Language: English
Published by New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1978
ISBN 10: 0670291730 ISBN 13: 9780670291731
Seller: R & B Diversions LLC, Stratford, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing hardcover in mylar protected dustjacket. first US edition. pretty nice copy with a little wear to board edges, light wear to dj edges with a couple small closed tears and one small chip missing at top front of spine corner. no marks, not remaindered, not exlib, not bookclub, dj price intact & number line down to 1. fiction hardcover. Language: eng.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Dale Penny (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. first printing. unpaginated, color illustrations Dale Penny. sm. 4to. As new unread hardcover, fine d/j.
Published by Viking, 1978
Seller: Agathon Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated), 1st printing (number sequence begins with 1). SIGNED BY LUGER on the half-title page. FINE (no names, bookplates, remainder marks, or writing of any kind etc.), with FINE dust jacket with the $6.95 price intact. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by The Viking Press, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1978
ISBN 10: 0670291730 ISBN 13: 9780670291731
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Slightly smaller book, dark brown cloth spine, brown boards, gilt lettering bright on spine, yellow inside covers and adjacent end papers, 115 lightly browned heavy pages, ink Christmas note on reverse of first front end paper. DJ beneath mylar has beautiful color-illustration of two boys in desert wilderness on front, spine and back. DJ has very slight surface wear to front tips, light crease at top front edge, microtears and slight wear at spine edges. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1933
Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. VAN LOON, Henerik Willem (illustrator). First Edition. Green cloth binding with an illustrated sticker on the front and black lettering on the spine. Boards are faded and spine is soiled .Binding is loose as result of split hinge paper at front endpapers. Rear are solid. Previous owner name on top edge of front endpaper in ink. Both front and rear endpapers are pen and ink drawings. Title page is illustrated representation of Secret & Confidential coversheet of a document(book). Text block is solid and unmarked. and unmarked. 208 pages.
Published by Simon and Schuster, 1933
Seller: Deja Vu Books, Poplar Grove, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Van Loon, Hendrik Willem (illustrator). 1st Edition. Green hardcover binding with small picture pastedown on front has faded spine, slightly cocked, light wear and soiling. Both front and back hinges just beginning to crack but all solidly intact. 1933 gift note to previous owner on front endpaper. A bit of light soiling but overall interior is clean. 206 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing.
Language: English
Published by Running Press, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0762435321 ISBN 13: 9780762435326
Seller: Blue Marble Books LLC, Fort Thomas, KY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. 1st Edition. 1st edition/1st printing.
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Photography by Kersti Rydell San Clemente, CA. HBDJ, 2005, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, with #1 Intact Number Line Copyright pg, FINE/FINE-, Color glossy Boards Duplicate DJ Illustration. UNPAGINATED, 8vo. DJ protected in clear Mylar, 10 X 8 1/4 in. Reinforced Binding for Library Use, Light DJ edge wear .He demonstrates his dedication & Ability to take care of His Pet without his parents Help. Author like sound of a Whistling Teapot. He Enjoys Thai Food & thinks it would be fun to Ride an Elephant. Ages 2 & up. Signed by Author.
Published by Simon and Schuster, NY, 1933
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ILLUSTRATED .SPINE LETTERING RUBBED, BOOK SLIGTHLY SOILED.
Published by Simon and Schuster, NY, 1933
First Edition
Hardcover. van Loon illustrations (illustrator). 1st edition. GOOD book. Damp stained, external only, of bottom 2" of book's cover. NO damping at all inside, nor was DJ effected. Light edgewear, spine lettering faded away. VG+ inside. When newly bought the DJ parts had been separated and glued onto the last blank leaves. BUT: spine MISSING. GOOD book. DJ panels glued in @ book's end. 1st ed. 9"x6" 204pp.
Published by Saint Michael's Abbey Press, 2004
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 25.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Maroon cloth with gilt tooling to front board. Charming book of poetry Size: Octavo (standard book size). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 47255. For further information on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.
Published by Privately Published 2005, 2005
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 41.66
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Octavo. x, 177pp. Original illustrated paperback. Slight edge wear otherwise near fine and unread.
Language: English
Published by Simon and Schuster, 1933
Seller: HGG Books, Slingerlands, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. First Edition. An Elephant Up a Tree rare full page hand drawing by Van Loon with his signature. First edition from 1933 with the full title "This is the true story of Sir John or why the Elephants decided to remain Elephants"Pages with scattered fox spots larger amount on title page, drawing crisp in marker, binding solid, pen mark and smudge marks to cloth board, paste on title torn, fade to spine Pages with scattered fox spots l. Signed.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1933
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: poor. First. 3 color illustrations and many in black & white. 8vo, green cloth with colored pictorial label, dust wrapper. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1933. First Edition. The binding is rubbed and soiled & the spine faded; the chipped dust wrapper is heavily reinforced on the verso, but the book is special because of the original watercolor & ink drawing of an elephant family, along with a 1933 presentation covering an entire blank fly-leaf.
Published by London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean by Howlett., 1819
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster First Edition
Condition: Good. Handcoloured aquatint on J. Whatman paper with accompanying letterpress description on J. Larking rag paper, dated 1817. 18.5 x 23 inches. 47 x 58.5 cm. Sheet size. Engraved by H. Merke, using the same plate as the first edition published by Edward Orme. Slight discoloration in the margins. From:ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS : being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the WILD SPORTS OF THE EAST; and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the NATURAL HISTORY of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals: As likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes, and serpents / the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes, taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, who served upward of twenty years in Bengal; the drawings by Samuel Howett, made uniform in size, and engraved by the first artists.Author: Williamson, Thomas Captain (1758-1817) and Artist: Samuel Howett (1756-1822).Tooley, 510 (for the smaller 1819 quarto edition); Abbey,Travel II, 427 (for the 1807 first edition).
Published by London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean by Howlett., 1819
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster First Edition
Condition: Good. Handcoloured aquatint on J. Whatman paper with accompanying letterpress description on J. Larking rag paper, dated 1817. 18.5 x 23 inches. 47 x 58.5 cm. Sheet size. Engraved by H. Merke, using the same plate as the first edition published by Edward Orme. Slight discoloration in the margins.Short marginal tear stabilized from the verso. ORIENTAL FIELD SPORTS : being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the WILD SPORTS OF THE EAST; and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the NATURAL HISTORY of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals: As likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes, and serpents / the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes, taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, who served upward of twenty years in Bengal; the drawings by Samuel Howett, made uniform in size, and engraved by the first artists.Author: Williamson, Thomas Captain (1758-1817) and Artist: Samuel Howett (1756-1822).Tooley, 510 (for the smaller 1819 quarto edition); Abbey,Travel II, 427 (for the 1807 first edition).