Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, Algonquin Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 240 pages. Each morning at first light, Michele Raffin steps outside into the bewitching bird music that heralds another day at Pandemonium Aviaries. A full symphony that swells from the most vocal of more than 350 avian throats representing more than 40 species. "It knocks me out, every day," she says.Pandemonium, the home and bird sanctuary that Raffin shares with some of the world's most remarkable birds, is a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction, with the goal of eventually releasing them into the wild. In The Birds of Pandemonium, she lets us into her world--and theirs. Birds fall in love, mourn, rejoice, and sacrifice; they have a sense of humor, invent, plot, and cope. They can teach us volumes about the interrelationships of humans and animals.
Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated color pictorial boards, 104 pages, approximately field guide size. Color plates by Sutari Bin Supari. Clean copy.
NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2nd pr., 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardccover, red cloth binding, with stamped titles and decoration to upper board and spine, and pastedown illustration in corner of upper board. Color frontis. and 8 b&w plates by Peter Newell. Eight tales of a man and his relationship with various animals. Hinges cracked, binding solid. No markings.
Softcover. Chicago, Reuben H. Lilja , 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 16 pages including covers, verse and color illustrations by Milo Winter. Charming die-cut polka dot "bow tie" is featured on every page, taking different forms with different animals, which include Rabbit, Kitty, Puppy, Duck, Mouse, Chicks, etc. The "bow tie" becomes a sash, package decoration, dress sash, etc.
Hardcover. NY, Ars Edition, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glazed boards. Approximately 5 3/4" x 4 3/4", 18 pages. English version by Mary Lee Theobold. Bohatta was a Austrian writer/artist whose titles were republished in the U.S. in small printings. Color illustrations in the style of Thornton Burgess. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs & Company, reprint, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 103 pages. 24 color illustrations by Tony Sarg. Previous owner named in front endpages. Spine faded, cover shows minor wear and discoloration otherwise very good.
Hardcover. Minneapolis, University Of Minnesota Press, 2nd pr., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 228 pages, color and b&w illustrations. The haunting cry of the loon has for centuries fascinated people living in or near wilderness in northern parts of the world. The loon's call, its ability to dive, and its distinctive black and white feather pattern appear again and again in the myths and legends of North American Indians. There is included a disc recording of common loon vocalizations. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Carpet Bombing Culture, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards. 216 pages, b&w photos. A unique collection of portraits personally selected by one of the UKs foremost portrait photographers covering alternative London's unique counter-cultural history from Punks, New Romantics, Goths, Disco Queens, Soul Boys, Fetish Worshippers, Rockers, Cyberpunks, Ravers, Clubbers and Party Animals. Derek Ridgers has been a feature in the clubs and on the streets of the capital for over 50 years - indulging in his obsession for documenting the people dressed up for the glorious night.
Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 122 pages, in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Six animal stories with full page black and white illustrations by author. Previous owner's inscription and SIGNED UNDERNEATH BY SAVITT. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Edward Arnold, 2nd pr., 1905, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original blue cloth covers worn with faded gilt lettering. Frontis. missing, hinges cracked, B&w photos, folding maps present. An account of the British territories in East Africa, intended as a guide for prospective colonisers, and future developers. Topics discussed include the physical geography, native peoples such as the Swahilis, the Masai, Somalis, and Nandi, vegetations and animals, slavery, the Uganda railway and more. Sir Charles Eliot was a British colonial administrator and commissioner for the Protectorate of British East Africa, now Kenya.
Hardcover. NY, Lothrop Lee and Shepard, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages illustrated in color by Adrienne Adams. Weekly Reader Club Ed. Name on inside front cover, light wear to bottom of spine, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. 32 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Alain (the pen name of Daniel Brustlein, painter, book illustrator, magazine illustrator, and cartoonist). Stamp to front fly leaf otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Garden City, Garden City Publishing, 1st thus, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, illustrated boards. 28 pages illustrated in color and 2-colors by Rojankovsky. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Son's, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY CROWE on the front fly leaf. An account of three extensive journeys undertaken on behalf of the World Wildlife Fund, an international organization working for the protection and conservation of species all over the world. 301 pages with index, b&w photos. Clean copy.
Hardcover. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1st, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in marbled boards with a green cloth spine, 304 pages, 9 1/4 by 12 inches. Ex-lib of Harvard University with bookplate on inside front cover, light stamping. "Reprinted from the Memoirs of the California academy of sciences, vol. IV." 225 pages of text and charts followed by 33 exquisite b&w plates of fish. Sound attractive copy despite scratches, edgewear to cover boards. This book is more for an ichthyologist than a fisherman. Very technical. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.
Hardcover. London, Collins, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A reprint collection of the first four books featuring the mice from Brambly Hedge, charmingly illustrated in color by the author. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton , 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan and blue cloth boards stamped in brown., 255 pages. B&w illustrations by John Schoenherr. A nice copy of Daniel P. Mannix's story of a long-running duel between a fox and a hound. This intense study of animal habits, winner of the 1967 Dutton Animal Book Award, was later adapted by Disney into a heartwarming animated film. Stated First Edition. No dust jacket, light soiling to covers, otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st US, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with a faded spine. 75 pages with monotone illustrations throughout from the engravings of Thomas Bewick .".an allegorical tale based on the old tradition that on Christmas night the animals in the stable -- the ass, the cow, the sheep and the dove --have the power of human speech and thus are able to tell one another of the gifts they have given to the Child." By the author of the Mary Poppins books. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Wheat Ridge CO, Hoflin Publishing, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright red cloth covers with gilt rules and lettering, color pastedown on front. 552 pages, 970 b&w illustrations. A wealth of information on every aspect of the German Shepherd Dog. Many contributors on a variety of topics: history, breeding, behavior and care. Front cover art with light rubbing, name and address on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 40 pages illustrated in color by the author. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 2nd pr., 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an unpriced ($3.50) dust jacket that has chipping and edgewear. The Guard Mouse tells the story of Clyde, a mouse who works as a King's Guard outside Buckingham Palace. Upon stepping down from his position one day, the Guard Mouse hears his name being called - his long-lost cousins from abroad have come to visit him. The story follows the mice on the adventures they get up to in the night, including a detour to Covent Garden Market and a ride on the top of a double-decker tour bus, before duty calls the Guard Mouse back to his sentry box in front of Buckingham Palace the next morning. Inscription on front fly leaf otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Describes the life of herring gulls and great black-backed gulls on Smuttynose Island, one of the two largest gull rookeries along the New England coast. B & w photographs by Sweet. 63 pages.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Mary Chalmers. An I Can Read Book. Charming tale of little Davy & how he makes perfect gift for mother's birthday. Bright, clean copy of a book first published in 1962.
Hardcover. NY, Garden City Publishing, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket with fading, 249 pages. Eight beautiful color illustrations by Marguerite Kirmse along with several b&w drawings in text and her endpapers design. Albert Payson Terhune has gathered together in this volume some of his best known and best loved stories. Clean copy.