Peter Shaw Baker (20 results)

Condition: Fair. 1954. Reprinted. 214 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Black and white illustrated plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has visible sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. G/none, used, 8 color plates, 256pp. Interior clean, no marks except what appears to be crayon squiggles on the rear free end paper and the rear paste-down. rear hinge started and weak. Shelf wear to exterior, cloth slightly worn at the head and tsail of the spine. Slight cant to book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 320 Pages. A Clean And Soundly Bound Book, A Little Foxing Here And There. Dustjacket Is Complete But Well-Worn, With Creases And Chipped Edges. Not Ex Library.

Condition: Good. 1935. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. 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.

Condition: Fair. 1950. Reprinted. 214 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Marking to both boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Military. Second edition, same year as first. Yellow cloth covers rubbed and soiled, corners and spine ends bumped, one corner frayed, spots on rear cover. Interior clean and tight, pages tanned, top edge dusty.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Reprint . Reprint, 1954. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 214 pages. The dust jacket is worn. The boards are in good condition. There is foxing on the first and last blank pages. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paper Back. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Good P/b internal VG.Editor P S Baker.War ed.1940.1/- Front cover shows Kicking Kangaroo'sand initial text is about these animals by Michael Terry, FRGS FRES. A periodical this issue begins nos.pages.P.186 - 240. illus. b/w plates.[ no inscsp. tight binding, war-time tanned paper, VG internal ] covers a little weary, rusted staples but holding tight, light handling soil & pale stain to once white background.no loss.Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards and spine stained and sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxi, 129 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Animals War use; World War, 1914-1918. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wrapper is price clipped, chipped and rubbed, with a thin small open tear to the top of the front of the wrapper and a slightly larger one up to the publisher at the heel of the spine. Boards lightly marked. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. Clean throughout. Good. Book.

Hb original brown cloth boards xxi, 130pp frontisplate and illustrations RSPCA Bookplate to front pastedown light foxing to title page o/w A Vg copy.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and worn along the edges. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, tanned pages. There is a previous owners inscription on the front end page. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards and spine stained and sun-toned. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxi, 129 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Animals War use; World War, 1914-1918. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. 136 pp all original hb in pale ochre cloth, 15 x 22 cms. Covers with small areas of fading and text spotting (see image). "With Sixteen Pages of Illustrations from Photographs".

1933 1ST MINOR SUN FADING O/W VG BROWN PICT DEC BOARDS NO D/W INSCRIPT.

1st edition. Mouse-brown cloth with black lettering & decoration; B&W & colour illustrations. Gift inscription on front free end paper; end papers lightly browned; text clean; binding tight; some wear to spine Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Bound in brown boards with bright black letters + dog design on the front cover. The letters on the spine are faded. Wear on the spine tips and cover corners. 2 cm tear on the back top edge of the spine. Book is cocked. Previous owners 5 line ink dedication on the front endpaper. Stated: "First Published 1935". 8 of 8 full colour plates + 16 of 16 plates in Photogravure.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second Edition (first published same year). Hardback copy in brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine, black dog illustration to front board, no dustjacket. 129pp + 4pp book catalogue to rear. With 16 photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, foxing to title page, marks to boards. (46/7).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This book is bound in brown boards with bright black letters on the spine & front cover along with a bright sitting dog on the front cover. There is very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. There is light fading along the edges of both covers. There is a previous owner's ink dedication on the front endpaper. The contents are clean, bright & unmarked, the binding is tight. All 8 of 8 colour illustrations are fine. !6 of 16 plates, clean & unmarked. States: "First published 1935". The dust jacket has small chips off the spine tips & cover corners with wear along all the edges and some age darkening on the back cover. 5/- net on the flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Mrs G Shaw Baker (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very scarce in DJ which is non-price clipped. Light browning to end papers and DJ. Spine faded with light edge wear. Overall presents well.