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1947011023New York: Oxford University Press 1947 Green cloth pictorially stamped in pink slight fading at edges light shelf wear clean copy; illustrated dust jacket with small losses sunned spine and soil original price intact $2.00. A girl and her dog spend the summer in Vermont. Lovely b&w illustrations by Eloise Wilkin. Scarce title. . First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Eloise Wilkin. 8vo. Oxford University Press hardcover
1939011133London: Country Life 1939 Pictorial cover with cloth spine some edge wear and soil four-page booklet with a few marks one plate with marginal soil all plates Near Fine. A portfolio of 12 prints depicting various animals in Yee's delicate style: Cats Swans Dogs Seagulls Deer Ducks Mice Cocks and Hens Horses Geese Monkeys and Penguins. . First Edition. Loose Portfolio. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Chiang Yee. Oblong 4to. Country Life paperback
1953013885Chicago: Follett Publishing Company 1953. Beige hardcover binding has ffep removed discard written on fep a few stamps and marks general wear but overall solid and clean interior. Ex-library. 256 pages. Dustjacket has spine sticker chip missing from spine Not price clipped. Stated 2nd printing. Don and his father Big Mike don't think Arabians belong on a working ranch - until they meet Raffy a young Arabian stallion. The boy and the horse seem made for each other. First in the series following Don Revere and his friend Clare Stannard. Followed by Champion of the Cross 5. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 2nd Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by Bjorklund Lorence F. - jacket by George Mocniak. Hardcover. Good/Good. Follett Publishing Company Hardcover
19746743z1974. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/Gd. condition/314 pages - The How-to on breeding raising and training winning race horses . F86743z hardcover
19710045981971. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: University of Chicago Press 1971 Good HB ISBN: 0-226-02029-0 EX-RESEARCH LIB. hardcover
1969003290New York: Waybright and Talley 1969. First Edition 8vo size navy blue clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; pages From jacket: "No American witnessed and recorded 20th Century events of greater moment than Edgar Ansel Mowrer. Throughout a distinguished career Mowrer's presence at modern history's major confrontations his understanding of war and politics helped raise journalism above the tangle of every day events. Here are the dramatic incidents and vivid personalities he illuminated first at the great Chicago Daily News later in magazine features and in syndicated columns. Here also are the pivotal events of an age: the eyewitness accounts of the momentous Italian collapse at Caporetto in World War I ominous warnings from Europe between the wars accounts of the jockeying of Allied armies and governments after World War II that created a Europe half free half communist. And here is the man himself. while still a cub at great risk carried secret Belgian underground papers into Holland. A man who during the rise of the Third Reich was expelled by the Nazis for all-too-accurate reports and forecasts.newsman reporter to an entire generation of Americans." Owners name info inside front cover; bumped head of spine and top corner; edgewear to jacket; light foxing on top of book. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. First. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Waybright and Talley Hardcover
2001001860Lavenham: The Wildlife Art Gallery 2001. Very Good/Very Good. Large 4to. 305 x 245mm 112 pages. Excellent colour artwork. Book condition: Very good clean brown boards tight binding signed & numbered on title page. #418 of 1000. Jacket condition: Very good clean bright not faded faint crease to base of rear jacketfrom printing not clipped. Comments: A Limited Edition review of Terance James Bond and his work as a bird artist published to coincide with his 65th birthday exhibition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Terance James Bond. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Wildlife Art Gallery Hardcover
1935d1431Delhi: Imperial Council of Agricultural Research. Worn condition. Title page and preface torn at gutter. Some pages detached. Rear inner joint split also gutter in many places. Shaken. 1935. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 200mm 10" x 8". 365pp. Line diagrams. . Imperial Council of Agricultural Research hardcover
009534London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited 1877. This was the first work devoted to an account of the geography people history and administration of Aden to be published and as such rates a special place amongst works on this controversial part of the Yemen. Written in 1877 of the request of the Indian government it is a comprehensive survey of Aden at that time which remains of considerable value today. There is a full geographical and physical description of the settlement and account of the population the various tribes their habits and occupations and a careful summary of the trade and commerce carried out within the peninsula. xii 232pp A FINE COPY in a near fine dustwrapper. In the 1870s ate them was administered by the Indian government and the author describes the various means of administration in detail the history of Aden before the British settlement in 1939 is briefly summarized and that of the following is told more fully. In view of the present situation in Eitan. It is felt that many readers will find this insight into the early years of the British involvement of great interest.This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. This the First New Edition of 1968. Red Cloth. NEAR FINE NEAR BRAND NEW/VERY GOOD AVERAGE. Illus. by Two Large Foldout Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited Hardcover
1965013574Cambridge University Press 1965. Illustrated large octavo pp xiv 379 fore-edge very slightly marked one folding table has been folded badly in the binding press and has a slight cut to it no loss otherwise extremely clean and bright internally blue cloth in very good condition in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is very slightly worn and a little rubbed and marked on its lower cover. The very scarce first edition. From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his stamp on the front endpaper. The outbreaks of myxomatosis among rabbits in Australia in 1950 and in Europe in 1952 provided scientists with opportunities of observing the course of the interaction of a very lethal virus disease with a large population of highly susceptible mammals i.e. with a model system to study the evolution of an infectious disease and the effects of an infectious disease on the evolution of a mammal. This scientific account of the spread of the disease in Australia and Europe of its effects upon rabbit numbers and of the genetic changes that occurred in parasite and host is of great interest to ecologists virologists parasitologists mammalian zoologists geneticists agriculturists and public health workers as well as to those directly concerned with rabbit raising or control. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
1969009545London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited 1969. This is the first complete translation of Frank Edgar's TATSUNIYOYI NA HAUSA a three volume Corpus of Hausa Folklore History and Miscellanea The Original Hausa Volumes Contain 1200 Pages Comprising 800 Individual Items Ranging from Riddles to Lengthy Eyewitness Accounts of the British Occupation and Events Immediately Preceding It. There is One seventy Page Legal item a version of the Risala a summary of the maliki code of muslim law which was in use in Nigeria at that time. The Translation Is Also in Three Volumes but the Order Has Been Rearranged to Bring the Folklore into the First Two Volumes and the Other matter into the Last volume. The Folklore Itself Has Been Arranged so That the Variants and Tales of Similar Genre appear in the Same Section. A Concordance Has Been Added to Each Volume to Enable Reference to Be Made to the Original Hausa Volumes. Cross-References Are Also Given to Other Collections of Hausa tales in Translation. Professor M. G. Smith has provided a sociological introduction and there is also an introduction by the translator who is associate Professor of Hausa at the University of Wisconsin. 440pp A LOVELY COPY! This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. This the First Cass Edition 1969. Red Cloth. Near Fine NEAR NEW/NEAR FINE NEAR NEW. Illus. by No Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited Hardcover
2003002122London: Collins 2003. Fine. 8vo. 220 x 150mm 218 pages. Colour and b/w photos line drawings maps. Book condition: Fine clean bright not faded not creased tight binding no inscriptions protected in removable clear Lyfjacket. Comments: An excellent study of British bat species - their evolution biology feeding reproduction threats and conservation; illustrated. First Edition in paperback. Soft Cover. Fine/-. Illus. by -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Paperback
1991r6421Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. VG : in very good condition with dust jackets. 1991. Fifth Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 180mm 10" x 7". xlv 1629pp. Numerous illustrations. Heavy set - extra shipping needed for overseas. . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
1903028100Upcott Gill 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8.5 x 6" Maroon Hardback with gilt and black dogs to front cover. 662 pages plus adverts. 2 different Owners names in neat hand 1903 and 1932. Front end paper cracked but overall the book is in good condition with light rubbing to corners and spine edges. Very heavy book overseas buyers please contact for price. Upcott Gill Hardcover
198351091983. Soft Cover. Good. PB/ pub. 1983/ Gd. condition/115 pages- Their present and potential role. G15109 paperback
197824020072Allen Lane USA 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Boris Zvorykin. Hardcover. 78 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen Lane USA 1978. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine has slight fading. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for short gift inscription in ink. Illustrator: Boris Zvorykin. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Children's Picture Books; ISBN: 0713911727. ISBN/EAN: 9780713911725. Inventory No: 24020072. 9780713911725 Allen Lane hardcover
192420030151Frederick Warne London 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Norman Sutcliffe. Hardcover. 240 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Frederick Warne London 1924. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear and slight soiling. Edges of boards have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Pages are reasonably tanned and mildly foxed. Award presentation plate laid in. The front board is embossed with the title author and decoration. Illustrator: Norman Sutcliffe. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 20030151. Frederick Warne hardcover
1987v0098881987. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher: North Point Press 1987 V.Good HB the failure of the family farm the erosion of soil and the decline in farm yields and the accelerating and irrevocable loss of biological and cultural information hardcover
1958014088New York: Macmillan 1958. Blue hardcover cloth binding square and tight previous owner name ffep else clean interior. Original DJ has lots of chips and tears small purple crayon mark on bottom of front cover large chips on spine and chip on front cover where the C and part of W of author's name should be. $2.50 on flap - protected from further damage in clean jacket. Interior overall clean and tight. Linda's parents buy her a pony Daisy; and she makes a friend with another little girl named Linda. One of Anderson's cutest children's stories. Illus. by Anderson C. W. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Macmillan Hardcover
1969014087Macmillan 1969. Ex-library. Pictorial hardcover has one small divot above the word Blaze in the title. Else clean square and tight. A few library stamps back pocket intact. . Cover shows Billy and Blaze jumping a log alongside his friend Tommy and the gray-spotted pony Dusty. DJ has spine sticker small closed tear above letter B in Blaze. minor wrinkles but displays nicely in clean Brodart. Follows Blaze and the Gray Spotted Pony. Billy and Tommy enter their ponies in a pairs jumping contest. 46 pages. Illus. by Anderson C.W. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Very Good. Macmillan Hardcover
1952013475Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1952. Orange hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Interior clean and bright. Signed by Glenn Balch bottom of first endpaper. Front dustjacket flap is included loose in the book. 194 pages. Ben and Dixie Darby buy a nervous racehorse that reminds Ben of King. They take the stallion to their Tack Ranch to try to retrain him. Follows Winter Horse in the series featuring King and Ben. Followed by Wild Horse Tamer. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Crowell Pers. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thomas Y. Crowell Company Hardcover
10538ANMBoston MA: New York Graphic Society 1980 160 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Faint rubbing to rear cover otherwise very bright and clean. Comes in nice original pictorial slipcase. Illust. w/ color and b/w plates. A very nice copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. New York Graphic Society Hardcover
1938012590Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. Pictorial hardcover binding with red cloth spine has minor soiling rubbed corners square and tight. Hinges good small white square glued inside back cover some foxing but overall clean and tight. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Brown Paul. 1st Edition. Hardcover. good/No Jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
19670008575New York: Meredith Press 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Oblong 16mo pictorial boards; dj intact but lightly toned. <br/><br/>An alphabetical alphabestiary written and illustrated by Gorey. Monahan A22a; Toledano A26a. Meredith Press hardcover
1931013596American Book Company 1931. Orange hardcover binding is soiled but secure and tight. Illustrated endpapers some marks and smudges throughout. Early reader. 95 pages with word list. Scarce. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Peck A. Gladys. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. American Book Company Hardcover
