Clyde Beatty (51 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Condition: Book: good with minor cover edge wear, lean to binding Dust jacket: fair with minor edge wear becoming more severe at top and bottom of spine " An exciting anecdotal account of what the big cats are really like by America's best-known animal trainer".

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1965 first edition hardcover with dust jacket, fair/acceptable condition. EX-LIBRARY with usual library marks, etc. THIS IS A READING COPY. Heavily used copy with extreme spine slant, some stains, wear, etc. Jacket flaps were cut away and jacket taped to the covers. Free front endpaper corner clipped. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, all of which are present.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Binding staples a bit pushed in.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. Chip at the top of the spine. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

No Binding. Condition: Good. A VG or better original release 11 x 14 lobby card. Poster.

No Binding. Condition: VGF. AS-375. A VGF 8 x 10 still from the film "Africa Screams". Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Whitman Publishing, 1934, 24mo., 156 pages, The Big Little Book, decorative hardcover, Frontis with additional illustrations. Edgewear, some spine lean, else good condition. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition. B/W Photo Illustrations (illustrator). Tan pebbles cloth binding with white title, authors and publisher on spine. 306pp. Content clean, bright and sound.

Hardcover Glanz. Condition: Sehr gut. 1 Auflage. Meine grosse Raubtierschau. Mit Löwen und Tigern unterwegs Beatty, Clyde; Anthony, Edward Buchbeschreibung: Bern: Hallwag, 1968. 232 S., mit Fototafeln, Illustrierter Or.Pbd.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. A very good copy with wear to the spine and stains to the edges of the book. The dust jacket is good with wear and tear to the edges and spine. The book is sighed by Edward Anthony and his wife and dedicated Dr. R A Cobbs. Inscribed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: VGF. AS-90. A VGF 8 x 10 still from the film "Africa Screams". Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

a mascot picture. very good , spine creases, edge bumping, softcover.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition of the Big Little Book version of the film "The Big Cage," based on the story by Edward Anthony. With pictures from the Carl Laemmie production of the movie. No. 653. "A Universal Super Special." 5'' x 4.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Illustrated in black and white. 154 pages. Binding with touches of rubbing and shelfwear at edges; faint toning to pages, as usual. An exceptionally well-kept copy from this notoriously fragile series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Dustcover has light edgewear, moreso top edge and lower upper spine; Very light wear to hardboards with sharp tips, clean, no other markings besides gift inscription and former owner's name - Former National Geographic photographer and author Tom McHugh, presentation copy from author to Tom McHugh VG+/VG-; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages; Signed by Author.

mascot picture. very good , cover crease, fold rubbing, softcover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. [24] pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ, second printing. Ex library mark on rear endpaper, part of DJ pasted to front endpaper. Brown cloth cover has sunned spine, worn edges. Foxed title page and frontispiece. Pages are bright and unmarked, clean photos, solid binding.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a near fine, unmarked, hardcover first edition copy in bright red cloth with gold tiger on the cover, alas, no DJ. Still a lovely copy. Good enough for a collector.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Dust jacket has several large chips with the back of the dust jacket missing for about an inch down. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Edges of blue boards a little discoloured.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ] Hardback, 8vo, gilt on navy blue cloth, 320 pages, Near VG/no dj. Only minor signs of wear, spine-ends bumped, gilt (spine only) very readable, but slightly dulled. Navy blue dulled just slightly at the spine, as well. Edges tanned a little, one short tear (bottom edge) within. Binding sound with hinges intact. Anecdotes and appx 16 plates of photos of Beatty and his animals: elephants, lions, tigers, chimps, hippo, etc. Includes chapters concerning: Beatty's favorite animals, Hollywood, Cole Brothers, an incident in Milwaukee, Harriet Beatty (his wife - "a superb lion trainer in her own right"). Earl Wilson (co-author) must be an entertainment journalist of some sort. I believe I've seen one of his own books called Hollywood Laid Bare or some such, featuring a half-dozen photographs taken during an interview he did with a naked woman. RWR5 Circus Performers Big Top Animals Animal Trainers Pets.

Condition: Good - some wear, rubbing to the covers and spine, chipped upper part of the spine, owner's stamp on the endpaper.

Garden City 1965. Photos, 8.5x5.5", cloth backed boards, 342pp, offset to couple pp, edges soiled else good in rubbed dw. FIRST EDITION.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth boards, with dark titles to spine, this dated 1946 hardback is in VG condition. 223pp, with approx 14pp of b/w photographs. Faded spine, and ob boards along spine and top. Top and bottom of spine rubbed, as are the corners. Foxing to the first two or three pages, and lasttwop or three pages and pastedowns.

Approx. 12 x 8 inches. Two sheets of perforated figures to assemble (unused), with instructions; enclosed in publisher's printed envelope. The figures are in find condition. A few tiny chips and tears to the envelope. They Stand - They Sit - They Hold - They're Alive! 3-Dimensional Action Comic Characters in Full Color that really bring the Comics to Life!

PAPER BACK RED. Condition: FAIR. stapled paper back, rear cover torn on edge, pages yellowing, black and white illustrations DATE PUBLISHED: 1973 EDITION: UNPAGINATED.

Condition: Good. First printing, stated. Red cloth boards are scuffed and lightly soiled. Gilt cover illustration dulled. Spine sunned. Gilt spine titling dulled. Light shelfwear to edges, corners bumped. Book a bit cocked. Fraying starting at tail of spine. 1" square closed chip at head of spine, just holding. Interior age-toned. Binding intact but not especially tight at some signatures.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fisher, Hal (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue boards, titles in gilt to spine, no dust jacket, 223pp, 15 b&w photographs, signed and dedicated in black pen by Hal Fisher, also signed and dated 1998 to ffep, titles to spine faded, corners bumped, edges darkened, some light wear to boards, otherwise a very good, tight copy. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Gr.-8°, Hardcover/Pappeinband. 1.Auflage. 230 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Einband etwas berieben, ansonst guter und sauberer Zustand Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 620.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition memoir by the famed animal trainer Clyde Beatty, an exciting first-hand account of his career, replete with illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work.Clyde Beatty's fascinating memoir on his life working as a famed animal trainer and circus mogul. He started his career in 1921 as a cage boy with Howe's Great London Circus, going on to own several of his own circuses until his death in 1965.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixty-three plates.Also written by Edward Anthony.From the library of Paul Gallico, a noted novelist best known for 'The Snow Goose' and 'The Poseidon Adventure'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, with some marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Rear board is faded. Small crack to the spine. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription and stamp to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few odd spots, and a faint tide mark to the first few pages. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback book and unclipped dust jacket [$5.95] in very good+ condition,pages are slightly bent,otherwise near fine.