Rost Tom (4 results)

Full Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tom Rost, Ned Smith (artists) (illustrator). Full tan cloth with maroon illustration and gold text on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial endpages. 367pp. Many black & white and color illustrations and photos. Jacket is not price-clipped but it does have tape residue on the BACK of the jacket causing slight discloration. Mild shelf wear. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a VERY GOOD dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Staple Bound Pamphlet. Condition: Fair. Tom Rost, Harris Nowell (illustrator). First Edition. Account of feathered phenom who became the star of her own family drama for thousands of Milwaukeeans towards the end of World War Two: a duck who built her nest on a piling of the busiest bridge in the city. A children's book was later written and in 1997 a statue installed in her memory. Stapled pamphlet, aqua cover, black & white titling; as pictured. Heavy wear, creasing, cockling, light stains, cover split at spine and separated from text block. 48 pages, almost every other one a b/w photo. The author, the Journal's Outdoor Editor, is better known for his series of books on duck hunting. Size: 6¼" by 8".

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Softcover. Oblong format. Signed, inscribed by the author on the title page. Some wear at the spine extremities. Some rubbed surface soil to the covers. Page edges age-darkened; and some foxing to the first two and the last page. Else pages clean. ; 27B; 8" x 11"; Signed by Author.

Staple Bound. Condition: Good Minus. Rost, Tom (illustrator). First Edition. Unpaginated. Wide format book. The wraps are loose and worn, large tears have previously been taped on the front wrap and title page. The interior of the front wrap contains a gift inscription, the title page is taped creased and soilied with a small peice missing. The otherpages are clean. Monotone photographs and illustrations throughout. The Milwaukee classic of the Mother Duck and her ducklings that warmed the city's hearts during WW2. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall. MC.