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Lion: African Adventure With The King Of Beasts by Johnson, Martin - 1929

Lion: African Adventure With The King Of Beasts

by Johnson, Martin

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Lion: African Adventure With The King Of Beasts (1929. G.P. Putnam's Sons 1st Ed.) Used. Good Condition/ NO DJ included. Stated 1929 First Edition, G.P. Putnam's Sons. WITH 63 HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE JOHNSONS + MAP. All plates and fold-out map still present, in nice condition, and affixed to binding. TANZANYIKA.

  • Bookseller Mary Riversong Books US (US)
  • Illustrator Osa Johnson
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  • Book Condition Used - Good
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  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1929
  • Size 6 5/8 X 9 1/2
  • Keywords Africa, History of Africa, Lion, Simba, Safari, Photography, 20th Century, Martin Johnson, Osa Johnson, Tanzanyika
  • Size 6 5/8 X 9 1/2

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The Bee-Man Of Orn
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The Bee-Man Of Orn

by Stockton, Frank R. & Maurice Sendak

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Frank R. Stockton: The Bee-Man Of Orn. ILLUSTRATED BY MAURICE SENDAK. Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1964 Stated First Edition. Holt Library Edition. Exlib. Good/ Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Original price $3.27. Protected in a Mylar wrap. A clean, solid copy. SCARCE. A nice copy.
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Last Tales

Last Tales

by Dinesen, Isak

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Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X
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Gone With The Wind
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Gone With The Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

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MARGARET MITCHELL: Gone With The Wind, published December, 1939 by The Macmillan Company. MOTION PICTURE EDITION. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ issued. Bound in yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh front cover. 391 pages 7 X 9 1/2. Scarce. Includes 12 pages of color prints from the film. Plot summary: "Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler."
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The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X

The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X

by T'Shaka, Oba

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T'Shaka, Oba. The Political Legacy Of Malcolm X. Third World Press, Chicago. Stated First Edition, First Printing Thus, 1983. Softcover. ISBN0883781107. BIOGRAPHY, BLACK STUDIES, AMERICAN HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY, POLITICAL SCIENCE. A nice copy. Used. VG Condition. 293 pages, indexed. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2.
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A Lady Of Quality
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A Lady Of Quality

by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson A LADY OF QUALITY. Charles Scribner's copyright 1896. Grosset & Dunlap Universal Jewel Photoplay, Edition, 1924. USED. VG/Good Original RARE Virginia Valli as film character Clorinda Wildairs dust jacket. Protected in a mylar wrap. Green boards, red titling with grey ornamentation. 363 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 ¾. Please excuse our stack of books photos. A Lady Of Quality is the only title available here.
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The Heretical Imperative

The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation

by Peter L. Berger

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Last Tales

Last Tales

by Dinesen, Isak

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Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X
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Gone With The Wind
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Gone With The Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

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MARGARET MITCHELL: Gone With The Wind, published December, 1939 by The Macmillan Company. MOTION PICTURE EDITION. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ issued. Bound in yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh front cover. 391 pages 7 X 9 1/2. Scarce. Includes 12 pages of color prints from the film. Plot summary: "Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler."
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The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Doyle, A. Conan

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Conan Doyle Uniform Edition (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. July, 1955. John Murray, London. USED. Good-/Good- original price-clipped dust jacket. Partial front flap only. Front flap: has been cut at odd angle. Red boards with black titling. 5 1/8 X 7 ½. 248 pages. Synopsis: Detectives "Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate as following his uncle's death, Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire." Please see our stock photo.
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The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car
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The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car

by Williamson, C.N. & A.M.

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Williamson, C.N. & A.M. The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car. RARE. First title in a very popular series of books about touring in early automobiles. London, 1903 Methuen Stated Second Edition. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Green boards. 345 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. Includes Photographs. Our front cover features a party of three persons in a touring car. Illustrated with Photographs.
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Lion; African adventure with the king of beasts

by Martin Johnson

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Putnam, January 1929. Hardcover . Fair. Covers clean and unmarked, edge and corner wear. Bumps to corners. Pages clean and unmarked. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.
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Lion: African Adventure with the King of Beasts

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New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Olive green cloth, lettered in black. Slight spotting to front cover, more pronounced to back cover, tanned spine panel, a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities. Firm, square binding, clean and unmarked interior. Blue Ribbon reprint of 7th ptg. (Oct. 1932). ix,281 pp., b&w plates..
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Lion; African adventure with the king of beasts

by Johnson, Martin

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Putnam, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.6000 9.4000 6.4000.
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Lion: African Adventure with the King of Beasts

by Johnson, Martin

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NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons , 1929. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, red cloth with faded gilt lettering, 281 pages, illustrated with 63 full page photographs by the author and clean fold-out map at rear of book. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Inscription o first blank page, otherwise clean. Bump to cover fore-edge. Record # 381169
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Lion: African adventure and the king of the beasts

by Johnson, Martin

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NY: Putnam. Fair. 1929. Two illustrations appear to have been trimmed, owner inscription fep, photo credit page torn away at corner not . affecting text, dampstain at center of book, edge wear, gilt lettering rubbed. .
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LION: AFRICAN ADVENTURE WITH THE KING OF BEASTS

by Johnson, Martin

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Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1936). Eleventh impression. 281 pages. Interior is sound and clean with no markings. Red cloth binding is tight with gilt stamping and very light edgewear. Overall VG. .
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Lion; African Adventure with the King of Beasts

by JOHNSON, Martin

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New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1951. Good. Later. Good. Book has foxing throughout it, binding is coming loose, and the corners of the cover are bent. 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.
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The Frigate Constitution

by Hollis, Ira N

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Boston: HMCo. VG+/VG- (see notes). 1931. new ed.. hardcover. 12mo . 285pp . P O name. DJ has 1/4" tears, 1/4" chipping, some edgewear. .
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Lion: African Adventure with the King of Beasts

Lion: African Adventure with the King of Beasts

by JOHNSON, Martin

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New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. Hardcover. Good. Fifth impression. Lightly illustrated from black and white photographs by the author. Octavo. ix, 281pp. Half-title and facing page with a 3" spot of offsetting, frontispiece loose but present, spine slightly cocked, large stain on back cover, good only, lacking the dust jacket.
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Lion : African adventure with the king of beasts

by Martin Johnson

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New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons and Knickerbocker Press. Fair. 23 x 16cm. Hardcover. 1929. Third edition. 281 pages. Spine missing. dj glued to endpaper. Name on ffep. Cov er faded. .
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey

Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River

by John B. Wyeth

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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe

Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe

by Alwyne Wheeler

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London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.
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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS

by Simon Seymour

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New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The...

The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar

by WHITE, Rev. Gilbert

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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.
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Winter - Notes from Montana
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Winter - Notes from Montana

by Bass, Rick

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .
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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale

by Peter Oikarinen

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Houghton, Michigan: Isle Royale Natural History Association, [1979]. Softcover book with pictorial wraps. 160p. B&W photos throughout text. This is the original printing, later reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press. Book has been well read and is in very good - condition with wear to the cover image along the edge and reading crease to front cover, corners bumped and shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with light staining on the edge of a few pages. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Think South: How We Got Six Men and Forty Dogs Across Antarctica
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Think South: How We Got Six Men and Forty Dogs Across Antarctica

by Cathy de Moll

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9780873519885
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St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015. Single volume, hardcover with dust jacket, xv [1], 282pp [6], illustrated with maps and b&w photos. First Edition, First Printing. Author signature and inscription on Author page. Previous owner gift inscription on front free endpaper. Near fine unread book. Dust jacket showing light signs of shelf wear. Foreword, cover photo and all expedition photos by Will Steger. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Reprinted from the sixth London edition with all additions and corrections

by Charles Darwin

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New York: A.L. Burt, n.d.. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The covers are quarter bound leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The covers show rubbing which enhances the period appearance. Endpapers are marbled, gilt top edge, clean contents and a tight binding. This edition was part of the "Burt's Library of the World's Best Books" series and, unlike the typical A.L. Burt reprint, is bound in a high quality binding.
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Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 792: Colutea Galegifolia, Small-Leaved Bladder-Senna

Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 792: Colutea Galegifolia, Small-Leaved Bladder-Senna

by Curtis, William

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London: T. Curtis, 1804. Very good +. This is a hand colored copper plate engraving. The print measures 5.5 x 9.25 inches, with a plate mark of 4.5 x 7.75. It is a beautiful decorative antique print expertly colored and beautifully composed. This particular plate has been trimmed at the rough edge. Curtis' work was the first study of British flora, and artists contributing to the opus included James Sowerby, Sydenham Teak Edwards, Francis Sansom and William Kilburn. "The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Each of the issues contains a description, in formal yet accessible language, and is renowned for featuring the work of two centuries of botanical illustrators. Many plants received their first publication on the pages, and the description given was enhanced by the keenly detailed illustrations. The first issue, in… Read More
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