Beeps by Holton (6 results)
- More images
Language: English
Published by John Day, New York, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.Old Scrolls Book Shop
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 15.41
£ 3.37 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean first edition with front panel and flap of the dust jacket laid in. Yellow cloth boards with black lettering and three-bird decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. Small spots of wear at lower spine corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner i…nscription on front free endpaper in light pencil (erasable). Pages are clean with rose red top-stained upper page edges. Illustrated with full page photographs. A true account of a friendship developed between two families (one human, one bird ) and their travels together around the world. An article pasted on rear fixed endpaper refutes the claims in the book that the same birds were following the Holton family, but let's let you decide.
Published by J. Day, 1939
- Hardcover
Seller: Readers Cove Used Books & Gallery, DEMING, NM, U.S.A.Readers Cove Used Books & Gallery
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 2nd impression. Yellow boards, black illustration on cover and black titling on spine. Solid binding, wear and scuffing along edges. Clean unmarked pages. ; 8.0 X 5.25 X 0.90 inches; 192 pages.
Seller: Rare Book Exchange, Mastic Beach, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Exchange
Contact seller2-star seller759.HOLTON V. THE BEEPS. THE FLIGHTS AND CRUISES OF THREE MISSOUROI TREE SPARROWS. 192PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER NO DUST JACKET. GOOD CONDITION. (BIRD-23).
- More images
Published by The John Day Company, New York, 1939
- Hardcover
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.Bookshelf of Maine
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 15.41
£ 5.95 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Dustjacket has rubbing and chips - protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Book is in excellent condition. "In recording this true story of the Beeps, I have endeavored to confine myself closely to scientific observations and not l…et my mind wander into the fertile fields of the imagination." [author] ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages. Illustrated by C. M. Holton (illustrator).
Published by The John Day Company, New York, USA, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United KingdomRyde Bookshop Ltd
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 5.00
£ 19.96 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Firmly bound yellow cloth boards with some marks and dust spotting mostly on the front hinge, minor wear at the top and base of the spine which is slightly faded and a little rubbed, a couple of inscriptions on the front free end paper. Photographs by C.M. Holton, frontispiece…with seven b/w photographic plates (illustrator).
- More images
Published by The John Day Company, New York, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Rareeclectic, pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.Rareeclectic
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 115.58
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (NAP, John Day= NAP). So it turns out that the Secretary of the Navy during World War II may have had a soft spot in his heart for tree sparrows. The book is inscribed to him by the author on the first front end paper. The inscription reads 'To The Honorable Frank Knox…Secretary of the Navy, Congratulations on your good work. With Kindest Regards and Best Wishes, Virginia Holton, August 21, 1940, New York City.' Knox had been named as Secretary of the Navy in July of 1940. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate for president in 1936. Once listed, this will be the Only signed copy of the book for sale anywhere on the Internet. From his Wikipedia profile: 'William Franklin Knox was an American politician, newspaper editor and publisher. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936, and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. On December 7th, 1941, Knox flanked by his assistant John O'Keefe walked into Roosevelt's White House study at approximately 1:30 PM EST announcing that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. Knox was mentioned by name in Adolf Hitler's speech of December 11, 1941, in which Hitler asked for a German declaration of war against the United States. Born in Boston, he attended Alma College and served with the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. After the war, he became a newspaper editor in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a prominent supporter of the Republican Party. He advocated U.S. entrance into World War I and served as an artillery officer in France. The 1936 Republican National Convention nominated a ticket of Alf Landon and Knox, and they were defeated by Roosevelt and John Nance Garner in the 1936 election. After World War II broke out, Knox supported aid to the Allies. In 1940, Roosevelt appointed him as Secretary of the Navy in hopes of building bipartisan support. He presided over a naval buildup and pushed for the internment of Japanese Americans. Knox served as Secretary of the Navy until his death in 1944.' From 1940 to 1944, he took very good care of this book. And over the last almost 80 years the good care has continued. Remarkably, the book can be accurately rated Near Fine. You can see the yellow covers in the photos. They are quite clean. There's a speck of a spot on the spine. The black lettering and design on the front and the black lettering on the spine, are both bright and unworn. The corners and edges are in very good shape. The spine ends have just a little bit of crinkling. The top page edge is a dark red or maroon. It is very clean. The middle and bottom page edges are also clean. The book is pretty square, the spine has only a very slight forward lean. The book is quite solidly bound from cover to cover with nicely tight pages and nicely tight covers as well. The pages look exceptionally clean. In scrolling through, I didn't see any conspicuous soiling. Including the frontispiece, there are eight full-page black-and-white illustrations scattered throughout the book. They all appear to be in excellent condition. One has a very minor spot in the white blank margin just off the bottom edge of the photograph. I'm not seeing any creasing on the pages. There are no markings. There are no attachments. And with the exception of the author's signed inscription, no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. By the way, there's a quite funny review of this book by a M. M. Nice. You can find it by googling 'Virginia Holton the beeps' and scrolling down to the fifth entry titled Ornithological Literature. It's the eighth review down from the top. Photographs by C. M. Holton (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).
