Lost Fish, First Edition (9 results)

Condition: Good. Conteh-Morgan, Jane (illustrator). 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illus. by Ludwig Volbeda (illustrator). 1st. Oblong 8vo, 237 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jane Conteh-Morgan (illustrator). First Edition. Inscribed to previous owner by the author on the title page. A fine, otherwise unmarked copy. The dust jacket has some edgewear, and some wrinkling to the bottom corner of the front panel. The flap price is intact. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 2008. 231pp. Colour illustrations. "The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw a veritable flood of scientific inquiry, as new species were discovered and new disciplines founded. Writers such as Rousseau and Audubon expounded on the beauties of nature, while naturalists like Linnaeus, Buffon, and his successor, the Comte de Lacépède, struggled to catalog the world around them. Today, only the very deepest crevasses of the ocean elude us. But many of these species, so meticulously described by Lacépède, are lost to us today, or pushed to the brink of extinction, put at risk by the planet's changing climate. Lost Fish presents a chance to meditate on the beauty of these beings before it is too late. Nearly two hundred antique illustrations of these wonders of the deep are paired with Lacépède's introductory musings on man's relationship to the marine Acclaimed environmental reporter Elizabeth Kolbert provides an introduction that elucidates the perils facing the ocean today?a fate inextricably linked with our own. As Jacques Cousteau put it, "Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat."" Both book and unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition. All contents are tight and clean. There are no inscriptions. The jacket is covered with removable clear plastic for protection. PLEASE NOTE: Heavy book so extra will be needed for shipping to non-UK customers.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Numerous full-page color plates. Introduction by Elizabeth Kolbert. Text in English. Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to dustjacket, with a small chip to front bottom, otherwise in excellent condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. With dustjacket now protected in a new Mylar cover. ; 4to; 232 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. small tear to dj at top of spine.

4to. 232pp. Original boards in dustwrapper (one short cut}. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations; a near fine copy. . First edition. 200 coloured illustrations from the late 18th and early 19th Century.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New quarto 231pp., colour plates, index, With nearly 200 coloured illustrations of deep sea creatures made by Lacepede in the late 18th & early 19th Century.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1914-1932, self-published by author Abbott. Full set of 19 small volumes written and printed by Abbott. Scarce set. A series of sketches covering adventures and observations in the Adirondack Mountains. Volumes in chronological order starting with 1914: The Anxious Seat, Lost Pond, Cherry Pond, Old Bare-Back, Camps and Trails, Fish Stories, The Chief Engineer, Cold River, Muskrat City, On the Bridge, Anthony Ponds, Fishing Brook, Wild Cat Mountain, Pioneering at Rowan Wood, Tirrell Pond, North Bay Brook, Psychology of the Lost, Raquette River, Pine Brook. Each is signed by the author on front endpaper, some with handwritten Christmas greetings. Some have fold-out map bound in at end. Some have a pasted in plate or two. Volumes are Fair to Good condition. 5 of the volumes have partial or completely missing spines. Covers are worn at edges, some hinges are loose, interiors are clean and unmarked. Please see photos. Signed by Author(s).