Search Results: Animals / Birds and Bird Books from DogStar Books

Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801414547 . Color Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pages; 1982 Cornell University Press. Oversize HC/DJ 1st edition. Snugly bound and fresh in sharp edged and bright color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated from color paintings by R David Digby. Jacket a trifle sunned at spine with light edge toning to the flaps. NF/VG+ ... Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Chicago: Lakeside Press. Good. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. [Association Copy]; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 181 pages; Folio in publisher's blue cloth with title lettering in gilt. An interesting and unusual chain of ownership recorded on the front endpage. A typed card mounted to the front endpage To Mr J. L. Devine, with the compliments of the author [unigned]." These lines have been crossed out and in the middle of the page is a large drawing of a leaf inside of which well regarded bird expert, Orpheus Moyer Schantz, has inscribed a warm, complimetary note to the esteemed Rocky Mountain naturalist, Arthur Stupka. The drawing and signed inscription are dated 1939. A presumably prior note of ownership by a H. L Yeagley is penned to the top corner same page. The book itself is sound, though worn. Corners are well bumped with cloth abrasions at the corners; light fraying of cloth at spine ends. Cloth stressed and a little soiled to boards; hinges tender, A small dime sized… Read More

New York: Doubleday & Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. 0385009372 . Color and B & W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 303 pages; 1960 Doubleday & Company. Oversize HC/DJ. Snugly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. No marks of any kind. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w photos. Nearly as new. NF/VG++ ... Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

London: Hutchinson & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; 1949 Hutchinson & Company. HC/DJ. 1st edition. Soundly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed at edges and just slightly toned to the whites of the design. Light dust spotting page block edges; mild shelf tap top front corners. Illustrated with b&w photos on glossy stock. VG/VG .

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.. Very Good+. 1973. Third Printing. Hardcover. 039700978X . B & W photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; 1973 J. B. Lippincott & Co. HC/DJ 3rd printing. Snugly bound and very neat in sharp edged color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's price clipped from the bottom corner of the front flap. Prior owner name and address penned to the front endpage. Illustrated by b&w photos; written by the daughter of Gladys Taber. VG++/NF .