F St Mars, First Edition (17 results)

1st edition. viii, 248pp plus 4pp of ads, (5.75 x 8.5 inches), color plates by Warwick Reynolds, with tissue guards. Only Good condition, no dust jacket. Green cloth, an embossed bird's head on front board. The covers are rubbed and soiled, the titles on spine and front are almost impossible to see. Corners bumped, spine ends chipped. Pages are yellowing, light foxing to endpapers and half-title page. Serious foxing (offsetting) on pages 128 &129 where an old magazine article is laid in. (Another story by this author, titled "Berserk"). Owner's name and a small bookstore stamp inside front covers. But no tears or creases, no markings to text. Still quite readable. Collection of animal stories. This is the actual book from 1913, not a more recent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. G. VERNON STOKES (illustrator). 1st Edition. VERY NICE LOOKING DARK GREEN COVER, YELLOW AND BLACK DESIGN WITH BIRDS AND TREES FRONT, YELLOW PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, BUMPS ON CORNERS ON FRONT, INSIDE FRONT AND BACK LIGHT BROWN FROM AGE, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, NICE AND TIGHT. 12 VERY NICE ART ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. CONTENTS INCUDE 12 CHAPTERS OF THE 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. WRITTEN BY A LOVER OF NATURE DETAILING A LIFE IN THE WILD. VERY INTERESTING DETAIL AND NICE ARTWORK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 376 pages. Owners sticker on ffep. Page edges and endpages are age toned. The blue cloth boards are gently bumped, rubbed, slightly soiled; the spine is darkened and the ends are slightly wrinkled and frayed. All the fantastic illustrations are present.

1st. Edn. pp. vii, 296. With 12 full page plates from drawings after Harry Rountree. In the original green cloth with chrome yellow lettering and decoration, Neat gift inscription to front free endpaper. A very good hardback copy. No wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition. Hardcover in tan cloth lettered and decorated in black and brown. 261 pp. Color frontispiece "Coal Devils on a Coal Tree" by Charlles Livingston Bull and additional illustrations in the text by Neal Thruslow and A.E. Cedarquist. Very good. Vintage bookplate and well as a Christmas, 1913 gift inscription front pastedown. Stories of birds and animals of the wild written for young adult readers (though not childish in composition).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1912. James Nisbet. First Edition. Illustrated by Ernest Aris. Fair/Good Condition only. 6 tipped in illustrations.

Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles. Condition: Good Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Warwick Reynolds (illustrator). First Edition. Attractive book containing stories of Night Prowlers, or predatory, noctural animals, mostly assembled from articles in older British magazines. Fictionalized. 248pp, 7 illustrated plates, of eight - one plate never bound-in. Interior is clean and unmarked with some spotting [foxing] here and there. Sound hinges, firm binding. Navy blue boards show very little wear, and no fading. Gilt titles and decoration are very bright. Weight, 800g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Pulp Magazine. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Heavy water damage to bottom of both covers; large pull to front cover fore edge; spine completely covered with masking tape; supple, tanned pages.

Pulp Magazine. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. Moderate warping to book; small edge tears and creases; strong, complete spine with light reading creases; supple, bright, off-white pages. A nice copy.

Pulp Magazine. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. Spine covered with masking tape; small edge tears and creases; supple, lightly tanned pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Harry Rountree (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. With 8 illustrations by Harry Rountree. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, spine gently sunned, else very good, a crisp clean example internally; a charming collection of animal stories from this period writer, accompanied by the black & white Rountree illustrations, printed August 1920.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher's Presentation Copy (impressed stamp on title page). Original red cloth, framed in yellow on front board, lettered in yellow on spine. Spine faintly sunned, browning on endpapers: very good. A mixed collection of eight short stories including The White Elephant (about a sinister diamond), Flies (a fisherman interrupts a robbery), Shadows (a revenge story) and Watchers of the Mud "A Smuggling Story". Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial cloth. 244 pp. B/w plates. Blank ffep removed. Clean and bright. VG.

Hard covers. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. 1st edition. Lower corners bumped, no inscriptions; a tidy copy. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Walter Starmer (illustrator). 1st Edition. No date, presumed 1st thus. Octavo. vii, 242pp. Illustrated with 5 colour plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titles, printed decoration. Some minor dust-soiling and rubbing. Some spotting and foxing internally. Overall a 'Good' copy only.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. this is a lovely book with a Black and white frontispiece, tissue guarded black and white illustrations throughout (not many, but they are beautiful). The top of the pages is gilt and the front and spine (lovely wolf illustration on the blue board cover). The spine is very bent top and bottom with a bit of a hole about 2 inches from the base. The binding shows signs of age but is firm. This is a really nice book that shows age but it only adds to its charm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull (illustrator). First Edition. New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1911. First Edition. Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull, Neal Truslow and A.E. Cedarquist. With Original Drawing Signed by Bull. 8vo. 261pp. Light green cloth, black letters, pictorial front cover in black and brown - magpie chasing three rabbits. Very good condition, spine moderately soiled and has light stain, spine ends moderately worn, boards lightly soiled, no dj. Color frontispiece and 2 full-page b&w illustrations by Bull and 31 other illustrations by Truslow/Cedarquist. Original signed pen & ink drawing on the front blank, of a sitting rabbit, with Bull's inscription, "To Alan Stone with the love and best wishes of Uncle Charles Livingstone Bull". Private bookplate of Alan Stone on front pastedown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 261 pages; Signed by Illustrator.