King Wind, First Edition (38 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Tight bright 1st edition in illust paperback covers with color loss from storage on burgundy background wrappers. No names, tears or soil. Almost every Thoroughbred alive today traces its ancestery to one special horse, the Godolphin Arabian. To Agba, the Godolphin was his own beloved Sham, the horse he'd tended since birth. Although Sham sired champion sons and daughters, he himself had never raced. At the Newmarket Races Agba wonders - shouldn't Sham be given his chance to run, his chance to prove that he's truly King of the Wind?

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Wesley Dennis (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good condition with moderate cover wear, rubbing at top & bottom of spine and corners. Some discoloration of cover cloth, but gilt spine lettering and gilt design on front cover remains bright. Internal content is generally clean, binding strong. Numerous illustrations by Wesley Dennis, four of them full page and in color.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 76p. : music ; 20cm. Notes: Includes index. Subject: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 - Studies - Concertos, winds, orchestra - Concertos, strings, orchestra. Concertos - Analysis, appreciation - (String orchestra) - (Wind instrument with instrumental ensemble). Austrian string instrument concertos & Austrian wind instrument concertos - Critical studies. Other names: British Broadcasting Corporation. Series: BBC music guides. Genre: Illustrated, text. 3 Kg.

Condition: Good. 1971. First edition thus. 170 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout by Wesley Dennis. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1971. First edition thus. 170 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout by Wesley Dennis. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Paper covered boards. As issued. All interior pop-ups and mechanicals are fully intact and functional, without bends, tears, or creases. "As Time Goes By" no longer plays when cover is opened (battery needs replacement). 1st ptg., complete number line. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Red cloth, cover is lightly soiled, with signs of wear to the spine and tips of the boards. Previous owner's nameplate pasted to the inside front flysheet. Pages are slightly discolored due to age, but are unmarked, clean, and firmly bound to the spine. This book is in near fine condition.

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First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 76p. : music ; 20cm. Notes: Includes index. Subject: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 - Studies - Concertos, winds, orchestra - Concertos, strings, orchestra. Concertos - Analysis, appreciation - (String orchestra) - (Wind instrument with instrumental ensemble). Austrian string instrument concertos & Austrian wind instrument concertos - Critical studies. Other names: British Broadcasting Corporation. Series: BBC music guides. Genre: Illustrated, text. 1 Kg.

Condition: New. 2022. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First printing. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Sm 4to. Red cloth, with gilt spine lettering and gilt title and decoration on front cover. Illustrated end papers. 175 pages. Slight edge wear. Corners bumped. Damp stain on front cover. Small puncture mark on spine (above lettering). Lacking the dust-jacket. With Rand McNally "A" on copyright page.

Green Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket is somewhat darkened and smudges, slightly chipped at the edges and spine. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Book is in Fine condition, jacket is Very Good and in mylar jacket cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near Fine hardcover. No dust jacket. First edition "A" present. Slight cock and spine darkened. Clean and tight. No writing or other marks. We wrap and box our books for shipping.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Scribner hardcover edition with a full number line, 2012. Very good condition. Clean text without highlighting or underlining. Tight spine. Light wear to the text block. DJ has been custom fitted with an archival wrap. Please see pictures for condition.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. Bookplate on front endpage. (Horses, Juvenile Fiction).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Like New. There Are No Marks Or Tears Inside The Book. The Binding Is Tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 5 double page pop-ups with 3 pull tabs and 5 doors. Originally the Casablanca pop-up played music. Device is in place, but battery is dead. All moveables are in Fine condition as is the binding.

HARDBACK RED. Condition: . JACKET: GOOD. DENNIS, WESLEY (illustrator). 1ST ED. Signed by author to half title page. General wear, scuffed and worn DJ edges, chipped DJ edges, tanned DJ spine, colour illustrated endpapers, contains BW illustrations DATE PUBLISHED: 1948 EDITION: 1ST ED 172.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over turquoise boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1.1 kg); pp (xxxi) 397; Index; Includes: Family trees; Timeline; Colour photographs, on individual leaves; Maps; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #203878 ||.

William Collins, London. 2018. First edition. Hardback with DW. Large 8vo. Illustrated with colour plates and maps. A lovely clean copy in very slightly worn wrapper.

1929, 1st Edition. (Decorative cloth) Near fine. 184pp. Frontispiece, illus., - colour plates & b / w photographs. Gilt-decorated and -printed green cloth lovely & bright. Endpaper maps, front and rear, unmarked. Internally very good indeed.

Hardcover. Condition: G. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Has an "A" on the copyright page. Red cloth boards, gilt title on the cover and spine, gilt illustration of a horse's head on the front cover. Good binding. Colorful illustrated endpapers of a horse race. DJ has heavy chipping and creasing. Many B&W illustrations. Former owner's name on title page.

Condition: Very Good. 1941. First edition. Hardback. E. scarce. T?acs as Gaeilge.Text in Irish, in old Irish font. Beautiful colour illustrations. Fine in very good cloth covers, no dust wrapper as issued. Covers sunned and showing some age and wear. Lightly toned, text and illustrations bright, crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. First edition copy. . . .

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Cedric Wright; David R. Brower; Weldon F. Heald; Henry E. Timby; David Burd; Raffi Bedayan; Spencer Austin; Richard M. Leonard; Thomas Morley; W.E. James (illustrator). 1st Edition. Near Fine - very. See scans and description. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1941. The February, 1941 issue of the Sierra Club Bulletin, that being Volume XXVI, Number 1. Tall octavo (9 1/4"), printed perfect-bound wraps, 193 pp. (158 pp. numbered, 34 plates, one onionskin). Quite Near Fine, with in fact no salient flaws to point to; this example is, in all likelihood, in the same condition in which it was originally received in 1941. See all scans. This issue feature a 16-plate section of majestic photos of the King's Canyon National Park by Cedric Wright (as well as two other Wright plates elsewhere); a fold-out reproduced map of the San Joaquin Valley, originally created by Lieutenant Jose Maria Estudillo in 1819; and onionskin foldout map of the Mt. Whitney Region, executed by the Sierra Club itself, new for this issue; an 1875 article on the King's River Valley by John Muir, originally published in The Daily Evening Bulletin; two 1875 photos by W.E. James which may be the first photographs ever taken in the King's Canyon National Park; sketch-illustrated pieces on climbing and camping; and a lot more. See scan of contents page. Photographers: Cedric Wright; David R. Brower; Weldon F. Heald; Henry E. Timby; David Burd; Raffi Bedayan; Spencer Austin; Richard M. Leonard; Thomas Morley; W.E. James. Writers of the above-mentioned pieces and others on Mountain Wind, King's River Sierra, Mount Avon, End of the Rope, High and Dry, Little Gem Company, Snowpatch, the legislative history of Sequoia and King's Canyon National Park, Botany, Mountain Photography, and Mountaineering Notes include: Francis P. Farquhar; John Muir; Ansel Adams; Joseph N. LeConte; Norman Livermore; Charlotte E. Mauk; Weldon F. Heald; Blanche Stallings; Fritz Lippmann; John Thomas Howell; May Pridham; Cedric Wright; Bestor Robinson; Leland Curtis; John D. and Ruth Mendenhall; Arthur B. Johnson; Braeme Gigas; Howard Koster. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LSC2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. With illustrations. 12mo. 176pp. Blind stamped black boards with yellow endpapers and gilt spine decoration and lettering with contemporary pencil gift inscription. Some occasional foxing to the pages, front pastedown and a two pages wrinkled and tide mark, and a bit of wear to the corners of the boards with some fraying, very good. A compilation of children's stories by the prolific writer and frequent contributors of *Graham's Magazine*. Her papers are held at The New York Historical Society.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). First Edition. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. 174 pages. 7 1/8"w x 9 3/4"h. Black and white illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Wear and fraying to red cloth cover, especially at corners. Pictorial endpapers. Newbery Award winner. Copyright page states edition of 1948 and has letter A indicating first printing Keywords: Horse, Racing, Horse Racing, Arabian, Godolphin, Newbery Medal, Misty, Jockey.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dennis, Wesley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Red hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight : bright red with gold decoration on front. Illustrated endpapers - previous owner's bookplate on first blank page. Dustjacket has shelfwear. Rubbed along edges, a few small chips. Displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. Price-clipped dj. Cover DOES NOT HAVE gold Newbery Medal winner seal. Copyright page states edition of 1948 and has letter A indicating first printing. 172+ pages. Fact/fiction story of the stallion Sham, also known as the legendary Godolphin Arabian. This book published in 1948, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1949. Size: Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall 1st Printing.

First edition with the A present; Winner of the 1949 Newbery Medal; Small 4to.; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and illustration and illustrated endpapers, hardcover; 173 pages; black and white and color illustrations; The Story of the Godolphin Arabian; page edges are foxed and boards are edgeworn with bottom spine beginning to fray else very good in an edgeworn, sunned and torn dust jacket that is price-clipped and lacking the medal on front.