George Shiras (86 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. LAW. 256pp. Biblio. Index. A few plates. Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1892-1903. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated by the Author with photographs (illustrator). Volume 1 only of a 2-volume set - this volume covering the Lake Superior Region. Awesome wildlife and nature photographs throughout by a man considered to be "the father of wildlife photography." Very solid book - blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Light soiling and wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 450 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 1: Lake Superior Region. National Geographic, Washington, D.C., 1936, second edition, Volume One only of two volumes. Illustrated with b&w photographs. 7" x 10.5". 453 pp. Blue cloth, faded spine, covers and spine edges worn, cover corners bumped, endpapers darkened. Illustrated with hundreds of b&w photographs taken by the author, mostly at night. An interesting book covering big and small game and waterfowl of Ontario and northern Michigan, including deer, moose, fish, birds, mammals, reptiles. Some fishing, hunting and camp scenes. Great pictures and interesting text. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gilt lettering on blue cloth covered boards. 4to, 450pp. 950 photographs by the author. Gift inscription on the first free end paper. Spine sunned. Contents fine.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume 2 No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 256pp. Illustrations. A fine copy in a VG dust jacket Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: fair. Acceptable Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Softcover. Sound binding. Clean, off-white pages with light reading wear. Wrappers are soiled with handling wear, edge wear, scraped area on lower back, chipping at top of spine. Contents: Shiras, Wild life of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Moore, Cosmopolitan Shanghai, key seaport of China. Life along the central China coast. Forbes, Macao, "land of sweet wadness." Miniatures of Macao. The Society's special medal awarded to Amelia Earhart. Ellison, Shark fishing - an Australian industry. Many advertisements. 10.0" tall. Good with No dust jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edited by George Shiras, 3rd, and complete by Winfield Shiras. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1953. First Edition. Large 8vo. 256 pages, Index, Bibliography, Notes. Frontis portrait and 11 full-page illustrations. Cloth. Book in near fine condition, no owner's name. Dustjacket chipped at edges with several short tears, blank side lightly foxed. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 256 pages.

G/VG, unmarked Hardback; no DJ. ["a Chronicle of His Family, Life, & Times"] xx + 256 pp.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second Edition, 1st Printing. Hard cover 8vo in blue cloth w/gold dec and titles. Very Good/No DJ. Cloth scuffed, spine tips and corners worn, owner name front pastedown, else Fine and unmarked. 450pp; profusely illustrated in photos. Volume I only. Book.

hardcover. Condition: fine. First. A Chronicle of His Family, Life, and Times. Edited and Completed by Winfield Shiras. Illus. 8vo, green cloth. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, (1953). Near Fine.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. No jacket. First Edition, Limited to 2000 copies. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1953. Near Fine condition. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Only 2000 copies printed. Illustrations. Appendix. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition, Limited to 2000 copies. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. xx, 256pp.

Hardcover. Color Plate Illustrations, B & W Photos (illustrator). National Geographic Special. Sm Quarto, Hardcover, Green Buckrum, Gilt Lettered, CA 1920, VArious Pagination, Good, Cover Worn, Walter Breckenridge Copy.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pittsburgh:University of Pittsburgh Press. 1953. 256pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is only lightly worn at the edges with a few small tears down the length of the spine. Also some mild soiling and fading to the covers. Book itself shows only some minor shelf-wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. All in all, a very good copy.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Nature, photography. Volume II ONLY. Covers rubbed and sunned, corners and spine ends bumped and worn, starting to fray. Owner name on the first endpaper, otherwise the interior is clean and tight, slight musty smell.

PF. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Second edition. Spine is somewhat worn. Corners bumped. Foredges spotty. Front boar has slight markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 256, [1]pp. Illustrated. Green cloth gilt. Some offsetting from sunning on rear board, else near fine without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Washington: National Geographic Society, 1936. Blue cloth, gold lettering, ex-lib, no DJ, edges rubbed, cracked inside spine, loose. Vol. I . Reading copy. Nature ; orntas2946.

Hardcover. Washington: National Geographic Society, 1936. Blue cloth, gold lettering, ex-lib, no DJ, edges rubbed, cracked inside spine, loose. Vol. I . Nature ; orntas2946.

Hardcover. Washington: National Geographic Society, 1936. Blue cloth, gold lettering, ex-lib, no DJ, edges rubbed, cracked inside spine, tape repair. Vol. II. Nature ; orntas2946.

Hardcover. Presumed first edition/first printing. xx, 256, [1] p. Includes: illustrations, index, bibliography. Notes. Fair. No dust jacket. Board weaks, restrengthend with glue. Cover has some wear and soiling.

Condition: New. In.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Volume II. Second Edition. Hard cover. Published Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1936, first printing. Small 4to., 7 1/8" x 10 1/4." x+454 pp., lavishly illustrated with b/w photos by the author. Spine lettering dull, slight sun fade along edge of cover else very good.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 50 pages, illustrated with photographs. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: National Geographic Magazine; Inventory No: 626459. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.