Merrill, Flora.MareMagnum
Menghu, Wang and Tieqin, Hu (eds.)MareMagnum
National Conservation Management Plan for The Giant Panda and Its Habitat
157 pages. Illustrated with maps and charts.
Bookshop Pistil Books Online · Seattle, US41,72 €
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120p. + Plus portrait frontis of Flush. Numerous margin and text drawings by Edwina. Newspaper photo of Flush. Inked Christmas presentation to Mary Bright, 1933. Illustrated endpapers. Foxed. 8vo. Original full cloth backed illustrated paper binding. Original dust jacket, worn with loss. "First Published, September 1933. Second Printing before Publication". The true story of the famous cocker spaniel who played Elizabeth Barrett Browning's dog Flush in a Broadway play for 709 performances over eight months, interspersed with the actual letters written by Elizabeth Browning to various people regarding Flush. All told from the dog's point of view. PETS/2
Roy., 8vo., First Edition; original wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. An extended essay on Henry Miller that first appeared in Happy Rock in 1945. Scarce.
165p., illus. Signed by the author Hardcover Very good condition good
157 pages. Illustrated with maps and charts.
chez l'auteur, 1987. In-8 broché de 247 pages. Bon état
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full light gray cloth boards. Many b&w photos. 5"w x 7 1/2"h. 370 pages.
Hardcover in clipped dust jacket, very good condition. Includes 67 B&W photographs. Jacket is lightly edgeworn with a score to rear, affecting board beneath. Bump to spine foot and previous owner's name with date penned to front pastedown. Spine is tight, pages are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
Hardcover in good condition. First edition. The New Naturalist; 50. Jacket is marked and worn, with torn spine ends and leading corners; one or two other nicks to the edges. Fading and wear to the hardcover edges. Foxing on the page block, early and closing pages. Staple on the FEP. The binding is sound with clear text and images. CM Used
Hardcover in very good condition for age, with jacket in good condition. First edition. With colour and black-and-white photos. Plastic-protected jacket is marked, tanned and edge-worn. Minor punctures on jacket leading edges and spine. Rear leading edge is chipped. Slight fading on hardcover. Hardcover leading corners and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Page block and endpapers are foxed. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Re-bound by the library into strong, heavy hardback covers in blue buckram. Book shows general light wear. 164 pages with a great many large color prints of painted tomb walls depicting such things as a funerary boat, negro tributaries, animals, horses, chariots, youths carrying arrows, serving maids, sailors, etc.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brick red cloth boards. Tears on dust jacket. 8 1/2"w x 10 3/8"h. 94 pages. Map endpapers; many b&w illustrations; bibliography; index. A collection of owls in art accompanied by texts, fables, and folk tales.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 128 pages. Slightly bumped corners.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name label inside. 254 pages.
64 pages. Excellent color illustrations plus black and white photos and diagrams. Discusses exterior, internal organs, skeleton, muscle and blood systems. Includes a veterinary treatise on diseases and their treatment for these animals. Undated but appears to be circa 1950. No indication of any prior printings. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this helpful reference. Book
Two Audio Cassette Tapes complete with case: Running time: 2 Hours. "...Explores the phenomenon of the human-animal bond and provides compelling evidence of the psychological, spiritual , and scientific roles animals play in our lives." - from cover. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Sound working copy. Book
Paperback in good condition. Several marks and scores on covers. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Crease along spine. One or two minor marks on page block. Previous owner's name penned on front inside cover. Contents are clear. AM Used
148p., illus. Allabout series 25 Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
65 pages. The famous beginning reader book. "I sat by a lake. I looked at the sky, and as I looked, a fly went by...." Bright glossy colour-illustrated boards. Last page had five inch tear along spine which has been repaired. Not a book club edition. Book
125p. Numerous text photographs, some in color. Color pictorial endpapers. 8vo. Original full pictorial glossy binding. Nice Copy. PETS/1 x2
Unpaginated. "With tranquil images and hushed words, Bobette McCarthy's bedtime poem will lead children peacefully into their own sweet dreams." - from dust jacket. Bookplate upon front endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket in archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Book
220p., illus. Hardbound Very good condition good
Gebunden, leinen, frontispiz, 17x25cm, 359pp, illustriert s/w. Das Werden des Menschen im Lichte der Naturforschung. Mit 338 Abbildungen
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: America's Murder Gangs Unmasked - A striking revelation of the forces at work behind the "murder-gangs," or organized criminal syndicates, of New York, Chicago, and other large American cities; My Menagerie - Photo-illustrated article about D. Maule and his odd experiences with his collection of animals, acquired in the wilds of Rhodesia; "Square-Pegs" - Part III of a story which should be studied by everyone considering settling in Canada - in this case a London family purchases a prairie farm; The Crowing Cock - How two Buddhist priests unmasked a cunning thief by a clever piece of 'divination'; on the outskirts of Colombo, Ceylon; Room Forty-Nine - A dangerous experience for an Englishman in Mexico; "Kruger's" Day Out - A bold, bad baboon is unfastened by mischievous troopers in South Africa; Hunting the "Moonshiners" - Interesting stories from the officers tasked with suppressing the flow of illegal liquor in the Prohibition-era United States - with photos; Photo of communal bakery in Brittany; "Tiger" - After 11 years in Malaya William Hodge saw his first live tiger; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part I - Two city-bred sisters take up homesteading in South Dakota - with photos; Nik's Homecoming - Life and death in a remote Albanian village last August is described, with photos, by Lieut-Colonel P.T. Etherton; Mart Dayton's Grizzly - It took him a year but he finally took revenge on the bear that killed his young partner in the remote MacGregor country in British Columbia; The Bridge-Builders - Two men knowing nothing of the business take on a contract to build a bridge across an obscure river in the wilds of Africa; Fire-Walkers of Mauritius - A Photo-illustrated account of an extraordinary ceremony; In Quest of Gold - Part II - Two young Americans in search of buried treasure are forced to turn around by the dreaded Yaqui Indians. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark green cloth boards show slightly bumped corners. 120 pages. 10 1/2"w x 10"h, 71 reproductions of artist Mary Frank's work, including 23 plates in full color. Essays by Peter Matthiessen.
332p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
