Splash platypus (9 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Zustand: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.…

broché. Zustand: Comme neuf.

Stapled. Zustand: Good. In Splash the Platypus, Splash and the other platypuses learn that it can be useful to be a little bit different. Platypuses are egg-laying m ammals called monotremes. They live in burrows beside creeks and waterho les and have thick, waterproof fur that keeps them warm when they hunt f or food under water. About the Author: Rebec ca Johnson is an award-winning primary school science teacher and has wr itten more than 60 books for children. Cover faded towards spine. 24 pages.…

78pp. 4to. Original cloth backed paper boards,black and white photographic frontispiece and plates. Offsetting to endpapers. A very good copy. First edition.

Album 1. Oblong quarto (205 x 285 mm), embossed red leather over boards; front endpaper with ownership inscription of Morwell Hodges; approx. [50] mounted b/w gelatin silver print photographs, most 150 x 200 mm format, and several newspaper cuttings relating to the Healesville wildlife sanctuary and Coranderrk Aboriginal reserve; subjects include "Splash", the famous Healesville platypus, koalas; in excellent condition throughout. Album 2.Oblong quarto (190 x 270 mm), black cloth over boards; approx. [40] corner-mountedb/w gelatin silver print photographs, most 150 x 200 mm format; subjects include "Splash" and his handler Robert Eadie, as well as other animals at the sanctuary (owls, kookaburras, kangaroos, emus, possums), sanctuary visitors interacting with the animals, views of "Wildwood" guesthouse, and unidentified portraits (probably Hodges' family); in excellent condition throughout. Photographer and newspaper proprietor Morwell Hodges was born in Morwell, Gippsland in 1896. Among numerous other publications and periodicals (see below), his photographs were published in Robert Eadie's The life and habits of the Australian platypus (Melbourne, 1935). 'Morwell Hodges lived in Tasmania and Melbourne as a child. He was educated at the state school in Frankston and later at the Sacred Heart school in Kew, Victoria, where his father took over theKew Mercurynewspaper.After leaving school, Hodges worked for a time in the office of the newspaper and as a clerk in stores in Melbourne. In 1915 he joined the Royal Australian Navy as a wireless operator. Later, he was the proprietor of theHealesville Guardian.Hodges provided photographic illustrations for several works, includingEchoes of the Bushby Alice Johnson.InVeil of Time, Hodges is listed as the author ofBeyond the Reefand Country Editor, neither of which publications have been traced.Archival material on Hodges is held at the Kew Historical Society (Kew, Victoria).' (AustLit).…