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1905180396The American Poultry Association 1905. Hard Cover. Poor. Full green cloth boards with rounded corners and gilt lettering as well as an embossed funny-looking chicken on the worn and frayed cover. Some scribbling on pages. Binding is loose with the text block almost separating from the cover though the pages are signatures are sewn and hanging together. 290 pages. Many very attractive fowls drawn in black and white. The 1905 edition of the official North American poultry judging reference revised at the 1904 Rochester meeting describing the physical standards colorings and weights for all recognized breeds and varieties of chickens ducks turkeys and geese. Keywords: Poultry Judging Guide Chicken Breed Standards Duck Breeds Turkey Breeds Goose Breeds Bantam Chickens Plymouth Rock Rhode Island Red Buckeye Breed Wyandotte Chickens Early 20th Century Poultry Fanciers The American Poultry Association hardcover
1964012269Editions des deuz coqs d'or 1964. Unusual item. Vintage children's activity book - Punch out Horse and rider figures with stands to make tableaux of circus horse polo ponies jumpers broncos trotters race horses etc. Pictures upon request. All figures uncut and intact. Stiff cardboard stapled binding. Six pages of figures. More pictures upon request. Descriptive text is in French. Published in Belgium Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Language: FRA. Stiff Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Editions des deuz coqs d'or Paperback
1910171031910's-1920's. Hardcover. Very good end paper name stamps some pages toned. The title on the spine is descriptive only and was added by the binder. A unique book in dark green boards with gilt spine lettering containing circulars articles bulletins some ag college or Dept of AG etc. About 400 to 500 pages total. The contents are generally from the teens and 1920s to 1930 one is from 1903 and one 1905. Contents handwritten on the end papers. Contains numerous photographs charts and graphs. Some of the contents are 1. Several articles on the value and profitability of wood lots. 2. Separate state or region specific articles on timber crops tree farming and marketing. 3. Articles on estimating and harvesting timber including 30 drawn plates on examples of typical cuttings. 4. Woodlot management Farm Woodlots and the War and other related articles 22 in all. Contains a large fold-out map of farm woodlots in the United States from the 1910 census. ; Photographs drawings. . 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
2000004989ACMRS Press 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Nice copy with just minor wear. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes not envelopes. . ACMRS Press Hardcover
192532937New York: Charles E. Graham & Co 1925. First Edition. Illustrated with full page beautifully printed colour paintings on every page. Folio publisher's red cloth with pictorial boards both covers fully decorated. 34 pp. A very nice copy with minor wear at the corners. MERRY NURSERY RHYMES WITH CAPTIVATING ILLUSTRATIONS ON EVERY PAGE. Charles E. Graham & Co hardcover
1920157882N.p.: N.p. 1920. Vintage borderless photograph of Trixie the Wonder Dog a performing canine billed as "The Dog with the Mind of a Child." Annotations in manuscript pencil regarding cropping on the verso. <br /> <br /> The photograph shows Trixie posed on a carved wooden seat surrounded by props ostensibly used in her performances including a hoop several balls and a mock menu. <br /> <br /> 7.75 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. 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
195317080176Curtis Warren London 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. 159 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Curtis Warren London 1953. CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and moderate chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are reasonably tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 17080176. Curtis Warren hardcover
1985WA6774Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1985. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to full red leather gilt all edges gilt some foxing. Out-of-print thus. <br/><br/>With color plates by Michael Hague. Easton Press hardcover
197422070007Collins UK 1974. First Edition. Hardcover Printed Boards. Good. Illustrator: Roland B. Wilson. Hardcover Printed Boards. 64 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins UK 1974. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have slight soiling. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. Some pages particularly in the front of the book have soiling and thumb marks. Illustrator: Roland B. Wilson. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Children's Picture Books; ISBN: 0001711512. ISBN/EAN: 9780001711518. Inventory No: 22070007. 9780001711518 Collins hardcover
196526010208Collins UK 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 224 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins UK 1965. Reprint. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Spine has minor lean. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and moderate chips and/or tears. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly tanned. Front end page has an ex-libris sticker as well as an ink-stamp ex-libris with a different previous owner's name. ABOUT THIS BOOK: When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge they are saved by the Wizard. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve where he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights. But the heart of the magic that binds them - Firefrost also known as the Weirdstone of Brisingamen - has been lost. The Wizard has been searching for the stone for more than 100 years but the forces of evil are closing in determined to possess and destroy its special power. Colin and Susan realise at last that they are the key to the Weirdstone's return. But how can two children defeat the Morrigan and her deadly brood Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Inventory No: 26010208. Collins hardcover
1919010492London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1919 1919. Pictorial boards with cloth spine edges rubbed mild uneven sunning to boards some bubbling to endpapers long narrow loss to last page and free rear endpaper. A large delightful picture book featuring humanized animals. Illustrated with 16 full-page color plates by Cecil Aldin. Scarce. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. Large Square 4to. Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press unknown
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
1920009623Covent Garden London: Lawrence & Jellicoe Ltd 1920 Pictorial card cover with edge and spine wear soiled and marked completely unused painting book. A book containing 8 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. Very Good -/No Jacket. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. 4to. Lawrence & Jellicoe, Ltd paperback
1913009861New York: Hodder and Stoughton 1913 Color pictorial boards with shelf wear small crack at top of front fold and a gift inscription else Near Fine; pictorial dust jacket with a few losses and wear.printed on such thin paper it's amazing it survived at all! A tale excerpted from Cecil Aldin's Merry Party. Illustrated with four color plates and one dual-page color plate plus other artwork in line. Rare especially in dust jacket. First Separate Edition American Issue. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. Square 8vo. Hodder and Stoughton unknown
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
195912030731Hutchinson London 1959. Ninth Impression. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Illustrator: Bjorn Berg. Hardcover. 96 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson London 1959. Ninth Impression. CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in fair dust jacket. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. The occasional page is foxed but text is mostly clean. End pages are foxed. Dust jacket has significant tears and chipping with moderate foxing. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Short gift inscription in ink. Page edges foxed. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Whoever heard of an old woman becoming queen of the crows Well with the amazing Mrs Pepperpot anything can happen - and usually does - especially when she can shrink to a few inches high without a moment's notice. These classic stories about the much-loved Mrs Pepperpot hold a timeless magic for young children everywhere. Illustrator: Bjorn Berg. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read; Inventory No: 12030731. Hutchinson hardcover
19670057491967. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company 1967 Good HB 837 pp. EX-LIB with usual markings. hardcover
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
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
194810197New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1948. Red hardcover cloth binding has a few marks soiling and light wear with bumped corners. Square and tight - clean bright and tight interior. 164 pages with plenty of Paul Brown line drawings throughout. This is first in two book series second is George and His Horse Bill Go West. Bill was born out west and shipped east with others from his ranch to be sold at auction. His face is too long his ears are too big and even George who falls in love with him has to admit he is ugly. But Bill is tall and strong and gentle and brave. George is recovering from an illness and has not been told he can ride Bill yet but then again he has not been told he can¿t. He secretly teaches himself to ride which comes in handy the day he has to ride for help when there is a fire. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Brown Paul. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Dodd Mead & Co. Hardcover
1989279761989. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1989/Gd. condition/288 pages - Discusses the fascination of cats. Very picturesque. AH227976 hardcover
19984969z1998. Hardcover. Good. Binder/ pub. 1998/Gd. condition/271 pages - A culinary wonder. TH84969z hardcover
