King Solomon's Ring

Book Condition: Good. Some wear. Previous owner name written in pencil in front endpapers. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Scuffs and wear. Some small tears along jacket edges. Price corner of dust jacket clipped off.

New York, NY Thomas Y. Crowell: Apollo , 1961. Paperback First Edition Thus [1961], so stated. First Edition Thus [1961], so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to the panels of the wrapper covers; faint stress-creasing along the front hinge and at the… Read more about this item

Pan Books Ltd, 1957. Paperback. Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Remark. 221 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and inscriptions to half title page. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Small tears and chipping, with heavy tanning and marking… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co., 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. First thus.. 202 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf… Read more about this item

Pan Books Ltd, 1957. Paperback. Good. 1957. First Edition Thus. 221 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light… Read more about this item

London: The Reprint Society, 1953. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Methuen, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. Reprinted. 202 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light tanning to otherwise clear pages, pastedowns and free endpapers. Slightly more prominent to text block edges. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1952. Reprinted. 202 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by the author. Pages with mild foxing and tanning. Binding remains firm. Torn front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Gilt… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. Reprinted. 202 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and… Read more about this item

Minor chipping at volume edges. Otherwise sound, clean volume.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. 202pp. Illustrated by the author and with a foreword by Julian Huxley. Spine cocked, extremities worn, corners bumped, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper.

The Reprint Society, London, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Konrad Z. Lorenz. Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. Konrad Lorenz was gifted with a similar power of understanding the animal world. He was that rare beast, a brilliant scientist who… Read more about this item

New York: Time Inc.. 1962. Special Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Near Fine in wraps. .

NY: University Paperbacks, 1964. Some edgewear and rubbing of covers, interior good if a little age toned. A reasonably good reading copy. Soft Cover. Fair to Good.

Foreword by Julian Huxley. B/w illustrations by author. Yellow cloth board with gilt titles on black label to spine. Black top edge. Binding tight. Light spotting to rear cover. Content clean and bright. A couple of fox spots to fore-edge. Jacket not clipped with a little chipping to top edge and rubbing to folds. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes… Read more about this item

New York: TIME INC. 1962, 1962. Trade Paperback. Used: Very Good. Trade Paperback. Very Good. I have two copies of this book in the same condition. Light edge wear, bumped lower tip, minor shelf wear. Binding and pages tight. Fine interior.

Signet, 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. 1972. First Printing. 215 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Pen inscription to front… Read more about this item

Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1961. Good trade paperback, slight wear.. Trade Paperback. Good.

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1955. Reprint. 202 pages. Orange jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown, with visible marks to free endpaper opposite. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1965. Reprinted. 202 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. 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… Read more about this item