Animals And Nature from Cat's Cradle Books

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding. Hinges have been reinforced with tape on both volumes. Pages clean, tanned. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with wear at corner tips and extremities of spine. Top page edges are gilt. Gilt lettering on… Read more about this item

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Lightly circulated. Binding and hinges sound. Pages clean, off-white. Paper over boards is edge worn with bumped corners, shelf wear. Label on front is well preserved. ; Opal Irene Whiteley (1897-1992) was an American nature writer and diarist who lived… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Seventh Printing. Exlibrary markings. Hinge papers cracked but holding; binding sound. Frontispiece loose in book. Writing on ffep. Pages clean, tanned. Gilt Art Nouveau design on front is a bit faded but visible. Lettering and design on spine is faded. Wear to extremities of… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Im Bärenreiter Verlag zu Kassel, 1932. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Rudolf Koch, Frik Kredel, Emil W&ou. Text in German language using fraktur. Seven loose leaves, each one showing a woodcut by Frik Kredel of a drawing by Rudolf Koch with handcoloring by Emil Wöllner. Drawings also appear in a three-volume work on wildflowers… Read more about this item

New York: Orange Judd Company, 1904. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Exlibrary markings with occasional pencil marks and several dog-eared pages. Sound binding and hinges. Pages lightly tanned. Illustrated in black and white. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed, scuffed, wih heavier wear at top and bottom of spine and at corners. Gilt… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Exlibrary markings. Book is slightly cocked. Pages tanned. Tissue over frontispiece is loose and present in book. Binding and hinges sound. Cloth over boards is scuffed, worn, with bumped corners and edge rubbing. Gilt lettering on spine is darkened but still visible. ;… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1930. Limited Edition. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Limited Edition. Bare cardstock boards have edge wear, tanning, darkening of label on spine. Pages clean, slightly tanned. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. ; Limited edition of 875 copies. (PJ) on colophon page. Fond memoir of the author's cat Feathers and… Read more about this item

New York: Kensington Books, 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has light edge rubbing. ; Author is an avid fly fisherman who writes of memories and anecdotes related to fishing. ; 8.5" tall ; 129… Read more about this item

New York: Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ displays no evidence of wear. ; Personal writings on the author's love of river fishing. ; 9.25" tall; 80 pages.

Chelsea, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1985. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy. Fourth Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean with bright gilt lettering on spine. DJ has general light shelf wear with tanning. ; Story of Elzéard Bouffier, who lived in a remote… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Flexible leatherette. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Writing on ffep. Leatherette over flexible boards is clean. ; Detailed field guide with many full color photographs. ; 7.5" (21 cm) tall; 714 pages.

New York: Atheneum, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Book plate on ffep. Clean, slightly off-white pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has general shelf wear, closed tears on edges, tanning, fading at spine. ; Psychological play about a teenaged boy who has blinded several horses. ; Book Club Edition; 8.5"… Read more about this item

Wien: Umweltbundesamt, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the German language. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Clear cellophane overlays in back to use with maps in the book. Pictorial paper over boards is clean with minor corner bumping. ; Book contains primarily text, maps showing distribution of various birds that breed in Austria.… Read more about this item

Petropólis: Editora Index, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Portuguese language. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean with some light shelfwear on back and tipped in illustration of Natterer on front. ; Account of Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer´s time in Brazil from 1817 to 1835. Illustrations include beautifully… Read more about this item

New York: The Library of America, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom of pages, visible when book is closed. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has light edge rubbing. ; Nearly 70 excerpts from American writers of the 17th through the 20th centuries. ;… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Illustrated by Charles L. Ripper. First Edition. Previous owner's name on ffep with inscription. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages. Cloth over boards is clean, slightly edge rubbed. DJ has light shelf wear and light overall soiling. ; Description of… Read more about this item

Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ is clean. ; Author's reflections on his hobby of raising chickens. 8.25" tall; 152 pages.

Rutland, Vermont: Academy Books, 1998. Hardcover. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages with author's signature on title page. Wrappers clean with color photograph of Furnace Brook tipped in on front and bright gilt lettering. ; Author's memoir of her beloved Vermont home, Furnace Brook Farm. In addition to her love for nature… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1924. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Binding is sound. Pages clean, lightly tanned, with some rippling of pages. Wrappers tanned, creased, lightly soiled. Wrappers have light shelf soiling with minor edge rubbing. Many advertisements in addition to 123 pages of articles. ; Contents: Grosvenor, The Hawaiian Islands: America's strongest… Read more about this item

Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2020. Softcover. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers display no evidence of wear. ; Aims to cultivate wonder and gratitude through intimacy with nature. ; 9.0" tall; 139 pages.