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Milne, A.A.
And Now We are Six
New York, E.P. Dutton & Company,
1930, Hard Cover,
illus: Ernest H. Shepard, Condition: Very Good Plus, Illustrated poetry and rhymes. Orange gilt illustrated cloth boards and spine, gilt lettering. Corners bumped. Illustrated end papers, of all the Christopher Robin characters. sm 8vo, 103 pages. Very clean, solidly bound. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Ernest H. Shepard. 1930, 18th printing
(Children's, Books, Vintage, Children's, Books, A.A., Milne, Christopher, Robin, Ernest, H., Shepard, Illustrator, Children's, Poetry, Christopher, Robin, Nursery, Rhymes) Cat No. 2457.
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18.00
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Oates, Joyce Carol.
Angel of Light
New York, E. P. Dutton & Co.,
1981, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, In this novel Oates explores our political heritage with a mounting drama that plays like a Greek tragedy. It begins when Maurice Halleck, Director of the Commission for the Ministry of Justice is accused of wrongdoing, he then dies in a suspicious car accident. A suicide note and confession are then found. The Hallecks are direct descendants of John Brown, who was hanged in 1859, a martyr in the struggle against slavery. Tan board, tan cloth spine. DJ not price clipped brown illustrated. Damp stain to lower page ends, some pages have lower marginal damp stain, very mild, not affecting text. Clean text, tightly bound. tall 8vo, 434 pages. First Edition, First Print
(Edition, Novels, Joyce, Carol, Oates, Historical, Fiction, Political, Novels, Family, Epic) Cat No. 2124.
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15.00
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Ondaatje, Michael.
Anil's Ghost
New York, Alfred A Knopf,
2000, First Edition ed, Hardcover,
Condition: Fine, Jacket: Near Fine, Taking place in Sri Lanka; Anil is a forensic anthtropologist sent by the international human rights group to work with local officials to discover the source of the orgaized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. Brown boards, tan cloth spine.First edition. DJ not price clipped, pictorial, black spine. Rear DJ near spine edge has a closed razor cut 1 1/2 inch all else fine. 8 vo, 307 pages. By the author of the English Patient
(Of, India, First, Edition, Michael, Ondaatje, Forensic, Science, Mystery, Murder, Mystery) Cat No. 1468.
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9.50
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Frisch, Karl Von with Collaboration of Otto Von Frisch, Translated By Lisbeth Gombrich.
Animal Architecture
New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
1974, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, The behavior and habitation of animals is surveyed in text, photos and drawings. A profusely illustrated work on the marvels of instinct and inventivness among insects, birds and mammals. From time immemorial animals ingeniously used stone, wood, reeds, clay and wax as building material. The invented hinged doors, traps, shelters and overhanging roofs, cells with waterproof lining. The precision of their architectural skills frequently surpasses that of human architects. 282 illustrations, 84 in color. Brown cloth illustrated boards & spine. DJ not price clipped, white illustrated. Light shelfwear, faint crease near spine edge. tall 8 vo, 306 pages. Clean, tightly bound
(Edition, Natural, History, Animal, Behavior, Eco, System, Animal, Habitation, Wasp, Nests, Spider, Webs, Honeycombs, Anthropods, Subterranean, Environment, Of, Rodents) Cat No. 1246.
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14.50
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Haldane, J.B.S. & Huxley, Julian.
Animal Biology
Oxford, Clarendon Press,
1927, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Fron the Clarendon Series of Readers for high school aged children. Profusely illustrated (122) with diagrams, charts and drawings, including a fold-out table to illustrate the share of the process of "aggregation" and individuation in progressive evolution. Chapters include: Development and Heredity; Eschanges of Matter and Energy; Transport in the Body; The Nervous System; Organic Regulation; Internal Environment; Some Points in the Physiology of Development; Methods of Evolution; General Process of Evolution; Results of Evolution: The Animal Kingdom: (A) The Invertebrates; Results of Evolution (B) the Vertebrates. Frontispiece drawing of two deep sea Angler-fishes, to show their extraordinary structure. f.e.p. torn, previous owners name to front pastedown upper edge. Blue coth boards and spine, gilt lettering to front board and spine. Few smudge marks, all else clean, tightly bound. Glossary to rear. 12 mo, 344 pp First Ed.
(Biology, Books, Vintage, School, Books, Animal, Biology, Vintage, High, School, Biology, Books, Animal, Biology, Illustrated, Animal, Science, Clarendon, School, Readers, Evolution, Taught, In Schools) Cat No. 3095.
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20.00
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