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Hardcover. NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 112 pages. Sepia-toned drawings by James Pearsall. In this intimate autobiography, a gorgeous Siamese feline pours her heart out to Douglass Parkhirst, who digs cat lingo purr-fectly. As the cat matures and goes out on her own, she describes her adventures in a bachelor's apartment, her jealous fits over one of her master's female admirers, her first encounter with a mouse, plus many other newsy tidbits that will delight sophisticated cat lovers. Clean copy.

Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, Revised Ed., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A new edition of the 1969 book, this one with new color art by Alexander.

Softcover. Decatur IL, Illustrated Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, magazine format, 80 pages. Two long profiles on illustrators Frank McCarthy and Paul Bransom, All in color.

Softcover. Decatur IL, Illustrated Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, magazine format, 80 pages. Two long profiles on illustrators Frank McCarthy and Paul Bransom, All in color.

Hardcover. NY, National Travel Club, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped with red lettering, 298 pages. Illustrated with 88 b&w photos. A famous naturalist tells of his adventures in central Africa, accompanied by his photographs. Name and address on half-title page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Platt & Munk, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages. Color-illustrated boards, lovely color illustrations in margins, decorated endpapers. Edgewear to covers; a very neat, tight copy.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket with mild fade to spine. Mary Ellen Mark fell in love with the Indian circus in 1969, during her first trip to India. As she watched a huge hippopotamus walk around the ring with its mouth wide open, wearing a pink tutu, she was struck by the beauty and innocence of the show. She returned to India many times, and in 1989 and 1990 she devoted six months to photographing eighteen circuses, following them around the continent by train, plane, van, and auto-rickshaw. Secretive, highly competitive, and each a closed, self-sufficient society, the circuses embody what Mark calls "a poetry and a craziness that are still uncorrupted, and honest, and pure." Beautifully printed in tri-tone, this remarkable collection of photographs captures the texture of circus life outside of the ring - exhausting, humorous, poignant, and often bizarre - as well as the affection and devotion that the performers have for each other and their animals. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight fraying at corners of dust jacket and faded spine. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Publishers, 2nd, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 513 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A copy with minor wear to dust jacket edges, closed tear on front and crease on rear dust jacket. Previous owner's name written on front fly leaf. Light foxing to top edge page block.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Kestrel, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Letizia Galli. The animals on the Ark become restless and forgetful until the wise goats remind them of their roles before the flood. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 281 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Julian Messner, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 480 pages illustrated with 140 b&w photographs. A book of natural history, travel and adventure. Binding of brown cloth with bold silver titles on front and spine. Very clean, tight binding, solid, square, sharp corners, unmarked.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Color illustrations by Dale Gottlieb. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping, and rubbing.

Hardcover. Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 162 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Einar Norelius. Text by Nils Bohman. Areas of staining/darkening to illustrated covers. Interior pages clean, unmarked.

Hardcover. NY, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black. Lavishly illustrated with black & white photographs by Louise Birt Baynes and Ernest Harold Baynes. 145 pages. Super condition, bookmark of former Governor of Vermont (Redfield Proctor) on inside front cover. Otherwise bright and clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harper, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket that features glitter in the snow. Ride along with a girl, a boy, their pony, and a mischievous dog as they travel to Grandma's house. With playful animals in their path, their journey gets a bit sidetracked. But soon enough they arrive at Grandma's--where an unexpected visitor fills them with holiday cheer!

Hardcover. NY, Random House/Literary Guild , 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 160 pages, with sepia-tone Illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, minor edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Hardcover. NY/London, Frederick Warne and Company, reprint, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in blue cloth covers stamped in black with a color pastedown illustration. Fabulous color plates (all present) and b/w drawings by Brooke. Originally published in 1935. Dust jacket with light edgewear. tanning to edges. Book is clean and bright.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st , 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 111 pages. Color, B&W illustrations by Keith Ward. Light gray cloth with bright color label illustration. clean, tight.

Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st UK, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. With b/w illustrations and a color jacket by John Schoenherr. A juvenile novel set in the Alaskan Arctic, about an Eskimo girl surviving in a wolf pack. Winner of the Newbery Medal. The first English printing.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Illustrated boards, 64 pages illustrated in 2-colors and full color by Hoff. Book with light spine wear, overall shelf wear, clean. Dust jacket fair with closed tears, soil.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 4th pr., 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. 7 plates by J. R. Allen. Dust jacket with chipping, light soil.

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday Doran and Co., reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages, dark green cloth with gilt lettering on cover with a black decoration of a sailing boat. This is the uncommon 1928 reprint, notable for the 35 b&w illustrated plates by different artists but not credited. The chapter decorations are by John Lockwood Kipling. The book is square and clean, the spine gilt has faded, otherwise very good.