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1904Best.-Nr. 14486New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombes 1904. Very Scarce First Ed of 1000 copies NZNB H1582. Frederick Wollaston Hutton and James Drummond. An important early work the book focuses on native vertebrates so the bulk of the content relates to birds it also describes marine mammals reptiles and bats and gives brief coverage to introduced species with 147 ills indexes of Maori English and scientific names. CONDITION Green cloth half bound with cloth embossed in faux crocodile bright gilt titles 381 pages printed on high gloss paper. A little wear to spine and small mark to front 2 names to front paste down one being S Thorne George secretary and son in law to Governor Grey later Mayor of Parnell. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Whitcombe & Tombes Hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 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
1962Best.-Nr. 16821New York: Limited Editions Club 1962. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Introduction by Charles Edmund Carrington. Sixteen full-page color illustrations by Robin Jacques. Olive green buckram boards with gold spiral decoration. Polished brown leather spine with gold stamped title & decoration. Number 752 of 1500 copies. Signed by illustrator Jacques. Glassine wrap with chips at edges around book. A fine light brown slipcase. Very light pencil erasure on top corner of half-title page. LEC monthly letter and slip are laid in. Not available for international shipping. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1904Best.-Nr. A53128San Francisco CA: Paul Elder and Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. This edition is limited to 1200 copies 1100 offered for sale signed and numbered by the author. This is copy number 972. The book is in Very Good condition and it has the scarce dust jacket though the dust jacket is in Fair only condition. The book has a leather spine and corners quarter leather and linen cloth covers. The spine and edges of the leather have rubbing and wear along with fading to the color. The text pages are in clean bright condition. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is missing its spine and has wear nicking and chipping to the edges." Adeline E. "Delle" Knapp March 14 1860 – June 6 1909 was an American journalist author social activist environmentalist and educator who is today remembered largely for her relationship with Charlotte Perkins Gilman which was likely romantic. In her lifetime Knapp was known as a fixture of the turn-of-the-century San Francisco Bay Area literary scene. An outspoken writer who often addressed controversial topics in her columns for The San Francisco Call Knapp wrote on a wide range of subjects from livestock to the Annexation of Hawaii. Though often drawn to progressive causes like child labor and conservation Knapp also tended to espouse reactionary views as evidenced by her Anti-Chinese sentiments and criticisms of the women's suffrage movement. At a time when many American women were joining the movement to extend political and voting rights to women Knapp spoke in state senate hearings in New York expressing doubts about the benefits of suffrage to women and she allowed her speeches and letters on the topic to be used as propaganda by the anti-suffragism movement." from Wikipedia; 77p. pages; Pictured 5/27/26; Signed by Author . 1904. Paul Elder and Company hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 013227Dodd Mead & Company 1950. Red hardcover binding is clean square and tight. Interior clean and bright with just a few smudges on endpapers. 243 pages. DJ missing large chip over author's name on front cover chip top of spine some rubbing and light soiling. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart. Park and his magnificent chestnut the ex-outlaw Salto go through many adventures together. This is not the usual Mountie 'whodunit' but rather about the Mountie and his relationship with his horse partner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 3rd Printing. Illus. by Burne Harry H. A. jacket only. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 012736New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1958. Dark orange hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight - no writing tears or marks. Originally published 1953 this has the notation C-10-58 on copyright page. DJ price-clipped although there is an inked price of $3.25 on flap. Otherwise clean and crisp. 244 pages. An old man with a bad heart who is not good at paying his bill is Andy's first boarder but his Quarter Horse stallion Blue Smoke is worth it. When he dies with the promise that Blue Smoke is hers she is thrilled to own the horse but concerned because she is not really sure of his true ownership. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 3rd Printing. Illus. by Dennis Wesley. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Harcourt, Brace & Company Hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 014253New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1946. Dark brown hardcover binding clean square and tight. Endpapers a bit yellowed. Price-clipped dustjacket has minor shelfwear. 1946 on copyright page and has the letter I indicating first printing. Midnight Moon featured on back dj flap. Back of DJ lists Harcourt Stories for Girls . 259 pages. This title follows Silver Birch and Midnight Moon in a series featuring Connie McGuire. Connie wants to start her Shamrock Stables breeding farm with the wonderful Palomino Golden Sovereign - son of Silver Birch - as her foundation sire. But his occasional fits of temper makes everyone wonder if the stallion isn't vicious. Illus. by Dennis Wesley. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Harcourt, Brace & Company Hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. 14527London: HarperCollins 1991. Signed and inscribed by the author: To Allan with grateful thanks Anna Merz. First edition / First printing. Burnt orange paper-covered boards. Very fine in near fine dust jacket. Anna Merz founded and personally financed the Nagare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary in 1982; it is now part of the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Merz pioneered Rhino conservation and has been a primary force in the effort to keep the rhino from extinction. One of the first generation of women in Africa without scientific training who revolutionized our view of nature conservation and the appropriate treatment of wild animals. HarperCollins, hardcover
1963Best.-Nr. 010668New York: Viking 1963 Blue cloth pictorially stamped in navy ink gift inscription to half-title else fine in illustrated dust jacket slightly darkened along edges small loss from front panel original price intact $2.50. The story of a cat who keeps watch at the New York Public Library and the resolution of his conflict with the pigeons who frequent the library steps. Illustrated in two colors by Kazue Mizumura. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Kazue Mizumura. Small 4to. Viking hardcover
2007Best.-Nr. 051524-CNorth Truro MA: Fields Publishing 2007. Book. Illus. by Neil Baker . Fine. Hardcover. Signed By Photographer. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 1st. Edition 1st. Printing 2007 Hardcover with illustrated boards 48 page book. Neil Baker has signed on the main title page . Illustrated with color images by him all full page plates. Scarce signed copy. Condition : FINE. Fields Publishing Hardcover
1974Best.-Nr. 29635Vantage Press. VG in G dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed SIGNED by Yolla Niclas on the blank title page. Also includes a printed newspaper article of Yolla Sachs' obituary from the Hartford Courant Dec 1977. The book is about the adventures of a rabbit and her family residents of a meadow within beautiful Wickham Park. Charlotte Niclas Sachs 1900-1977 was a Jewish photographer from Germany who fled to Paris when Hitler came to power in 1933. Yolla and her newly wed husband Rudolf Sachs left France through the Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee who worked covertly out of Marseille to secure emergency visas financial aid and ship passage for the couple before the French police or Nazi authorities could capture them. Her photographs are displayed in the Rudolf and Yolla Sachs Collection held by the Leo Baeck Institute.; Signed by Author . 1974. 0533015359 . Vantage Press hardcover
1856Best.-Nr. 0005314Boston: Crosby Nichols & Co. 1856. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. 6 chromolithographs by J. W. Chandler Lith. of Boston. 16mo 251pp. variant brown embossed cloth gilt spine chipped rebacked with new endpapers but most of the original extra-gilt spine some stains to edges. Ex libris Henrietta Peirce from her Grandmother. The first combined edition and the first illustrated edition of THE BEARS. It is based in the 18th century. Nieritz was a popular and prolific writer for German youth. The next two stories are by Agnes Franz. The first is about a rebellious pupil who learns to be good from a wise nun. This publisher printed the first paper doll in the United States only two years earlier in 1854. 6 chromolithographs by J. W. Chandler Lith. of Boston. Not in Bennett AMERICAN COLOR PLATE BOOKS . Crosby, Nichols, & Co. hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 076656New York: Atheneum 1965. Square tightly bound and unmarked in full green cloth binding. 260pp. Photos. Unclipped dust jacket is shelf rubbed and in a protective mylar cover. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Atheneum Hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 083103-NNew York: Crown Pub. 1985. Book. Illus. by Sandved Kjell B. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st.ed. 1985 Hardcover with the dust jacket 244 page book. Signed by the author on the Title page and then inscribed by the author with a sentiment . Illustrated with beautifuly done photography all in full color also some black and white drawing . Condition: As Stated.See this fine book and others at our book site at: GibbsBooks Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Crown Pub. Hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 012836Macmillan 1967. Pictorial hardcover binding has bumped corners slightly cocked spine else clean and tight. Last endpaper removed. Some library stamps and a few stray marks. 151 pages. Dustjacket displays nicely in clean Brodart. Mr. Peterson wants only palominos in his stable so when his son Jeff brings home a bay hunter it means trouble. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Biegel Peter. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Macmillan Hardcover
1972Best.-Nr. 00009751New York: Benjamin Blom 1972 538 pages a lovely copy as it was covered with a handmade book cover. This handmade cover has left four marks where scotch tape was used. Benjamin Blom hardcover
Best.-Nr. 008524New York: Saml Gabriel Sons No date Circa 1930. Eight linen-textured booklets with light wear "Puppies" with 3" spine split no writing or foxing. Eight booklets with simple rhymes and printed in color most featuring humanized animals. The titles are: Pussies Puppies Chickies Teddies Piggies Duckies Pups & Pussies and Bunnies. While no author or illustrator is credited Mary LaFetra Russell did a lot of animal-themed books for Sam'l Gabriel at the time and these books are almost undoubtedly by her hand or an extremely good imitator. The books come housed in the original box which is well-worn with some losses tears and crude repair. Original Wraps. Very Good to Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Mary LaFetra Russell Attrib. Square 8vo. Saml Gabriel Sons paperback
1909Best.-Nr. 17199Columbus Ohio: The Ohio State Academy of Science. 1909. Hardcover. Fair spine worn about 1/2 inch piece missing at the spine top a small rear edge piece missing and a corner crimped rubbing scuffs title page name and name stamp. The complete 1919 Ohio Trees publication pages 73 to 191 as published followed by about 60 pages of items from the Ohio Naturalist by Schaffner and others. Some of these items are pasted to blank pages that were apparently bound in for this purpose. This is a rebinding of the original softcover publication. A bit rough but a scarce original item. Flexible red leather covers with gilt lettering and a sewn binding. Probably privately bound. . The Ohio State Academy of Science hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 6634Sheffield:: Pawson and Brailsford 1896. First. Near Fine Condition. Light foxing to paper edges not effecting the image. . A Fine Original Chromolithograph. Octavo 5.75 x 10 inches. Presented in a neutral rag mat: 12 x 16 inches. In recognition of the complete order of Ornithology the nineteenth century naturalist's collection would contain at least one Oology; a collection or study of eggs. Henry Seebohm's Eggs of British Birds are among the finest. Organized by type; Shorebird Songbird Gamebird or Bird of Prey and systematically arranged by size these original chromolithographs are richly printed from multiple stones allowing for a subtle variation of color and texture not commonly found in many egg prints of this period. Historical text documentation accompanies the plate. Wood 561. Matted in neutral rag mat sized to 12 x 16 inches. Pawson and Brailsford, unknown
1957Best.-Nr. DEMO016108INew York : Random House 1957 . First edition. Hardcover. Good. Dr. Seuss. Octavo 61pp. flat or matte boards scuffed edgeworn front hinge cracking. Deborah we have your copy see pencilled inscription at front from Uncle Paul and Aunt Bettie. Arguably the most loved children's book of the Baby Boomers era. A reader that made readers. It contains only 223 words. Lacking the dust jacket it is not possible to unquestionably identify this book; however on the dust jacket this copy has only four recommendations under the blackboard on the rear cover; the top cover has a red circle around "For Beginning Readers"' the covers are flat or matte not glossy. Younger & Hirsch 7; See also 2012 exhibition at the Library of Congress: "Books That Shaped America". Random House hardcover
2020Best.-Nr. 008770New York: G P Putnam & Sons 2020 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket original price intact $17.99. The story of Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel who began rescuing cats abandoned by their fleeing families amid Syria's civil war. A touching story with captivating artwork. Caldecott Honor. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Yuko Shimizu. 4to. G P Putnam & Sons unknown
1948Best.-Nr. 06177London: Collins Publishers for the Children 1948. Pictorial boards binding with red cloth spine has warped front cover from improper shelving. 1952 gift inscription ffep. Else interior clean and secure. Story of an Old English Sheepdog - beautiful b/w and full page full color illustrations throughout. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illus. by Stokes Vernon and Harnett Cynthia. 4th. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Collins Publishers for the Children Hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 06226London: Collins Publishers for the Children 1950. Beige cloth binding square and tight. Musty odor. Endpapers have slight wrinkles - dampness at one time. Outside covers and interior not affected. Two of the b/w sketches have been neatly and lightly colored in with colored pencil. Many b/w sketches and several full-color water-color illustrations throughout. DJ has edgewear light soil some foxing. Unpaginated. David Margo and John Henry were tired of doing household chores so they come up with a plan which they call Pets Limited - they undertake the grooming of all the dogs in the district. They themselves own a Scottish Terrier and a Bull Terrier - they take care of a Corgi a German Shepherd Dog a Cocker Spaniel and others. Great illustrations in this cute story. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illus. by Stokes Vernon and Harnett Cynthia. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. Collins Publishers for the Children Hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 006818London: Collins 1953. Illustrated with 51 Photographs taken by the Author 58 Drawings & Diagrams. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. pp. xvi 255 includes Bibliography & Index. P/o name on Ffep. Faint trace of foxing to prelims and closed page edges. Price-unclipped DJ lightly worn at top end of spine 2 tiny closed tears to top edge 3mm. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by The Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Hardcover
1966Best.-Nr. 3011New York: Simon & Schuster. 1966 1st ed. 128pp. illus. beige pictorial cloth sm 8vo: Very Good in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover dj = few edge nicks & small tears; else nrVG A personal typed postcard signed by the author Bryna Ivens Untermeyer d. 1985 is tipped to ffep describing Mrs. Untermeyer's trip to Greece with her husband Louis Untermeyer. Tipped to rfep is a typed letter signed by the author describing the Untermeyers' trip from their Connecticut home to Boston for Louis Untermeyer 1885-1977 to receive the New England Poetry Society's Golden Rose for 1966 for service to poetry. The book is a charming memoir of the Untermeyers' cat Mrs. Sullavan with equally charming pencil sketches by Barry Geller. The poet Phyllis McGinley 1905-78 said: "Unlike most books perpetrated by cat lovers this book is neither arch nor affected; rather affecting. I read it with much pleasure." Included as a bonus with this purchase is a copy of Louis Untermeyer's contemporaneous work "Labyrinth of Love" illustrated by Paul Davis Simon & Schuster 1965 1st ed. 59pp. hardback 16mo in dust jacket. Untermeyer a Marxist was blacklisted in the 1950s by the notorious House Committee on Un-American Activities. Simon & Schuster hardcover
