james paul chapin (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Delve into the heart of early 20th-century ornithology with James Chapin's 'Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo.' This meticulously prepared print edition offers a fascinating glimpse into the avian wonders of the Ituri Forest. Originally published in 1915 as part of the 'Bulletin of the AMNH,' this work presents detailed descriptions of newly discovered bird species from a region then known as the Belgian Congo.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. McCaleb, Fred F. (Cover); Fuller, Arthur D.; Dower, Walter; Gillette, Henry S.; Hunt, Lynn Bogue; Monroe Jr., C.E.; Ripley, A. Lassell; Ward, Everett S.; Chapin Ray (photos); Wares, James A.; Liedl, Charles; Bransom, Paul (illustrator). First Edition. 118 pages. Features: The Great Bear Hunt; Bighorn Mountain Trout; Hawk Call - Reconverted; Moose on the Loose; The Dove; Midwinter Rainbows; Darby Creek Honkers; Confessions of a Goat Hunter; The Springer's Surprise; Duck Shooting; Big Bomber; Repairing Bamboo Rods; Deer Hunter's Cabin; The Passing of "Take 'Em" Sue; Christmas at North Crossing; Man-Eaters of Kumaon - part 3 - the Chowgarh man-eating tiger killed 64 humans before Jim Corbett caught up with her;; Magnum Loadings. Nice one-page hunting cabin photo ad for Zenith Radios; Photo of Frank M. Gale holding his winning largemouth; Photo of Mrs. Julian T. Crandall with her 121 pound tarpon; funky 2/3 page red and black ad for Prince Albert pipe tobacco explains that the man in the ad gets ladies because of his P.A. (Pipe Appeal!); Cute color ad for Calvert Whisky inside front cover features bear cub on ski hill; Nice color one-page illustration of Duck Shooting by Lassell; Nice red and black 2/3-page ad for the new Higgins Camp Trailer; Nice photo ad for Feather Foam coats by the Arctic Feather & Down Co. of Seattle; Trav-Ler Radio ad; Selecting and Using an Outdoorman's Ax; Nice photo ad for Gephart salt water fishing rods; Nice one-page red and black hunting-theme photo-ad for Gaines dog food; Front cover beginning to separate. Back cover missing. Most of pages 67/68, and 85/86 missing. A worthy vintage copy.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition, signed. 4 volumes, 25 cm. Illustrated with photo half-tones, maps (some folding), diagrams, and some full-color illustrations. Bound in sturdy green buckram. Original wraps bound in. Old shelf location labels on spines, but no library markings. Inscribed by the author to Donald Carter, then ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History, whose bookplate appears on the front pastedown. About fine. Extra shipping charges will apply at cost.

[28] pp.; 27.8 x 21.6 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held [June 6 - 24], 1960. Foreword by Martha Jackson. Texts "Junk Culture as Tradition" by Lawrence Alloway, and "Some Observations on Contemporary Art" by Allan Kaprow. Artists included Anthea Alley, Stephen Antonakos, Hans Arp, Hubert Berke, Jose Bermudez, Ronald Bladen, Lee Bontecou, Harry Bouras, George Brecht, Alberto Burri, Alexander Calder, John Chamberlain, David Chapin, Chryssa, Christo Coetzee, Bruce Conner, Joseph Cornell, Roy De Forest, Sari Dienes, James Dine, Enrico Donati, Tom Doyle, Jean Dubuffet, Claire Falkenstein, Dan Flavin, Jean Follett, Peter Forakis, William Giles, Charles Ginnever, Mathias Goeritz, Red Grooms, Grover Hendricks, Edward Higgins, Robert Indiana, Paul Jenkins, Jasper Johns, Zoltan Kemeny, Yffe Kimball, Yves Klein, Irving Kriesberg, Bernard Langlais, John Latham, John Little, Hubert Long, Anthony Magar, Robert Mallary, Glen Michaels, Manolo Millares, Renee Miller, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, George Ortman, Alfonso Ossorio, Lil Picard, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Leo Rabkin, Robert Rauschenberg, Irwin Rubin, Salvatore Scarpitta, Kurt Schwitters, Richard Stankiewicz, Takis, Antonio Tapies, Alice Terry, Sofu Teshigahara, Stanley Vanderbeek, Robert Whitman, May Wilson and Wilfred Zogbaum. Includes eight installation images by Rudolph Burckhardt and checklist of the exhibition with prices listed. Very Good. Light rubbing of covers and edges with 7.1 cm. of yellowing to recto. Contents are clean and unmarked.