Moose book.
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Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition. Seller Inventory # CHL10636656
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1974). 1974 1st UK edition. 8vo (147 x 223mm). Pp191,ill. B/w photograph plates, b/w drawings by P.F. Wright. frontispiece and photographic plates, map. Light blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Ex library, numerous faults. Working copy only, in like dust-wrapper. Coming home from three attempts on Cape Horn with two capsizes, the author and family settle in Canada to run a wildlife reserve and collect animals. Chapters include: A birth in the caraganas; The sailors come home from the sea; Petruska; The coming of Peterkin; Moose marriage; Peterkin lost; An elk arrives; Petruska's calf; Trumpeter swans; Peterkin and the camera crew; An oriental chapter; Hello my little foxes; Peterkin becomes a film star; Moose magic or madness. (All the above names refer to moose). . Seller Inventory # 64083
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Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.
Condition: VG/VG- (see notes). 1st Canadian. 12mo. 191pp. Signed by the author title page. Different gift inscription and some. foxing end papers. 1/4" chip, tears, bit of edgewear to dj. Seller Inventory # MAIN028488I
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. (CAD) First Canadian Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page and dated, no other markings, Near Fine in unclipped Very Good Dj with a touch of rubbing to the corners of the flap folds. Blue boards, 192pp. Line drawings; B&W photos. Smeeton is better known for his books on sialing and the sea, but this book is a product of their stay near Cochrane Alberta and their moose sanctuary there. (1.6 JM LVR 206/a5 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 04479
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Seller: Thompson Natural History&Sporting Books, OAK RIDGE, NC, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-Very Good. First Edition. 191 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings. Blue cloth boards. Dust jacket has edge wear and 1" tear along the top edge. Dust jacket now protected in Brodart cover. A very nice copy! Seller Inventory # 000709
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. P. F Wright (illustrator). First Edition. Fine in Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.191 Settling near Cochrane in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies the author and his wife put up a game fence around 160 acres and registered it as a game park to do something about the endangered wildlife. The story of two moose calves and their offspring spanning three years. clean tight copy d/j shows 2 1" tears front top cover, 2 1/4" tear back top cover, with small piece missing lower back, else edgewear wear of creasing and nicks. Seller Inventory # 004769
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Seller: M. W. Cramer Rare and Out Of Print Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wright, P.F. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. The book is near fine with slight edge wear and a pen mark on fore-edge in a very good dust jacket with some edge wear, chipping at edges, a one inch closed tear at top edge on back and a one inch closed tear at top corner on back. Seller Inventory # 006036
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Seller: Yare Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 011928
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Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[000-262505-9] 1974. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 191pp. Photographs, illustrations. The dust jacket is price-clipped. "When Miles and Beryl Smeeton forsook the sea they settled near Cochrane in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. Beryl put up a game fence round 160 acres and registered them as a game park, so that she could do something about threatened wildlife, in which she and her daughter Clio are particularly interested. The first arrivals in the sanctuary were two moose calves that had been deserted by their mothers, one at birth, and one after becoming entangeld in a wire fence". Book about Wildlife Sanctuary. Locale: Alberta--Canada; Canadian Rockies; Cochrane--Alberta; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Natural History, Moose, Natural History, Wildlife). Seller Inventory # 154484
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