Ossart Eric Maurières Arnaud Le Scanff Gilles Mayer Joëlle Caroline
Tout est Jardin
ULMER 2017 192 pages 18 2x27x2 3cm. 2017. Relié. 192 pages.
Bookseller reference : 500047219
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Ossart Eric Maurières Arnaud Le Scanff Gilles Mayer Joëlle Caroline
Tout est Jardin
ULMER 2017 192 pages 18 2x27x2 3cm. 2017. Relié. 192 pages.
Bookseller reference : 500075489
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Ossart Eric Maurières Arnaud Le Scanff Gilles Mayer Joëlle Caroline
Tout est Jardin
ULMER 2017 192 pages 18 2x27x2 3cm. 2017. Relié. 192 pages.
Bookseller reference : 500084107
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Ossart Eric Maurières Arnaud Le Scanff Gilles Mayer Joëlle Caroline
Tout est Jardin
ULMER 2017 192 pages 18 2x27x2 3cm. 2017. Relié. 192 pages.
Bookseller reference : 500121420
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Ossart Eric Maurières Arnaud Le Scanff Gilles Mayer Joëlle Caroline
Tout est Jardin
ULMER 2017 192 pages 18 2x27x2 3cm. 2017. Relié. 192 pages.
Bookseller reference : 500132095
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Oster Maggie Editor. Designed By Sonja Douglas
The Illustrated Bird
Garden City: Dolphin Books/Doubleday & Company Inc. 1978 First printing in tall card covers. 80 pp. Illustrations including full page color plates. Light shelfwear to covers contents fine. Very Good. Soft Cover. Very Good. Dolphin Books/Doubleday & Company, Inc. paperback
Bookseller reference : 240770 ISBN : 0385145764 9780385145763
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Oster, Maggie
Reflections of the Spirit: Japanese Gardens in America
Very Good Large Format Hardback. Very good dust jacket has small tape mend on top of spine. Colour prints and text are in clean condition throughout. The last page of the index text has imprinted on the end page. 240p.
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Ostrow Marshall E.
Bettas
T.F. H. 1980. Corners and spine head bumpednumbers in ink on front pastedown. Hard Cover. Good. Small 8vo. T.F. H. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5002 ISBN : 0876665229 9780876665220
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Ostrow Marshall
Breeding Hamsters
T. F. H. Very Good; Minor shelf wear. ; Pictorial boards full of good black and . white and colour photos. 1982. Hardcover. Goes into all the information anyone thinking of breeding hamsters needs. ; 0876669356 . T. F. H. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2391 ISBN : 0876669356 9780876669358
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Ostrow Marshall
Goldfish: Everything About Aquariums Varieties Care Nutrition Diseases and Breeding
Hauppauge New York U.S.A.: Barrons Educational Series Inc 1995. pages clean and binding tight with no cracks or breaks. slight edgewear. corners rubbed. . Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Good . Barrons Educational Series Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : 056303 ISBN : 0812090160 9780812090161
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Otfinoski Steven
Midnight at Monster Mansion Twist a Plot 13
Scholastic 1984. Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes not envelopes. Book Description -- Moderate cover wear. Pages free of markings. Binding is secure. . Soft Cover. Good. Scholastic Paperback
Bookseller reference : 228304 ISBN : 0590332309 9780590332309
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OTHMAR DANESCH
Papillons diurnes
HATIER 1968 in12. 1968. Relié.
Bookseller reference : 100076489
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Otis James
Aunt Hannah and Seth: A Story of Some People and a Dog
Thomas Y Crowell A very good hardcover. First North American printing copyright 1900. Thomas Y Crowell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5T1255
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Otis James
Mr Stubbs's Brother
Harper & Brothers. Harper & Brothers. unknown
Bookseller reference : 13666
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Otis James
Tim and Tip or The Adventures of a Boy and a Dog
Harper & Brothers Publishers A fair to good tan cloth hardcover with black and red pictorial cover depicting boy and dog running along path. No dust jacket. Cover edges and corners worn; scuffing and dirt marks to covers; contents quite clean. All four plates are missing. Copyright 1911. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2T2226
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Otis James
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Harper & Brothers. 1923. Harper & Brothers. (1923) unknown
Bookseller reference : 15176
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Ottley Reginald
BY THE SANDHILLS OF YAMBOORAH
London: Andre Deutsch 1965. Yellow boards binding bumped corners stamps on endpapers interior clean. DJ has some Orange boards binding has light soiling stamps on endpapers. Bumped corners. DJ chips top and bottom of spine edgewear. Price-clipped. Second of a trilogy set in the Australian Outback in the early 1930's. Won the Ney York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival Prize 1966. Runner-up in Australia for Best Children's Book of 1965. Young boy's only two companions are a dog and her pup - and Kanga the dog-man wants to take the young dog and make him a leader of his pack. Illus. by Pearson Clyde. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 3rd 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. Andre Deutsch Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 05572
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Ottley Reginald
The Roan Colt of Yamboorah
Andre Deutsch London 1st 1966 VG w/VG dj. Jacket design by David Perry. Boy desperately wants to save the life of a lame colt. Hardcover. Andre Deutsch, London 1st 1966 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2748
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Ottley Reginald
The Roan Colt
Harcourt Brace & World A very good white picture cover hardcover. Spine sunned. Copyright 1966 4th edition. Illus. by David Parry. Harcourt Brace & World hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5T1346
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Otto Klaus Friedrich
Möpse - sind mit Hunden nicht zu vergleichen. Sie vereinigen die Vorzüge von Kindern Katzen Fröschen und Mäusen
2016. Ffm. Verlag Fritz Knapp GmbH = Lustige Definitionen und Wortspiele 57. Folge 2016 8° 31 S. illustr. original Pappband tadelloses sauberes Exemplar ohne Mängel hhgla - A Vom Autor 'Klaus' mit kleiner Widmung versehen. Should your order's weight exceed 1kg we shall need to message you to recalculate the shipping cost. unknown
Bookseller reference : 31943AB ISBN : 3831408769 9783831408764
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Otto Margaret G.
COCOA
New York - Chicago - San Francisco: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1953. Blue hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. DJ has some chips and closed tears but it is protected from further damage by clean mylar cover. Interior no writing tears or marks. 90 pages. Very cute easy reading book for ages 6-8about a young boy who wants to be a cowboy but he needs a cowpony. Then his father's work horse Mollie foals a chocolate brown colt Peter names Cocoa. Illus. by Spier Peter. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Holt, Rinehart & Winston Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 09874
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Otto Boutin
The Gold Maker
Ace USA 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 208 pages. Covers have light creasing and superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. Pages are reasonably tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Action & Adventure; Inventory No: 14040485. Ace paperback
Bookseller reference : 14040485
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Otto Boutin
The Gold Maker
Ace USA 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 208 pages. Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has moderate lean and moderate reading creases. Pages are reasonably tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Action & Adventure; Inventory No: 14040365. Ace paperback
Bookseller reference : 14040365
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Otto Speckter Illustrator
Puss in Boots; and The Marquis of Carabas
<p>London: John Murray. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good . Otto Speckter. Circa 1860 - small square 8vo 6 3/4in 17.5cm 31pp.Illustrated with the wood engraved frontis and 11 tinted with hand colouring wood engraved plate illustrations keeping close to the originals designed by Otto Speckter printed in the first edition 1844. Bound in decorative boards with the original blue paper RARE dust wrapper with a wood engraved design of a cat with in a decorative border. The dust wrapper is torn with small pieces missing boards a little worn at top & bottom the front blank endpaper is acidic and is now detached and creased else a very fine copy. Unique in this condition.Necker 1605-64 <br /><br /></p> John Murray hardcover
Bookseller reference : 600036
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Otto Wünsche
Flore générale des champignons. 1883
Description détaillée facilitant la reconnaissance des espèces qui en fait un guide pratique dans la recherche et le diagnostic des champignons. Table des matières : Bien Catalogue des ouvrages consultés. Explication des abréviations des noms d'auteurs Des Champignons en général. Tableau synoptique de la classification des Champignons 1 .... Tableau synoptique de la classification des familles des Basidiomycètes et d'Ascomycètes Tableau pour déterminer les grands Champignons d'après les caractères les plus marquants ....... Tableau pour reconnaître les Agaricinés .... Tableau pour reconnaître les Champignons microscopiques d'après le substratum.... Exemples d'appareils conidifères des Ascomycètes... Exemples de Sclérotes. Diagnostic des genres et des espèces: I. Schizomycètes. II. Chytridiacés. III. Saprolégniacés. Entomophtorés. IV. Péronosporés. V. Zygomycètes.. VI. Ustilaginés Entylomés, Protomycètes. VII. Urédinés... VIII. Basidiomycètes.. A. Hyménomycètes. 1. Exobasidiés 2. Trémellinés 3. Clavariaces.4. Théléphorés. 5. Hydnacés 6. Polyporés. 7. Agaricinés. B. Gastéromycètes 1. Hyménogastrés 2. Lycoperdacés. 3. Phallacés ..... 4. Nidulariacés. IX. Ascomycètes A. Discomycètes 1. Gymnoasqués.. Saccharomycètes. 2. Phacidiacés 3. Pézizacés 4. Helvellacés. B. Pyrénomycètes 1. Les élaphomycètes 2. Tubéraces. Onygène 3. Périsporiacés. Laboulbéniacés 4. Sphæriacés. X. Myxomycètes Table des noms vulgaires français (des Champignons. Liste des noms latins des genres.. vol relié, demi cuir, 19x12, très bon état, 537pp. Paris, Octave Doin, 1883. Edition originale ref/291
Bookseller reference : CZC-12427
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Otto Wünsche
Flore générale des champignons. 1883
Description détaillée facilitant la reconnaissance des espèces qui en fait un guide pratique dans la recherche et le diagnostic des champignons. Table des matières : Bien Catalogue des ouvrages consultés. Explication des abréviations des noms d'auteurs Des Champignons en général. Tableau synoptique de la classification des Champignons 1 .... Tableau synoptique de la classification des familles des Basidiomycètes et d'Ascomycètes Tableau pour déterminer les grands Champignons d'après les caractères les plus marquants ....... Tableau pour reconnaître les Agaricinés .... Tableau pour reconnaître les Champignons microscopiques d'après le substratum.... Exemples d'appareils conidifères des Ascomycètes... Exemples de Sclérotes. Diagnostic des genres et des espèces: I. Schizomycètes. II. Chytridiacés. III. Saprolégniacés. Entomophtorés. IV. Péronosporés. V. Zygomycètes.. VI. Ustilaginés Entylomés, Protomycètes. VII. Urédinés... VIII. Basidiomycètes.. A. Hyménomycètes. 1. Exobasidiés 2. Trémellinés 3. Clavariaces.4. Théléphorés. 5. Hydnacés 6. Polyporés. 7. Agaricinés. B. Gastéromycètes 1. Hyménogastrés 2. Lycoperdacés. 3. Phallacés ..... 4. Nidulariacés. IX. Ascomycètes A. Discomycètes 1. Gymnoasqués.. Saccharomycètes. 2. Phacidiacés 3. Pézizacés 4. Helvellacés. B. Pyrénomycètes 1. Les élaphomycètes 2. Tubéraces. Onygène 3. Périsporiacés. Laboulbéniacés 4. Sphæriacés. X. Myxomycètes Table des noms vulgaires français (des Champignons. Liste des noms latins des genres.. vol relié, demi cuir, 19x12, très bon état, 537pp. Paris, Octave Doin, 1883. Edition originale ref/291
Bookseller reference : CZC-12427
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OUCHES Thierry
Vaches
Subervie Subervie, 1997. In-4 oblong, relié cartonnage éditeur sous étui illustré de 120 pages de photos noir et blanc et couleurs. Très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 176649
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Ouida De La Rame Louisa
Moufflou
T C & E C Jack 0000. A very good beige hardcover with paste-on picture to cover. Cover: poodle. Some wear at spine ends. Owner's inscription. Clean and bright. Illustrated with 4 colour plates. Hard Cover. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. T C & E C Jack Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3T0049
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Oultram Sally Anne & Oultram Camilla
The Story of Ted
Sally Fox 1999. 30p col illus. Size: 8vo landscape. First Edition. Hard Cover. Vg-/No Jacket. Illus. by Rossin Tristram. Sally Fox Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 72778 ISBN : 095360750X 9780953607501
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Outdoor World. Dineen M. P. editorial Director Drown Chalmers Wiltsey Thomas Barrows Van Wormer Booth Lord Bartenbach Smith
NATURE'S BEAUTIFUL WORLD - THE BEAUTY OF THE OUTDOOR WORLD- A SPOONBILL IS A SPOONBILLTHE CROW DOTH SING THE PERFORMERMR THUNDERWINGSBROWN PELICAN WOLVERINE OLD CHISELTOOTHTHE BEESLEYS AND THEIR WOODLANDADVENTURES OF ROLLO ETC Spring Flowers Animals Have the Right of Way Saga of the Wolf Grizzlies Marvel of Nature or Menace of Man Desert Royalty. Have You Seen a Tule Elk out with the Birds the Red-Tailed Hawk Josephine Queen of the Whooping Cranes
Country Beautiful. NF/NONE. 1973. no edition/printing given. Hardcover. 0872940381 . Near fine condition with almost no usage showing. White covers with beautiful color photo of apple blossoms in springtime by Paul Taylor on front. No dust jacket. Text is clean/tight using glossy pages. Beautiful color photos throughout of Mother Nature's animals landscapes etc. Will look up author and title of the many stories in book. Gift quality condition. Free gift wrapping card and domestic drop shipping for almost any occasion. Let us know the occasion and message. Due to size and weight special handling may be needed. ; 8 1/2 x 11 1/2; 160 pages . Country Beautiful hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24862 ISBN : 0872940381 9780872940383
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Outside Magazine Editors
The Polar Bear Waltz and Other Moments of Epic Silliness: Comic Classics from Outside Magazine's "Parting Shots"
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 2002. 96pp 67 of the most hilarious whimsical moments captured on film from twenty-five years of 'Outside' Previous owner's inscription on half-title page otherwise book is AS NEW. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. W W Norton & Co Inc paperback
Bookseller reference : 60799 ISBN : 0393323986 9780393323986
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Outwater Alice
Water : A Natural History
New York: Basic Books 1996 Near Fine in hardcover in Near Fine dustjacket. 24 by 16 cm. 212 pages. Stated first edition. Pictorial dustjacket. Contains index and notes. Light wear to edges. Bright clean. First Edition. Basic Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 77122 ISBN : 0465037798 9780465037797
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ouvrage collectif
GUIDE ECOLOGIQUE DE LA FRANCE
1978 cartonné éditeur in-quarto (editor hard-back in-quarto), dos en skivertex vert foncé avec un titre fappé or en long (spine in imitation green leather with a longitudinally gilt title), plats ornés d'illustrations photographiques en couleurs (cover with photographic illustrations in colours), tranches lisses (smooth edges), abondamment illustré (plentifully illustrated), 544 pages, 1978 à Paris - Bruxelles - Zurich - Montréal - Sélection du Reader's Digest,
Bookseller reference : 12166
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Ovington Derrick
AUSTRALIAN ENDANGERED SPECIES. Mammals Birds and Reptiles
Cassell Australia large hardcover approx. A4 1978 183 pages illustrated. Heavy book - postage additional to standard rate may apply: you will be emailed with details. Leatherette-covered boards with no spine lettering. Light wear but fairly good. Dust-jacket little worn but fairly good. ISBN 0726966460. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17554 ISBN : 0726966460 9780726966460
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Owen Jennifer
FEEDING STRATEGY Survival in the Wild
Melbourne Oxford University Press quarto hardcover 1st Ed 1980 160p illsts. Illustrated with bw and colour photos. Slight edge wear good solid copy with fairly good dust-jacket. ISBN 0192177060. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4409 ISBN : 0192177060 9780192177063
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Owen Julie
Miniature Teddy Bear Collection
United Kingdom: David & Charles. 2002. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. First Thus Used. H Hard Cover. Very Good. David & Charles hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0748212 ISBN : 071531128X 9780715311288
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Owen Robert and Bullock John
BUYING AND CARING FOR A HORSE OR PONY
Beaver Books paperback stiff card 1984 127p illsts. Has many B&W photos and sketches. Small black mark top edge. Minor wear good copy. ISBN 009957801. paperback
Bookseller reference : 5393
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Owen Robert
Buying and Caring for a Horse or Pony
London: Beaver. Very Good. 1984. Paperback. Some cover creasing. ; Nice tight copy no names or marks inside. ; An excellent book for anyone beginning in horse keeping skills. . Beaver paperback
Bookseller reference : 427 ISBN : 0099357801 9780099357803
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Owen Robert
Buying and Caring for a Horse or Pony
London: Beaver. Very Good. 1984. Paperback. Cover protected by clear plastic sleeve. ; An excellent book for any beginning in horse keeping skills. . Beaver paperback
Bookseller reference : 2330
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Owen Roy
The Ibis and The Egret
New York NY: Philomel Books 1993. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Color illustrations throughout. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. First Edition 1st Printing. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good -/Good . Illus. by Sabuda Robert. Mylared. Philomel Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 81003 ISBN : 0399225048 9780399225048
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OWEN Ellis
Les animaux préhistoriques. L'extraordinaire histoire de la vie avanr l'homme.
relié avec jacquette -24,5x32,5 -96 pp - 1976 - éditions ,GRÜND Paris.Nombreuses illustrations dans et hors texte.Traduit de l'anglais par Michele LEWIGUE.
Bookseller reference : 5456
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Owen, Jennifer
Feeding strategy
160 pages, glossary, further reading, index, (Survival in the wild). eng
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Owen, Robert & Bullock, John
The Young Rider
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OWENS PAUL; CRANENDONK TERENCE; ECKROATE NORMA
PUPPY WHISPERER: COMPASSIONATE NONVIOLENT GUIDE TO EARLY TRAINING AND CARE
AVON MA.: ADAMS MEDIA. VG IN WRAPS. LIGHT WEAR. PAGES CLEAN & TIGHT. Pages: 292. . 2007. TRADE PAPERBACK. ADAMS MEDIA paperback
Bookseller reference : MASTER225650I
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Owl Grey
Pilgrims of the Wild
Harmondsworth Middlesex England: Penguin Books Ltd. Very Good. 1983. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Minor shelf wear slight foxing to inside covers paper starting to tone. ; Nice tight flat copy no names or marks inside appears unread. Cover artwork by Gordon Crabbe. ; B&W Photographs; 224 pages; Originally published in 1935 by a pioneer of wildlife conservation the story of how the adoption of two orphaned beaver kits one winter changed the life of a fur trapper and his Iroquois wife in the Canadian backwoods. Abridged by Olive Jones with a foreword by Lovat Dickson. . Penguin Books Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 25207 ISBN : 0140056289 9780140056280
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Owl Grey
The Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People
Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd. 1970 Red cloth on boards. No writing or damage to book. DJ has one tiny nick at top. When two beaver kittens were frightened away from their home they were discovered by Big Feather who gave them to his daughter Sajo. She named them Chikanee and Chilawee. When Chikanee is sold Sajo vows to find him. 208 pp. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus to Very Good. Illus. by Drawings By the Author. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011239
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Owl Grey Wa sha quoin asin
Pilgrims of the Wild : First Edition
<p>1971; Charles Scribner's Sons New York; FIRST Edition: A-2.71 H on copyright page. Very Good Hardcover w/ Very Good unclipped Dust Jacket. Original brownish cloth boards w/ silver and green gilt lettering to spine. "Archibald Stansfeld Belaney aka Grey Owl 1888-1938 born in Hastings England expressed an interest in nature and American Indians at an early age. He emigrated to Canada in 1906 where he learned to trap canoe and survive in the wilderness. Written with simplicity and charm first published in 1935 and long out of print Pilgrims of the Wild has continued to be read and is even more timely today because Grey Owl's philosophy as a conservationist has become popular. Biographical introduction by Victor B. Scheffer. Sketches by the author." 282 pp. ISBN: 0684310457. SCARCE & COLLECTIBLE 1st Edition. Clean tight unmarked copy w/ little shelf wear dj little tan with age. <b>BOOKS IN TIME</b> -- Hard to Find Rare Collectible & Out-of-Print Books for LESS!<br /></p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 123013 ISBN : 0684310457 9780684310459
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OWL, Grey.
UN HOMME ET DES BETES. PILGRIMS OF THE WILD.
20x15. 318p. Falto de cubiertas. Fotogr. Trad. J. Roche-Mazon. Enc. 1/2 tela cart.
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OXENBURY HELEN**:
Alice Through The Looking-Glass and What She Found There.
UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn thus.The true original 1st edn waspublished in 1871 as 'Through The Looking-Glass and What She Found There'. This particular edition first published 2005with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury and also an UNABRIDGED 1st edn thus. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price clip to dw/dj.Stiff paper rusty-brown colour background with colour pictorial artwork by Helen Oxenburyillustrated frontrear panels and spine/backstrip of dw/djwith greyorange lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttightclean solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - could be unread - apart from my own collation.Brightcrisp cleansharp-corneredpaper-covered thick bds - same colouring as dw/dj - with miniaturised colour detail from upper panel of dw/dj centrally placed toupper bd; and the same dw/dj colour design repeated to bd'sspine/backstrip and immaculate excepted plain dark blue eps.UK8vo HBdw/dj1st illustrated edn thus11-224pp paginated includes 12 chaptersprofuse b/wcolour illustrations throughout the text and the book: of which are either single full-pagefull-colouror double-pagefull-colour illustrationsand full-page b/w line illusb/w line illus chapter head-piecesand also many part-page b/wcolour illus - all by Helen Oxenbury.Plus unpaginated full-pagefull-colour illustrated half-title pagewith colour frntis to it's rectotitle-pageAlice Through the Looking- Glass verseauthor's Lewis Carroll's preface to the 61st Thousand of the 6/- edn1897a colour illustrated chess game/puzzleand double- page b/w vignette illustrated contents list/table. For over a hundred yearsLewis Carroll's classic story of logic and lunacy has delighted young and old alikewith many outstanding artists turning their hand to its illustration.Hereat lastis Helen Oxenbury's interpretationwhich bears all of the special qualities that make her picture books so well-loved.Indeedthough unabridgedthis is more abundantly illustratedmore of a picture bookthan previous editions of the story.One snowy winter's afternoonAlice climbs through the mirror above her drawing-room fireplaceinto a back-to-fronttopsy-turvy world where flowers talkchess pieces walk and the faster you run the more you end up in the sameplace.As she wanders through this strange astonishing landAlice encounters a host of favourite childhood characterseach clamouring to be rediscovered and given new life by award-winning illustrator Helen Oxenbury.Wonder at Tweedledum and Tweedledeelaugh at the Walrus and the Carpentercower from the Lion and the Unicornponder the Jabberwockand beware the proud Humpty Dumpty and snappish Red Queen.Sequel to classic 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' published six years earlier by Carroll - which Oxenbury has also illustrated see my book ID rja547515 and was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medalthe same title also winning the Kurt Maschler Award too.Marvellous story or meaningful text'Alice Through the Looking-Glass' has long captivated readers of all ages.Satiricalwitty and irreverentit pokes fun at authority and mocks traditional education in a way that appeals to children of any era. Helen Oxenburyborn 1938in IpswichSuffolkdaughter of anarchitect. Attended Ipswich School of Art and then studied theatre design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.Shewas assistant designer and then designer at Colchester Repertory Theatre and spent three years in Israel as scene painter and designer for the Habinek TheatreTel-Aviv.On her return she worked for television at Teddington and on film sets at Shepperton Studios.Her first book'Numbers of Things'was published in 1967 and in 1969 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal with 'The Quangle Wangle's Hat' and 'The Dragon of an Ordinary Family'.These and her subsequent picture books have been notable for their humour and freshnessand often for their conceptualiseddeliberate childlike iconography.She generally works in pen and inkcoloured with crayon watercolour washes or gouache.She married the children's illustrator and writer John Burningham. Since April 2013and again in March 2015and in this year toothe UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion templatealtering its pricesweight allowancesdimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! Soplease contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! LONDON.WALKER BOOKS LTD.,2005. hardcover
Bookseller reference : rja595416 ISBN : 0744561248 9780744561241
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Oxford Scientific Films
Dragonflies
Reed Australia 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. This is the first Australian edition. Corners of boards are lightly bumped. No dust jacket with this book. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 0589502050. ISBN/EAN: 9780589502058. Inventory No: 13060050. 9780589502058 Reed hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13060050 ISBN : 0589502050 9780589502058
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