Marchant Ra (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Good hardcover first printing in poor dust jacket (large chip missing, other wear). 177 pages. "In a book full of fascinating true stories R. A. Marchant outlines the history of man's relationship to animals." Small stain on the page edges. Book. …

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. The dustjacket is a bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- See photos for additional content. . .

Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition. 141 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by Maurice Wilson. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Stated First Edition. Illustrated throughout with B&W drawings. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. NON price-clipped DJ [$4.95] clean, colors bright, a little edge wear, short tears. Tan boards, black decorations and lettering, clean, lightly tanned spine. The author details a wealth of little-known information about the habits of birds, mammals and reptiles. He explains what happens when populations grow too large to support themselves, why some species are more adaptable than others, how the study of animal life can contribute to man's understanding of his own place in the natural world. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. McManus, Jo (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Good. first printing Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Usual ex-library markings. Dj had been in a taped-in wrap, tape was cut, wrap removed but tape stains remain on covers & endpages. Dj has light edgewear with light soiling. Book cocked. Bumped corners. Inside hinge is cracked exposing gauzelike binding. There are a couple pages that have tiny tears in edges. Well worn but is a good reading copy. David Pratt (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. The jacket has the price clipped from the front lower right corner edge flap, and a quarter inch tear on the front bottom right corner edge. Wilson, Maurice (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. THE DUST JACKET HAS A PLASTIC PROTECTIVE COVER WHICH IS SLIGHTLY RUBBED. THE EDGES ARE LIGHTLY BUMPED. THE PRICE IS UNCLIPPED. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 152pp. With 14 full-page drawings. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Cocked. Text block edges just starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 12mo. Facts and fancies behind the world's oddest creatures, some surviving today, some buried in legend. Pratt, David (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Scuffed jacket and spine edges, small tares to end of jacket spine, faded jacket spine tare to back top to 3cm Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. David Pratt (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BEASTS of Fact and Fable. R. A. Marchant. Illustrated by David Pratt. Phoenix House, London 1962 First Edition 152pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy has a small neat signature to the f.e.p. but is otherwise unmarked, bright, white, tight and square. The publisher price clipped dust wrapper has one rub to the front panel but is still very good. Platypus, tatzeleurm, kraken, abominable snowman, roc; from the known to the probable, the probable to the possible, the possible to the improbable and the improbable to the impossible; here are the facts and fancies behind the world's oddest creatures, some surviving today, some buried in legend. Ref HH2. David Pratt (illustrator). …

1st Ed., H/B grey cloth bds, Near Fine, no d/w, contents fine and tight, pp148.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

CUP-1969 d.w. 272pp.

Condition: Good. Jacket is marked/edgeworn with small tears/nicks. Boards are lightly edgeworn/marked. Foxed textblock edge. Content is very good.