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196129975HBDJ PICTORIAL COLOR BOARDS 1961 STATED 1ST EDITION Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good with Tiny Extremities chips wear & TEARS This old book with dust jacket is clean solid and in great shape! This hardcover children's book has lots of awesome color illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling writing or tears. The copyright page shows 1961 as the published date. This is definitely NOT a former library book. The dust jacket with very light chipping on the spine edges and there is a short 1/2 inch closed tear on the top and bottom of the front. I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this old book looks and feels great!. OVERSIZED IN COLOR DUSTJACKET.Once Upon a time a Small Striped Tiger & a Little Spotted Leopard searched For Dinner Deep in the Heart Of The Tangled Green Jungle. A WORLD OF STRIPES & SPOTS Of Brilliant Tropical Birds & CROCS PEACOCKS AS THEIR JUNGLE ADVENTURE UNFOLDS With The en tle Lullaby Quality that Youngest Children Especially Love. <br /> DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY , NY GARDEN CITY hardcover
1939012790New York: Charles Scribners Sons 1939. Green hardcover cloth binding clean and tight spine cocked. Bit of White chalk-like mark on front cover blue ink mark bottom righthand corner. Shelfwear top and bottom of spine bumped corners. Bookplate fep. Yellowing pages some foxing but overall clean interior. 261 pages. Many b/w sketches throughout by noted artist Paul Brown. Scarce book about a dog part Irish Terrier in the text but all Irish Terrier in Brown's drawings who worked his way into the affection of an army company during World War I. No dogs are supposed to be on the transport but Mike manages to be on it when it reaches France. Both author and illustrator were with the AEF. This is a moving and humorous story of a dog at war who becomes the soldiers' friend and comrade. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Brown Paul. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Charles Scribners Sons Hardcover
1969013859New York: Random House 1969. Pictorial hardcover binding same as dustjacket is clean and tight rubbed along edges orange endpapers illustrated with horse heads from various titles in the series. No writing tears or marks inside. DJ missing chip bottom of spine rubbed along edges some wrinkles and small closed tears. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 187 pages. 18th book by Farley 17th in the Black Stallion/Island Stallion series. Book list on back flap lists to this one. No printings listed. This title not in list opposite title page. 295/295 on dj flap for price. Alec and the Black encounter a mysterious rider with a beautiful gray mare in the Everglades. Scarce original printing in rare dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by Draper Angie. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Random House Hardcover
190801039New York: Macaulay Company 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Ladd Morals Socology Fidelity. Nice Green cover no dust jacket. The perils of lose morals on a woman and her pain at cheating on her husband. TURN OF THE CENTURY so horrid it was a major flob and considered pornagraphic. A Great and rare collectible book excellent clean and right condition has former owners name inscribed inside front cover 278 pages. <br/><br/> Macaulay Company hardcover
1943010001New York: MacMillan Company 1943 Brown cloth hard cover; illustrated dust jacket with light chipping to spine ends tiny edge tears with clear tape reinforcement on verso. Adorable soft pencil illustrations of Dorothy Lathrop's own Pekingese. Delightful story revolving around puppies named Lucky Sugarplum The Mouse and Star. A beautiful copy of a scarce and desirable Lathrop title. Stated First Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Oblong 4to. MacMillan Company hardcover
1964164291Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1964. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1964 film showing Nancy Sinatra in a tulle-embellished dance costume. <br /> <br /> A star-studded comedy about a college girl moonlighting as a successful pop songwriter. Actress Mary Ann Mobley's film debut and featuring performances by The Dave Clark Five The Animals Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto The Jimmy Smith Trio the Standells and the Bell Boys.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a faint dampstain at the center left. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
194609632London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Dymock's Book Arcade 1946. Grey hardcover cloth binding clean and tight- cocked spine. Yellowed slightly brittle pages. DJ has rubbed edges some chips 2" chip missing back of jacket large chip missing top of spine and around to back of jacket. Protected from further damage in clear jacket. Brown-toned front jacket illustration shows Thunderhead the stallion. This is a special film edition of the book which includes four black and white photos from the film with Roddy McDowall as Ken McLaughlin of the Goose Bar Ranch - reprising his role from My Friend Flicka. Sequel to My Friend Flicka about her son Thunderhead. Ken tries to turn the silvery white horse into a racehorse but his wild ways inherited from his sire the Albino run too deep. Scarce in this edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Photographs. 4th Australion Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Eyre & Spottiswoode Dymock's Book Arcade Hardcover
193815662NY: Scribners 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good . First printing with A on copyright page. Cream color boards with green boy holding faun on front panel and green titles. Basis for 1940 film of same name. A little tanning on gutters & light fade to tint on top edges. Bright dust jacket with $2.50 price intact has a couple of small rubs a half-inch closed tear at bottom and a one-inch light damp stain on rear fold. Housed in a custom gold and green slipcase. <br/><br/> Scribners hardcover
1951012127Indianapolis - New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc. 1951. Green hardcover cloth binding with gold imprint square and tight very lightly soiled slightly bumped corners. Foxing to interior. DJ has chips and tears rubbed along edges protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Price has been clipped out bottom RH corner of front flap. Some staining to endpapers. 272 pages. 4th in the AWOL series about a Doberman War Dog. Written by a former football star from Brown University who was also a professional wrestler. He acted in a few movies and toward the end of his life lectured at civic clubs and schools. This title reunites Awol with Colonel Harper who had known the dog in WWII but nw finds the dog in South Korea. Scarce title in the series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Thorne Diana. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. Hardcover
1912010956<p>London & New York: Ernest Nister / E P Dutton 1912 1912 based on gift inscription and ad for Nister's 24th Annual. Pictorial boards with corner wear cover soil occasional foxing to text but clean overall with minor signs of use. A selection of comic images and verses pulled from various sources. Illustrated with a color frontis by Louis Wain originally published in Such Fun! plus 17 other illustrations by Wain 2 of which are not signed but are known to be by him. Other artwork by William Foster and P B Hickling. . Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Louis Wain William Foster P B Hickling Etc. 4to.</p> Ernest Nister / E P Dutton
199024030293Abbeville Press New York 1990. Revised Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in Slipcase. 444 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Abbeville Press New York 1990. Revised Edition. CONDITION: This book is in fine condition. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. The slipcase has a heavy bump on the front top right corner and the back has water staining along the bottom edge otherwise it is in solid very good condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This marvelous edition of Audubon's Birds of America displays all 435 of Audubon's brilliant handcolored engravings in exquisite reproductions taken from the original plates of the Audubon Society's archival copy of the rare Double Elephant Folio. Although many attempts have been made to re-create the magnificent illustrations in Audubon's masterpiece nothing equals the level of fidelity or scale achieved in this high-quality edition. This new systematic arrangement of the prints complete with informative commentaries about each bird made it possible to correct many of the problems or errors in Audubon's original edition revealed by later scholarship. The colorful captions in the back provide fascinating commentaries on each featured bird. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Animals & Birds. ISBN/EAN: 9781558591288. Inventory No: 24030293. 9781558591288 Abbeville Press hardcover
19980384801998. Painting. Illus. by Kazuko Miwa. Very Good. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. An original watercolour painting of Heleborus niger by Kazuko Miwa initialed "K.W.". Image 260 x 330 mm frame 440 x 500 mm. Double acid-free mount the upper of which slightly marked to bottom left corner. Gilt frame lightly rubbed. The painting in very good condition. Provenance; with label to the reverse stating "Society of Botanical Artists 'Flowers and Gardens' the annual open exhibition of the Society held at the Westminster Gallery Westminster Central Hall London SW1 24 April - 2 May 1998 and the price of £200. Biography: Japanese born 1943 represented in the Shirley Sherwood collection. 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 £20. unknown
1955012893Boston - Toronto: Little Brown & Company 1955. Liight blue hardcover binding clean and tight. Slightly cocked spine interior tight and secure. DJ clean some sheflwear and wrinkled. Some chips but protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Name neatly written in ink ffep. 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. Near Very Good/Good. Little Brown & Company Hardcover
1955013508Boston - 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
19290078161929. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: The University of Chicago Press 1929 Good HB 452 pp. EX-LIB. text off white. hardcover
20000372692000. Painting. Illus. by Ann Smith. Very Good. Framed. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of Rosa moyesii 325 x 360 mm frame 560 x 590 mm with a double white acid-free conservation mount and clean-lined solid hardwood frame with a 'limed' finish. By the late botanical artist Ann Smith signed and dated 1998. The frame is very slightly marked otherwise in very good condition ready to hang. Artist's biography: Ann Smith was a goldsmith by trade a highly skilled artisan working out of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds but with a passion for botanical illustration. She was a member of various botanical art societies; she exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Botanical Art exhibitions held in The Lindley Hall London; for the 2004 exhibition she prepared a mixed collection of botanical works including studies of Romneya coulteri and Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere' in a later exhibition she presented a themed collection featuring various Meconopsis blue popy species and cultivars. Ann Smith was an accomplished botanical artist who painted with great fidelity her plants morphologically accurate and finely detailed but her paintings are always well composed and perhaps it is this her strong sense of composition that is her greatest quality.We hold a number of original paintings by this artist so please enquire if you are looking for particular botanical subjects. Shipping cost will require an adjustment. Shipping cost will require an adjustment. unknown
19980372661998. Painting. Illus. by Ann Smith. Very Good. Framed. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of Magnolia grandiflora 490 x 345 mm frame 700 x 560 mm with a double white acid-free conservation mount and clean-lined solid hardwood frame with a 'limed' finish. By the late botanical artist Ann Smith signed and dated 1998. The frame is very slightly marked otherwise in very good condition ready to hang. Artist's biography: Ann Smith was a goldsmith by trade a highly skilled artisan working out of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds but with a passion for botanical illustration. She was a member of various botanical art societies; she exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Botanical Art exhibitions held in The Lindley Hall London; for the 2004 exhibition she prepared a mixed collection of botanical works including studies of Romneya coulteri and Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere' in a later exhibition she presented a themed collection featuring various Meconopsis blue popy species and cultivars. Ann Smith was an accomplished botanical artist who painted with great fidelity her plants morphologically accurate and finely detailed but her paintings are always well composed and perhaps it is this her strong sense of composition that is her greatest quality. We hold a number of original paintings by this artist so please enquire if you are looking for particular botanical subjects. Shipping cost will require an adjustment. In an exhibition held by the artist this work was priced at £750. unknown
1964013963New York: George G. Harrap & Co. 1964. Green hardcover binding with silhouette of horse and rier landing after a jump is clean square and tight. Clean bright and tight interior. DJ not price-clipped - 11/6 Net on flap. Some shelfwear small chips and wrinkles along edges but still displays nicely in clean Brodart. This is the original printing from Great Britain. 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. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good. George G. Harrap & Co. Hardcover
1920009750Covent Garden London: Lawrence & Jellicoe Ltd 1920 Pictorial card cover spine reinforced with mending tissue covers worn and chipped multiple mended tears pages fragile but completely un-colored. A book containing 10 spreads with an example color plate and its corresponding plate that is meant to be colored in by the user. The title page is also meant to be colored in. Amazingly this copy is completely uncolored. The paper used in the production of this book is meant to take the paint well however it is also very fragile so it will need to be handled with great care. This is an uncommon Aldin item especially unused. Pictorial Card Covers. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. 4to. Lawrence & Jellicoe, Ltd paperback
1917011017<p>London: Frederick Warne 1917 1917 per British Library. 13.5 x 10 cm each. 6 booklets with color pictorial wraps with minor signs of use but clean and lovely overall; housed in original box the box top is missing one side and 1/2 of each side panel. Each booklet contains 6 color plates and advertises Ovaltine on lower cover. The puppy books are landscape format and include: Puppy Playmates Bow Wow Wow and Doggie Friends. The cat books are portrait format and include: Tabbykins Kittenwee and Fluffytwin. Rare with only a handful of individual titles held by institutions and no complete sets. Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by G D Rowlandson. 16mo.</p> Frederick Warne
195612010520Brockhampton Press London 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Biro. Hardcover. 120 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Brockhampton Press London 1956. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. Boards have slight edgewear. Lightly tanned pages with slight foxing on front pages. Dust Jacket worn at edges small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges foxed. Dustjacket protected in clear plastic sleave. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Very scarce title Illustrator: Biro. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 12010520. Brockhampton Press hardcover
1999038488United Kingdom 1999. Painting. Illus. by Joan Osborne SBS SWA. Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of Lilium 'Black Beauty' by botanical artist Joan Osborne. A tall elegant & striking study painted on textured & flecked paper with an unmistakable Japanese influence. Painting 530 x 210 mm; frame 725 x 390 mm. Double acid-free mount and gilt frame. No date but circa 1999 label to reverse with price of £250. Painting fine frame lightly rubbed. Biography. Joan Osborne Society of Botanical Artists Society of Water colour artists. Exhibited at the SBA annual exhibition at Westminster Central Hall 1998. UK shipping for this item is likely be around £15. unknown
1932046183Great Britain: A. & C. Black Ltd. 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. First free endpaper has been removed. Title page has a faint smudge the rest of the interior is clean endpaper brown with age. Green boards have a discolored spot to lower corner of front edges have light wear corners are lightly bent. No dust jacket. First edition. A. & C. Black Ltd. Hardcover
1912009775London: Macmillan 1912 222 pgs. All edges stained red. Red cloth pictorially stamped in gilt slight darkening to edges and spine light wear to extremities binding slightly shaken occasional finger soil but clean and free of foxing. 16 beautiful color plates by Cecil Aldin with captioned tissue guards. Very scarce Aldin title. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. 8vo. Macmillan hardcover
193910247New York: Charles Scribners Sons 1939. Green hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Bit of shelfwear top and bottom of spine very slightly bumped corners. Bookplate fep. Yellowing pages some foxing but overall clean interior. 261 pages. Many b/w sketches throughout by noted artist Paul Brown. Scarce book about a dog part Irish Terrier in the text but all Irish Terrier in Brown's drawings who worked his way into the affection of an army company during World War I. No dogs are supposed to be on the transport but Mike manages to be on it when it reaches France. Both author and illustrator were with the AEF. This is a moving and humorous story of a dog at war who becomes the soldiers' friend and comrade. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Brown Paul. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Charles Scribners Sons Hardcover
