Wild Animals

Privately Printed for W. S. Van Dyke by California Graphic Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition, first printing of legendary American film director W. S. Van Dyke's journal written during the filming of Trader Horn in central Africa, a film, in turn, based on the book Trader Horn by celebrated ivory trader Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn. "First Printing" so stated on copyright page. Inscribed and signed by W. S. Van Dyke on front free endpaper thus: "To you Tyler - | and don't be too hard | on it! | W. S. Van Dyke | L. A. | 1-22-35." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Bound in dark blue linen with gilt lettering to front and spine panels and gilt water buffalo to front panel. Includes 26 full-page photos of natives, big game animals and more, taken on location. 219 pp. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. An exceptionally presentable copy of an important African safari collectible.

Albany, NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lighlty soiled, pages toned and some light finger soiling.. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and black and white illustrations by Hy S. Watson. Blue cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. 24 color plates of fish, possibly by Denton, of Sea Herring, Kingfish, Rock Bass, Cod, Flat Fish, Rose Fish, Burbot, Maskalonge, Channel Bass, Calico Bass, Crappie, Yellow Mackerel, Pollack, Spotted Catfish, Flounder, Pompano, Short Pompano, Haddock, Gold Fish, Fresh-Water Drum, Hake, Whiting, Halibut, Spade Fish. Color plate of Partridge by W. S. Gillette and color plate of Beaver by Ernest Thompson Seton. Two folding maps of Adirondack areas. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 419 pages .

London: Spring Books, [1956]. Folio. Original buff, heavy-grain cloth, titles to spine and Stegosaurus design to upper board in brown. With the dust jacket. 60 lithographic plates of which 31 are in colour. Lower corner of the binding knocked, which has also slightly creased the corner of the text block and the jacket, spine rolled. A very good copy in the bright jacket that is lightly rubbed at the extremities with a few nicks and short closed splits. First English language edition, first impression of this vibrantly illustrated work, originally published in Prague under the title Tiere der Urzeit in the same year. Rare in the dust jacket in such nice condition. Between the 1930s and 1960s "the foremost painter of dinosaur restorations was Zden k Burian (1905-1981). His canvasses were used to illustrate a number of popular books on prehistoric life by Joseph Augusta, and in the late 1950s and 1960s these were translated into English and widely circulated. So the Burian illustrations offered an… Read More

London: Wilson and Spence and R. Christopher & T. Jennett, 1803. 1803 EARLY ENGLISH CHILDREN'S NATURAL HISTORY WITH 95 COPPER PLATES CONTAINING 300 ANIMALS PICTURED AFTER ILLUSTRATIONS PUBLISHED IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. 6 3/4 inches tall hardcover, recent 3/4 leather binding with gilt rules and marble paper covered boards, spine with raised bands and gilt red leather label, new endpapers, 210 pp, 300 animals illustrated on 95 copper plates, including folding plate of whaling in Greenland (reinforced with paper backing). Browning to title page and page edges, overall good+ in custom archival mylar cover. THOMAS BOREMAN (1730–1743) was one of the earliest English children's book publishers particularly dealing with animals. His bookshops were located around London. Boreman published along with Richard Ware and Thomas Game from the 1730s. His Three Hundred Animals was the first, published ca 1730 and written for children. He published approximately a dozen titles. Many of his books were based on… Read More

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1905. 1st. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. The Aquatic Resources of the Hawaiian Islands, Section II. the Deep-Sea Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands; Section III. the Commercial Fisheries" -- Government Printing Office, 1905. (extracted from the Bullettin of the US Fishing Comission.) List of Illustrations: 8 pages, Text and 81 Illustrations on 138 pages (pagination from 575-713), 11" x 8" 35 plates are full-page with 1 or 2 illustrations printed only on recto. Plus 46 illustrations in the tex.Very good detailed printing quality. Solid blue hardcover binding. with gilt title and publication year on the spine. Spine a bit rubbed. Ex-Libris of Robert Hoyt (1929) in inside front cover. === Very rare, especially in this quality. Ships from Hawaii. ==.

New York: Unpublished, 1919. William Joseph Schaldach (1896-1982) was a writer on art and outdoor sporting, editor for Field and Stream, and most notably an important American wildlife artist. The original watercolor offered here is one of his earliest works, probably done while he was studying at the Art Students League under John Sloan and George Bridgman. In addition to his signature ("W. J. Schaldach '19") at the lower right of the image, there also is included a piece of craft paper with the following written in pencil by the artist: "Central American Boa-Constrictor Study from live specimen. March 1919--W. J. Schaldach." The image is 3 inches by 7 1/4 inches and is matted 10 1/8" X 13" and shrink-wrapped. The watercolor study is clean and bright.. SIGNED. Original. Single Sheet. Near Fine. Illus. by W. J. Schaldach. 3" X 7 1/4". Fine Art Print.

MARTIN Jr., Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Pictures by Eric Carle. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1983]. 4to, [24]pp. Orange boards with spine stamped in gold and front in blind. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slight chipping to upper spine end). With a bookplate signed by the artist, Eric Carle, laid in.
Second edition, first printing. Featuring a slightly different cover illustration than the first edition, this edition from 1983 is delightful example of the book that launched Eric Carle's career as an illustrator (Bill Martin Jr. having spotted an advertisement Eric had illustrated and recommending him for this book based on that) as well as a collaboration between Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle that led to three other books in this series. A vibrant, rhythmic story that has become a classic, delighting children and adults for over 50 years!

London: H. G. Bohn , 1859. Handsomely bound in full polished calf, intricate gilt back , marbled end papers and edges, stamp-signed "Huches & Kemp Binders Oxford" bottom edge verso front end page. Very Good Plus, front board top 1" slight fading, boards lightly rubbed and soiled, moderate foxining at first few end pages front and rear but clean of foxing internally. Presentation inscription front end page dated 1865 gifting the book to a fellow Etonian on leaving the school. New Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Partially Re-Written. . Uncommon in commerce in contemporary fine binding. . New Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Washington DC: Beverley Tucker. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name (Ralph S. Palmer) stamped on . front pastedown endpaper, pages toned, some light scattered foxing and a . few smudges.. 1857. Hardcover. Volume VIII of this multi-volume survey made for the US Secretary of War in 1853-56 to plan a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean is concerned with mammals found on some of the proposed routes. Red cloth binding titled in gilt on spine. Many wood-cut engravings in the text and engraved plates detailing skulls, teeth, and other anatomical details of various mammalian species. xlviii, 757pp + 43 engraved plates. Bound in circa 20th century red reinforced cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Index of common names, index of scientific names. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

First UK edition, London, 1898. Hardcover. An English sailor describes life aboard an American whaling vessel. Overall condition is Very Good: primary condition issue is sun fade to front board and spine. Gutters showing front and back but all is holding together and only slightly tender. Interior is excellent. Gift inscription on half title dated 'Jan./99' along with prior bookseller's pencil note. Complete as issued with all blanks, 8 illustrations and folding map. This copy is distinguished by the scarce red brick binding. Almost all other first editions have the blue binding. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: True 1st UK editions are dated on title page 1898 by Smith, Elder & Co., London. Those without dates on title page are later issues. The 1st US edition is Appleton dated 1899 on title page. There is no such thing as an 1897 edition although you will find some for sale. For more info see Hill 212.

Kerruish, Jessie Douglas. The Undying Monster: A Tale Of The Fifth Dimension. (Apa The Hammond Mystery) 1936 First Edition, Macmillan Company, NY. IN 2 dust Jackets! The original unclipped $2.00 red and black graphic design dust jacket (discoloured by exposure to marine air) and a new Facsimile replacement dust jacket for a great looking shelf display appearance! EXLIB. Green Boards with black titling. 256 pages. 5 5/8 X 7 15/16 . Summary: "First published in 1922, The Undying Monster set the stage for the many classic werewolf movies and stories that would follow. A centuries old family curse resurfaces to torment the only two remaining family members of the old Hammond dynasty. Set against the backdrop of the Sussex South Downs. Widely regarded as one of the best werewolf novels, brought to the big screen by 20th Century Fox in 1942 (retitled in Britain as The Hammond Mystery)."

Red cloth front cover has a black border design, title in gold gilt outlined with black and also a large crab in gold gilt catching a shrimp, with text and illustrations that are bright with no rubbing. The rear board has a debossed flower design. All the board edges show slight edge wear with more along the bottom near the spine. The spine is also in gold gilt with black text but has a chip out of the back strip as well as cloth wear at the top and bottom. All corners are worn with bumping. Also, slight blemishes to the rear board. Spine has a slight slant but with not cracking to the decorative endpapers, although there is an approximate 2" tear in the fabric at the top of the rear gutter. The overall text block is solid with all pages firmly attached and gold gilt to all three edges of the text block. Age tanning throughout. Tissue guard over frontispiece illustration is intact. There is a previous owner book plate on the front endpaper, a sticker with his name underneath. On the reverse side of… Read More

New York, Delacorte Press, 2000, hardcover, 181 pp, First Printing thus by numberline, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bump to head of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight scuff to heel of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The first book in the master of children's fantasy writing's twelve-book, 'Wolves' series. Illustrated from drawings by Pat Marriott. ISBN 9780385327909

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1889. Small folio, pp iv, 117 plus 115 plates {numbered 1 - 98, + bis plates numbered 3*, 20*, 20**, 21*, 29*, 33*, 37*, 52*, 53*, 54*, 55*, 56*, 61*, 61**, 61***, 66*, 66**, 72*}, slight foxing and marking internally, occasionally a suggestion of darkening round the plate margins, plate 9 is marked and oxidised around the margins, one internal hinge cracking a little, original red and green cloth, a little scuffed and worn, the lower joint splitting but still sound, the upper joint with a small split. An owner's tiny stamp on the front endpaper - "Horace W. Sanders". [A publisher's note explains that the authors "Illustrations of the Fossil Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland" had already become extremely rare, and it was decided to re-issue the illustrations as engravings made from the original steel plates. In its turn, this work has now perhaps become equally rare.]. First Edition thus. Cloth. Good.

You get one vintage Real Indian Trapping & Snaring Course Spiral Bound published by Bill Hoffman in Russell, Manitoba. It is illustrated by Bill Hoffman and is in English. It measures approximately 11 inches long by 8.5 inches wide. The book is in good condition. The plastic spiral is in good condition and there are no loose pages. The covers and edges do have some wear. .The pages tanned some over the years, but they are free of writing and in good shape. Please see all pictures.