Bumpy Bison by Smidell Nesbitt (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Colista Dowling (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is a detailed and thoroughly researched account of bison life on the Great Plains told from the viewpoint of anthropomorphized beasts. The story doesn't pull any punches when it comes to relating the dangers facing the bison herds, and ends with an account of a slaughter at the hands of white hunters before Bumpy and her herd find sanctuary in Yellowstone. In the dedication the author expresses a hope that "there will never be such reckless slaughter of wildlife" again. Nicely produced book, with the full page drawings printed in brown. There's some very light spotting to the foredges, but a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with curious specks of wear on spine and front panel (at first I thought it was part of the illustration). Front flap has been clipped and re-priced by the publisher.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Colista Dowling (illustrator). First Edition. Wraparound cover art and interior illustrations are by Colista Dowling. Signed with inscription on the dedication page to the students of the Keewaydin school, but shows no signs of being ex-library. VG book in bound in orange cloth with red lettering. Spotting on top edge of text block. DJ is heavily worn and water damaged, with a chunk missing from the back of the DJ and a small hole at the base of the spine. signed by author or artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrations by Colista Dowling (illustrator). sm 8 vo, 92 pp. including Bibliography (2 pp). Orange cloth with red titles. illustrated end papers, nice animal drawings. Condition: Binding is square, solid and clean throughout. Jacket is worn along all edges, Original printed price is clipped. A price of $4.50 sales label is on the bottom front flap. This is the fictionalized life story of a bison baby that survives to become the leader of the herd, moving from near extinction to regrowth by moving into the protection of Yellowstone National Park.

8vo. [6], 92 pp. Illust. title page, numerous plates, illustrations. Pictorial publisher's cloth, wraparound cover art by Dowling, illustrated endpapers, w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Dowling (minor edgewear, rubbing), still NF/VG copy. First edition of this detailed historical fiction describing the adventures of "Bumpy Bison" and her efforts to save her herd of American Buffalo from the depredations of the buffalo hunters of the West, and lead them to present-day Yellowstone National Park.