By Constance Rourke (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. AUDUBON by Constance Rourke with 12 color plates from the original Audubon prints plus b/w illustrations by James MacDonald 1936 cloth published by Harcourt Brace blue cloth with silver VG condition "very good, light cover wear, brown mark bottom front edge, inside clean and tight".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Clean pages, sturdy spine with light corner wear, some edge page yellowing and wear. 1936, edition not stated. bc.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Hard cover book no dustjacket . Moderate wear to cover and pages .

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Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Fair (in mylar). Reprint. Age toned end papers, else textblock is clean and tight; 12 color plates from Original Audubon prints; Age toned top page edges. Bright blue cloth, bumped head and foot of spine, minor wear to the corners and edges. Price-clipped, heavily worn and edge-chipped, edge-tattered dust jacket; 342p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 12 Color Plates from Original Audubon Prints; b&w illustrations by James MacDonald (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine weak. Illustrated by 12 Color Plates (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. First edition. 6 x 9 in. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Color and B&W illus. Condition is GOOD+ ; mild edge wear, covers somewhat soiled. Binding good with some give to front hinge. Text clean and unmarked. Bio. Stax.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Blue boards bright, light general soiling, light shelf wear to corners. Book is firm in binding, color illustrated frontispiece nearly detached, boards started. Newspaper clipping once taped to rear endpapers has left stains. Dustjacket's flaps now glued to front endpapers. Private library sticker on front endpaper; dated 1938. Contains 12 colored plates from original Audubon prints, as well as numerous b&w illustrations by James MacDonald. 342 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages. Illustrated by James MacDonald (illustrator).…

VeryGood+ unmarked. Condition: VeryGood unmarked. Not stated, presumed 1st edition. Illustrated biography of famed naturalist and painter John Jamres Audubon, with 12 color plates. Bright tight clean HB 1st. 6-1/2 x 9, 342 pp, index, b/w illus, full-page color plates.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 272 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Hard Cover First Edition. bookplate, color & black & white illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1936 hardcover book VERY GOOD has previous owners name written inside front end flap the rest of the book is clean, binding is solid, cover has very minor corner wear no jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 400-4506; Audubon [ORNITHOLOGY, BIRDS, ART Rourke, Constance Art Natue Naturalist Birds John James Audubon (1785-1851) was not the first person to attempt to paint and describe all the birds of America (Alexander Wilson has that distinction), but for half a centur. Illustrated by Audubon Prints and James MacDonald (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODustjacket, 1928, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, NF+/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET, 262 pgs, Index ,Green cloth Hardbound Cvr with Embossed emblem & bevelled Edges light wear small light Stains. 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall) Spine cvr rub & Fade. Interior Nice tight Clean Light Wear Fox, , Crabtree arrived in the California gold fields at age 5 and began dancing in the mining camps at age 8. She and her family moved to San Francisco when she was 9 and Lotta continued to attract much attention on the stage for a number of years. Several years later she came east and was a sensation in the Broadway music halls. As can be imagined, the beautiful performer was ardently persued but never married; her mother, and later she herself, invested in California real estate. She retired to New Jersey, a wealthy woman, at age 45., Lotta, who became the most popular soubrette of the seventies and eighties, began her career in the gold camps of the High Sierras, and the gambling saloons and variety halls of San Francisco. Troupes appeared not only in the theatres of the cities, but took to the road by stage coach or even on foot and played in the remotest mining towns with showers of gold as their reward. This is the story of the fascinating Lotta who emerged out of this background to become throughout the country the foremost comedy actress and the pioneer in extravaganza and burlesque. Includes much about other entertainers of the time, including Ada Menken, Lola Montez, the Booths, Julia Dean, and more. Wheat's California Gold Rush. Signed by Author(s). …