Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Fitter, R.S.R.. Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds. Collins, London, 1972.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: fifth impression of the first edition, guide to British birds, with numerous illustrations in colour and black and white, very good condition, previous owners' names in ink on ffep., a few ink marks on endpapers, shallow stain on bottom, black lines along fore edge, signed by the illustrator on the title page, split at title page
Seller: Marnie Taylor Books & Antiques, NIAGARA ON THE LAKE, ON, Canada
. The Golden Book of Bird Stamps. Golden Press, 1972.
Price: US$8.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: We find the books, you read. A portion of the proceeds benefits literary initiatives worldwide. We strive to use only biodegradable packaging. pp.48. Eighth printing. Saddle staple, self wrapper. Light shelfwear; rubbing to spine. Bird stamps present. #23022321.00.05.
Seller: Epistemo Jo Books, Manhattan, KS, U.S.A.
Herman, Al. PA WAS A FARMER. New-Wood Press, Woodburn, OR, 1972.
Price: US$9.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 95 pp., Profusely Illus with BW Photos, Illus, Yellow Photo Illus Paperback, 4to, Good, 1st ed (Signed by Author)
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Author's inscription. A few light spots front edge.
Seller: SuzyQBooks, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Heintzelman, Donald S. A Guide to Eastern Hawk Watching. Keystone Books, Pennsylvania, 1972.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 99 text page paperback, w/many photo illust. Inscribed by author to prior owner on title page.
Seller: G.J. Askins Bookseller, New Lebanon, NY, U.S.A.
BAncroft, Griffing. VAnishing Wings. Franklin Watts Inc., 1972.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Copyright Date: 1972 Octavo, 1972, PP.149, Signed By The Author At The Half Title And Noted Sanibel - Captina
Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. Inscribed By Author - Clean In Text. No Marks. Material For This Booklet Gathered By Author From 12 Of His Past Booklets: Sal At
Seller: BookMarx Bookstore, Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.
Ruth C Ikerman. Meditations for bird lovers (signed). Abingdon Press, Nashville and New York, 1972.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book in yellow boards has minor shelf-wear, tight, bright, and unmarked. Unclipped jacket in new mylar cover has rubbing to covers, minor shelf-wear. Inscribed warmly to 'Louise' by author and her husband Larry. A sweet book.
Seller: Andrew's Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Bancroft, Griffing. Vanishing Wings: A Tale of Three Birds of Prey. Watts, 1972.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st printing therefore 1st edition, gift inscription inside front board, Signed on half title page, light wear to dj
Seller: H.S. Bailey, Fort Myers, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.41 + shipping
Description: First edition, inscribed and signed by the author. HB, cloth boards, gilt spine titles, and pictorial dust jacket, 90pp with b/w line drawings by Adamson. Geoffrey Jackson was the British Ambassador to Uraguay who was held to ransom by Tupamaros guerrillas, and during his kidnapping he compiled these memories and stories of animals he had met during his career and his concerns for conservation.Written for children and adults. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf. Minor crease to spine end, light browning to back endpaper; light edge rubbing to jacket. Near Fine in near Fine protected dust jacket.
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
JACKSON, Geoffrey. The Oven-Birds and Some Others. Faber & Faber, London, 1972.
Price: US$12.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribedby the author on the fep , a bright copy in a like dj Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
J C Badcock. In the Countryside of South Leicestershire. Vance Harvey Publishing, Leicester, 1972.
Price: US$12.92 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine book in clean fresh light brown cloth covers with very bright gilt titles to spine and picture of a bird to front. Internally mint; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to title page; very attractively illustrated. The dust jacket is very fine and not price clipped. A lovely copy.
Seller: Silver Trees Books, Malvern, WORCS, United Kingdom
McGinnis, Dale K.; and Floyd W. Sharrock. The Crow People. Indian Tribal Series, Phoenix, AZ, 1972.
Price: US$13.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Softcover. # 10411 of 15,000. SIGNED by Tribal Chairman Edison Real Bird on limited page. Book was printed to commemorate the issuance of the official Crow medal in 1972. Spine is very lightly sunned. Else clean. ; 23D; 9 x 5-1/2"; 106 pages
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Heckman, Hazel. Island Year. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, U.S.A., 1972.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing of the First Edition. The sequel to the immensely popular 'Island in the Sound', continuing the story of the dangers facing plants, birds, and animals in an island in Washington State's Puget Sound waterway. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, contains illustrations, lists of plant and bird names, bibliography, index. 255pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: JB Books, Garrison, ND, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Highlighting in text
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Ikerman, Ruth C.. Meditations for Bird Lovers. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1972, 1972.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Presume 1st Edition. Signed by Author. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Collectorsemall, Rialto, CA, U.S.A.
Davis, William C.. Nobody Calls Me Doctor. Pruett Publishing Company, Boulder, CO, U.S.A., 1972.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 272 Pages. Two line author's signature on front endpaper where someone has pasted a gold seal of the University of New Mexico. Anecdotes and accounts of the family life and wanderings of an itinerant educator through college, the Marine Corps, teaching and coaching to the humorous adventures of a university president in the remote and primitive regions of the high mountain west. Firty-nine short stories 3 to 5 pages each. Some of the titles are: Camelot, Once a Marine, Building Characters, Don't Splash Me, Big Stan, Too Timid to Toot, Every Man a Wildcat, Alumni Togetherness, Football Coaches Father Girls, Here We have Idaho, On Bees and Birds and Dirty Words, Stamp Out Commencement Speakers, How Room VisitationCame to Idaho State, An Anxious Christmas and more. Many of the stories previously appeared in Empire Magazine of the Denver Post, Harper's Magazines and other periodicals.
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo; Stiff wraps, v,106p., profusely illustrated, some in color, maps, reading list. **Copy number 1101 of 15000 numbered copies, signed by Edison Real Bird, Tribal Chairman.
Seller: Janet & Henry Hurley, Westmoreland, NH, U.S.A.
Tufts, Robie W. Birds and Their Ways. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, 1972.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: vi,142 Pp.Line drawings & a few b.&w. photo illus. Illustrations by John H. Dick Signed by author Covers scuffed in a few places ow Vg
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
Whitney Eastman. Treasury of Birds. Wh Smith Pub, 1972.
Price: US$15.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Signed by Robinson on his bookplate on front endpage. From the Art Reference Collection of wildlife artist and outdoorsman Alan James Robinson. This collection was used by Robinson to create his wonderful art and Cheloniidae Press books. (birds, animals, ornithology, reference)
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [xii], 179, 32 b/w photos, b/w illus, map. . HB. Vg. Signed by the author to endpaper. From the library of Michael Bryant, Hampshire ornithologist, with his bookplate. First edition. [9780902280151]
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Burk, Bruce. Game Bird Carving. Winchester Press, New York, 1972.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed by Burk. Owner address label. Very minor sunning to cover edges. Jacket has some darkening at edges. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 242 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Ginn, Peter. Birds of the Highveld. Longman Rhodesia, 1972.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Author(s)Bundu series.the wraps are shelf rubbed.mild tanning.signed and inscribed by author.inscription and pen marks on a few last pages.well bound.very good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Parr, Donald (ed). Birds in Surrey 1900-1970. BT Batsford Ltd, London, 1972.
Price: US$16.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book - very good, dust jacket - very good. Signed.
Seller: Calluna Books, Morpeth, United Kingdom
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 149 pages, illustrated by John Hamberger. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Very minor dust jacket edge wear. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy. Record # 852498
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Nichol, W.. South Africa:A Bird Lover's Paradise. Howard Timmins, 1972.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by Author(s)The boards are a bit shelf rubbed - worn.Internally clean.Well bound.Signed by author.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$18.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition/1st printing. SIGNED and inscribed by author on front end page. Price in pen written on DJ flap but regual $5.95 price present on DJ flap. Hint of foxing to page edges. DJ lightly rubbed with crease on front inside flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Byrd Baylor. When Clay Sings. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback bound in brown cloth-covered boards with bird illustrations on the cover. Book has a minor bump at top of spine as only defect to note. Dust jacket has edge wear with closed tears and the Caldecott Honor seal on the front. Book is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to former owner. The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery. First Edition Third Printing. Great illustrations by Tom Bahti. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Seller: K. L. Givens Books, Bella Vista, AR, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: This is a limited edition print Number 96 of 500 from an oil painting by William Arnold Woodhouse and signed by his son R B E Woodhouse. The image is sized 395 x 330 mm, on medium weight paper sized 445 x 620 mm overall in AS NEW condition apart from a few very minor handling creases around the outside which would be covered by any mount when the print was framed. It will be posted to you via Royal Mail rolled up in a rigid tube. William Arnold Woodhouse (1857-1939) was an English artist. He was born in the seaside town of Morecambe in Lancashire. He specialized in animal portraits in the tradition of Landseer and was often praised for his artistic skill and realism. However, because he rarely travelled outside Lancashire, he did not achieve the full success or fame he deserved and is now mostly forgotten, even in the town of Morecambe itself. He is buried with his wife and daughter at St. Peter's church in the village of Heysham, a little to the south of Morecambe. Some of his paintings are on display in Lancaster City Museum in Lancaster. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual item? Buy with confidence, support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop and help to preserve our High streets as interesting places to shop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre, UK Buy with confidence, support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop and help keep the High Street an interesting place to shop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA (now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 445 x 620 mm. 1 pages. Item Type: Modern Print. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 8. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Animals & Birds; Lithos & Prints; Britain/UK; 1970s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50108.
Seller: Maynard & Bradley, Leicester, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4 light card sheets, each with a poem and illustration, in near fine condition (lower right corners slightly creased), contained in a light card folder, very good condition (creased at the corners and browned), number 217 of an edition of 300 copies signed by the author and artist
Seller: Provan Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Jackson, G.,:. The Oven-Bird and Some Others,. London Faber and Faber, 1972.
Price: US$19.38 + shipping
Description: Signed First Edition : Hardback, brown bds., gold titles, 135 x 200 mm., 200 g., 90 pp., illustrated by George Adamson, inscribed and signed by the author, Geoffrey Jackson on ffep., original pictorial dw., VG/VG copy.
Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+. First edition. Booklet. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JIM FLEGG without dedication or inscription on title-page. 40pp. Illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. Authoritative advice on selection and use of binoculars, telescopes and cameras for bird-watchers. With Bibliography. Field Guide number 14 in the British Trust for Ornithology series. A very good plus copy of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
Seller: Greystone Books, Margate, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth, 310 pages, illustrations; 24 x 31 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author (under his nickname "Shad"). Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Size: Oblong
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This soft cover assumed 1972 first edition is signed by BOTH authors. The book of 108 pages has illustrations by Alicia Linzey. The very good inside pages are tight, bright, and clean, free of markings. The beige soft cover has a bit has a small triangular bit of sunning and a darkened area along the stapled spine. On the whole, it is good.
Seller: George Kent, Bookseller, Silverhill, AL, U.S.A.
Hutchins, Pat. GOOD-NIGHT, OWL!. Macmillan, 1972.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: c.34pp. Blue cloth hardback, DJ VG, flaps glued to inside covers, First Edition First Printing, inscribed and signed on front end page, The story of Owl who has a hard time geting to sleep with all the noise in his tree, until nighttime,
Seller: Karen Wickliff - Books, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing (with "A" on copyright page), SIGNED by the author, in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with gold birds on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Boldly signed on front free endpaper: "With best wishes from the author - Jan Juta." Illustrated with photographs, drawings by the author. 302 pages with Glossary of Words in Afrikkans, Bibliography. Clean dust jacket has two edge chips, is not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wonderful memoir of life in South Africa - first the grandeur of the physical world -- the mountains and plains, the varied flora, birds and animals; the different races, black, brown and white that each contributed to a complex, highly individual nation. Interesting people came to his boyhood home--from Cecil Rhodes, Rudyard Kipling, and other writers, artists, ad intelligentsia visiting South Africa in a past era that made for a fascinating world.
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Inscribed by author on endpaper. Corners slightly bent. Edges of spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper edges have minor tears. Dustwrapper yellow and slightly shelf rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good softcover. Clean with excellent binding. There are B & W pictures throughout. There are 142 pages.
Seller: Masons' Books, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Hagerbaumer, David/Lehman, Sam. Selected American Game Birds. Caxton Pr, 1972.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Hagerbaumer & Lehman on title page. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Small abrasion mark on ffep. Text and images unmarked.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Phyllis Meras. First Spring: a Martha's Vineyard Journal. Chatham Press, Riverside, Ct, 1972.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Riverside, CT: The Chatham Press Inc 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0856990426 This copy has been inscribed ["An enticement --- I hope --- to return / to the Vineyard --- / All good wishes ---."] and signed ["Phyllis L. Meras"] and dated in the year of issue ["Jul 22, 1972."] by the author at the bottom of the front free endpaper [beneath a basically unrelated gift inscription---save that it ends with "I hope to catch Phyllis / again before we join you in / Providence so that you'll have / an inscribed copy"] signed "George" and dated"7/22/72" that takes up the upper two-thirds of so of the page]. "At once a literate personal journal of a city dweller's first year in the country, a critical, poetic report on the condition of an island and its people, and a joyful almanac of lore on eels and lobstering, sea birds and beach plums". 143 pages, illustrated with small black-and-white drawings. Very good with light wear and minor foxing top page edges in dust jacket with light wear and a small closed tear. bx167E Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Bird, Will R.. Angel Cove. Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1972.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by the author on title page. Blue cloth binding with copper author, title and publisher on spine. Top and bottom of spine and corners of binding bumped. 236pp. Content clean, bright and sound. This book may require additional postage. Photos available on request.
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Casson, Paul W.. DECOYS SIMPLIFIED. Freshet Press, Rockville Center, New York, 1972.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Boards (HB) in near fine condition. In very good dust jacket with small brown spots on front and back and two enclosed tears to back top. Inscribed and dated by author opposite title page. 95 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs and decoy plans. For those of you starting another duck dynasty. 9¾" - 12" Tall
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The dust jacket has edge wear, is rubbed and is in a Mylar type protector. The author inscribed on the FFE and there is writing on the title page. There is a small stain on the forward page edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Emily's Books, Brainerd, MN, U.S.A.
Bird, Will R.. Angel Cove. MacMillan of Canada, Toronto, 1972.
Price: US$22.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dustjacket has smalll rips and tears all on top edge, a small chip and some discolouration and fading. Inside is clean. Signed by author.
Seller: ABC: Antiques, Books & Collectibles, Tantallon, NS, Canada
Northshield, Robert. The people's birds. Scribner, 1972.
Price: US$23.11 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Signed Copy . No Dust Jacket Former Library book. Signed by Robinson on his bookplate on front endpage. From the Art Reference Collection of wildlife artist and outdoorsman Alan James Robinson. This collection was used by Robinson to create his wonderful art and Cheloniidae Press books. (Birds, Animals) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Trade Paperback - VG - Book is clean and tight with light wear. - Signed by Author - Illustrated - Index - 248 pages.
Seller: gigabooks, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Jackson, Geoffrey. The Oven-Bird and Some Others. Faber & Faber Ltd., London, 1972.
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Signed by author
Seller: Encore Books, Montreal, QC, Canada
Bancroft, Griffing. Vanishing Wings. Franklin Watts, New York, 1972.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Franklin Watts, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. John Hamberger, Illustrator. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author. Clean unfaded gray cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers, no names, writing or marks. Boldly signed by author on front free endpaper. 149 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has two edge chips on rear panel (top and bottom edge), small corner chip on front panel, slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A compelling novel where the main characters are three native American birds--an eagle, a falcon, and an osprey. 8vo. Birds of Prey.
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: One of 190 copies printed. 21pp. Signed by both Bradleys. A fine copy.
Seller: D. Richards, Bookman, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Panter, Carol. BEANY AND HIS NEW RECORDER (SIGNED). NY Four Winds Press (1972)., 1972.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED "WITH BEST WISHES, CAROL PANTER". Everybody in Beany's family is musical except Pomponio his cat. Beany gets a very old, very fine recorder that came with a legend: Play ye this pipe with joy in your heart & a bird in a tree shall join in. Young readers will be delighted with the story & they will learn about some unusual musical instruments. Boy, his cat, and the recorder are appealingly brought to life in full color by Gobbato. Lovely full-color endpapers showing musical instruments (this was only done on "trade" editions, which this is). Illustrated by Gobbato, Imero.
Seller: Elaine Woodford, Bookseller, durham, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Folio Over 12-15' Tall. Dark red hardboards, gold lettering face and spine; gold birds on face. Some soiling, minor rubbing. Inscription on pastedown. Front hinge starting. Pages clean and unmarked. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Geoffrey Jackson. The Oven-bird and Some Others ---- Author inscription. Faber, London, 1972.
Price: US$25.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback 1972. Author inscription in blue pen. ANOTHER INSCRIPTION IN RED FELT TIP. Clean & tight. Jacket spine has a 1cm section of loss at the bottom. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 301/26. The Ovenbird and Some Others by Geoffrey Jackson. Published by Faber, London
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£1.35). Signed, dated and dedicated by the author with personalized message in blue ink directly to front end-paper. Illustrated by George Adamson. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd small crease/rub to edges, a little patchy browning/few small marks to reverse (white side), minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners and a little patchy creasing/spots of foxing/browning to front/back inner flaps. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners and very minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are slightly tanned. Odd small mark/minor foxing to top edge of pages. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.84 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: inscription from the author, John Taverner, to Eric Hosking ; pp. 176; illustrated with b/w photographs several by Eric Hosking. Hardback binding near fine, not faded, laminate is yellowing, otherwise , corners a litle bumped, unmarked. Contents clean and tight, author's inscription on the front free endpaper, no other marks. A very good association copy. [Eric Hosking OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales, the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird", 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist.] Size: 8vo
Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom
Jackson, Geoffrey. The Oven-Bird and Some Others. Faber and Faber, London, 1972.
Price: US$25.84 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Price-clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Jackson, Geoffrey. The Oven-Bird and Some Others. Faber & Faber, London, 1972.
Price: US$25.84 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Faber & Faber, first edition. Brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, fine in fine dust wrapper. Signed by the author 'To Matthew, with the best wishes of the author, Geoffrey Jackson'. A book of stories about unusual and interesting animals. Sir Geoffrey Jackson was an ambassador in Uruguay and was kidnapped by Tupamaros guerillas, and memories of the animals he had met in his various posts helped to relieve the anxiety and boredom of his captivity.
Seller: Ellis and Co., Shrewsbury, SALOP, United Kingdom
Bancroft, Griffing. Vanishing wings;: A tale of three birds of prey. Watts, 1972.
Price: US$26.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tight, clean. DJ shows rubbing, chipping, tiny piece missing from rear, slight yellowing to flaps. Signed by author and illustrator on the bastard page.
Seller: Burke's Book Store, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Alice Wellman. Tatu and the Honey Bird. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972.
Price: US$28.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The author has written and signed a personal note about the writing of the book on the front endpaper. Book is in pristine condition except for some slight toning and wear along the edges of the dust jacket. Beautiful copy with a lovely inscription.
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Creasing to jacket from being folded
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Bancroft, Griffing., Illustrated by John Hamberger. VANISHING WINGS. NY: Watts, 1972., 1972.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard Cover. First Edition. 149 pgs, cloth. A tale of three birds of prey. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by AUTHOR. Bookplate for the Point Reyes Bird Observatory Library on front past down, circular stamp for the Point Reyes Observatory Library on back free end paper. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket.
Seller: Windy Hill Books, Bacova, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DESCRIPTION: This 303 page Bismarck City History is well illustrated. Table of Contents, Bibliography, photos. * This copy is autographed by all three authors * The previous owner's name is inside of the front cover. * CONDITION: The book is in good or better condition.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Bismarck, ND, U.S.A.
BANCROFT, Griffing. Vanishing Wings: A Tale of Three Birds of Prey. Franklin Watts, New York, 1972.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Illustrated by John Hamberger. x, 149pp. Foxing on topedge with slight foxing on pastedown endpapers, very good or better in a very good dust jacket with a few short tears, light rubbing, and faint interior foxing. Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "For Elise Fuller, with fondest regards, Griffing Bancroft."
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A collection of articles from Eliot's weekly column for the Detroit News, featuring the 101 animals who reside at the Detroit Zoological Park in Michigan. SIGNED by the AUTHOR, with a personalized inscription, to ffep. 217 pages, with pen-and-ink illustrations throughout by local Detroit artist Charles Herzog III. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1972, this oblong small 8vo (9.25" x 8.25") has sepia cloth-covered boards stamped with bright gilt lettering to spine. Bound upside down. Nonetheless, it is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white but completely unmarked. Only flaw is mild bump to middle of fore edge side of front board. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $6.95 price intact to front flap) is Good: with many small holes (insect damage) & rubbing to extremities; protected against further degradation by a new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Description: CONDITION: Very Good; bottom of spine a bit soiled, and quite bumped, otherwise nice. See the matching book Pitatou et les pommiers, also signed, 176633. French language hardback tall. Excitement in the forest of nowhere! All the strange little birds get ready for the arrival of Pitapatte, the great traveller! They have a beautiful feast. Whimsical in the best sense. SIGNED and inscribed by author/artist. "Que la cre te garde toute sa poesie!" ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /LP, illustrator.
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A delightful and colourful hardback book, which is in super good condition. Normal wear and marks apply, consistent with use and age. Dust jacket included. Signed by R.B.Sibson. First published 1972, First Edition. 24 species of Fiji birds, wonderfully illustrated in colour. Introduction by Bruce Palmer, Director of Fiji Museum. All pages intact, all pages, text, maps and illustrations are in really good, clean, readable order. A beautiful book, perfct for all bird lovers.
Seller: Bishops Green Books, Newbury, BERKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$32.57 + shipping
Description: 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 256pp. B/w illustrations. With rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Signed and dated, with dedication to Henry Tegner, on fep; second signature on title. VG: in very good condition. Browning to spine of jacket Blue cloth spine with green hardback board cover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Burk, Bruce. Game Bird Carving (Signed First Edition, First Printing). Winchester Press, 1972.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this classic illustrated guide to the art of bird carving. Inscribed by Bruce Burk to a previous owner (and dated 1973) on the half-title page. Green cloth, 242 pages. The dust jacket a tear on the back cover and a bit of edgewear. Previous owner stamp on two front endpapers (the individual to whom the book is inscribed.)
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: By the beloved author of "Misty of Chincoteague, this is another of her classic children's stories for horse lovers of all ages, this copy lacking a DJ, but SIGNED by the Author with an inscription ("Especially for Erin, 1972" on half-title page. Orig. published in 1948, & never out of print, this is the 22nd printing from 1972. Hardcover (paper over boards) book is downgraded to only Fair condition due to significant damage to top of spine, such that the title is completely illegible. Also, heavy rubbing to extremities & bumped corners. Former owner's bookplate inside front cover, slight discoloration to outside page edges.Our photos depict the Ex act book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Milon, PH (Colonel). La Mort Sur L'ile,. Crepin-Leblond, Paris, 1972.
Price: US$38.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Glazed pictorial card covers. Some edge wear and rubbing. A book about oil pollution on Les Sept Iles off Brittany with a section on recognition of birds of these islands. Maps of the area and b/w photos and drawings for bird recognition. Text in French. This book was presented to Brenda Marsault, who ran a bird santuary especially for swans, with a dedication signed by the author. In French (B/s S*).
Seller: Frans Books, Solva, Pembs, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Paperback. Limited edition of 300 copies signed by the authors. Quarto. Five single sheet, illustrated poems in printed green card folder. Light wear to folder otherwise very good indeed.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Burleigh, Thomas D.. Birds of Idaho. Caxton Printers, Caldwell, 1972.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine+ in very good+ dust jacket; Some uneven fade to dust jacket, bottom edge wear; signed by author.; Signed by Author
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Guillermo E. Hudson. Homenaje. Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, 1972.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good portfolio of 10 prints or birds. 9 tipped in color prints, 1 tipped in black & white print, and one plain print. Bibliography and text in Spanish Lanuage. Artwork by C. Abella. Portfolio comes in protective cardboard covers with title. Signed Limited Edition, Number 1823. Light bend to upper right corners of paper which prints are placed, does not affect prints. Clean. Nice.
Seller: OUT-OF-THE-WAY BOOKS, North Adams, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 127, [1] p. In this modern classic, a young journalist steps off a curb and into the path of a speeding taxi. Is it an accident, or has a tormented past driven Eliezer, a German death camp survivor, to attempt suicide? Torn between choosing life and death, he must come to grips with the catastrophe that befell him, his family, his people. From Wikipedia: "Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (born September 30, 1928) is a Romanian-born Jewish-American[1] writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps. Wiesel is also the Advisory Board chairman of the newspaper Algemeiner Journal. When Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, the Norwegian Nobel Committee called him a "messenger to mankind, " stating that through his struggle to come to terms with "his own personal experience of total humiliation and of the utter contempt for humanity shown in Hitler's death camps", as well as his "practical work in the cause of peace", Wiesel had delivered a powerful message "of peace, atonement and human dignity" to humanity." 1955, Wiesel moved to New York City, having become a US citizen (due to injuries suffered in a traffic accident, he was forced to stay in New York past his visa's expiration and was offered citizenship to resolve his status). In the US, Wiesel wrote over 40 books, both fiction and non-fiction, and won many literary prizes. Wiesel's writing is considered among the most important in Holocaust literature. Some historians credit Wiesel with giving the term "Holocaust" its present meaning, but he does not feel that the word adequately describes the event and wishes it were used less frequently to describe significant occurrences as everyday tragedies. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for speaking out against violence, repression, and racism. He has received many other prizes and honors for his work, including the Congressional Gold Medal in 1985, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence. [citation needed] Additionally, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1996. Wiesel also played a role in the initial success of The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski by endorsing it prior to revelations that the book was fiction and, in the sense that it was presented as all Kosinski's true experience, a hoax. Wiesel addressing the United States CongressWiesel has published two volumes of his memoirs. The first, All Rivers Run to the Sea, was published in 1994 and covered his life up to the year 1969. The second, titled And the Sea is Never Full and published in 1999, covered 1969 to 1999. Wiesel and his wife, Marion, started the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. He served as chairman for the Presidential Commission on the Holocaust (later renamed US Holocaust Memorial Council) from 1978 to 1986, spearheading the building of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Wiesel is particularly fond of teaching and holds the position of Andrew Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Boston University. From 1972 to 1976, Wiesel was a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York and member of the American Federation of Teachers. In 1982 he served as the first Henry Luce Visiting Scholar in Humanities and Social Thought at Yale University. He also co-instructs Winter Term (January) courses at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. From 1997 to 1999, he was Ingeborg Rennert Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies at Barnard College. Wiesel in 1987. Wiesel has become a popular speaker on the subject of the Holocaust. As a political activist, he has advocated for many causes, including Israel, the plight of Soviet and Ethiopian Jews, the victims of apartheid in South Africa, Argentina's Desaparecidos, Bosnian victims of genocide in the former Yugoslavia,
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
John L'Heureux. The Clang Birds Hardcover 1972. Macmillan; No Edition Stated edition (1972), 1972.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Signed: Very good in very good price clipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Stated first printing. The text is clean and pages are not torn or dirty., the binding is solid. We provide fast and reliable shipping service. Satisfaction guaranteed
Seller: Valley Books, Cupertino, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$53.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by author on first free endpaper. This is a presentation copy for the late poet Maya Angelou ('I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. 213 p.; 22 cm.-. The first novel by the the author of 'The Selling of the President 1968' and 'Fatal Vision'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Seller: MostlySignedBooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$54.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Turlock, California: City of Turlock, 1972. Signed on the title page by Helen Hohenthal (principal author) and John E. Caswell (editor). Very Good condition. 1972. First Edition. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with hundreds of vintage portraits, photographs, maps. Includes original drawings by Viola Siebe Sonntag. Map endpapers. Bound in the original turquoise cloth, lettered in white, with full color bird's-eye view photos of Turlock, California on the front and rear covers. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. This large book may require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. . SIGNED by Hohenthal and Caswell. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by Sonntag, Viola Siebe (drawings). xiv, 338pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Cameron, Angus, and Peter Parnall. The Nightwatchers. Four Winds Press, 1972.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sigedn and inscribed by illustrator to noted American poet William Matchett on front endpaper. A very good first edition hardcover in jacket (minor darkening to jacket spine; spome spotting to top edge of cloth and text; has Matchhett's brief ink note below inscription). 111pp Owls in text and drawings (by Peter Parnall).
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Snyder, Amanda; Snyder Eugene E. (editor). A Bookful of Birds (SIGNED). Graphic Arts Center, 1972.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 22 leaves, unpaginated. Signed. Some shelf wear, sound otherwise.
Seller: Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Susan Hill. The Bird of Night. Hamish Hamilton, UK, 1972.
Price: US$58.15 + shipping
Description: Hamish Hamilton 1972, First edition first impression. Booker prize shortlisted, signed by author to title page. VG+ with a lean and slight creasing to top and bottom of spine and faint erasure marks to ffep, in VG+ unclipped dustjacket with water stain to inside of front cover but not visible externally, and faint marks to front foldover. Clear removable protective sleeve.
Seller: Blackbird First Editions, Bolton, United Kingdom
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1972. First Edition. Signed by Ross on half title with inscription, "For Tom Mahoney / with good wishes. Ishbel Ross June, 1975." Octavo. 349 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon boards stamped in gilt and silver. Unclipped dust jacket chipped along edges, a bit toned at spine, and some light rubbing to rear panel. Boards are gently worn and top of spine nudged. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Mahoney was the husband of American feminist author Caroline Bird, who, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, used the term "sexism" for the first time in print in her speech "On Being Born Female," delivered in October and printed in November 1968. Ross was a Scottish-born American journalist and author who wrote several biographies of prominent women including Ladies of the Press, a history of women in journalism, which the New York Times called, "a masterly, captivating, illuminating and significant book," upon its publication in 1936.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Wellman Harris, Alice; Pictures By Dale Payson. Tatu and the Honey Bird. Putnam, 1972.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 47 Pp. Illustrated Cloth. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $3.95. Inscribed At Length By The Author In Sept. 1972.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: 8°, original illustrated wrappers (some light soiling and minor stains to spine). Title page in purple and black. Large purple image of a stylized bird on front cover by João da Câmara Leme. Smaller version repeated in black on rear cover; smaller yet in purple on half title; yet smaller at head of spine. Partly unopened. In good to very good condition. Author's signed and dated ("Jan. 72") six-line ink presentation inscription on the half title to Luís Forjaz Trigueiros. 126 pp., (1 l.). *** FIRST and ONLY separate EDITION. João Rui de Sousa (born Lisbon, 1928), was awarded the Prémio de Poesia do PEN Clube Português (2002), and the Prémio da Crítica do Centro Português da AICL, the same year. His Obra poética, 1960-2000 was published by Dom Quixote in 2002.Provenance: Luís [Augusto de Sampaio] Forjaz [de Ricaldes] Trigueiros (Lisbon, 1915-Lisbon, 2000) was a Portuguese essayist, chronicler, journalist and literary critic. See Álvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 480-1; also João Bigotte Chorão in Biblos, V, 524-7; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portuguese, IV, 592-3.*** See Fernando Guimarães in Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 465; Fernando J.B. Martinho in Biblos, V, 214-7; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 636-7.
Seller: Richard C. Ramer Old and Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Susan Hill. The Bird of Night, UK 1/1 Signed card. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972.
Price: US$64.61 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK printing of The Bird of Night by Susan Hill. Includes a loose SIGNED autograph card. Hamish Hamilton 1972. Near Fine book with minor signs of age. No marks or writing. Near Fine unclipped jacket. Correct first printing. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Seller: Firsteds, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Second printing, HC published by Bismarck Centennial Association in 1972. Signed by both authors and project coordinator (R. C. Peterson) on title page. No other writing in book. Dust jacket is worn and torn along edges and corners, with some pieces missing at top by front corner and at bottom by spine. DJ is in acceptable condition. Covers have some edge wear.; 303 pages
Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$68.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ISBN Trade Paperback. Good Condition, with minor rubs and creases to corners of covers, heavy creasing along spine, some browning and dustsoiling to edges of interior pages, some lower page corners slightly dogeared. Tight, sound, unmarked copy except for author's inscription "For X with warm greetings Cordially, Bettina Bruckman" written in green ink under photo of author on reverse side of front endpaper, publisher's errata slip affixed to front endpaper. No statement of later printing on copyright page.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Robert Creeley. A Day Book. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by Creeley on a bookplate (with the ink brush painting of a bird) on the black FFEP. From the collection of Douglas Calhoun, the editor of Anthanor journal, which published a special issued devoted to Creeley. Fine all around in a fine glassine jacket.
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
GEORGIOU, Constantine. THE NEST. , 1972.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: GEORGIOU, Constantine. THE NEST. Illustrated by Bethany Tudor. Irvington, NY: Harvey House, Inc., [1972]. 8vo., pictorial cloth, 40 pages. First Edition, second printing. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor's daughter. Signed presentation from Georgiou on the front endpaper: "For Marylou, because she loves baby birds & books. Constantine Georgiou." Signed copies are uncommon! With the ink name of Nancy Penello on the front pastedown. Very Good (very minor soil; contents clean & tight). $75.00.
Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.
Williamson, Henry. THE SCANDAROON. Macdonald, 1972.
Price: US$77.47 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 152pp. Specil LIMITED EDITION 58/250 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE. Beautifully bound in blue leather effect buckram with matching slip case with gilt decoration and lettering. gae. page marker. Mint as new. just minor scuff back edge. FIRST EDITION. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0.0 0.0
Seller: Chris Barmby MBE. C & A. J. Barmby, Kent, United Kingdom
Price: US$81.25 + shipping
Description: First edition, oblong 4to, pp. [8], 121, [1]; illustrated throughout; original camouflage cloth with rising sun; near fine throughout. Presentation copy from the author inscribed by him on the title page; subsequent presentation on front free endpaper to James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Jeffett, Frank A.. This Love of Hunting. Tejas Press, Dallas, 1972.
Price: US$83.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed and inscribed by author on half title page. First edition. Hard cover published by Tejas Press in 1972. Brown covers with gilt lettering and images of ducks. Top and side edges of pages have slight foxing. Book is in good plus condition. Dust jacket has a hole in back by side edge, has tearing and chipping along edges, and is scraped at bottom of spine. DJ has some scuffing and tanning, and is in fair condition. Large 8vo, 275 pages, 1.4 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 275 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.18 + shipping
Description: Provenance; from the collection of the noted Boston (Belmont) autograph collector, Ray Crosby. Complete with a typed letter, signed by Mrs. Willie Day Taylor (Assistant) and dated on headed paper. Also includes engraving with facsimile signatures of Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. Fine in all aspects and housed in the original header-printed envelope. Subjects: Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908-1973) ; President of the United States ; Residence and family. Johnson, Lady Bird (1912-2007) ; First Lady of the United States. Democratic party ; Politics, U.S. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Scott, Sir Peter. The Swans. Michael Joseph, 1972.
Price: US$83.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SCOTT, Peter; The Wildfowl Trust. The Swans. London: Michael Joseph, 1972. First edition. Signed by Peter Scott. Swans are fascinating birds, and this book is certainly a must-have on the subject. Chapters include Classification, Distribution and Migration, Family Life, Art, Heraldry and Mythology, Conservation, and more. Sir Peter Scott (1909-1989) was an artist, writer, ornithologist, naturalist and conservationist. In 1946 he founded The Wildfowl Trust, a nonprofit organization devoted to wildfowl research, conservation, education and recreation. He was the first person ever to be knighted for services to nature conservation. Peter Scott was the son of Antarctic explorer, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who died when returning from the South Pole in 1911. 4to. x, 242. Col frontis, b/w photos, text illustrations. Very good in dust jacket (slight edge wear). The dust jacket, colour frontis, as well as many text illustrations are by Peter Scott. A vintage bookmark designed by Peter Scott is loosely inserted.
Seller: Chase Rare Books, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Provenance; from the collection of the noted Boston (Belmont) autograph collector, Ray Crosby. Complete with a typed letter, signed by Mrs. Willie Day Taylor (Assistant) and dated on headed paper. Also includes engraving with facsimile signatures of Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. Fine in all aspects and housed in the original header-printed envelope. Subjects: Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908-1973) ; President of the United States ; Residence and family. Johnson, Lady Bird (1912-2007) ; First Lady of the United States. Democratic party ; Politics, U.S. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$88.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [Association Copy, inscribed by James P. Gallagher on title page.] Bound in publisher's camouflage cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Some foxing. Pages unmarked. 121 p., ill., 24 x 32 cm. *Autographed by author.* This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
LOWTHER, Pat.. The age of the bird.. Burnaby, British Columbia: Blackfish, 1972., 1972.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: First edition limited to 150 copies of which this is copy no. 58 signed by the author. 7 leaves loose in hand sewn printed portfolio. A fine copy, tight, clean and otherwise unmarked.
Seller: Robert Campbell Bookseller ABAC/ILAB, Montreal, QC, Canada
McGinnis, Dale K. and Sharrock, Floyd W.. The Crow People. Indian Tribal Series, AZ, 1972.
Price: US$98.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated softcover is fine. Limited edition signed by Tribal Chairman Edison Real Bird. What makes this copy nice is that it includes the silver coin which is size of a half dollar in its original packaging and the mailing carton this material was sent in.
Seller: Uncommon Books, Glastonbury, CT, U.S.A.
L'Heureux, John. The Clang Birds. Mamillan, New York, 1972.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first printing ( stated ) of this novel, published by Macmillan in 1972. Bound in publisher's gray cloth. Quite nicely inscribed by L'Heureux. Both the book and the dust jacket are fine. Certainly among the author's most acclaimed works.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Jeffett, Frank. This Love of Hunting (SIGNED). Tejas Press, Dalas, 1972.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gilt-stamped brown cloth; 8vo; 276pp; illustrated with mapped endpapers plus numerous b/w photos; photographic dust jacket. Packed with plenty of hunting stories from the Mississippi Delta, Texas Hill Country and the western Rockies for quail, waterfowl, wild turkey, deer, mountain lion, bear plus a bit of bait-casting and fly-fishing as well. This copy in near fine, collectible condition, bearing a signed presentation to the half title page.
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Arellanes to limitation page. Only 215 copies printed of which this is number 109. Bruce Roger's bookplate to rear page. Half cloth; marbled boards. A nice clean copy. 3.5 x 5 in
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Nichol, bp. The Martyrology. The Coach House Press, Toronto, 1972.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Designed and illustrated by Jerry Ofo, edition of 1000. Signed gift inscription "for Nelson [Ball] and Barbarba [Caruso]/ in the spring of 72/ emandations & corrections/ "-i heard the birds too.". love Barrie. Spine with chipping along edges, light wear, else fine.
Seller: Laurel Reed Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Price: US$122.50 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: This as-new, unread mass-market paperback is dated "Feb 1975," inscribed, and signed "Jerzy Kosinski" in black marker to the title page. Stated "fifth printing" thus of the 1972 Bantam paperback edition (This is Bantam X8257, originally priced $1.75 -- the hardcover first was Houghton Mifflin 1965.) Pages moderately age-toned, still sturdy and easily read. No ISBN found. A young boy's macabre odyssey through Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. 214 pp. followed by 2 pp. publisher's ads. Reduced from $170.
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$122.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A VG+ UK first edition, first printing hardback (toning & spotting)- in a near fine dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request
Seller: Zeitgeist Books, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Price: US$129.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Editor. Signed by the editor on the fep.; list of contributors, preface & contents list to front. This is a collection of eight articles by fourteen authors edited by a British anatomist who has long been publishing in the title field. The articles include reviews as well as results of original work. Although this initial volume is not extensive, it does provide information in depth from specialists and is an important base for one who would explore the field. Text and illustrations are cleanly presented. (We also have for sale a copy of volume three.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 451 pages. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. blue cloth; illustrated by b/w. photo's., drawings & diagrams. Includes references plus author & subject indexes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Natural History & Resources; Biology; Whales; Mammals; Animals & Birds. Signed by Editor. ISBN: 012328001X. ISBN/EAN: 9780123280015. Inventory No: 4982. This book is fairly heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Seller: BOOKBARROW (PBFA member), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Hill, Susan. The Bird of Night. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The SECOND WINNER of the Whitbread (now Costa) Best Novel of the year Award. Book has a half dozen tiny foxing spots on textblock foredge; otherwise fine+. Signed by the author on the title page. Mylar-protected, unclipped(£1.95 net), unfaded dust wrapper has a 1½" triangular crease at the bottom of the front flap and a tiny repaired corner wear at the lower front flap fold otherwise very fine.
Seller: James N. Beal, TORONTO, ON, Canada
KOSINSKI, JERZY. The Lone Wolf. New York The American Scholar 1972, 1972.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author, Jerzy Kosinski, to fellow writer, Wayne Warga and his wife. Inscribed in ink on the front cover: ÒFor Wayne and Carol, with much thought. Jerzy. February 1973Ó additionally, Kosinski has written a note in pencil in the upper right hand corner of the front cover and then he has drawn an arrow to the title. Kosinski has written Ò late husband of Mary Weir whom J.K. married in 1962. She died in 1968. The Painted Bird (1965) was dedicated to her.Ó An offprint pamphlet from The American Scholar. Paperbound in stapled wrappers. Offsetting and tanning to covers, a vertical crease from at one time being folded to fit in an envelope, else very good. Wayne Warga was a friend of Kosinski and interviewed him for The Los Angeles Times. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga reported on John F. KennedyÕs race for the Presidency, and went on to cover the Civil Rights movement for the magazine. For many years, Warga was one of the leading writers at the Los Angeles Times where he did in depth articles and features on writers and people in the arts. Later, Warga became a mystery novelist, creating three well-received bibliomysteries: Hardcover, Fatal Impressions, and Singapore Transfer, featuring Los Angeles rare book dealer, Jeffrey Dean.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
L'Heureux, John.. THE CLANG BIRDS.. MACMILLAN., NY, 1972.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED by John L'Heureux on the title page. Virtually fine in a fine dj. (Couple tiny spots of foxing at top edge) Author's SECOND novel. (LRC)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
LOWTHER, Pat. The Age of The Bird. Blackfish Press, Burnaby, 1972.
Price: US$188.25 + shipping
Description: Seven unbound sheets in a custom printed sewn portfolio. All fine but for some light foxing to the first sheet. One of 150 numbered [#138] copies issued as the fourth production in a series of broadisdes, signed by Lowther on the first page. Pat Lowther was a Canadian poet on her way to becoming a poet of note when her life was tragically ended by her husband in 1975 in a fit of literary jealousy. As a result, signed copies of Lowther's work are scarce, and her name now lives on in the form of a poetry award handed out by the League of Canadian Poets each year to the best book of poetry by a Woman poet. This is a fine copy of an uncommon item.
Seller: Apollinaire's Bookshoppe, Toronto, ON, Canada
Susan Hill. The Bird of Night. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972.
Price: US$192.53 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A smart first edition novel by Susan Hill, signed by the author, in the original scarce Whitbread Award wraparound band. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, in the scarce 'Whitbread Award' wraparound band.'The Bird of Night' follows the great poet Francis Croft, who is suffering from bouts of madness, and his relationship with his companion who is trying to protect him.This novel won the Whitbread Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.By the noted author Susan Hill, best known for 'The Woman in Black'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper and wrap around. Externally, fine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Very minor edge wear to the dust wrapper. Light rubbing to the wraparound band. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Vaurie, Charles. Tibet and It's Birds. H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, London, 1972.
Price: US$206.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED LTD EDITION: 37/65 - CHARLES VAURIE : A near fine specially bound copy, in half red leather and cloth, with gilt outlines and title. Spine a little sunned. About the Artist: Charles Vaurie (7 July 1906, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, France - 13 May 1975, Reading, Pennsylvania) was a French-born American ornithologist. He was born in France, but moved to Trenton, New Jersey as a youth. He studied at New York University and then qualified as a dentist at the University of Pennsylvania in 1928. An interest in painting birds developed, and after marrying his entomologist wife, Patricia Wilson, in 1934, the two shared numerous field trips. Vaurie became associated with the American Museum of Natural History and by 1946 he was a Research Associate. He went on to produce more than 150 ornithological publications. His most important work was a systematic review of Palearctic birds. By 1956, he was a full-time ornithologist at AMNH, and rose to Curator by 1967. At the time of his death he was a member of the Standing Committee on Ornithological Nomenclature of the International Ornithological Congress. Excellent: p. xv [i], 3 full colour plates, 24 b/w plates to include frontis, map, 407, includes index.
Seller: BiblioFile, Cadole, FLINT, United Kingdom
WELTY, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. A Fawcett Crest Book, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1972.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First paperback edition/ Mass market paperback. Edges of the pages a little toned, else very near fine. Inscribed by the author to George Bixby, who published Welty's essays *A Pageant of Birds* and *A Sweet Devouring* in his Albondocani Press series: "To George Bixby, with warm good wishes, Eudora Welty. May 23, 1978" . Scarce signed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Baskin, Leonard. Ars Anatomica; A Medical Fantasia. Medicina Rara, New York, 1972.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large folio. Loose plates housed in publisher's maroon portfolio within a paper-covered slipcase. Title stamped in gilt on spine of portfolio with title on paper label affixed to front panel of slipcase. Light dust remnant on rear panel of slipcase. Complete with thirteen monochrome illustrations by Leonard Baskin. From a limited edition of 2500, this being number 535, signed by Baskin in pencil on the limitation page.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Adamson, Joy. JOY ADAMSON'S AFRICA. Collins & Harvill Press, London, 1972.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition with numerous sketches, drawings and color plates depicting insects, reptiles, mammals, birds, plants and trees as witnessed by the author during her long stay in East Africa,from the pen and brush of talented Joy Adamson. Large format, 8x11" tall, printed on high quality stock, 125 pages of gorgeous illustrations and paintings. Boldly signed by Joy Adamson with a black sharpie. BONUS items with this book: It also comes with a two page printed story on Joy Adamson from a Netherland magazine, as well as two pieces of paper clippings from Holland dated 8 January 1980,with her printed photo perhaps details about her murder as well as a pictorial postcard with two lion cubs, mailed out from South Africa to Holland(?) in 1974 when Mrs. Adamson was still alive (sender's name is not clear. There is an inscription on the front end page also in blue ink "Tsavo, Kiliguri Lodge, Kenya, 1977, J." Overall a Very Good copy with an attractive dust jacket (a tiny chip at the top of the jacket spine with no loss) featuring a beautiful golden Crested Crane painted by the author. For a complete list of signed copies of Joy Adamson, please contact the seller.
Seller: SAFARI BOOKS, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Eric de Mare. London 1851: The Year of the Great Exhibition. The Folio Society, London, 1972.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Unpaginated. Prose running through 108 black and white and color illustrations: profusely illustrated; Bibliography on penultimate page, overlapping onto last page, above Acknowledgements. Oblong Octavo. No jacket. Glossy boards illustrated with scenes from within the Crystal Palace; Black Cloth spine, sunned to brownish, but gilt lettering still eminently readable; endpapers illustrated with a "Bird's-eye lithograph" by Ackerman of the Crystal Palace, drawn by C. Burton. Small rubbing wear to spine corners and tip wear at bottom right front cover corner. Presentation copy Inscribed on half-title page by author to Eastern Europe scholar, Stefan Buzar[Bouzarovski], "with great affection" and dated, "Sept. 1972"; later gifted and signed by "Stefan" to "Eduardo", "with great affection," and dated "Easter 1980".
Seller: Theoria Books, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
WELTY, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. [Taipei, 1972.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Chinese Piracy edition. A little spotting on the boards, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Bemusedly Inscribed by the author to George Bixby, who published Welty's essay *A Pageant of Birds* and *A Sweet Devouring* in his Albondocani Press series: "For George Bixby, with best wishes and [Chinese characters]!? Eudora Welty." Author's generally disapprove of piracies, and they are seldom found signed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Signed on the title page by Bancroft and located at "Sanibel-Captiva," the islands on the Gulf Coast of Florida where he lived and worked as a writer and nature guide after a career in journalism. With the owl-illustration bookplate on the pastedown of notable naturalist Shirley Ann Briggs and taped below it a note "From the desk of Joseph B. Phillips" dated 1973 that recommends and relays the book as a gift to Briggs. This book is a science-informed novel set in "the immediate future" that traces the lives of a bald eagle, an osprey, and a falcon as they migrate and breed and confront environmental hazards, notably DDT: "The reader is able to see how the killing of aphids in a small cornfield by DDT can affect birds and animals hundred of miles away . The impact [of the book] exceeds that of the most alarming scientific treatise on the subject of vanishing species." Shirley Ann Briggs was a close friend and colleague of Rachel Carson and later championed her legacy, and as such the emphasis on DDT in this similar "fable for tomorrow," to use Carson's phrase, in a book published ten years after Silent Spring,makes this copy a compelling association. With full page illustrations of the birds by John Hamberger. Fine in a near fine price-clipped jacket with a touch of wear to corners and spine ends, a few very short tears to edges.
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
Rickman, Philip. GOLDEN BREASTED STARLINGS (original watercolour painting). , 1972.
Price: US$511.70 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A large watercolour and gouache painting of a pair of Golden Breasted Starlings signed and dated "Philip Rickman 1972" bottom left. The picture 565 x 400 mm, the contemporary frame of cream coated wood 780 x 600 mm; white mount with blue wash lines. The painting in very good condition, no obvious fading or other defects, though frame is a little chipped and worn. Provenance: Ex. collection of Christopher Marler, who in the 1960s founded the non-for-profit business Flamingo Gardens and Zoological Park in Buckinghamshire, which boasted an extensive collection of birds, was very much a wildfowl man, heavily involved with the Wildfowl Trust, International Wild Waterfowl Association, The British Waterfowl Association, and sometime president of The Avicultural Society. Christopher Marler bred the most bald eagles in captivity, he was the first to breed several birds in the UK including the painted stork and the red-winged starling. Clearly capable and well-connected, and it would appear that he was personally friendly with Rickman, certainly a number of Rickman paintings are dedicated to him. [Biography - Philip Rickman (1891 - 1982) was known affectionately as The Grand Old Man of British Bird Painting, and make no mistake, he was one of the greatest ornithological artists of the twentieth century. However Rickman is somewhat out of fashion today and his work does not always garner the attention it should. Christine Jackson writes "At his best he could match Thorburn.but he was inconsistent"* and herein lies the problem: when at his best he was outstanding, the best of the best, but he was prolific and not infrequently produced indifferent work. It is this that has sullied his reputation, but at Loe Art we strive to stock only the best examples of an artist's work and we carry an extensive collection of Rickman paintings, from large monumental watercolours to small pencil sketches full of life and vitality. To quote Christine Jackson again "[he] learnt to sketch in the field and base his work on accurate observation noting the landscape in which birds lived and how the changing weather affected the landscape. Rickman became a very skillful watercolour artist able to recreate atmosphere." This is perhaps no better displayed than when he painted birds around water, especially when raining or at the dawn, where he was able to evoke ethereal scenes, utterly convincing to those observers of nature familiar with such landscapes at such times. He was precisely accurate to a minute degree but his birds looked natural and alive. That Rickman was a naturalist who had a deep respect for his subjects shows in the manner in which he paints them in the middle of characteristic movements and traits that render them true to life. "He was friends with both George Edward Lodge and Archibald Thorburn, where he spent time with the former at his studio and "learnt from Thorburn how to use colour to place birds in the fore-, middle and backgrounds", of whom he was a great admirer. On one occasion he commissioned Thorburn to paint a watercolour of grouse, but when it was completed, despite being delighted with it, requested Thorburn to undertake a few revisions as he felt the anatomy of the birds portrayed was incorrect. This perhaps sums up Rickman: an outstanding artist, but above all a man with a deep-seated respect for the birds he portrayed. He should be represented in every collection of ornithological art. Rickman illustrated numerous books, which are listed in the publication highlighted below.* Jackson, Christine. Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World. Antique Collectors' Club. Woodbridge, Suffolk. 1999. [All quotes from this work.]
Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine condition oversized oblong brown boards with gold front cover and spine lettering. Includes Dedication; David Hagerbaumer Biography; and Sam Lehman Biography. The upper right first front blank endpaper contains a small neatly scripted vintage Christmas 1972 gift inscription. Signed by Author/Artist David Hagerbaumer in blue pen on the full title page. Signed also by the Calligrapher Sam Lehman in black marker on the full title page. All pages are in fine condition and the spine is exceedingly tight and square. Profusely illustrated with 26 color plates. Unpaginated. The Table of Contents list of plates are as follows: Plate 1: Ruffed Grouse; Plate 2: Wood Duck; Plate 3: Common Goldeneye and Barrow's Goldeneye; Plate 4: Common Snipe; Plate 5: Redhead; Plate 6: Greater Scaup and Lesser Scaup; Plate 7: Bobwhite Quail; Plate 8: Canada Goose; Plate 9: Lesser Snowgoose and Blue Goose; Plate 10: California Quail; Plate 11: Amewrican WIdgeon; Plate 12: American Brant; Plate 13: Ring-Necked Pheasant; Plate 14: Pintail; Plate 15: Canvasback; Plate 16: Band-Tailed Pigeon; Plate 17: White-Fronted Goose; Plate 18: Blue-Winged Teal; Plate 19: Turkey; Plate 20: Clapper Rail; Plate 21: Green-Winged Teal; Plate 22: Mallard; Plate 23: Blue Grouse; Plate 24: Black Duck; Plate 25: Eastern Mourning Dove; and Plate 26: American Woodcock. "These original paintings and calligraphy were executed solely for this book and will never be otherwise reproduced." - from the lower inner front cover.
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Amen, Irving. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow [SIGNED ARTIST PROOF WOODCUT]. NP, NP, 1972.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Striking original colored woodcut depicting a young Jewish boy and girl reading and working under a tree. Three people are seen working in the background, while an Israeli flag is proudly flying under a rainbow. The lower portion of the artwork features a Sabbath candelabra, two birds, and the NFTY initials (National Federation of Temple Youth), a Reform Jewish community for high school students which commissioned Irving Amen for this work. The matted woodcut measures 17" X 12", and is titled and signed in pencil at lower margin. The wooden frame measures 25 2/8" x 20". A certificate of authenticity from Collier Art Corporation is pasted at verso of frame. Some water-staining along left side of mat (not affecting the artwork). Moderate and sporadic rubbing along edges of wooden frame. Frame in overall good, mat in fair, woodcut in fine condition. About the artist: Irving Amen (1918-2011) was a painter, printmaker and sculptor often referenced as one of the most important printmakers in the United States. Born in New York City in 1918, he began drawing at the age of four. A scholarship to the Pratt Institute was awarded to him when he was fourteen years old. With Michelangelo as his idol, he spent seven years in life classes perfecting his drawing. He headed a mural project and executed murals in the United States and Belgium. His first exhibition in woodcut was held at the New School for Social Research and his second at the Smithsonian Institution in 1949 and also exhibited at the Artists House in Jerusalem, the Library of Congress, and the National Academy of Design. Amen studied in Paris in 1950. Upon his return to the United States, he had one man shows in New York and Washington DC. In 1953, Amen traveled throughout Italy. This resulted in a series of eleven woodcuts, eight etchings and a number of oil paintings. One of these woodcuts, "Piazza San Marco #4" and its four woodblocks constitute a permanent exhibit of block printing in color at the Smithsonian Institution. Travel in Israel, Greece and Turkey in 1960 led to a retrospective show at the Artist's House in Jerusalem. His art is widely owned and loved. Irving Amen has taught at Pratt Institute and at the University of Notre Dame. He had a show of woodcuts at the Artists Studio in NYC. In 1974 he illustrated The Epic of Gilgamesh in linocuts and woodcuts for the Limited Editions Club. He designed a set of stained glass windows depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel for Agudas Achim Synagogue in Bexley, Ohio. His work often depicts themes of Judaism, chess, people, music, Italy and Don Quixote. In his later years he lived and worked in Boca Raton, Florida. Commissions include a Peace Medal in honor of the Vietnam War. He created designs for 12 stained glass windows 16 feet high depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel, commissioned by Agudas Achim Synagogue in Columbus, Ohio. He is listed in Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and the Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists by Paul Cummings. He was elected member of Accademia Fiorentina Delle Arti Del Disegno, an organization to which Michelangelo belonged.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Number 27 of 50 copies with 5 Etchings signed and numbered 27/50 enclosed in an archival quality envelopes. limited "Original Etching Series" 26 plates. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Beautifully produced album of the sporting artwork of David Hagerbaumer (1921-2014) with calligraphy by Sam Lehman. Beretta Full brown pebbled bonded leather. Very fine in very fine custom orange cloth drop box, with paper label First edition, Number 27 of 50 copies with 5 Etchings signed and numbered 27/50 enclosed in an archival quality envelopes. limited "Original Etching Series".
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 68 of 251 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. A Fine copy in Near Fine publisher's acetate. Bound in cream boards with brown cloth backstrip maintaining paper title to spine. An insignificant smudge to paper title on spine. Interior with pale blue endpapers and photo of Bukowski by Sam Cherry; appearing virtually unread. A lengthy poetry collection from the Los Angeles-based author divided into three sections containing much of his expected vivacity and wit. A great example of a Black Sparrow Press bookâ"run by John Martin the avant-garde press was responsible for supporting and publishing Bukowski throughout his career. Krumhansl 41. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
WELTY, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. Random House, New York, 1972.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. A couple of spots in the upper corners of the boards, very good or better in fine slipcase. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author. Additionally Inscribed by the author to George Bixby, who published Welty's essay *A Pageant of Birds* in his Albondocani Press series: "For George Bixby, All my good wishes to you, as ever, Eudora Welty. May 1978." An especially scarce limited edition, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WELTY, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. Random House, New York, 1972.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in modestly spine-toned else near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to George Bixby, who published Welty's essay *A Pageant of Birds* in his Albondocani Press series: "For George Bixby with all best wishes, Eudora Welty. May 25, 1972." Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WELTY, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. Random House, New York, 1972.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Uncorrected proof. Printed red wrappers. Spine a little toned, near fine or better. Inscribed by the author to George Bixby, who published Welty's essays *A Pageant of Birds* and *A Sweet Devouring* in his Albondocani Press series: "For George Bixby, Best wishes, Eudora Welty. May 25, 1972." Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (Mocking bird with me luck). Black Sparrow Press, 1972.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. A magnificent copy. This is copy number 53 of 250 copies printed. and is SIGNED by Charles Bukowski. The book is in amazing shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp and the page are clean. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a spectacular copy with the publisher's acetate cover. We buy Bukowski First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.