Animals

Hardcover. Westport, Rabbitt Ears Books, 2nd printing, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Henrik Drescher. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Coward-McCann, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound. Black & white and color illustrations by Wiese. Dust jacket with brown mark front cover, edgewear, light chipping, closed tears. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. NY, Parker P Simmons, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth stamped with a 2-color design of a little girl having tea with two bunnies, Illustrated throughout with b&w photos by Henry Whittier Frees. The rabbits are posed with dolls and dressed in costumes. Inscription on front fly leaf. Front hinge partially cracked but overall a very good, clean copy.

Hardcover. Grand Rapids MI, Zonderkidz , 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color by David McPhail. When a bunny is born in spring, he sees the world as green and new and full of hope. But as the seasons change, the bunny worries that the earth may be dying. Sally Lloyd-Jones' picture book celebrates the Easter season and rebirth. Award-winning artist David McPhail's whimsical illustrations reflect the beauty of the world around us, No dust jacket. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Combel, 1st thus, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with folding plates. Can you find a pair of birds playing badminton, a gibbon with a ribbon, and a starfish shining in the spotlight? In Search and Find: Animals, young children are prompted to search six busy fold-out scenes to find the illustrations highlighted on the large flaps. Each colorful spread features 20 things to find, plus additional amusing animals on a farm, in the Arctic, under a jungle canopy, beneath the waves, across the Savannah, and in the nighttime woods. Spanish Text EDITION.

Softcover. Los Angeles, Price Stern Sloan, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages. Color illustrations by author. The comic misadventures of a group of cats at summer camp.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth covers with gold lettering on spine and front cover. INSCRIBED BY ECKSTEIN on front fly leaf: "to Emilia Johnson with friendly regards/Gustav Eckstein/March 1943". Spine lettering with mild fading, clean copy.

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Sierra Club, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket and cover boards.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Company, 2nd pr., 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt and black decoration, 321 pages. Illustrated with decorated endpapers (map) and vintage black and white photographs. Carl Than Akeley (1864-1926) was a taxidermist, naturalist and inventor was born near Clarendon, New York. Akeley would make five expeditions to Africa collecting specimens, first for the Field Museum in Chicago, and then for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 1911 he proposed to Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the museum, a plan to present animal groups against painted backgrounds that would faithfully recreate the habitat which the animals lived. He had many adventures on the trips to Africa, including one where he was attacked by a leopard. Akeley died on his last expedition in his camp, near Mount Mikeno. This book is an account of Akeley's last expedition, and has a foreword by Henry Fairfield Osborn. The book is shaken and binding a little loose but holding, no loose pages. Previous owner's inscription on blank pelim page otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, Zephyr Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 127 pages. Illustrated with nearly 100 color plates of various carousel animals, as well as other color and black/white photographs. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, dust jacket shows some rubbing and slight curling at the edges. Shows horses and menagerie animals carved out of wood for American and European carousels, traces the history of carousel rides, and looks at some prominent manufacturers.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 3rd Printing, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 57 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ELIZABETH COATSWORTH AT BOTTOM OF FRONT ENDPAPER. Black & white illustrations by Lynd Ward. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1931. Front cover with areas of foxing to cover hinge and along right edge - approximately 3/4" from top to bottom. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Geoffrey Bles, 2nd pr., 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, lightly soiled dust jacket. Blue cloth covers with gilt stamping on spine. 172 pages with lovely pencil drawings of cats by Helen Headland. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. France, Diffusion Glenat, 1st, N/A, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 239 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sunfading to dust jacket spine. An otherwise very clean, unmarked copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLYLEAF.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth black, white and green decoration, 265 pages. B&w drawings by the author. Animal stories told through the eyes of a black and white magpie. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Academic Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 562 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A clean copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Foxing to top page block. Previous owner's name written on front fly leaf. A tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , Farrar Straus Giroux , BC Ed,, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 64 pages illustrated in b&w by Garth Williams. No price on dust jacket so assumed Book Club Edition.

Hardcover. Washington DC, Review and Herald , 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 56 pages illustrated in color by the author. Ex-library with light residue, small stickers. When Chipmunk Willie wakes up from a long winter nap, he is eager to explore the world around him. He finds plenty of excitement when he hunts for food and takes care of his family. There's a surprise around every corner as he runs into an old tomcat, a sharp-eyed hawk, a weasel, and a snake. Join Willie as he scurries from adventure to adventure!

Hardcover. NY, Farrar and Rinehart, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated green cloth with drawing of woodchuck on front cover. B/w illustrations by Sharon Stearns. Light soil, marking to endpapers, interior clean.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. Ii a worn, chipped dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w by Wesley Dennis. With "A" on the copyright page, first thus. 154 pages. light wear to cloth at bottom of spine. George Washington meets his match in a wily fox in this legendary hunting tale from Newbery Award-winning author Marguerite Henry. Cinnabar is a fox. He lives in a den with his family, Vicky and four little cubs. He's a hardworking fox who does everything he can to ensure that his family has what they need. But during fox hunting season, he likes to have a little fun: Every hunt day, promptly at one o'clock, Cinnabar shows up and runs until nightfall. Can the huntsmen ever catch this clever fox? Based on an old legend about fox hunting in the area around Mount Vernon.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w by Wesley Dennis. With "A" on the copyright page, first thus. 154 pages. Stamp with inscription on half-title page. Otherwise clean. George Washington meets his match in a wily fox in this legendary hunting tale from Newbery Award-winning author Marguerite Henry. Cinnabar is a fox. He lives in a den with his family, Vicky and four little cubs. He's a hardworking fox who does everything he can to ensure that his family has what they need. But during fox hunting season, he likes to have a little fun: Every hunt day, promptly at one o'clock, Cinnabar shows up and runs until nightfall. Can the huntsmen ever catch this clever fox? Based on an old legend about fox hunting in the area around Mount Vernon.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, Book Club, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by the Petershams. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Some tape stains on front and rear endpapers. "Parents' Magazine's Read Aloud Book Club" seal on back cover and jacket. Fading along front top edge of dust jacket. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Kael, a black timber wolf, is captured & performs for a circus, until he has the opportunity to escape. Haunting story of a wild Wolf & the gentle man who trains him. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Kael, a black timber wolf, is captured & performs for a circus, until he has the opportunity to escape. Haunting story of a wild Wolf & the gentle man who trains him. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Hyperion Book , 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages illustrated in color. SIGNED BY BOTH author and illustrator on title page.