Search Results: Natural History from Scraps of American History

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1996. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good +/good +. 227 pages. Stories about Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston, following sick animals, anxious owners and dedicated staff. Red cloth binding over white boards with black titles on spine. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear with minor bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright, binding tight. White illustrated dust jacket with red and black titles is a bit stained and scrubbed with minor edge wear.

New York: Doubleday, 1991. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 215 pages with index, illustrated with black and white and color plates and drawings. A rambling anthology that flits like a butterfly from science to art and back. Brown quarter cloth over brown boards with gilt titles on spine, red end papers. Titles bright, light spotting of cover, minor edge wear with light bumping of corners and spine ends, a little spotting of end papers, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Mylar covered tan illustrated dust jacket with brown titles on front cover and spine shows very light edge wear, slight fading at spine, spotting that may mostly be on mylar cover, not price clipped. Measures 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1970. Third printing. Hardcover. Good +/fair. 255 pages with index, illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Practical advice on growing herbs, with history and literary allusions by the editor of The Herb Grower Magazine. Bright green cloth binding with black stamped decoration on front cover and black titles on spine. Very light edge wear, minor spotting, corners and spine ends a little bumped, page edges a little foxed but interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated yellow dust jacket with black titles on front cover and spine is faded, tape repairs along top edge, chip in top edge, short tear in bottom edge of front, short tear in top edge of back of jacket, light scrubbing, creases, minor spots, not price clipped. Measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1925. Not stated. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 686 pages with index, illustrated with portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature of author and numerous photographs and drawings. A travel writer tackles the immense job of treating the entire continent of Africa in one volume. Brown cloth binding with gilt titles and border on front cover and gilt titles on spine, illustrated end papers. Gilt on front cover bright, light edge wear, a little bumping of corners and spine ends, spine a little faded with light wrinkles and minor creases, back cover a little scrubbed and stained, gift inscription on half-title, interior pages bright, binding tight. Measures 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches.

Valby: Martveds Printing House, 1966. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Good/No jacket. 84 pages. In Danish, with photographs of hunting dogs, descriptions, statistics, club reports, pedigrees, and a song. Textured tan illustrated wraps with titles on front cover. Some wear and scuffing of cover with spotting, corners creases, former owner's name on title page, interior pages bright with a little spotting and a few creases in lower leading corners, binding tight.

New York: Crescent Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/good. 94 pages plus index, illustrated with over 130 color photographs and black and white drawings. A celebration of the diversity of trees in the temperate zones of the world. Illustrated boards with white titles on spine, photographs on end papers. Some edge wer, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with orange titles appears to be a little faded, some edge wear with minor wrinkles, ink mark and scrubbing at top of front cover, a little spotting and soiling, not clipped.

Charlemont, Massachusetts: Feet on the Ground Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 146 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Wonderful and long out of print detailed instruction on handling sheep, handling wool and shearing sheep with blades by the acknowledged master shearer. Signed at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in 1999 "To Merike and Dane, Best Wishes and much love, Kevin." Green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Book shows very light shelf wear at spine and slight bumping of corners, two or three tiny spots on front cover, a few more tiny spots on back cover, interior pages bright. Illustrated green dust jacket with green and black titles. Very light wear with slight edge wrinkling to dust jacket, small ding in back cover of jacket, not clipped. Rare and out of print. Animal husbandry. Measures 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1960. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 178 pages. An entertaining memoir about the experiences of a fisherman in his pursuit of the elusive trout. Green boards with green cloth spine cover and gilt fishing fly decoration on front cover and gilt titles and orange title block on spine, green top edge, green end papers. Heavy spotting of cover, gilt a bit faded, some edge wear with small nicks and dings in edges, corners and spine ends bumped, stains on end papers, small scuff on inner edge of bottom cover, interior pages mostly bright with stains at upper edge of a couple of pages, binding tight. Measures 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good +. 222 pages. Compassionate guides and stories to help with the grief when a pet dies. Blue cloth spine over white boards with silver titles on spine. Very light edge wear to cover, a little fading and some spotting, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright and clean, emblem on bottom page edges. Book may smell a little musty. Blue and yellow dust jacket with multi-color titles shows a little edge wear, staining at edges, small chip at top edge of front cover jacket, residue of price sticker on front, $15.95 price not clipped.