Universe, 1975/1974, 2nd; 127 pp., bibliog. Juvenile hardback. A dream-like philosophical encounter with a feral boy in the desert. Though he wrote a detailed observation of the boy's life, the author subsequently tried to protect him from interference, both well meaning and commercial. Additional information about feral children. more
New York: Silver Burdett and Company (1924); Jean Broadhurst, editor, with 12 page Silent Reading Directions by Laura Zirbes of the Lincoln School of Teachers College (Columbia); green cloth boards with an illustration of a gate leading to the sea; 8vo; 166 pp. Reference education,, softcover. "In the Green Gate..... more
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923/1923, 1st, tp; brown cloth boards with stamped illustration of Elephant with children on his back, coloured frontis and 9 black and white single sided glossy plates, as issued; 7.25 x 10.25"; 172 pp, including glossary. Juvenile hardback. Twenty-six stories from the author's larger work..... more
HarperCollins, 2005/1945, 1st thus; with Introduction and Reader's Companion by Lemony Snicket, ;arge trade paperback with some strip illustrations from the larger original jacket; 186 pp. Juvenile softcover (shelve w hb). A modern reprint of this famous old book. "one of the noblest books I know. At once a philosophical..... more
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967, 4th; heavy library binding but not ex-lib, c.1965. Juvenile hardback. "A story of the life of Atu (a.k.a. the Ice King), from cub to full grown polar bear, and his relationships with his parents, other polar bears, and the Smith Sound Eskimos of Northern..... more
Champaign, Illinois: The Gerrard Press (1959), second series of 5 books listed on rear flap as well as first series of 5 in small print; yellow and orange heavy cloth boards with giraffes; a full illustration in rust, and black line introduces each story, animal pictures in text; in tan..... more
Joliet, Illinois: The P. F. Volland Company, 1929, 1st, one of the Volland Fairy Stories, pictorial paper boards with white elephant caparisoned in red ornaments; endpapers with running jungle animals, endpapers, boards and all plates have delicate floral borders, black cloth spine, in black box with same illustration as boards..... more
Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, Whispering Coyote imprint 2003, 1st printing, nl; full pictorial cover with a giant mother bear nuzzling her cub, dark blue endpapers, in jacket identical to boards; 8.75 x 11.25; np. Picture Book hardback. A huge mother brown bear sings a gentle bedtime song to her cub. "You're..... more
San Jose, CA: Editorial Almadén, 1971 1sts; both books include glossaries, lists of zoos etc Zoo-Risa with tan card covers and hippo photo, oblong 85x55"; 64pp; Zoo -Fun with grey card covers and dolphin photo, oblong 8.5x5.25" 64 pp (2 SOFTCOVER books). Spanish language softcover small. Galarza's two Zoo books..... more
Cleveland, OH: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1917, #504 series, a shape book:heavy card follows the outlines of the elephant with an elaborate caparison on front and back, tp and 15 pages of individual wild animals, coloured every other page; 5.75x7" Toploader little softcover. "The polar bear lives way up north/And..... more
Princeton, New Jersey: Van Nostrand, 1965/1960, 1st US; translated from the French for the English publication by Joyce Emerson; red top edge, jacket with the boy and his bear in a snowy village; 8vo; 135 pp. Juvenile hardback. The second in the series about Grichka and his bear, set in..... more
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978, 1st nap.; a Putnamm Nature Biography, cream cloth boards with red titles, in cream jacket with black and red titles and silhouettes of giraffe's tunning along together, 8vo; 60 pp. Picture Book Hardback. From his birth, when he drops five and a half..... more
Doubleday Page & Company, 1922 on title page, reprint of 1912 collection (individual stories copyright from 1897 to 1902); printed at the Country Life Press, Garden City, NY; grey cloth ruled boards with black titles and illustration of Big God Nqong in his pool with this feet sticking out and..... more
New York & London, Harper and Bros, 1936 1st, sd; cream boards with Plouf catching a dragonfly; blue endpapers with pond scene, 9 x 10.25; np (about 50). Children's foreign language French. Plouf's adventures from his birth to the time he is ready to fly off with his flock. Beautiful..... more
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1976, 1st, nl; white boards with black zebras, black cloth spine; in white jacket with same zebras.and zebras standing together on back; 6.25 x 9.3; 134 pp incld 10 pp of Further Reading and Index. Juvenile Hardback. A scientist looks at the evolution of the three..... more
New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1939 1st, tp; pale orange boards with dark green titles; illustrated cream endpapers, full page illustrations in text, 6 x 9.25"; 54 pp. Juvenile hardback. A story beautifully retold from the Hindi lending itself to wonderful Lathrop illustrations. "When Kirpalu, the holy man who..... more
Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association, (1959); pictorial cover, 8vo; np. Juvenile hardback. A wonderful cover painting with Nenook standing on an iceberg and roaring, ice and sea all around, kind of a sparkly texture. How Father and Mother polar bear brought up little Nanook. more
Chicago and New York, Rand McNally, (1900) "H-23" later printing;; Introductory Notes by David Starr Jordan (Stanford), green cloth boards with pasted on plate and stamped brown titles, 6 full coloured plates in this copy, no table of illustrations. 8vo; 259 pp. Juvenile hardback. Together with a thrilling account of..... more
New York: Viking 1952, 1st, "first published" dark blue cloth boards with seal balancing rings, oblong, 10 x 7.5"; 48 pp. Picture Book hardback. Though famous for his wonderful carnival performances, Othello was lonely; only the seals in the mirror were his friends. Then he received a fan letter from..... more
London: The Bodley Head, Ltd 1974/1973, 1st UK, printed in Switzerland; white paper boards with skunk meeting red crayfish in the forest in greens, browns, and blacks; no free endpapers as issued, in jacket identical to boards, 8.5x11.75; np. Picture Book Hardback. A cumulative tale about animals who wish to..... more
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, stated 1st American, 1973; light green cloth binding, in jacket with boy and stag on front, plain back, 8v0; 160pp. Juvenile hardback, An ailing teenage boy returns to his childhood village and finds himself drawn into a relationship with the black stag, in which..... more
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001, stated first; pictorial boards with very large buffalo, brown endpapers, many illustrations in text, in jacket identical to boards, oblong 10.25 x 8.25"; np. Picture Book Hardback. An honest look at the fate of the millions of buffalo that once roamed the..... more
New York: Maxton, (1945), early copy; shaped wraps; 13 pp. Softcover. Toploader large softcover novelty moveable. The outline shape of the book is of a sitting bear front and back; no exterior words, only the picture. In the bear's arms rests a cub, who is removable. more
NY: Maxton, (1945), Series A; outline shape of bear with place for cub in pouch, pictorial envelope. Softcover. Toploader large softcover novelty moveable. The outline shape of the book is of a sitting bear; no exterior words, only the picture. Designed so that a removable bear cub can rest in..... more
New York: Maxton, 1945, apparent 1st printing; wraps. Softcover. Toploader large softcover novelty moveable. Kangaroo shape book; no exterior words, only the naturalistic full coloured picture. In the roo's pocket rests a joey, who is removable and free standing. 13 pp text. more