Search Results: dolphins by alpers antony

John Murray, 1970. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1970. 3rd impression. 251 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over matching cloth. Contains black & white, colour illustrations and plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin c1960, 1961, 1960. stated 1st . Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. 14500 shelf. Indexed. Illus. endpapers. With many b/w photos. Extensive bibliography/ Erik Thorn artwork. very good+, fair price-clipped chipped dj, green cloth 268 pgs

Boston & Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & the Riverside Press. Very Good. 1961. First Printing. Hardcover. Edge Wear .

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. B001H0JAZI . Black and white photographs. Drawings by Erik Thorn. First printing. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear with a small chip at the crown of the spine) dust jacket. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. (xviii) 268 pages, b/w plates, dolphinology, references, index; 8vo, green cloth. Very good, light eear, cover edges slightly sunned; dust jacket fair, chipped, large piece missing.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. G/G. (1961). ........ Cloth w/DJ. 3rd Printing . 8vo., 268 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, chipped, tears, toned, cover edges rubbed, writing on ffe & Tpage .

Houghton Mifflin. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (marine life, animals, dolphins) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

John Murray, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. First Edition. 147 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

London: John Murray. VG/VG+. 1963. 2nd ed enlargd. hardcover. 12mo . 251pp . Slight cock to spine. .

London: John Murray, 1963. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint.. 251pp; Profusely illustrated with b/w photos and textual line drawings; Slight spotting to edges otherwise a bright and clean copy; Previous owner's signature to front end paper; Size: 8vo.

London: John Murray, 1963. Pictorial hardcover without dust jacket, 251 pages, plus black-and-white photographs; gently used ex-library copy with moderate shelf wear to cover edges and corners, library rubber stamped on top and bottom edges and inside both covers, numerals in ink on copyright page, due date slip and card pocket secured to free back endpaper, text pages very clean and unmarked.. Soft Cover. Very Good -.

John Murray, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover of the Second Edition (1963),

Hardback. Very Good/Good. Thorn, Erik. John Murray, London, 1960, first edition; 8vo, pp 147; 20 photographic plates, mostly of live dolphins in the water but also of historic representations, and also some line drawings in the text; very good copy with a slightly frayed pictorial dust-wrapper, the image reproduced also on the front cover. Alpers, a New Zealander, learned of the intelligence and friendliness of a dolphin that had appeared in a north coast bay and stayed to interact and play with bathers, and duly wrote this book looking at dolphins from ancient and other history and well as explainig the biology, habits, family life and stories of "the cleverest mamaal of the sea" and a fascinating and clearly high intelligent and gregarious animal.

Houghton Mifflin. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Dust jacket crown chipped with minor text loss. (dolphins, folklore, New Zealand)

John Murray, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Jacket is rubbed and marked.Previous ownership stamp.Foxing.Old tape residue marks.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

UK: Paukls Book Arcade/John Murray. Good. Hardcover. 1960. 147 pages. tidy copy .

London: John Murray, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition.. 251pp. HARDCOVER. Very clean copy internally. No inscriptions. D/w is present, with only slt. edgewear & tiny area of sticker residue. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.

Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1961. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. 0395073383 . Signed & inscribed by author on 2nd page "For _____, for ___ later, from Antony Alpers, March 1963". Hardcover book is very good, with fair to poor condition dustjacket. Hardcover is clean with light wear to edges, a little moreso to spine ends and corners, corner bumping. Pages clean and intact, light age tanning. B/w photos. Jacket has numerous tears and chips to edges, light staining to rear, not price clipped. "If dogs are man's best friends, perhaps it is only because he sees less of dolphins. In the great age of Greece, literature and legend sang the praises of these extraordinary creatures of the sea, whose sense of fun, friendliness and gentle grace have always endeared them to man...." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author .

London: John Murray, 1960. Book. Illus. by Thorn, Erik. Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. G+, Shelfwear, bumping, mild spine lean, remainder mark, ink name, foxing, browning/G+, Price-clipped, edgewear, marker pen 'X' on rear cover, foxing, browning. Author recounts dolphin tales, both legendary and true, as well as imparting zoological information. 147 pages, including the index. With 18 photographs. Drawings by Erik Thorn. Photo on request..

London, England: John Murray. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial hardcovers in Very Good++ condition. A solid binding with a clean, unmarked text. Light foxing to the front end paper. The DJ is clipped with a lovely painting of dolphins, matching to the book cover. Wear to the spine hinges and light edgewear. ; B&W Illustrations, B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 147 pages .