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Fischer, Hans (retold from Charles Perrault)
Der Gestiefelte Kater Puss in Boots
Zurich: Wolfsbergdrucke 1957 Pictorial boards with cloth spine light shelf wear else fine. The classic fairy tale retold by Fischer and illustrated by him with clever artwork in color throughout. Fischer's last book before his death in 1958. Bilderwelt #1662. Early Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Hans Fischer. 4to. Wolfsbergdrucke unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008852
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Fischer, Hans (retold from Charles Perrault)
Puss in Boots
<p>New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1957 Pictorial boards with light shelf wear; matching dust jacket with 3" tear at spine fold wear to extremities original price intact $4.50--first edition price was $3.00. The classic fairy tale retold by Fischer and illustrated by him with clever artwork in color throughout. Fischer's last book before his death in 1958. Bilderwelt #1662. Early American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Hans Fischer. 4to.</p> Harcourt Brace & World
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 011380
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Fisher, Celia
The Medieval Flower Book
Very good softback. Light shelf and handling wear only. Pages tightly bound, content unmarked, colours vibrant. CN Used
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Fisher, Chris ; Don Pattie
Mammals of Alberta (Lone Pine Field Guides)
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 240 pages.
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Fisher, James
The Birds of Britain
Hardcover. Tanned, edge-worn and foxed dust jacket with several marks and nicks. Flaps are foxed. Boards are quite edge-worn and a little faded, with some foxing. Hardcover spine is slightly cocked. Minor wear on hardcover spine ends and leading corners. Minor foxing at front and rear. Binding is intact, and the text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Fisher, Jonathan
Scripture Animals: A Natural History of the Living Creatures Named in the Bible
N Y: Fisher Jonathan 1972. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name label inside. Full tan cloth boards. 848 pages. Black and white illustrations. 1972 Reprint of the 1834 edition. Keywords: Nature Congregational Parson Living creatures Bestiary Lexicon Hebrew Greek Species Habits Field Observations Celebratory Verses Fisher, Jonathan hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 153674 ISBN : 0517145901 9780517145906
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Fisher, Jonathan
Scripture Animals: A Natural History of the Living Creatures Named in the Bible
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name label inside. Full tan cloth boards. 848 pages. Black and white illustrations. 1972 Reprint of the 1834 edition.
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Fitter, R.S.R.
London's Natural History (The New Naturalist, No. 3)
Hardcover with plastic protected unclipped dust jacket. Jacket is edgeworn with a piece missing from spine foot and lightly shelfworn; foxing and taped repairs to inside of jacket. Green cloth boards are rubbed at edges and marked at rear. Light foxing to page block and endpapers. Crease to lower leading corner of pages 183-266. Includes 52 colour photographs by Eric Hosking and others, plus 41 B&W photographs and 12 maps and diagrams. AD Used
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Flack, Marjorie
Angus Lost
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1932 Illustrated boards with light shelf wear previous owner's name erased from endpaper; in a matching color pictorial dustjacket with edge wear and a few closed tears erased name from rear panel original price intact $1.00. A very nice copy of the third Angus book with wonderful color lithos on nearly every page. Very scarce. . Stated First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Marjorie Flack. Oblong 4to. Doubleday Doran & Co. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 010102
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Flamme, Wilhelm
Die deutsche Rotbunt-Zucht.
Bonn, Verlgsdruckerei Ludw. Leopold (=Arbeiten aus der deutschen Tierzucht Band 6), 1938. 1. Aufl. mit fot. Textabb., Zeichn. und Statistiken.. grünes OLn., XVI; 416 S., Gr.8°
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15289
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Fledermäuse - NATUSCHKE Günter
Heimische Fledermäuse. Mit 53 Abbildungen. Reihe: Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei Heft 269.
A. Ziemsen Verlag. Wittenberg Lutherstadt 1960. 146 Seiten. Orgiinalbroschur u. illustrierter Schutzumschlag. (Schutzumschlag an den Rändern teils mit Gebrauchsspuren). 21x15 cm
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 138931
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Fleitmann, Lida L. ; Munnings, A. J.
The Horse in Art: From Primitive Times to the Present
Book is in excellent condition in heavy weave dark red cloth with gilt print and cover and spine with romanesque drawing on cover and gilt top page ends. Handsome book. Corners are lightly bumped, light scuffing to covers. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 372 pages with 112 ilustrations throughout in b&w with prints and photos. Not a cheap knock-off.
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FLEMING Denise
Barnyard Banter
NY: Henry Holt. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 080501957X . Illustrated by the author. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Henry Holt hardcover books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 35198 ISBN : 080501957X 9780805019575
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FLEMING Denise.
Mama Cat Has Three Kittens.
NY: Henry Holt. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0805057455 . Illustrated by the author. Fifth printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Henry Holt hardcover books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31034 ISBN : 0805057455 9780805057454
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Fleming, Theodore H.
The short-tailed fruit bat : a study in plant-animal interactions
Octavo in blue DJ; xvi, 365 p : b&w ill. ; 24 cm. Psychology; Animals; Plants.
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Fleure, H. J.
A Natural History of Man in Britain: Conceived as a Study of Changing Relations Between Men and Environments (The New Naturalist)
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. With 38 colour photos and 38 black-and-white photos. Includes 76 line drawings by Alison Birch. Plastic-protected and price-clipped jacket is tanned, edge-worn and marked. Jacket leading corners, rear upper edge and spine ends are nicked. Hardcover is slightly faded. Hardcover leading corners and spine ends are bumped and worn. Page block and some pages are tanned and foxed. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Fleure, H. J.
A Natural History of Man in Britain: Conceived as a Study of Changing Relations Between Men and Environments (The New Naturalist)
Hardcover in very good condition for age, with jacket in good condition. First edition. With 38 colour photos and 38 black-and-white photos. Includes 76 line drawings by Alison Birch. Plastic-protected jacket is tanned, edge-worn and marked. Hardcover is slightly faded. Hardcover leading corners and spine ends are bumped and worn. Page block and some pages are lightly tanned and foxed. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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FLIT AND KO
A Reel of No. 8 and Suddaby Fewster Two Holderness Tales
London Hull York: A. Brown & Sons Published circa 1891.Please Email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. First Edition Not Dated. Ruddy Boards. Very Good AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated By WSTE. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. A. Brown & Sons Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 561594
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Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris De
Fables De Florian
Circa 1860. Many full page illustrations. Small split at top of front cover joint with spine. Black discolouration to margins of front free endpaper
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Flower, Raymond
Chianti: The Land, the People and the Wine
Very good first edition hardcover in like, unclipped dustjacket. Part of an exceptional private collection recently purchased.
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Fogg, H.G. Witham
The Water Garden (A Foyles Handbook)
103 pages including index. 12 Black & White photographic illustrations and many line drawings.
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Fogle, Dr. Bruce.
GAMES PETS PLAY. How Not to be Manipulated by Your Pet. Illustrations by Kwill.
pp. ix, 218. Text drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth backed binding. Original dust jacket. PETS/1
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Fol (R.)
LE FAISAN et son élevage.
français Paris, La Maison Rustique, 1966. In-8 de 83 pp.; broché, couverture illustrée. Deuxième édition, revue et corrigée. Avec figures dans le texte et illustrations hors texte. Préface de F. Vidron. Bon état.
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FONTAINE - HUGUIER Docteurs
Nouveau dictionnaire vétérinaire. Médecine, chirurgie, thérapeutique, législation sanitaire et sciences qui s'y rapprochent
Paris Baillière 1921- 1924, 2 volumes forts In-4 brochés, 805 + 1116 pages. 2252 figures et photos. Edition originale. Très bon état.
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Foord, J
FLOWERS
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. Good; Has three small round one inch library stamps inside. Very nice . condition!. 1914. Hardback. Decorative boards nice condition; 68 pages . B.T. Batsford, Ltd hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 66940
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Forbes, A. C.
English Estate Forestry
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Boards and spine are lightly marked and worn. Upper leading corners and spine ends are bumped. Spine head is nicked. Pages are foxed and rough-cut. Binding is slightly visible between a few pages, but remains intact. Text remains clear throughout. HCW Used
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Ford, Richard L. E.
British wild animals
2nd edition. VG hbk in original brown cloth with white lettering. Front endpaper pasted down to the inside cover. Red ink writing on the title page. (Black's young naturalist's series). 17539. eng
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FOREM Jack
Transcendental Meditation: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Science of Creative Intelligence
NY:: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0525222251 . First edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. A bright clean and well preserved copy. . Dutton, hardcover books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41786 ISBN : 0525222251 9780525222255
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FOREM Jack.
Transcendental Meditation: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Science of Creative Intelligence.
NY: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0525222251 . First edition. Near fine in a near fine sun fading along the spine dust jacket. . Dutton hardcover books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26763 ISBN : 0525222251 9780525222255
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Forest & Stream.
MODERN BREAKING. A Treatise On the Rearing, Breaking and Handling of Setters and Pointers. Embodying the Methods Employed by the Most Successful Breakers and Field Trial Handlers of the Day. Tenth Edition.
173p. + Plus frontis. Illustrated with full page paintings. Text drawings and photographs. Blind stamp ownership of Robert C. Wallace. 16mo. Original full pictorial wraps, with some wear. PETS/1
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Forest Service animal tales: More than 200 stories about animals in our national forests forests
Forest Service animal tales: More than 200 stories about animals in our national
New. Soft cover new book. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : US-BXD ISBN : 1887200053 9781887200059
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Forester, Frank.
FRANK FORESTER'S COMPLETE MANUAL FOR YOUNG SPORTSMEN.
pp. 282 (4). Illustrated. Printed on two different paper stocks by the Stinehour Press. Designed by Karen M. (Bloom) Elder 8vo. Original full cloth binding, in the original slip case. Red ribbon page marker. Issued by Westvaco Paper in a limited edition as a Christmas keepsake. The text is taken from the 1856 edition, with an introduction by H. Lea Lawrence. Includes: The Art of the Gun; The Art of the Dog; The Field; Fishing; and The Art of Cooking (Recipes for Game and Fish). A fine copy of a wonderful book in a handsome format. This would make a great gift. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GAMES BOX 5.
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Foreword by Peter G Humphrey
CANYON LIGHT : The Seasons of Letchworth State Park signed
Buffalo NY: New York State Office of Parks 2007. Book. Illus. by Ray Minnick. As New. Soft cover. Signed By Photographer. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1st. Printing 2007 Soft cover in illustrated wraps 108 page book. Formed in the 12000 years since the last ice age the rugged 17 mile long Genesee rive gorge is called " The Grand Canyon of The East ". This scarce copy is also signed by the photographer Ray Minnick with breath taking color photos of this great park. Condition : As New Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New York State Office of Parks Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 081522-E ISBN : 0979651700 9780979651700
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Forster, Logan
REVENGE
Dodd Mead & Company 1960. Ex-library. Yellow hardcover binding is square and overall clean with bumped corners some rubbing on edges. Ffep removed remains of stained tape on endpapers usual library stamps. DJ not price clipped spine sticker shelfwear chips and water stain to back cover - displays nicely in clean Brodart. 268 pages. Exhausted after winning the Triple Crown on Tamarlane Ponce returns home only to find that Desert Storm's gray filly has wounded several young horses with her crazed actions He decides to take her to Arizona with him to heal both of their spirits. Follows Tamarlane Strange Son of Desert Storm. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by McCann Gerald. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 013942
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Forster, Logan
RUN FAST! RUN FAR!
Dodd Mead & Company 1962. Dark orange hardcover binding clean square and tight. Interior clean and bright with no writing tears or marDJ not price-clilpped - $3.25 on front flap clean and crisp with small wrinkle top of front cover and minor shelfwear to spine 243 pages. Vance Wheeler is a lonely orphan befriended by Jim Raines - the gruff kindly perceptive trainer of horses and boys. Jim turns over his heritage of a run-down Kentucky stock farm and potential racehorses to Vance - if Vance will pitch in and help to train the horses along with a group of boys from the orphanage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by McCann Gerald. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 013967
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Forster, Logan
TAMARLANE - STRANGE SON OF DESERT STORM
Dodd Mead & Company 1959. Ex-school library. Orange hardcover cloth binding square and tight with bumped and wrinkled upper right hand corner - clean with library marking on spine. Back pocket removed some stamps and yellowed tape marks on covers. 254 pages. DJ shows some wear. Not price-clipped. Protected now in clean Brodart. Story of a colt born with a clubfoot and the Apache Indian boy Ponce who helps the crippled horse overcome his handicap to become as famous a racehorse as his dam Desert Storm. Follows Desert Storm and Mountain Stallion. Scarce title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by McCann Gerald. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Very Good. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 013938
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Forster, Logan
TAMARLANE - STRANGE SON OF DESERT STORM
Dodd Mead & Company 1959. Ex-school library. Orange hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Back pocket and date slip intact some stamps and yellowed tape marks on covers. 254 pages. DJ shows some wrinkles and shelfwear. Not price-clipped. Protected now in clean Brodart. Story of a colt born with a clubfoot and the Apache Indian boy Ponce who helps the crippled horse overcome his handicap to become as famous a racehorse as his dam Desert Storm. Follows Desert Storm and Mountain Stallion. Scarce title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by McCann Gerald. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 013939
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Fortescue, John
Records of Stag-Hunting on Exmoor
Hardcover, very good condition. Beautifully bound in full red Morocco by German binder Zaehnsdorf. Exquisite gilt tooling on the inner edges of the boards with silk pastedowns and end papers. Raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine. There is some minor wear to the corners and spine ends with a rubbed patch to front of the spine head and edges. Some minor marks to the rear board and slightly sunned spine. Internally there is some foxing to the first few front and rear pages but none to the text and some leaching of the red from the silk FEP to the reverse page. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown (evidently a stag hunter from the design!). Includes a fold out map of Exmoor. The text is bright and clear throughout. DP Used
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Foster Huntington
THE CINDER CONE
Venice CA.: Fram League 2015. Book. Illus. by Author. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 2015 Limited Edition of 5000 copies Illustrated hardcover boards with green cloth spine 120 page book.A dream come true skate Park and Tree Houses by Foster Huntington . This limited edition copy is signed by Foster Huntington on the title page. Illustrated with color images of the building of this dream park with some line drawings. Condition : NEW. Fram League Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 071525-Z ISBN : 0692478523 9780692478523
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Fountain, Henry
The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Very good condition. First Edition. Remainder mark and another mark on page block foot. Spine ends are bumped and jacket's leading corners are a little scuffed. Nicks to approx. first 15 pages at lower edges. Pages are clear. TA Used
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FOVEAU de COURMELLES Docteur
COMMENT ELEVER NOS BETES ? . MES BETES ET MES AMIES.
Figuiére 1934, In-8 broché 190 p. Rousseurs sur la couverture, intérieur en bon état. Bon exemplaire.
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Fowler, Murry E
Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals
Ames Iowa: Iowa University Press 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Large book indicates 4th printing.332 pages. Great for the collector or animal expert. Dealing with animal restraints in a humane way. <br /><br /> Iowa University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 01227 ISBN : 0813818907 9780813818900
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Fox, Charles Philip
A pictorial history of performing horses
Quarto in green-aqua boards and color pictorial DJ; 168 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Lots of great photos. || Horses. Animal training.
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Fox, H.M.; Peierls, R.; Leontovski, M.; Von Halban, H.; Preiswerk, P.; Meksyn, D.; Travers, M.; Seddon, R.; Coppock, J.; Et al
Nature Magazine, No. 3474, Vol. 137, Saturday, May 30, 1936 - Reported Occurrence of European Fishes on the Tavoy Coast, Burma
Pages 883-920 plus outer layer of 8 pages of ads. Features: Metabolism of cold-blooded animals in different latitudes; Interpretation of Shankland's Experiment; Colour of the luminous background of the extra-galactic nebulae; Cross-section measurements with slow neutrons of different velocities; Structure of neutrons and beta-disintegration; Thermal decomposition of acetaldehyde and ethylene oxides - existence of short-lived intermediates; Absorption spectra and linkage of inorganic salts in the vapour state; Isotope displacement in the arc spectrum of platinum; Reported occurrence of European fishes on the Tavoy Coast, Burma; Darwin's Cavernularia; A colour reaction for the detection and determination of Vitamin D.; X-ray study of myosin; Ascorbic acid in paroxysmal haemoglobinuria; and more. Binding intact. Average external soiling and wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Fox, William F ; Foley, John; Gibbons, W H ; Ashe, W W ; Show, S B ; Et Al
TIMBER GROWING AND LOGGING PRACTICES
1902-1930's. Hardcover. Good shelf wear end paper name stamps some pages lightly toned. The title on the spine is descriptive only and was added by the binder. A unique book in dark green boards containing articles bulletins etc. 1000 pages total. The contents are from 1902 to the early 1930s. The list of contents handwritten on the front end papers shows 17 items. Contents include A History of the Lumber Industry in the State of New York; various works on timber growing practices in different areas; articles on costs sawmills etc. A heavy book additional postage may be required. ; Photographs graphs charts drawings. . hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17130
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Francis, Daniel; Hewlett, Gil
Operation Orca: Springer, Luna and the Struggle to Save West Coast Killer Whales
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 280 pages. Signed by Francis and Hewlett on title page.
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Frank Edgars, translation by Neil Skinner
Hausa Tales and Traditions VOLUME ONE 1 . An English translation of TATSUNIYOYI NA HAUSA originally compiled by Frank Edgar.
London 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. FINE AS BRAND NEW/NEAR FINE NEAR NEW. Illus. by No Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 005559 ISBN : 0714617180 9780714617183
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Frank Edgars, translation by Neil Skinner
Hausa Tales and Traditions VOLUME ONE 1 . An English translation of TATSUNIYOYI NA HAUSA originally compiled by Frank Edgar.
London 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009545 ISBN : 0714617180 9780714617183
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Frank Edgars, translation by Neil Skinner
Hausa Tales and Traditions Vo Cb: Being a translation of Frank Edgar's Tatsuniyoyi Na Hausa: Vol 1 Library of African Study
London 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. VERY GOOD AVERAGE/VERY GOOD AVERAGE. Illus. by No Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009546 ISBN : 0714617180 9780714617183
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Frank Townsend Barton
My Book of Favourite Dogs
Good. Hardcover. cover worn<br><p></p> . hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4516ak
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