Desmond, Adrian J.MareMagnum
1975A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 238 pages. Previous owner's name blacked out on front endpaper. Dust jacket shows edge wear and small tears. 7 1/4"w x 10 1/4"h. Many illustrations. "We are now aware of sophisticated dinosaurs with giant brains, stereo vision and manipulative fingers. These creatures have forced a Revolution in Palaeontology and Mr. Desmond suggests that they were warm-blooded and energetic, with the stamina of living mammals."
1968rif. 17050044E. P. Dutton New York 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. PUBLISHING DETAILS: E. P. Dutton New York 1968. 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. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for previous owner's name in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Children's Picture Books; Inventory No: 17050044. E. P. Dutton hardcover
1957rif. 013397New York: Viking 1957. Turquoise cloth binding lightly soiled slight spine cock else square and tight. Hinges good. Illustrated endpapers - interior clean with slightly yellowing pages. 199 pages. DJ has sun-faded spine covers a bit faded and lightly soiled shelfwear wrinkles a few chips. Not price-clipped - $2.75 on front flap. Scarce 1st edition. Basis for the Disney movie but oh-so-much better a story! The book club edition does not include the many illustrations of this original edition. Story of Pongo and Missis - Perdita is actually a nurse-dog in the book. The original story goes into much more detail on the Dalmatians' search for their puppies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Grahame-Johnstone Janet and Anne. 1st US. Hardcover. Good/Good. Viking Hardcover
1970rif. 013399New York: Viking 1970. Pink pictorial hardcover binding clean and tight. Front hinge a bit shaky back library pocket intact. Some smudges but overall clean interior. DJ not price-clipped - $3.77 Front flapp a bit torn along eges part of text misnnig - it had been glued inside covers and removed to place in clean Brodart jacket. 199 pages. Basis for the Disney movie but oh-so-much better a story! The book club edition does not include the many illustrations of this original edition. Story of Pongo and Missis - Perdita is actually a nurse-dog in the book. The original story goes into much more detail on the Dalmatians' search for their puppies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 7th printing. Illus. by Grahame-Johnstone Janet and Anne. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Viking Hardcover
1983rif. 21010036Penguin Australia 1983. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 166 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin Australia 1983. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Since time immemorial the people of the Clan have lived on the Slopes overlooking the Greenlands hunting only for food and respecting the Greenlands' unwritten laws. But when the Clan's cattle become the prey of an unknown attacker and the elders begin to murmer the name of Shadroth the young chief Kulok blames the Fein - huge cattle animals whom it is forbidden to kill - and orders their extermination. In this gripping novel the author a master of the art of storytelling combines high adventure with a profound psychological exploration of the roots of violence and evil. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; ISBN: 0140316787. ISBN/EAN: 9780140316780. Inventory No: 21010036. 9780140316780 Penguin paperback
2001rif. 25050111Equistar Publications USA 2001. Softcover Spiral Bound. Very Good. Softcover Spiral Bound. 2-volume set complete. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Equistar Publications USA 2001. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Volume 1: Musculoskeletal System and Lameness Disorders ; Volume 2: Reproduction Internal Medicine and Skin. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 0965446107. ISBN/EAN: 9780965446105. Inventory No: 25050111. 9780965446105 Equistar Publications paperback
1988Includes sections on Rhinoceroses, boars, pigs, warthogs, hippos, camels, deer, etc.
1961Features: Yuri Gregarin's Flight - Extensive Coverage; Eichmann Trial; Nylon net stops jet; The Maya Stelae of Aguateca; Jewels in the service of chivalry and royalty - Orders of Knighthood and an Empress crown (in colour); Courtship among animals (in colour); The AMI 6 Citroen; Large fold-out advertisement by AEI (Associated Electrical Industries Ltd); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
1969Features: Brodick Castle; Living with the Irish; Cambodia - the next Vietnam?; Menswear at Cologne; what can animals perceive?; New finds from new Paphos II - archaeology 2318; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1949Pages 73-108. Features. Aerial cover photo of idle London shipping due to dockworker's strike; Photos of troops serving as stevedores unloading frozen beef from Argentina; Two-page illustration of Fettes College; Article entitled "Dollars, Sterling and European Trade"; Photos of striking dockworkers attending speeches; Two-pages of photos from the agricultural show at Shrewsbury, including Princess Elizabeth and many champion animals; Photos of personalities of the week include the winners of the Ashburton Shield, Tshekedi Khama, Cambridge Cricketeers, Mr. Alexander Diomedes, Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage; A.D. Locke, Harry Bradshaw, Seretse Khama, the former Miss Ruth Williams, Sir francis Mudie, Flight-Lt. K.H.F. Letford, and The Emir Idris El Senussi. Photo of the Enola Gay being presented to the Smithsonian Institution; Photo of Emir Abdul Illah with King Feisal of Iraq; Photo of robotic hand developed by German firm; Photos of U.N. Success in Indonesia - 3-stage evacuation of Java; Photo of restoration of Cleopatra's Needle, near Charing Cross; Two-page colour photo of the earliest realistic human portrait in the history of man, discovered in central France; Aerial photos of British castles with medieval fortifications; Attractive one-page colour ad for General Electric fridges; Colour Johnnie Walker cricket-themed ad on back cover; and more. Complete, intact and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
193936 pages. Features: Photos of the memorial services for the "Thetis" victims; Photos of Axis Activities - "Volunteers" return from Spain - Italy's Navy Day - Kondor Legion goose-steps past Hitler; Maps of the strenuous Royal Tour; Cross-section illustration and photos of their Majesties' "Royal Yacht" for their return to England in the "Empress of Britain"; Great photos of unusulally-placed bird nests; Amazing illustrations of the feet of various Australian animals; Colour photos of pageantry at the Aldershot Tattoo; Photos of the Royal Tour through the Rockies from Banff to the Pacific; Five photos of the Royals in British Columbia; Photos of the Royals returning eastward across Canada to Niagara; The King and Queen in Washington - photos; The Royals in New York City; Classy two-color ad for Wills's Gold Flake cigarettes; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. First three pages loose but present. Pages 1127-28 and 1131-32 and any pages after 1134 are not included. Despite its deficiencies, still a worthy copy. Magazine
1981Book shows very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have lightly bumped corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Dust jacket shows light wear no tears, price clipped. Published in Colaboration with the Gibert White Museum. This is the redesigned and illustrated edition with additional material of the first publication in 1789. 256 pages with large color prints throughout.
1985A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 11 3/4"w x 12"h. 144 pages. Inscribed by Art Wolfe on title page. 4 page article from Columns: Five pages from the University of Washington Alumni Magazine on Art Wolfe laid in.
rif. 217985London, J. Bailey, (ca 1815) in-12, 32 pp., frontispice gravé dépliant, bradel demi-toile rouge, dos recouvert de maroquin rouge, couverture conservée, titre doré en long (reliure moderne). Légère usure d'usage mais néanmoins bon exemplaire.
2017Book and jacket in as new unread condition. 281pp. The author takes us from the microscopic levels of observation to the big philosophical, ethical and scientific questions. Are we the only living things able to experience feelings intensely and consciously - what is going on in an animal's head. This book helps us answer that question. Hardback scarce in the UK.
2010rif. 23090160Wiley Blackwell UK 2010. Fourth Edition. Hardcover Printed Boards. Very Good. Hardcover Printed Boards. 565 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Wiley Blackwell UK 2010. Fourth Edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Pages are lightly creased. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This established popular textbook provides a stimulating and comprehensive introduction to the insects the animals that represent over half of the planet's biological diversity. In this new fourth edition the authors introduce the key features of insect structure function behavior ecology and classification placed within the latest ideas on insect evolution. Much of the book is organised around major biological themes - living on the ground in water on plants in colonies and as predators parasites/parasitoids and prey. A strong evolutionary theme is maintained throughout. The ever-growing economic importance of insects is emphasized in new boxes on insect pests and in chapters on medical and veterinary entomology and pest management. Updated 'taxoboxes' provide concise information on all aspects of each of the 27 major groupings orders of insects. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN/EAN: 9781444330366. Inventory No: 23090160. 9781444330366 Wiley Blackwell hardcover
1939Hardcover, first edition, in clipped dust jacket. Jacket is edgeworn, both marked and tanned at spine. Foxing to jacket inside and out, few small tears to spine ends. Board edges lightly rubbed, endpapers tanned, prelims foxed. Very minor penned marginalia, text remains clean. Author's newspaper obituary laid-in. AD Used
1969rif. 12787Marshall Cavendish Coporation. 1969. Hardcover. Very good to good some spines a bit toned a few cover marks and a few corner bumps. No dust jackets issued. A nice profusely illustrated 20 volume set. A heavy oversized set additional postage will be required. ; Color photographs. . Marshall Cavendish Coporation hardcover
1873Hardcover, first edition, without dust jacket, 144pp. Brown cloth boards have gilt printing to front. Boards are shelfworn, tanned at spine, worn along edges and chipped at spine ends. Former copy of the Royal Veterinary College, Camden Town, with inscription penned to FEP and bookshop sticker to front pastedown. Hinge break at FEP, light foxing of pages and tanning of endpapers. Text is clean and clear throughout. AD Used
1975Ex-library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 113 pages, b&w illustrations, photos. Book has been re-bound by library into heavy, strong hardback buckram covers that are brand new with sharp corners and a clean, straight text block.
1876rif. jls12London: The Linnean Society / Longmans Green & Co. G: in Good condition. Cover rubbed. Spine darkened. Front hinge cracked and weak. Loss to spine. Title panel missing. Ex Geological Society of London. 1876. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xxvi 407pp plates. 31 b/w plates. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . The Linnean Society / Longmans, Green & Co hardcover
1873rif. jls11London: The Linnean Society / Longmans Green & Co. G: in Good condition. Cover rubbed. Spine darkened. Ex Geological Society of London. 1873. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". iv 556pp plates. 15 b/w plates 1 fold-out. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . The Linnean Society / Longmans, Green & Co hardcover
1870rif. jls10London: The Linnean Society / Longmans Green & Co. G: in Good condition. Cover rubbed. Spine darkened. Front hinge cracked and weak. Ex Geological Society of London. 1870. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". iv cxxxii 514pp plates. 19 b/w plates. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . The Linnean Society / Longmans, Green & Co hardcover
1894rif. 15607London & NY: Macmillan 1894 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The two books protected in a fine gray slipcase. Blue cloth gold stamped decorations of elephants on first book and cobra on second. All edges gilt. The Jungle Book is a 2nd or 3rd printing in that first year 1894 and has white endpapers apparently replacing original slate/green paper. The Second Jungle book has the slate/green endpapers with foxing on verso; rear endpaper neatly repaired in the gutter and partly separated in the front gutter. Spine and board edges slightly rubbed and wear at the corners of both books. Bookplate on first book endpaper. Not available for international shipping. Macmillan hardcover
1989303pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, clean & unmarked
