Search Results: Animals from JimsOldBooks

London: John Lane, 1949. Creasing and tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, mainly to top edge, also a hole about two inches long at lower end of spine of same. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this hard-cover book, being the first of the author's three "Jean" pony stories. Her three daughters (Josephine, Diana and Christine Pullein-Thompson) wrote many pony stories as well. Originally published in 1936, this is a later "Cheap Edition" from 1949, but still the larger size (about 9.75 inches high by 7.5 inches across). 156pp, numerous b&w drawings.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Bullen, Anne. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1965. Price-clipped dustwrapper not in particularly good condition, with creasing and rubbing to edges and to sides of spine, also a piece is missing (about 1 1/2 by 3/4 inches) near to to top end, and scratches with some loss to the illustration on front panel. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, a previous owner's name on f/ep and gift message to same on rev, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Shetland pony, including the history of the breed up to the early 1960s, uses and management, and more. 158pp, colour frontispiece, 29 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Methuen, 1930. Slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some scuffing to bottom edge of back anel of same, and a fold up the middle of the spine; minor bumping to ends of red cloth spine strip and to outer corners of blue paper-covered boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Originally published on 2nd October 1930, this is a second edition from the same month. A collection of twenty short essays, most of them humorous, about animals. Spare paper title label at the back of the book. 100pp, b&w frontispiece.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Lovat Dickson, 1936. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown cloth-covered boards, original owner's bookplate inside front board (Walter G Grant of the whisky-making Grants), some foxing to page edges. But otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. Tales from the Canadian wilderness. 355pp, 34 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Long Riders Guild Press, 2010. A print-on-demand copy, but a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the two manuals of horsemanship written by William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, namely: "Méthode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux" (1658) and "A New Method and Extraordinary Invention to Dress Horses and Work them according to Nature" (1667). 252pp, 43 b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1935. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some fading to outer edge of green cloth-covered boards, original owner's details (blacked out) inside front board, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written for children back in the 1930s looking at different wild animals. Green dustwrapper with picture of elephant's head on the front. 320pp, colour frontispiece, 55 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Neville Spearman, 1956. Creasing and tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, with the top inch or so torn away from front panel. minor bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains three stories about African wildlife, translated from the original French by the author. The stories are: "Nyareh, the Wild Buffalo (Nyaré Buffle Sauvage)" by Georges Trial, "Rachid, the Cheetah (Mon Ami Rachid Guépard)" by Odette de Puigaudeau, and "Fil, the Elephant (Fil Eléphant du Tchad)" by Dr. Emile Gromier. 189pp, 9 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. No dustwrapper, some wear to spine ends, corners and edges of green cloth-covered boards, but gilt titles and small black illustration of a monkey on spine, and black titles and illustration of a snarling wildcat on front board are all still bright. A previous owner's bookplate inside front board, binding starting to split at a couple of places in the first few pages, otherwise a not too bad copy. Contains seven animal stories by the author: ''Coaly-Bay, the Outlaw Horse'', ''Foam, or the Life and Adventures of a Razor-Backed Hog'', ''Way-Atcha, the Coon-Raccoon of Kilder Creek'', ''Billy, the Dog that Made Good'', ''Atalapha, a Winged Brownie'', ''The Wild Geese of Wyndygoul'' and ''Jinny, the Taming of a Bad Monkey''. No publication date given, but foreword is dated 1916. 243pp, 8 b&w plates, small b&w drawings throughout.. Hard Cover.… Read More