ORLANDO THE MARMALADE CAT and GRACE. Two Original Paintings in Oil on Glass and Foil. by HALE, Kathleen:

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925-1928. First edition. Limited to 177 copies, signed by the author on the frontispiece of volume I and with usual cat's paw. This set being number 100. Illustrated with 50 maps and 1500 illustrations. Frontispieces with tissue guards. Four quarto volumes (10 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches; 273 x 206 mm). Volume I covers "Cats, Wolves, and Foxes", Volume II covers "Bears, Raccoons, Badger, and Weasels", Volume II covers "Deer, Antelope, Buffalo, Sheep, and Peccary" and Volume IV covers "Squirrels, Rabbits, Armadillo, and Opossum." Uniformly bound in quarter brown cloth over tan cloth. Front boards double-ruled in gilt with animal head gilt central device. Spines lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt, others uncut. Overall near fine, which is unusual for such a large heavy set. Ernest Thompson Seton was a naturalist, artist, writer, and lecturer and also one of the key founders of the Boy Scouts of America, authoring their… Read More

Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.

Freddy and the Ignormus. First Edition, Jan 1951 5th Printing thus. Brooks, Walter R. EXLIB. GOOD/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, Copyright 1941, ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE.

Freddy And The Clockwork Twin. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Copyright 1937. A Borzoi Book. Doesn't state 1st. USED. From private owner. Bright Yellow Gibraltar Binding. Good+ Condition/ No DJ included. A clean, bright solid copy.

Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.

Freddy and the Bean Home News. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, copyright 1943, Fourth printing Thus, Jan., 1952. Exlib. No exterior marking. Good/ no DJ included. A clean, solid copy. Please also see our Freddy The Pig Catalogue.

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.

Ga'g, Wanda: Snippy And Snappy. Illustrated with Woodcuts. 1931 Coward-McCann 1st Ed., Stated 21st Printing Thus. Exlib. Good Plus condition/ in clear mylar wrap. Does not include a dust jacket. A clean, solid copy. Nice. Please see our photos. RARE.

London: Faber and Faber, 1952. Some creasing and small tears to the edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, the top inch or so of which is torn away at the top end of the spine. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of orange boards, a small faded bit at the top end of the spine where the dustwrapper has been torn away, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Doesn't seem to be a common book, I see very few copies anywhere online. The book contains eighteen cat stories (and a poem) by different authors, namely: "A Little White Cat" by Dorothy Baker, "A Fine Place for the Cat" by Margaret Bonhan, "Smith" by Ann Chadwick, "When in Doubt - Wash!" by Paul Gallico, "The Blue Flag" by Kay Hill, "God and the Little Cat" by Selwyn Jepson, "The Fat of the Cat" by Gottfried Keller, "Broomsticks" by Walter de la Mare, "New Conquest of the Matterhorn" by T S Blakeney, "Johnnie Poothers"… Read More

1851 PETS 1ed Loudon Domestic Cats Dogs Spaniels Song Birds Rabbits Weir Art
John and Jane Loudon were prominent British agriculturalists, known for their studies and works on trees, flowers, and animals. Jane published 'Domestic Pets' in 1851, a book describing the care for pets as well as the characteristics and habits of house cats, dogs, cage birds, and pet rabbits!
Item number: #15817
Price: $499
LOUDON, Jane Webb
Domestic pets: their habits and management; with illustrative anecdotes.
London : Grant and Griffith, 1851. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 162, [24]
o 4 engraved illustrations by Harrison Weir
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Decorative red cloth
· Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11.5cm)
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