Hardcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 1st US, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine faded. Endpapers drawing in 2-colors, b&w illustrations by Kurt Wiese. American First edition as stated on copyright page. The classic adventures of a young deer growing up and learning about life in the forest until he becomes as his father was, a magnificent stag. John Galsworthy was an advance reviewer, reading the galley proofs in March 1928 and he described it thusly: "Clear and illuminating, and in places very moving, it is a little masterpiece."
Hardcover. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1st UK, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black with a color pastedown label on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignettes and 8 plates by Seton. The work follows the story of a gray squirrel that was raised by a farm cat but is forced to learn how to survive in the woods after his home catches on fire. The work was later adapted into a children's Japanese anime series in 1979. Corners with light bumps, no marking.
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 John Theobald. Bohatta was a Austrian writer/artist whose titles were republished in the U.S. in small printings. Charming color illustrations. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 286 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Unfortunate musty smell, else in flawless condition.
Hardcover. New York , Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 55 pages. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering and design. Some wear to edges and spine. Dust jacket has some wear to edges and spine, with very slight foxing in one corner. Endpages are green paper with illustrations. Includes a notes section, explaining the importance of the ancient Latin poem "Batrachomuomachia," which, when translated into English, also reads "The Battle of the Frogs and Mice," and was a parody on "The Iliad," estimated to be written nearly 300 years after Homer's lifetime. An interesting combination of an ancient text and a children's tale. Inside is nice and bright, clean, and contains many beautiful b&w illustrations drawn by Fred Gwynne throughout.
NY, Random House., 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards, Color illustrations by Briggs. No dust jacket issued. From the beloved creator of The Snowman comes an enchanting big book featuring 124 beautiful pastel illustration panels. A huge, snowy white bear arrives mysteriously one cold winter night and crawls into bed with Tilly. The next morning, Tilly sets about making her polar bear friend welcome and excitedly reports her progress in "civilizing" him to her bemused parents. They are sure Tilly has an imaginary friend. But is he imaginary?
Hardcover. New York , Scholastic, Inc., 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oversized hardcover, color-illustrated laminated boards. Color pencil illustrations by author throughout. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clan and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Hutchinson, 1st UK, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. A young male bear awakens in Spring to discover that his mother is gone, as is normal for adolescent males, and he must learn to survive on his own in the wilds. Handsomely color illustrated by the Caldecott winning author.. No dust jacket. Clean.
Hardcover. NY/London, Overlook Duckworth, 2nd pr., 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 93 pages, illustrated throughout in color by Ronald Searle. Light wear o pictorial dust jacket with small tear to lower edge of spine. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Longmans, Green and Co., Reprint, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 299 pages, illustrated throughout with photos in b&w. This is an abridged translation by Hugh S.R. Elliot and A.G. Thacker.Introduction by P. Chalmers Mitchell. Red cloth, gilt decorations to front and spine. Slight wear along edges and spine, light soiling to covers, faint foxing to top edge, front hinge cracked, else a very neat copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards with black cloth spine. Color illustrations by Garth Williams. Early but not a first. Previous owner's name on end paper, otherwise clean, very good. Lacks dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, W.W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. Hes also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robins emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mothers brain With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and sons ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers' most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet? Powers' thirteenth novel, his first since winning the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Overstory. BEWILDERMENT was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st US, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Gay. Library Edition (NOT ex-lib.). Dust jacket flap clipped. A cheerful story about a baby penguin and his arctic friends.
Hardcover. New York, Ariel Books, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 49 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by Tasha Tudor. Bright yellow cloth with blue lettering and drawing of rooster on front. This copy SIGNED BY BOTH McCREADY & TASHA TUDOR on title page. Dust jacket with darkening to edges, chipped at top of spine, Book is clean, bright.
NY, Macmillan Co., 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 92 pages. The story of a little brown goat. Color, black & white illustrations by the Haders. (small number 3 on bottom of title-page signifying?). G+ with light corner wear, previous owner's lettering on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. Akron OH, Saalfield Publishing, reprint, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 147 pages, illustrated by Arthur Debebian in b&w and 6 color plates. Blue cloth spine, color illustrated boards. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Fragile binding but all there and holding. Vol. 5 in this series.
Hardcover. Philadephia, Delaware Valley Orthithology club, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Two volumes complete. Hardcovers in green cloth, two frontispieces in full color with tissue guards, prolifically illustrated throughout and SIGNED by all contributors. Illustrated by Earl L. Pool; Richard Bishop; Conrad Roland; J. Fletcher Street; Herbert Brown. Moderate wear on cover boards. Inscribed by Stone. One of 1400 numbered sets.
Hardcover. London, J. M. Dent & Co., 1st, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 347 pages, with illustrations. Minor cover and spine edge wear. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Gilt top edge and decorated cover and spine. Tissue guard on frontispiece. Clean pages and tight binding.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan , 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Reg Cartwright. Light edgewear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Vancouver, BC, University of British Columbia Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Gray cloth-covered boards and color pictorial dust jacket in near new condition. "Detailed species accounts provide unprecedented coverage of these birds, presenting a wealth of information on the ornithological history, habitat, breeding habits, migratory movements, seasonality, and distribution patterns." Profusely illustrated in b/w. Includes a variety of color charts depicting the occurrence of 86 species of nonpasserines, from loons through waterfowl.
Hardcover. Vancouver, BC, University of British Columbia Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Gray cloth-covered boards and color pictorial dust jacket in near new condition. "Detailed species accounts provide unprecedented coverage of these birds, presenting a wealth of information on the ornithological history, habitat, breeding habits, migratory movements, seasonality, and distribution patterns." Profusely illustrated in b/w. Includes a variety of color charts depicting the occurrence of 183 species of nonpasserines, from diurnal birds of prey through Woodpeckers.
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 "Bats of Americaby: Barbour, Roger W. & Wayne H. Davis")
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 "Bear, Theby: Briggs, Raymond")
 "Beastly Feasts: A Mischievous Menagerie in Rhymeby: Forbes, Robert and Ronald Searle")
 "Beasts And Men Being Carl Hagenbeck's Experiences For Half A Century Among Wild Animals by: Hagenbeck, Carl")
 "Bewilderment: A Novel by: Richard Powers")
 "Bird Studies at Old Cape May: An Ornithology of Coastal New Jersey (SIGNED BY ALL)by: Stone, Witmer")
 "Birds Beasts And Fishes - A Selection Of Animal Poemsby: Carter, Anne and Reg Cartwright")
 "Birds of British Columbia: Volume 1 Nonpasserines: Introduction and Loons Through Waterfowlby: Campbell, R. Wayne, Neil K. Dawe, Ian McTaggart-Cowan, John M. Cooper,")
 "Birds of British Columbia: Volume 2: Nonpasserines: Diurnal Birds of prey through Woodpeckersby: Campbell, R. Wayne, Neil K. Dawe, Ian McTaggart-Cowan, John M. Cooper")