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19202991Paris: Leopold Cerf 1920. First Edition . Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue cloth. Vol I 6589p4 Horizon tear with tape on brownTp. Two short nicks on leather on spine where title is Vol II Tome Second de la cinquieme a la neuvieme municipalite 6714p1. French Text Owners book-plate on paste-down. Contemporary binding Leather strip with title on spine <br/> <br/> Leopold Cerf hardcover
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
1935012874Rand McNally & Company 1935. Pictorial hardcover binding has title block in orange and b/w photo of kitten dressed in an apron cooking. Clean tape repair along bottom couple inches of spine. Ffep had been detached and previous ownr had used clear tape to repair and attach. A few pages have some closed tears along spine one picture colored in purple crayon but rest is in pretty good shape. Black and white photos every page of kittens dressed illustrating a story about a fuzzy little kitten named Gwendolyn Daphne Stella Arabella Marguerite - but everyone called her Snuggles. This is not the Golden Books edition - this is original edition. Scarce. Overall a good reading copy. Pictures upon request. Size: 8vo - Square 1st Printing. Illus. by Frees Harry Whittier - photographs. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Rand McNally & Company Hardcover
19850084411985. Soft Cover. Very Good. Publisher: Pan American Health Organization 1985 V.Good Spiral Bound Soft Cover ISBN: 92-75-11478-1 cover wear paperback
1960012512Harcourt Brace & Company 1960. Orange hardcover cloth binding is clean square and tight. Price-clipped dj has chips closed tears on edges and some wrinkles slight soiling to back of jacket with descriptions of 6 of Lyons' other titles - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 222 pages - interior clean bright and tight. After saving a stranger and his gray horse from a near fatal accident Ginny Atkins finds herself the new owner of the gray horse Smoke Rings. Coached by a former Olympic rider Ginny devotes all her energies to being able to try out for the US Equestrian Team. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Dennis Wesley jacket and frontispiece only. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Harcourt, Brace & Company Hardcover
196517080152Hamish Hamilton London 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 46 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hamish Hamilton London 1965. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has slight foxing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 17080152. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
18804960London:: Cassell Petter Galpin & Co. 1880. First edition. Fine. A Fine original Chromolithograph. Octavo 10.75 x 8.75 inches. Matted in archival board sized to 14 x 16 inches suitable for framing. In the fine tradition of classic animal portraiture this formal portrait of one of Great Britain's prized canine breeds is set in its traditional British Scottish or Welsh landscape or interior. Finely produced by Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen in London c. 1880. Matted in Rag Board Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., unknown
19980384831998. Painting. Illus. by Siriol Sherlock. Very Good. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. An original watercolour study of a 'Stargazer' lily by Siriol Sherlock signed lower. Image 370 x 275 mm frame 590 x 490 mm. Double acid-free mounts. Solid hardwood frame with a limed finish. The painting in very good condition bright and unmarked. Provenance: label to back "watercolour 'Stargazer Lily' 1998 £375." Painted at a time when Siriol was exhibiting regularly at Royal Horticultural Society exhibitions at which she won multiple gold and silver-gilt medals. Biography: Siriol Sherlock GM 1993 94 95 99 Winner of four Gold Medals. Silver Gilt Medals 199598. She showed at the Hunt in 1995. One time member of the Royal Horticultural Society Picture Committee 1997-2005. Her work is in many collections including that of Shirley Sherwood and many books including Contemporary Botanical Artists. 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
21429Undated. On his letterhead St John's Wood Road N.W. London before 1867. 1p 12mo. On bifolium. Printed on grey-blue paper with letterhead printed in orange-red without Landseer's name but with his stag's head motif. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with thin strip from stub mount adhering to blank second leaf. Folded twice. The recipient is not named. Apparently referring to his bronze sculptures of the four lions at the base of Nelson's column installed in 1867 the letter reads: 'My Dear Sir Many thanks for your obliging Note and kind attention to the Lions Heads – I can't leave home Tomorrow before 4. oc when I shall go to B. House Can you make it convenient to meet me there at half past 4 Sincerely yours E Landseer.' 'B. House' is presumably Burlington House. From the distinguished autograph collection of Richard Hunter son of Ida Macalpine whose collection of 7000 books relating to psychiatry is in Cambridge University Library. Macalpine and Hunter had a particular interest in the illness of King George III and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' 1969 suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'. Undated. On his letterhead, St John's Wood Road, N.W. [London] [before 1867?] unknown
013555London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Orange hardcover binding has cocked spine front RH upper corner is damaged - looks as if it was chewed soiled but secure and tight. Previous owner name and address ffep. No date on copyright page - only two previous titles by author listed are The Wednesday Pony and The Chestnut Filly. Pages show general wear but overall clean and tight interior. There are 24 full-page b/w illustrations . 160 pages This is the story of young Jenny and her Shetland Pony friend Tattles. a pony of her own she loved them and every evening took apples and carrots to Tattles. One night Tattles said to her: "Through the dark corner and the password is Silver Snaffles". From there Jenny was introduced to Pony Paradise and learned to ride properly. A very charming and entertaining story with lots of information on what to do and what not to do around ponies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Lloyd Stanley. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Blackie & Son Hardcover
1945013277London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son 1945. Blue hardcover cloth binding clean and tight - a bit of soiling along top edge and light wear to spine. Hinges good some foxing clean and tight interior. DJ has lots of shelfwear and chips - protected from further damage in clean brodart jacket. . There are 24 full-page b/w illustrations the frontispiece. 160 pages This is the story of young Jenny and her Shetland Pony friend Tattles. Although Jenny didn't have a pony of her own she loved them and every evening took apples and carrots to Tattles. One night Tattles said to her: "Through the dark corner and the password is Silver Snaffles". From there Jenny was introduced to Pony Paradise and learned to ride properly. A very charming and entertaining story with lots of information on what to do and what not to do around ponies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 6th Printing. Illus. by Lloyd Stanley. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Fair. Blackie & Son Hardcover
1943014106New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1943. Blue/gray hardcover cloth binding has water damage bottom quadrant of book along spine which causes some waviness to a portion of the pages. Sounds worse than it looks. 308 pages. DJ not price-clipped - $2.00 on front flap. signs of water stain same area as on binding otherwise minor shelfwear. Now protected from further damage in clean Brodart. Twelve book titles on back of dustjacket starting with Midnight Moon and includes Silver Birch but NOT Golden Sovereign and other non-horse titles ending with The Railroad to Freedom. . Back dj flap describes Midnight Moon sequel to this title with Golden Sovereign following that one. Originally published in 1939 this has a number line of d.8.43 Connie is a young girl in Michigan who tames the wild white mare Silver Birch who has roamed the countryside Together the girl and mare join a mounted patrol of Girl Scouts. Illus. by Dennis Wesley jacket only and Taylor John Austin - Interior Drawings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/Good. Harcourt, Brace & Company Hardcover
1963013154New York: Coward-McCann 1963. Hardcover decorated library binding square and tight usual library markings. Interior tight - some smudges stamps markings. Back pocket intact. A good reading copy. 157 pages. Sheila limps and wears a metal brace on her leg. The last thing she wants to do is humiliate herself by trying to ride a horse - until she meets the very unsociable Rogue who was a picador's horse and has the physical and mental scars to go with it. The two form a bond and learn to trust each other. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Savitt Sam. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Coward-McCann Hardcover
37880Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1948/Fair condition/174 pages - The art of the shore-gunner is discussed in this text. HA537880 hardcover
200715120108Viking Australia 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illustrator: Pamela Allen. Hardcover. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking Australia 2007. First Edition. This is the first Australian edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Shhh! little mouse. Who is that sleeping Will the little grey mouse find something to eat or will he wake the sleeping cat A delightful picture book for the very young from the best-selling award-winning Pamela Allen. Illustrator: Pamela Allen. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Children's Picture Books; ISBN: 0670070688. ISBN/EAN: 9780670070688. Inventory No: 15120108. 9780670070688 Viking hardcover
19023783New York:: Forest Fish and Game Commision 1902. First printing. Fine condition. . A Fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy clay-coated stock. 9 x 12.5 inches. A fine late nineteenth century American chromolithograph produced from the original watercolors by Sherman Foote Denton 1856-1937 Angler Scientist and Painter who pioneered the technique for preserving the freshly landed fish by which it retained its vivid coloration and iridescence in preparation for studio rendering. As documented in the Annual Reports of the State of NY Fisheries Game and Forest Commissions c. 1898-1909: "No colored figures of fishes in existence exceed Denton's Fish for truthfulness or beauty of execution." Forest, Fish and Game Commision, unknown
198351091983. Soft Cover. Good. PB/ pub. 1983/ Gd. condition/115 pages- Their present and potential role. G15109 paperback
198110110121Jack Pollard Publishing Australia 1981. Revised Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. 135 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Jack Pollard Publishing Australia 1981. Revised Edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 0867420405. ISBN/EAN: 9780867420401. Inventory No: 10110121. 9780867420401 Jack Pollard Publishing paperback
1903171221903-1930. Hardcover. Very good spine lines 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 etc. About 1000 to 1100 pages total. The contents are from 1903 to the around 1930. The list of contents handwritten on the front end papers shows 32 items. Articles Include Trees for Roadside Planting; Ornamental Trees for Northwest Highways; Tree Planting in Texas Towns and Cities; The Shade Trees of Denver; The Protection of Shade Trees in Towns and Cities; Horse Chestnut Leaf Blotch; Maple Leaf Scorch; Chinese Elms in American Horticulture Insect Enemies of Shade Trees etc. A heavy book additional postage may be required. ; Photographs graphs drawings. . hardcover
0428890881.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
042846663X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1955009626New York: William R. Scott 1955 Light blue cloth with mild bumping to top corner and sunning along edges; pictorial dust jacket with sunned spine repairs to verso price-clipped. Stories that originally appeared in The Fish with the Deep Sea Smile 1938 except "Sneakers Finds the Sea" which is published here for the first time. Wonderful b&w illustration by Jean Charlot. Scarce. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Jean Charlot. 12mo. William R. Scott hardcover
189419100001Ward Lock and Bowden London 1894. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: A. J. Johnson. Hardcover. 240 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Ward Lock and Bowden London 1894. Second Edition. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Spine has minor lean. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This edition contains the Tettawonga narrative about how the Kookaburra got it's laugh. Due to the politics of the day this story and particularly its introduction regarding indigenous Australian attitudes and history were edited out of later editions Illustrator: A. J. Johnson. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read; Inventory No: 19100001. Ward, Lock and Bowden hardcover
19475048Fallon Publications. 1947. Hardcover. Good. A solid binding unmarked text. Good- dust jacket top rear edge and spine top have small tears and chips some soil spine toning. Dust jacket is in a protective cover. Edition or printing not stated. ; Frontispiece. ; 456 pages . Fallon Publications hardcover
19672090202118204726Japan Maritime Information Association 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Japan Maritime Information Association paperback