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Book is in fine, unused condition.

Capra Press, 1987-04-01. Paperback. Good. 0.5000 8.8000 6.0000. Foxing has occurred.

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1913. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1913. No Edition Remarks. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages are loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Stains and markings to some pages. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining and wear marks overall.

Santa Barbara CA: Capra Press, 1987. Trade Paperback in brown illus wraps.. As New.. Reprint of the 1985 limited edition. Rough hewn stories of California history. Mint copy. 6 x 9, 80 pp, b/w illus.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1987. The book has a few pen markings on the first page. The back cover has some minor surface wear. . Capra Edition . Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

MP3 Audio CD. True Bear Stories I. A BEAR ON FIRE. It is now more than a quarter of a century since I saw the woods of Mount Shasta in flames, and beasts of all sorts, even serpents, crowded together; but I can never forget, never! It looked as if we would have a cloudburst that fearful morning. We three were making our way by slow marches from Soda Springs across the south base of Mount Shasta to the Modoc lava beds--two English artists and myself. We had saddle horses, or, rather, two saddle horses and a mule, for our own use. Six Indians, with broad leather or elkskin straps across their foreheads, had been chartered to carry the kits and traps. They were men of means and leisure, these artists, and were making the trip for the fish, game, scenery and excitement and everything, in fact, that was in the adventure. I was merely their hired guide. This second morning out, the Indians--poor slaves, perhaps, from the first, certainly not warriors with any spirit in them--began to sulk. They had… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. True Bear Stories I. A BEAR ON FIRE. It is now more than a quarter of a century since I saw the woods of Mount Shasta in flames, and beasts of all sorts, even serpents, crowded together; but I can never forget, never! It looked as if we would have a cloudburst that fearful morning. We three were making our way by slow marches from Soda Springs across the south base of Mount Shasta to the Modoc lava beds--two English artists and myself. We had saddle horses, or, rather, two saddle horses and a mule, for our own use. Six Indians, with broad leather or elkskin straps across their foreheads, had been chartered to carry the kits and traps. They were men of means and leisure, these artists, and were making the trip for the fish, game, scenery and excitement and everything, in fact, that was in the adventure. I was merely their hired guide. This second morning out, the Indians--poor slaves, perhaps, from the first, certainly not warriors with any spirit in them--began to sulk. They had… Read More

Covelo, Ca.: The Yolla Bolly Press, 1985. No Binding. Fine. Single sheet of creme paper folded once to form four 10 by 6 1/2 inch pages, one woodcut by Vincent Perez. A fine copy.

Rand McNally, 1926-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000. 1925. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Pages shows tanning.

Binfords & Mort, Publishers, 1949. Hardcover. Ex-library, small tear on frontspiece page. No dust jacket. Otherwise good; pages clean, binding tight.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1987 First printing in trade paperback. Woodblocks by Vincent Perez. Minor soiling to covers. Minor shelfwear. Near Fine.

Rand McNally, 1925. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. In tan cloth. A very nice copy..

Paperback / softback. New.

Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in.

Rand McNally & Co., 1900. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. No DJ. Frayed to all corner tips and some of the spine edges. Binding is tight. Previous owner name inked on front free page. Lee Eby. No other markings in book. Fold mark on front and back covers.

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, ( 1900 ). Early edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 259 pages, green cloth with pictorial label, inked name on endpaper; Fine stories about real bears, illustrated with clever color plates. Issued in the Book-Elf series, and coded "5M J-28", suggesting it was done in 1928. "Bear on fire -- Music-loving bears -- My first grizzly -- Twin babies -- In swimming with a bear -- Fat little editor and three little browns -- Treeing a bear -- Bill Cross and his pet bear -- Great grizzly bear -- As a humorist -- Grizzly's sly little joke -- Grizzly as Fremont found him -- Bear with spectacle -- Bear-slayer of San Diego -- Alaskan and polar bear -- Monnehan, the great bear-hunter of Oregon -- Bear "Monarch", how he was captured."

"TRUE BEAR STORIES" by Joaquin Miller. 1925; Rand, McNally & Company; Chicago and New York. The book features full-page illustrations. Here are some examples of the stories: A Bear on Fire; Music-Loving Bear; In Swimming with a Bear; Treeing a Bear; Bill Cross and His Pet Bear; A Grizzly's Sly Little Joke; The Bear with Spectacles; The Bear "Monarch" - How He Was Captured; Quaint Indian Lore; Curious Facts about the Bear...and more.Condition:Clean covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are lightly age-toned and clean with no notable issues found. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The True Bear Stories.