he can call his special friend. Rare title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Jones Amy. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Thomas Y. Crowell Hardcover
198309080107Methuen UK 1983. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. 235 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Methuen UK 1983. CONDITION: This book is in fine condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An historical adventure story set in Tudor-times. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; ISBN: 0416251609. ISBN/EAN: 9780416251609. Inventory No: 09080107. 9780416251609 Methuen paperback
194825080024Adam and Charles Australia 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 94 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Adam and Charles Australia 1948. First Edition. This is the first Australian edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing and mild foxing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are reasonably tanned. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 25080024. Adam and Charles hardcover
