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1907664 p. Illustrated with numerous drawings. Age stain. Hinges cracked. 8vo. Original full publisher's cloth binding, very worn. Loss at head and tail of spine. AG BX 1
1902ref. 6400New York:: Forest Fish and Game Commision c. 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
2005ref. AM-11337Includes contribution by Toshiharu Ito. Japanese and English text. cm 33x27; COL; hardcover fine condition as new. Lucas Badtke-Berkow, hardcover
1950A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Tears on edge worn dust jacket. Gray cloth boards with printed designs on cover. 364 pages. With 18 illustrations in black-and-white by the author.
ref. 000643Harper Collins 1983 Book. As New. F. As New. First Edition. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-06-205032-X. Harper Collins, 1983 unknown
ref. 000643Harper Collins 1983 Book. As New. F. As New. First Edition. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-06-205032-X. Harper Collins, 1983 unknown books
1910ref. 001240New York: A. L. Burt Co. 1910. New edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto 361 pages. presentation inscription to Everett Hiorns at Xmas 1910. 96 woodcuts by Edward Linley Sambourne who succeeded John Tenniel and the chief artist at "Punch'. With a chromolithed frontispiece by J. Watson Davis and a pictorial cover showing nude children and nacked frogs. A. L. Burt Co. hardcover
1980103 pages including index. 12 Black & White photographic illustrations and many line drawings.
1965ref. 26010208Collins 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
1997ref. 347611997. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1997/Gd.condition/192 pages - Shows many breeds of dogs that appear at the Westminster Kennel Dog shows. TE934761 hardcover
1974ref. 158967N Y: Crescent Books 1974. Oversize Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. A clean unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards with silver sperm whale design on cover. Light wear and small tears on dust jacket. 10 3/4""w x 10""h. 288 pages. Lovely illustrations throughout including drawings paintings ancient woodcuts old whaling prints photographs and maps. Text written by a group of international experts on whales Age Jonsgard Robert Clarke Robert Cushman Murphy Tadayoshi Ichihara Kenneth Norris Heimir Thorleifsson Paul Budker Bengt Hubendick Jon Jonsson Erna Moh r W J Slijper A G Tomlin Johan Tonnessen dealing with folklore literature and science of whales and whale hunting. Keywords: Whale Artwork Ancient woodcuts Whaling Prints Folklore Literature Science Giant mammal Sea Ocean Whaling Crescent Books hardcover
2003ref. 68243Reaktion Books 2003 In-4 relié 29,7 cm sur 20,6. 224 pages. Très bon état d’occasion.
197227x19. 304p. Fotogr. Trad. J. F. Bernard. Enc. Tela ed. Sobrecubierta.
1980Book
19618vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, tiny signature on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Bright, crisp copy of Durrell's account of his animal-collecting expedition to the Argentine during the late 1950s, travelling from Buenos Aires to Patagonia and up to Jujuy. It is another of his collaborations with his finest illustrator Ralph Thompson; the two were brought together in 1954 by Rupert Hart-Davis, who had lured Durrell away from Faber after the success of his first book 'The Overloaded Ark' three years before. The partnership was an extraordinarily fruitful one, lasting a full decade and resulting in Durrell's most attractive books, including, of course, 'My Family and other Animals'.
1902ref. 3782New 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
1960ref. 012624London: Collins 1960. Red hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight a few bookstore previous owner stamps front endpapers else clean interior. 254 pages slightly yellowed foxing. DJ has some chips tears wrinkles and rubbing - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Price clipped. Autumn and winter story centered around the solitary farmhouse of the Merrow family where Tamzin and Rissa keep house for the shepherd and his son during his wife's absence. They wrestle with a plan to beat back city developers by forming a group called the White Riders who gallop over the marsh at midnight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 2nd Printing. Illus. by Whittam Geoffrey. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Fair. Collins Hardcover
1977220p., illus. Hardbound Very good condition good
1914Pages 503-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: Eight Days On a Capsized Ship - three seamen tough it out upon the overturned hull of the 'Anna Rebecca' in 1906 off Memel (with photos); My Adventures in Sarawak (part I) - Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak describes her experiences getting to know 'the loveable little people and their language' (with photos); The Girl Who Came to Copperfield, Oregon - Miss Fern Hobbs was sent at the head of a regiment of soldiers to restore order in the lawless town of Copperfield - article with photo of Miss Hobbs; Across Canada by Motor-Car (part II) - Photo-illustrated account of the second half of Mr. Wilby's arduous journey, ending in British Columbia; My Escape from Kelantan - a veteran pioneer of Malaya, W.E. Nash, relates how he took a frail stern-wheel river steamer across the China Sea in the teeth of a monsoon; The Case of "Jack Thompson" - an Englishman in a Bolivian prison; The Haunted Trees - The Malays believe evil spirits take up residence in certain 'hantu' trees; Pieter Erberfeld, Traitor - the story behind this man and a memorial tablet, bearing his skull, in Batavia, Dutch West Indies (Indonesia); The Hermit of Smith's Mountain - a strange character in San Diego County; Man-Eaters - the menace wild animals constitute to dwellers in less-favoured parts of the world; Sport in the Ukraine - with photos; Freshwater Pearl-Fishing - clam-fishing as carried out on the rivers of Illinois - with great photos; Wanted, A Wife - the amusing adventures of Dominick Forese of Butte, Montana; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1914Pages 401-498, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: "Hoodlum" - the plucky deed of fireman Roger Berry aboard the tug-boat "Elmer" on Lake Erie one stormy night - article with photos; Some New British Climbs - George Abraham describes a new route up the famous Pillar Rock and more, illustrated with remarkable photos; Like a Rat in a Trap - a nerve-trying adventure from 1888 near Southall, Middlesex finding leaks in a sewer pipe; Hurri Singh's Cobra - an adventure from the lake district of Kumaon; A Remarkable Open-Air Theatre at Interlaken, Switzerland; The Ship of Death - a strange story of the awful experience which befell a party of Royal Navy officers and men who boarded a mysterious barque on the high seas in 1908; East Africa As I Saw it (part IV) - photo-illustrated adventures illustrate life in Portuguese East Africa; The Swift Saskatchewan - what happened to a man who fell asleep in a canoe in the mighty Saskatchewan River in 1907; "Back to the Land" - a man in South Africa discovers he is not likely to become a successful farmer; The Poacher-Catchers - adventures of the five-man teams which guard the fur-bearing animals of Yellowstone Park; Pedro the Ladrone - an exciting story from the Philippines told by an officer of the U.S. Army who was in charge of a company of native scouts, with photo of the surrender of General Ramon Santos at Liago; Across Canada by Motor-Car (part I) - the first and only attempt ever made to cross canada from Ocean to Ocean - this marvelously photo-illustrated article deals with Thomas Wilby's experiences on the way to Winnipeg, where his worst troubles began; The Fight in the Moonlight - H. Randolph Spencer and his adventure with two bears in the Olympic Mountains in 1905; Photo of huge floating (?) Burmese pagoda in the form of a hen; Photo of large metallic anklets riveted to young women of Southern Nigeria; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1922Pages 90-176, plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: Wild Boars and Cattle Thieves; Rescuing Little Ruth; A Castle Built for a Shilling; Through the East by Air - part 5; The Man Who Turned Thief - part 5; Trapping Wild Animals Alive; The Ordeal of William McDavid; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - part 3; On Oath (short story); The Ranger's Story (short story); The Amateur Explorers; The Train-Wreck That Failed; My First Lynx; Is This America's Biggest Bear? Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
1952Features: Outlaw Struggle - The hectic history of an extensive area of rugged wilderness in Oklahoma and Arkansas which has been a recognized sanctuary for desperadoes and fugitives; Climbing the Southern Falls - An absorbing description of a wonderful feat of mountaineering - the single-handed ascent of a 1,904 ft cataract which New Zealanders claim to be the loftiest in the world; Frensham's Bungalow - A strange story related by a former officer of the Indian Army; A Bid For Fortune - A youthful newcomer to Darwin, Australia risks his slender capital by joining a veteran skipper in a trip to a secret pearl-oyster bed; A Pygmy Net-Hunt - A graphic description of a most ingenious method of capturing wild animals; The Lost Mine - Originally published in 1929, author set forth to study native Indians in Panama but became involved with Tisingal, reputed to be one of the richest gold mines ever worked by the Spaniards; Velnagel's Gold - Engaged in salvaging old machinery from a long-abandoned Australian goldfield, the author stumbled into a most extraordinary experience; The Arrow Mystery - A curious affair from the early days of the Nigerian tin-field; Front cover missing. Above-average wear externally. Contents in decent condition. Magazine
1927Features: Through Spain in Disguise - Part I of the story of an odd wager, by the Countess Guerrini Malmignati; The Tiger-Man of the Whynooche - locals of Chehalis and Mason counties in Washington state feared this killer; The Ghost of Ozwatini - a strange story from Natal; "Quarrelsome Mac" - a nautical story; The "Hell-On-Earth" Legion - five years with the French Foreign Legion; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Our experiment in orange-growing (with wonderful photos) - part II; Nature's Nightmares - ugly animals; Nurse Warburton's Ordeal - she became lost while tramping from Hope to Princeton, British Columbia; Hunting the Australian Buffalo - article with super photos; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part III of a trip from Shanghai to Copenhagen in a forty-foot yacht; Trial by Jury - an awkward trial in India; Tuk-Took - a little Eskimo girl, her step-mother, and her dog - with nice photos; A Dead Man's Diary - an unknown white man perishes in the African wilds, but leaves his diary; The Mystery of "Dutch Henry" who was wanted "dead or alive" by two governments; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1928Generously 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
1923Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of wonderfully nostalgic ads. Features: Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part 1 of the amusing account of the travels of a husband and wife with their donkey; The Diamond Smuggler; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part 6 of 6; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part 4 of 4 of an important cinematograph expedition to the interior of Africa to film wild animals - article with many great photos; Two Robinson Crusoes - surviving three months on a desert island; Sorcery and Spiritualism in Papua - restoring the dead to life, table-rapping and curses that kill - photo-illustrated article; The Little Brass God - a planter's odd experience in India; Poaching on a King's Preserves; Through the East by Air - Part 6 of 6 of a wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a ten-month expedition to view middle-eastern cities by air; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 1- the amazing life story of a man who was once banished to Guiana; Afloat with a Madman - a fireman goes mad aboard the "Algerian Prince" in the Bay of Biscay; Capturing 'Coperhead' - the story of a murderous Kentucky feudist in the mountains near the Kentucky - West Virginia border; photo of man standing in front of the largest saw blade in the world, a 108" diameter product made by Henry Disston and Sons, of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book