Ernest Thompson Seton Editor (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. worn edges and tips, spine edge tears, webbing showing at title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Black cloth; oblong format, "coffee-table" style. Reprint; originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Copiously illustrated with beautiful, dramatic color reproductions, many full-page, by the renowned naturalist and artist. Accompanied by many excerpts from Seton's original writings. Several irregular bump dents to lower edge of both front and rear covers, a couple of which expose the boards. Lower cover corners lightly rubbed. Otherwise clean, tight, and unworn in a lightly-to-moderately edgeworn dust jacket. Short closed tear to upper front panel at spine has been repaired with clear tape. Ernest Thompson Seton (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tan cloth, lettered in dark red. Slight shelf/handling wear. Illus. book plate mounted on front pastedown. Stated 1st ptg. xxiv,413 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ernest Thompson Seton (illustrator). Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good w/ Protective Cover. First American Edition. Very good condition. Like new. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stated first printing 1954; 413 clean, unmarked, tightly-bound pages; dust jacket has some creases, rips and foxing; cover has stains on the spine, otherwise clean and sturdy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Later Printing. Dark orange boards lettered in black on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by William Geldart. This collection contains: Foreword by Nerys Hughes; The Cat that Could Fly by Stella Whitelaw; Cats of My Childhood by May Eustace; A Vet's Life by John Bower; Gershwin by Judy Gardiner; The Cherry Tree by Derek Tangye; Cat's Cruise by Mazo de la Roche; Amours by Colette; The Cheshire Cat by Lewis Carroll; The Yellow Terror by W. L. Alden; C Stands for Cuisine by Beverley Nichols; The Coat by Mary Williams; The Achievement of the Cat by Saki; Incident on East Ninth by Jill Drower; Ye Marvelous Legend of Tom Connor's Cat by Samuel Lover; Rufus the Survivor by Doris Lessing; The Home Life of a Holy Cat by Arthur Wiegall; Solomon and Sheba by Doreen Tovey; Pangur Ban - Irish Monk; Calvin the Cat by Charles Dudley Warner; Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault; The Totem of Amarillo by Emma-Lindsay Squier; My Boss the Cat by Paul Gallico; La Menagerie in Time by Theophile Gautier; Minna Minna Mowbray by Michael Joseph; The Slum Cat by Ernest Thompson Seton; and Come Lovely Cat by Charles Beaudelaire. Size: 8vo. William Geldart; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dust Jacket. 413pp. Index. Drawings by Seton. Selections from the writings. Very nice. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Young Folks' Library. Slight edgewear, hinges slightly loose, date inside, otherwise fine. B&W illustrations and color plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xviii, 394 pp., 7 full-page color plates. Good+ condition with tight, clean text block; tan cloth boards with bright gilt title on front, above green decorative image, bright gilt top edge. Very minor shelfwear and scuffing to boards. The spine has taken the brunt of the 100 or so years of wear, being somewhat age-darkened, the gilt title dulled, and some wear to extremities. A good, solid copy. Birgitta Säflund (illustrator).…

First printing (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). xxiv, 413 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with spots of surface abrasion; nicks, short tears, and some creasing at edges; front flap's top corner is not price-clipped. Tan cloth with red stamping to front board and spine. Muted red top edge; deckle fore-edge. Mild toning to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Else a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Issued as part of Devin-Adair Company American Naturalists Series.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 566 pp. Green boards decorated in gilt on the spine; brown endpapers. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; small ink mark on the upper right of the front free endpaper. Wraparound dustjacket painting, Mares and Foals, by Sawrey Gilpin. The Chapters are: The Horse in History and Legend; Equestrian Lore; Famous Horses and Horsemen; Great Races; Horse and Hound; The Horse in Fiction; and The Horse in Verse. This contains far too many stories and articles to list them all but some of the highlights are: The Origin of the Horse by Walter Prescott Webb; The General Tournament by Sir Walter Scott; The Mustang Wild and Free by J. Frank Dobie; The Last Great Cavalry Charge by Winston S. Churchill; The English Gentleman and His Horse by Barbara W. Tuchman; Hints for the Rider by Xenophon; Buying a Horse by Jack Leach; The Make-up of a Racehorse by R. C. Kidd; Eclipse by Stella A. Walker; The Pacing Mustang by Ernest Thompson Seton; Jumping for Joy by Pat Smythe; The Legend of Skittles by H. L. Gibson; The First National by Con O'Leary; Snowstorm Derby by Henry Blyth; Devon Loch's National by Dick Francis; The Huntsman by Peter Beckford; The Man Who Hunts and Never Jumps by Anthony Trollope; The First Day by Siegfried Sassoon; Lost by R. S. Surtees; Squire Western in Pursuit by Henry Fielding; The First Ride by George Borrow; The Dover Road by Charles Dickens; The Highwayman's Mare by R. D. Blackmore; The White Knight by Lewis Carroll; The Fire by Anna Sewell; The Brogue by Saki; Velvet Up by Enid Bagnold; The Horse Fair by Daphne du Maurier; Old Em's Kentucky Home by Damon Runyon; Agony and Ecstasy by Dick Francis; War Cloud by Ernest Hemingway; The Gent from London Way by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and many, many more. Size: 8vo. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth with blue lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 393pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket wear. Tight and bright reprint edition of this 1932 compilation featuring contributions from Edward S. Curtis, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, Jack London and others. An exceptionally handsome copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. no dust jacket. No dust jacket. Tan cloth boards show light soiling and shelf wear. Spine ends are bumped and frayed with small chips to the cloth at the head. Corners are bumped and rubbed through to the boards. Binding is square and secure. Internal pages are clean and free of markings or inscriptions.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 368 pages. Discoloration to cover. Keywords: Wildlife, North America, Scientific Reports, Reminiscences, Manitoba Prairies, Western Canada, Field Notes, Animals, Autobiography.

Condition: Good. None. 155 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners bookplate on front endpaper. Rubbing to bottom corner of covers. Clean, tight copy. Record # 612797.

Hardcover. Condition: Good -. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex-library, first edition with (1) on last page. Green boards with bright black lettering; spine and corners reinforced with clear tape, moderate wear and soiling, library markings on spine and outer page edges. Stamps and pockets on endpapers, a few stamps throughout text. Text mostly unmarked, some stray pencil marks and soiling, a couple beginning hinge-cracks. 155 pages.…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Front hinge cracked. Gifter's inscription on front pastedown. (animals, folklore, juvenile fiction).

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: Very Good+. An unmarked copy- Sound binding- The Young Folks' Library: The animal story book Volume 6 of The Young Folks' Library: Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands.