Seton Ernest Thompson Farida Wiley (13 results)

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. With excerpts from Lives of Game Animals and others of Seton's natural history books; his campfire Indian legends; such favorite stories as Lobo and Krag, and several rare pieces never before published in his books. This is the definitive one volume Seton. Ernest Thompson Seton (1860 ? 1946) was an English-born Canadian-American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America), and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910. Seton was an early pioneer of the modern school of animal fiction writing, his most popular work being Wild Animals I Have Known.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Worn with minor edge tears. First printing January 1954. The book is in good condition with a sturdy binding. The dust jacket is worn, showing minor edge tears and some signs of aging. The pages are clean and free of inscriptions or library markings. The illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton remain vivid and clear. Ernest Thompson Seton (illustrator).…

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. First edition. 413 p. illus. 23 cm. American naturalists series 2. Includes Illustrations. Includes bibliography. Tan cloth with decoration, clean and tight, no markings, first printing stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tan cloth, lettered in dark red. Slight shelf/handling wear. Illus. book plate mounted on front pastedown. Stated 1st ptg. xxiv,413 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ernest Thompson Seton (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stated first printing 1954; 413 clean, unmarked, tightly-bound pages; dust jacket has some creases, rips and foxing; cover has stains on the spine, otherwise clean and sturdy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dust Jacket. 413pp. Index. Drawings by Seton. Selections from the writings. Very nice. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

First printing (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). xxiv, 413 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with spots of surface abrasion; nicks, short tears, and some creasing at edges; front flap's top corner is not price-clipped. Tan cloth with red stamping to front board and spine. Muted red top edge; deckle fore-edge. Mild toning to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Else a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Issued as part of Devin-Adair Company American Naturalists Series.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First printing. Pages clean. Binding good. Seton, Ernest Thompson (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 368 pages. Discoloration to cover. Keywords: Wildlife, North America, Scientific Reports, Reminiscences, Manitoba Prairies, Western Canada, Field Notes, Animals, Autobiography.

1954, 1st printing. (Hardcover) Near fine in good to very good dust jacket. 413pp. Illustrated cloth cover, frontispiece, illustrations, appendix, index. Dust jacket is edgeworn, tape-repaired, price-clipped, and faded on the spine. Contributors include Julia M. Seton (Impressions). Edited with introduction by Farida A. Wiley. Illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton. Publisher series: American Naturalists Series. (Fiction, Canadian, Natural History).…

1954, 1st printing. (Hardcover) Very good in good to very good dust jacket. 413pp. Illustrated cloth cover, frontispiece, illustrations, appendix, index. Edgewear and chipping to dust jacket, previous owner's inscription, spine of dust jacket faded. Contributors include Julia M. Seton (Impressions). Edited with introduction by Farida A. Wiley. Illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton. Publisher series: American Naturalists Series. (Fiction, Canadian, Natural History). …

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: torn and worn. 8vo pp.413. Dustjacket torn and worn. Previous owner's name on FFEP. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. Inscribed on the title page by the editor in the year of publication: "April 23, 1954, Inscribed with pleasure for my friend Arthur Kemble, with best wishes for many happy returns [on?] the day. Farida A. Wiley." Uncommon signed. With the label of the shop at the The American Museum of Natural History in the upper left corner of the page (with a dinosaur illustration). The second volume in Devin-Adair's American Naturalist Series following John Burroughs' America, all edited by Farida Wiley, who, as the jacket says "is one of America's best all-around field naturalists." Seton was a prominent naturalist writer and artist, perhaps best known for his multi-volume work Lives of the Game Animals. Wiley worked for the American Museum of Natural History and was well-known for leading nature and bird walks in Central Park (see her New York Times obit). She was something of a media darling--the New Yorker profiled her five times. Self-taught, she rose to become the museum's Director of Field and Laboratory Courses in Natural Science and was awarded the museum's Silver Medal for over 50 years of service as a naturalist and teacher. She also wrote a popular guide to Northeast ferns and served as the secretary for the John Burroughs Association. Beige cloth with a stamped red bear print illustration on the front board, which was Seton's trademark. Red lettering on spine, red topstain. With an "Impressions" preface by his wife Julia M. Seton written from their home, Seton Village, in New Mexico, and illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton, mainly in one central insert. Index at rear. Very good with slightest lean to spine and faint foxing to lower edge of front board, a few spots to rear board; also a few spots worn just through on lower board edges. In a very good jacket with the spine sunned and wear to corners and spine ends, including shallow loss to the top of spine. Several small holes at flap folds and sporadic foxing/soiling on the pale flaps and rear illustration. . Signed. …