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John Alden Knight. Woodcock. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY, 1944.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G/none, used, maroon colored cloth binding with gilt text on spine and embossed design on upper, color front piece, vi-viii, 161pp plus i-ii to rear. Interior clean no marks, pages slightly toning, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to exterior, the fore-corners of the upper are slightly bumped. No dj.
Seller: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, U.S.A.
KNIGHT, John Alden; BURKE, Dr. Edgar (illus.). Woodcock. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1944.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: viii, 161, ii p. 22 cm. Colour frontispiece, 4 other colour plates and 11 b&w photos. Burgundy cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Top edge burgundy. Tape marks and tears to dustjacket.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$83.25 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. vii, [2], 161, ii. 5 colour plates & 11 b/w illus. cloth. dw (dw soiled with several short tears in edges).
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Knight, John Alden. Woodcock. Alfred Knopf, 1944.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description:
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. WOODCOCK. New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1944.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1944. Limited, signed edition, No.160 of 275 copies, signed by the Author and Illustrator on the limitation page, with an extra color plate. xi+161pp+iipp. Illustrated, with color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke. Green boards lightly sun-faded along top edges. Top pages gilt. Internally a very good, clean copy. All plates present but top edges are lightly age-toned. An extra color plate, not called for, is bound at page 140. The binding is tight and hinges intact. No slip case.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Woodcock. Alfred A. Knopf, 1944.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in very good publisher's slipcase with a few seams neatly repaired. First edition, number 23 of 275 copies, signed by the author and artist.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Woodcock. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, 1944.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LIMITED TO 275 COPIES (copy #54). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. With the eye of the sportsman, a natural history of the woodcock and its habits and habitat, including a guide on hunting the woodcock. Many black and white photographs and several full color plates. SCARCE. In a clothbound and pictorial slipcase.
Seller: Sea Fever Books, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Woodcock. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1944.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Number 114 of 275 copies of the deluxe edition, signed by Knight and Burke. Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 1 vols. 8vo. An excellent and respected work, signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. Biscotti p. 242; Heller 2:693 Original green boards, tan cloth spine, t.e.g., others uncut. Spine stained, else fine. In original green paper slipcase with onlay of Woodcock in flight (slipcase defective) Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 1 vols. 8vo Number 114 of 275 copies of the deluxe edition, signed by Knight and Burke.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Woodcock. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1944.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, No. 190 of 275 copies printed on rag paper, signed by author and illustrator, containing an extra colored plate (at p. 140). Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautiful copy of a handsome book, signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. Biscotti p. 242; Heller 2:693 Original green boards, gilt, tan cloth spine with lettering piece. Almost fine. Booklabel of Lauriat's Books 91 Franklin St. Boston Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo First Edition, No. 190 of 275 copies printed on rag paper, signed by author and illustrator, containing an extra colored plate (at p. 140).
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Woodcock. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1944.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Burke, Edgar. First Edition, No. 206 of 275 copies printed on rag paper, signed by author and illustrator, containing an extra colored plate (at p. 140). Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Biscotti p. 242; Heller 2:693 Original green boards, gilt, tan cloth spine with lettering piece, t.e.g. Almost fine in green damaged pictorial slipcase Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo First Edition, No. 206 of 275 copies printed on rag paper, signed by author and illustrator, containing an extra colored plate (at p. 140).
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Woodcock. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1944.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, No. 145 of 275 copies on Rives Liampre All-Rag Paper, signed, containing an extra color plate. Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautiful copy of a handsome book, signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. Biscotti p. 242; Heller 2:693 Original green boards, gilt, tan cloth spine with lettering piece, very fine in slightly worn board slipcase Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, No. 145 of 275 copies on Rives Liampre All-Rag Paper, signed, containing an extra color plate.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Woodcock. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1944.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, "Publisher's Copy" of 275 copies on All-Rag paper signed by the author and illustrator, also including an extra plate. Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautiful copy of a handsome book, signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. Original green boards, gilt, tan cloth spine with lettering piece, fine, with some toning at frontis. and t.p., in slightly worn board slipcase. Bookplate of M. L. Biscotti Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke, 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161, ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, "Publisher's Copy" of 275 copies on All-Rag paper signed by the author and illustrator, also including an extra plate.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.