Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991. Hardcover. First printing. A very fine, fresh, unused copy in equally fine dust jacket. 201 pps. with glossary .Entertaining, informative look at feline behavior by a professional cat psychologist. The author examines the symptoms and causes of dozens of cat behavior problems, from annoying everyday habits.....
Trenton,,NJ: State of New Jersey, 1916. First Edition. Cloth. First printing. Slim octavo in blindstamped dark brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 222 pps. with index. Includes sections on the cranberry industry, potato diseases, insectivorous birds, fertilizers and, interestingly, an address to board by evangelist Billy Sunday. Very good.
Harcourt, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated and with code line"ABCDE". Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 143 pp. Illustrations by Marguerite Dorian. A philosphical fireside tale of the curiously named female cat Thomas Gray, who found herself at Cambride University helping a historian of mathematics with his research.....
Washington, Ct: Lapin Enterproses, 1977. Limited ed. Hardcover. Slim octavo in charcoal grey cloth lettered in gilt and with tipped on drawing of the title character. One of 25 copies only for presentation (out of a limitation of 150 hardcover copies only); the presentation copies were numbered 126-150 and this.....
New York: H.M. Caldwell, (1906). Hardcover. Slim 12mo. hardcover in decorated half paper covered boards over green cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Title page printed in red and black. 92 pp. With eight art nouveau-style black and white drawings by C.E. Allen. Advert on the verso of the half-title.....
London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1861. Hard Cover. Slim, square 8vo. in blindstamped violet cloth further stamped in gilt on front coloth and spine strip, with cover design of four of the title creatures; all edges gilt. 38 pps. with 14 illustrations. Later edition (first was 1851) of this children's.....
Lexington, KY: The Blood Horse, 1967. revised. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Hardcover. In very good condition with some spotting to the cloth. A very good dust jacket. 130 pages with index. Illustrated with photographs.
New York: Bulfinch, 2006. First American edition. Unknown. New in dust jacket. Oversized hardcover. 151 pp. Illustrated throughout with color photographs of kittens by the author. An enchanting perspective on how kitten see the world graced by charming photos by New Zealand photographer Rachael Hale.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. In very good condition, and without a dustjacket. Quite scare in first edition. 256 pages. Illustrated with photographs.
Union City, NJ: Books About New Jersey/William H. Wise, 1977. First. Cloth. First edition. Cloth, 370 pps. with index; illustrated in color and black and white. Recognized as one of the finest and most complete single volumes on New Jersey wildlife ever published. Full information on Garden State species. A......
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. A tight, bright, fine copy with soem scraping to the top edge of the boards; pair of light stamped initials top corner of the title page. Hardcover in brown cloth with spine lettered and decorated in gilt. ix+184 pp. with.....
NY: Macmillan, 1928. Decorated Cloth. Reprint (originally published in 1910) of this collection of tales of noble animals by a master storyteller of backwoods tales. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt and with gilt illustration of a moose in the wild. Frontispiece illustration of The Grey Master (a wolf). A......
Macmillan, 1982. First printing. Hardcover. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine condition, issued without dustjacket. About 50 pages.
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1882. Hardcover. Octavo hardcover in dark brick colored cloth with spine lettered in gilt and gilt front over decoration of the head of a horse. 142 pp. with index. Frontispiece portrait engraving of the author and 50 additional engravings in the text. A tight, bright.....
NY: Scribners, 1901. First. Decorated Cloth. First edition, first impression stated. Olive green cloth stamped inj gilt and with gilt, brown and dark green decoration. Engraved title page printed in red and black; 361 pps., illustrated with over 200 drawings including full page plates. Classic book of fanicful animal stories.....
Allenhurst, NJ: Kennel Club Books, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. New, unused copy. Glossy color illustrated hardcovers. 155 pp. plus index. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. A Special Rare-Breed Edition issued by the American Kennel Club. Complete history of the German Pinscher breed, a prototypical working dog whose ancestry traces to.....
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in dark brown cloth lettered in gilt. 166 pp. with index. 12 full page color plates at rear. Stamped presentation inscription and facsimile signature of Secretary of Agriculture J.M. Rusk on the second blank. Extremely scarce in the.....
Newark, NJ: NJ Sco. For Prev. Of Cruelty to Animals, 1874. First. Original Wrappers. First printing. 31 pps. in original printed wraps, rear wrap decorated with an engraving of the emblem of the Society. IN CRISP, FINE CONDITION, VIRTUALLY AS IT WAS ISSUED, with a faint touch of dustiness to.....
Cincinnati: C.F. Vent, 1867. First edition. Leather_bound. Thick 8vo hardcover in original publisher's black glossy leather, ornately blindstamped, spine titled in gilt and circular gilt decoration of three horses on front cover. Marbled endpapers. 600 pp. with glossary of scientific and technical terms, general index and table of symptoms. Single.....
Random House Publishing Group, 2013. First edition. Hardback. New in dust jacket. First edition/printing. Hardcover in blindstamped white paper covered boards. xix + 329 pp. including section of contributor biographical information. Illustrated in color and black and white with reproductions of New York covers and cartoons. Foreword by Anthony Lane.....
D. R. Godine/ Nonpareil, 1979. First Thus. Hard Cover. First edition thuis, facsimile reissue of the original 1926 edition which in turn was an adaptation of Edward Topsell's "Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes" (1607) and "Historie of Srpents" (1608) with a dash of a 1601 version of Pliny's "Natural History". Cloth.....
New York, New York, U.S.A. Howell Book House, 1992. Glossy Hardcover. Glossy illustrated hardcovers; 248 pps. with glossary. Illustrated with photos. Complete guide to the dalmatian, one of the most recognizable and popular breed of dog in the world. Authors Esmerelda and Alfred Treen here update and revise their classic.....
Trenton, NJ: The Society, 1887. First. Wrappers. 69 pps. in printed wrappers. Collection of articles dealing with various aspects of natural history, including wild flowers, the muskrat, nesting habits of the humming bird, botany, etc. Generally fine, clean copy with just a bit of chipping to the spine.
Glasgow: Privately Printed, 1869. Limited. Hard Cover. Octavo (x) 62 pps. One of 200 copies only (150 octavo and 50 quarto). Very scarce early study on birdlife in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. 20 engravings, tissue guards. Apparently contemporary binding maroon halfleater over dark green paper-covered boards. The binding is.....
Washington DC: GPO, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dark brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. First edition. Department of Agriculture Special Report No. 12.292 pp. with index. 15 color plates, one folding chart, two black and white plates. A tight, generally fine example, very minor loss to the.....
