Vance hoyt (12 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Good condition. Gift inscription and date (1936) in pencil on front endpaper. Spine tips and cover corners are bumped and worn. Cover edges are rubbed. A little rubbing on cover surfaces. 157 pages with about 70 illustrations from scenes from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie.…

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Fair. 1931. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Orange illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Half title page is missing. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is clear. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., (1929). First Edition. 8vo. 265pp. Full blue cloth stamped in silver letters and illustration. Binding near fine, silver and blue bright and unworn (few faint spots on spine, top edges dust-soiled); scarce illustrated dj fair (partly faded including spine which also has dark water stain and frayed foot, chip to top edge of rear panel). Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull include silver fox on spine and front cover, illustrated endpapers in b&w, 6 full-page b&w illustrations on coated stock. Story of animal life in the Topanga Canyon, especially that of the gray fox that became the pet and companion of the author.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 265 pages. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. Condizioni dettagliate: Buone, lievi sbiaditure, abrasioni, fioriture e macchie al volume, copertina rigida.

Romanzo - Traduzione autorizzata dall'inglese di Alfredo Pitta - Collana Romantica Mondiale Sonzogno. N. 212 - in 16° - pp.251 - Tela editoriale - Strappetti senza mancanze al dorso - Libro usato.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. 265pp. Pictorial blue cloth decorated in silver. Small stain at the bottom corner of a few pages, spotting at bottom of rear endpapers, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a long tear (about 5 inches) on the rear panel, and a sunned spine. Hoyt was a trailblazing conservation and wildlife advocate who advocated for an end to killing skunks and raccoons, and argued, decades ahead of his time, how important coyotes were to controlling rodent populations. In 1934, in reference to the decline in wildlife at Topanga, Hoyt stated: "Only at twilight and dawn can you see any more the coming and going, the stalk and frolic of the few remaining wild denizens of wood and field." This is his first book about a wild fox that became a member of the Hoyt family.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 129-192 plus 16 pages of advertisements. Features: The Grey Car Mystery - a Winnipeg murder case is solved - with photos of Sheriff Delos Blanchard, Harry Heipel, J.A. Kaesar (the victim), Inspector M.F. Anthony, and Chief George Smith; Premonition - an odd recollection by ship's engineer R.A. Jordan, R.N.R.; Photo of mystery stone coffin in the village of Turville; The Foundling - the tale of a temporarily adopted baboon in Nigeria; The Gold-Seekers - reprint of a Honduran adventure published in 1915 involving Charles Row, Dr. John F. Howard, Bert Dare, Edward J. Hoyt and W.W. Palmer; White Man's Magic - a Scots tugboat skipper uses his intelligence to restore order to a colony of Negroes in Columbia who were whipped to a frenzy by a self-appointed medicine-man; Photos of aftermath of cyclone which struck Townsville, Queensland, Australia in March, 1946; On the Razmak Road - a curious happening on the northwest frontier of India; Two Cot Cases - a Royal Navy rescue story involving the H.M.S. Keppel; Patrolling the Gulf of Carpentaria; Indian Pole-Trick; Vast Pools of Silver Salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska - article with photos; Hide and Seek - a tale from the coast of Dalmatia in the Adriatic where motor-gunboats of the Royal Navy harried German supply schooners; Nice Mars chocolate bar ad inside back cover. Colour ad for Wavy Navy tobacco on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Modest sticker removal blemish to front cover. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Inns, Kenneth; Cleaver (?); Holloway (?); Brock; Osmond, Edward (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 96 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Somerfield, Tom; Pape, Frank C.; Burton, Harry M.; Wright, Frank; Reynolds, Warwick; Gill, A.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby; Buchanan, F.; Wright, Frank; Gordon, Alexandre (illustrator).…