animals

Hardcover. US, Ullmann Publishing, 1st, 2010-01-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Over a foot square, color photographs. 320 pages. Photographer Stefan Schutz spent many months traveling through Africa in an all-terrain vehicle. During that time he passed through a variety of countries, landscapes, and seasons, diverting from the beaten track in his search for something different. He often found it in the everyday life of villages, which he experienced at close quarters among large communities of men, women, children, and animals. The result is a fascinating collection of [contemporary] images that depict people and landscapes in a different way from anything we have seen before.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's inscription opposite title-page. Color and black & white illustrations by Disney. Cover shows some wear. Hardbound, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Garden City Publishing, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, squarish book about 10 by 11 inches with unnumbered pages. Bound in pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. Based on the Disney animated feature film. Color illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). Illustrated throughout in color & black/white by the Disney artists. Hinges cracked, mild soil to covers, a tear to last page about 5" long. no loss of paper. No markings.

NY, Abbeville Press, 2nd pr., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 204 pages with 11 full color Mickey Mouse comic stories from the 1930s. Artwork and Introduction by Floyd Gottfredson. Bright yellow dust jacket featuring Mickey has some fading on spine.

Hardcover. Long Beach, CA, Safari Press, 1st thus, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 187 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Pictorial boards, no dust jacket issued. Minor wear to covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, McElderry, 3rd, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Color illustrations by Helen Oxenbury. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 191 pages, b&w illustrations by Fanny Y. Cory. Bright blue cloth covers.

Hardcover. Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 80 pages in color. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Lourie skillfully describes the delicate three-way relationship that exists among the Inupiat of Alaska, the bowhead whales, and the scientists who are there to collect data and study the animals. The Inupiat have hunted bowheads for thousands of years and their very existence depends upon the harvesting of the leviathans. The scientists are there to determine whether the whaling done by these communities is sustainable and not decimating the bowhead population. Using a day-in-the-life format, Lourie follows one particular scientist, John Craighead George, as he goes about collecting the necessary data. The biologist is careful not to disturb the integrity of the harvest and, in fact, works closely with the Inupiat to do what he needs to do. Interwoven throughout this daylong saga are historical information, scientific facts, and cultural tradition. Crisp color photographs on every page provide a lush complement to the engaging, informative text. Young readers will come away with a stronger appreciation of the bowhead whales, the people who both hunt and respect them, and the scientists who straddle the traditional and modern worlds to gather important information. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Bonsall. An I Can Read Book. A tale of a polar bear, walrus and a puffin. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illustrations by Ray Cruz. Very minor wear to dust jacket. Like new. Hardbound.

Hardcover. Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 292 pages, b&w illustrations. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on the title page. Additionally INSCRIBED BY COHN on the dedication page. Kevin J. Crisman and Arthur B. Cohn show how a confluence of geographic, technological, economic, and social conditions in the United States and Canada turned an ancient idea into a practical alternative to more expensive and dangerous steamboats. Reviewing evidence from travelers' memoirs, regional histories, pictorial records, and the only horseboat ever studied by archaeologists - a wreck on the floor of Lake Champlain's Burlington Bay, in Vermont - the authors trace the evolution of horseboats from early mechanisms that forced the animals to walk in tight circles to "endless floor" treadmills that resembled modern exercise machines. In a lively narrative interspersed with quotes from passenger accounts, the book charts the rise and demise of horseboat businesses on the Hudson River, as well as in New York City, St. Louis, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The authors also describe and record the underwater excavation of the Lake Champlain wreck, revealing a wealth of detail about the construction and operation of a typical treadwheel horseboat of the 1830s and 1840s. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Henry Altemus, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 58 pages, illustrated with 27 color plates by J.L.G. (Johnny Gruelle). Red cloth spine with gray boards and a color label on front cover. Dust jacket has edgewear, chipping, small holes in spine. Previous owner's signature on end papers.

Hardcover. New York , Atheneum, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by author. SIGNED on title page, also INSCRIBED on copyright page by Lewin. A look at Brazil's Pantanal marsh describes the various types of creatures who inhabit it, from the South American caiman, to the world's largest rodent, to storks, egrets, and herons.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ormerod. Touring the zoo, two children pet, ride, and observe a variety of animals. Clean copy.

New York, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. A little mouse runs away from home to find a "nicer" family, but when darkness comes, he misses them and realizes how much he loves them.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, bright pictorial cloth, b&w drawings throughout by author. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Softcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 24 pages featuring color illustrations by Rey with flaps that fold-out revealing baby animals with text on the opposite site. This is the original 1943 edition with the green cloth spine, heavy uncoated paper,copyright on front cover. Light soil, shelf wear otherwise sound copy

Hardcover. NY, Beach Lane Books, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in color by Wolff. When night falls, the sweet and curious black bear cub and his mother go looking for food. Mama hunts and Baby Bear explores. "'Where, oh where, is Baby Bear?' calls Mama." Readers won't worry, because Wolff has hidden Baby Bear in the spread for them to find. "Here I am, Mama," he replies each time. The sky subtly darkens as they make their way through their world, each page featuring creatures that share the habitat with the bear family: the placid owl, a faun, raccoons, and otters. Here too are the mushrooms, ferns, and cattails of a woodland life, providing young viewers with a window into nature. The scope of their adventure is recalled at the end of the story, as Wolff shows the pair making their way back through the meadow, around the pond, across the river, between the birch trees, down the cliff, and into their den. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Masha. Fuzzy texture plates. Dust jacket shows wear and chipping. Slightly musty. Hardcover.

Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with color illustrated label on front cover. INSCRIBED BY BURGESS on front fly leaf. 8 Color plates by Harrison Cady. Green Forest Series

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Co., 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 229 pages,color frontis, endpapers art plus many b&w drawings by Diana Thorne.

Hardcover. Edinburgh, T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1st, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 72 pages. Green cloth with flowers and birds. Cover slightly faded, soiled. Front hinge torn cracked. Back end pages stained. previous owner's signature. Color frontispiece of beavers building a dam, b&w engravings in text.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Untie the ribbon of this stunning book to unfold a decorative panorama of animals preparing to celebrate Christmas. Tiny windows scattered throughout a decorative gift book, reminiscent of an advent calendar, hide the surprises awaiting young readers on Christmas, while the pages show friendly forest animals decking the halls and a rhyming text describes the magical celebration. Clean copy.

hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white photos by Ylla. Light edgewear to dust jacket and rubbing. Shelf wear to covers.