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Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Edition. BIOGRAPHY. True crime, Ornithology. Stated First Printing Thus Exlib. Good- condition. Spine is a bit cocked. No Dust jacket is included. "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. Will ship from Oregon.
Lion: African Adventure With The King Of Beasts by Johnson, Martin - 1929
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Lion: African Adventure With The King Of Beasts
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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.
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- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1929
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- Keywords Africa, History of Africa, Lion, Simba, Safari, Photography, 20th Century, Martin Johnson, Osa Johnson, Tanzanyika
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Birdman Of Alcatraz
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The Croquet Player
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Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. VG/G Price-clipped DJ. Illustrated by Clifton Line. Boards are in nice shape. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations by British artist Clifton Line. Plot Summary: "Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh." A GHOST STORY.
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The ABC Bunny
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Please excuse our group photo. Just 1 book is offered here: The ABC Bunny BY WANDA GA'G. Coward-McCann 1933 First Edition Twentieth Printing Thus. Good Condition. No DJ. Exlib. Library- bound edition. Hand lettered by Howard Gag. Green boards with red titling in white front center panel in nice condition. Green and white wraparound alphabet wall poster still affixed to binding. WOODCUTS.
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Country Bunny And The Little Gold Shoes
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Heyward, Du Bose. The Country Bunny And The Little Gold Shoes. 1939 Houghton Mifflin First Edition, First Printing Thus. QUITE RARE in this first printing. No other printings listed. ILLUSTRATED BY MARJORIE FLACK. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket Included. Library Bound. Bright red pictorial boards with red, green, and gold ornamentation. Plot Summary: "With twenty-one baby bunnies to look after, mother bunny Cottontail abandons her dream of becoming an Easter Bunny. But when Grandfather Bunny spies her perfectly behaved brood, he's so impressed that he makes Cottontail the most important Easter Bunny of all!"
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Treasure On The Broads
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Elliott, W. Gerald Treasure On The Broads. Herbert Jenkins, London Stated First Printing 1933. Signed and inscribed by British screenwriter Dorothy Greenhill, a co-writer of Mr. Elliott's. RARE THUS. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ is included. Orange boards with black titling. 5 X 7 1/2. 312 pages plus adverts. Summary: A mystery story about an ancient buried treasure trove located in Sussex, England.
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The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation
by Peter L. Berger
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Birdman Of Alcatraz
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Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Edition. BIOGRAPHY. True crime, Ornithology. Stated First Printing Thus Exlib. Good- condition. Spine is a bit cocked. No Dust jacket is included. "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. Will ship from Oregon.
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The Croquet Player
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Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. VG/G Price-clipped DJ. Illustrated by Clifton Line. Boards are in nice shape. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations by British artist Clifton Line. Plot Summary: "Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh." A GHOST STORY.
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The ABC Bunny
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Please excuse our group photo. Just 1 book is offered here: The ABC Bunny BY WANDA GA'G. Coward-McCann 1933 First Edition Twentieth Printing Thus. Good Condition. No DJ. Exlib. Library- bound edition. Hand lettered by Howard Gag. Green boards with red titling in white front center panel in nice condition. Green and white wraparound alphabet wall poster still affixed to binding. WOODCUTS.
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Country Bunny And The Little Gold Shoes
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Heyward, Du Bose. The Country Bunny And The Little Gold Shoes. 1939 Houghton Mifflin First Edition, First Printing Thus. QUITE RARE in this first printing. No other printings listed. ILLUSTRATED BY MARJORIE FLACK. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket Included. Library Bound. Bright red pictorial boards with red, green, and gold ornamentation. Plot Summary: "With twenty-one baby bunnies to look after, mother bunny Cottontail abandons her dream of becoming an Easter Bunny. But when Grandfather Bunny spies her perfectly behaved brood, he's so impressed that he makes Cottontail the most important Easter Bunny of all!"
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Lion; African adventure with the king of beasts
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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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Putnam, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.6000 9.4000 6.4000.
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Lion: African Adventure with the King of Beasts
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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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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
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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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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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Lion: African Adventure with the King of Beasts
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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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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
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G.P. Putnam's & Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. No edition remarks. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Fold-out map. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional mild marks and staining.
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Lion : African adventure with the king of beasts
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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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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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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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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
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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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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The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
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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
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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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
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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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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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