Curious Creatures by Pinner Erna (12 results)

Near Fine book in a Good dustjacket. Written and Illustrated by Erna Pinner.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Small loss to the back panel of the dust jacket. Light foxing to the page edges. Otherwise fine. A clear, bright copy within.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Impression . From the collection of Ex-High School library with their book plate and several stamp marks on the first and last pages and on the block, library pocket rear of the book, small library code on the spine of the book. Publication of 256 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and chipped pieces. There are tape residue marks on the boards, they remain in good condition. There are minor creases on the front free end paper page. All pages are accessible. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 256 pages. First Edition. SUMMARY:"To many of us the curious creatures described so vividly in this book are so unfamiliar as to seem almost incredible. Taking a number of different forms of animal life to illustrate her point in each case, Erna Pinner gives examples of curious behavior in the struggle for food, in nest-building, in paternal nursing: she shows us birds that cannot fly and four-footed animals that can; creatures which, either for protection or for aggression, make themselves appear what they are not; creatures living on other creatures for better or for worse; creatures ranking as giants in their own particular sphere. Then there is the curious inter-dependent existence of plants and animals; the curious things that can do come out of an egg; creatures living in water but having to come up for air, and others living upside down. Throughout the whole book, however, it seems quite clear that usually there is a good reason for the apparent oddity with which Nature has seen fit to clothe her many offspring; and the author -- whose wide travels have enabled her to observe at first hand many of these strange animals -- furnishes a very convincing account of the influence which the struggle for existence plays in such extraordinary forms of animal behavior. Erna Pinner's illustrations and text are happily combined in making this a book of quite exceptional interest, instruction and entertainment. CONTENTS: Foreword -- The Struggle for Food -- Nest Building -- Nursing Fathers -- Water Creatures That Breathe Air -- Animals and Plants -- What Comes Out of an Egg -- Four-Footed Creatures That Fly -- Giants of the Animal World - Living Upside Down -- Animal Camouflage -- Symbiosis and Parasitism -- Insects of Strange Forms and Habits -- Birds that Cannot Fly -- A Parade of Curiosities -- Index. CONDITION: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. This is a vintage item in used condition. DJ is price clipped with chipping and noticeable loss of artwork on headcap of spine. Some age-toning and minor discoloration to DJ. Now wrapped in protective Mylar. Orange cloth boards feature silver gilt stamping to spine. Minor wear to edges and corners, orange publisher's ink to topedge is faded. Secure hinges. Endpapers feature Ex-Libris plate and signature of former owner, W.W. Hughes, M.D.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ. Pinner, Erna (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo, Orange boards, gilt letters. DJ covered in mylar. Has two 1/2 inch tears on front panel and 3/4 inch tear on rear panel. 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ILLUSTRATED (illustrator). 256pp, well illustrated (drawings), hardcover, blue cloth, black lettered, no dust wrapper,endpapers foxed & previous owner's name written inside o/w good condition, The Scientific Book Club, London, undated, circa 1950s.

1st edition, 1951, in orange cloth with silver lettering on spine; illustrations by author. Bookplate on front pastedown; a very nice clean, tidy copy Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by the author. First edition. Slight spine slant, else very good in a very good (a bit faded along the spine) dust jacket.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

8° , gebundene Ausgabe, 1. Auflage,. 320 Seiten, Das Buch ist in einem sehr guten Zustand. 9783949441059 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original tangerine cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 256 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the top of the spine, not price clipped, 12s 6d. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANIMAL SCIENCES.

Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. Lizenzausgabe, 1. Auflage. 300 Seiten Neuwertiges Exemplar 135 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.