Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1953). Ulrey, Dale. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, [39] pp. While L. Frank Baum's (1856-1919) stories of the land of Oz are his most popular and successful works, Baum wrote a number of animal stories in 1905, which he called "animal fairy stories", going... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1930. Held, John, Jr. Limited and Signed Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 124 pp., signed by John Held, Jr. A wonderful collection of stories about man's best friend told from the dog's perspective. "My name is Mac Dunald, and I'm as braw a Scot as ever... More
Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1967. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 130 copies, folio size, [103] unnumbered leaves. A book of animal fables, or, 122 "dialogues" originally produced in Latin by Gerard Leeu, Holland, in 1480. Dorothy and Lewis Allen were charmed by the discovery of this book during a.... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. Wiese, Kurt. First Edition. Hardcover. First US trade edition (preceeded by a US limited edition of 1000 copies), octavo size, 294 pp., in a facsimile dust jacket. Written by Austrian author and critic Felix Salten (1869-1945), and upon publication in Austria "Bambi" was met... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 359 pp. Ernest Thompson Seton (1890-1946) was an author, wildlife artist, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910, as well as being an early pioneer of the modern school of animal fiction... More
[Santa Cruz]: Foolscap Press, 2013. Gotthold, Peggy. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 39 of 200, twenty-fourmo size, [57] pp., with postcard announcement from the Press. This charming publication from the Foolscap Press contains poems for each letter of the alphabet with different species of dogs, ordered from A to Z, and... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, octavo size, 52 pp. A lovely story about the famous nurse and her beloved pet owl, written by her sister. Frances Parthenope Verney (1819-1890), born Frances Parthenope Nightingale, sister to the renowned Florence Nightingale, wrote this story (it is... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 41 pp., inscribed by Wolo. Mixing delightful illustrations with playful fantasy adventure, "Sir Archibald" is the story of a brave monkey who goes on a quest to retrieve the lion king's crown, travelling through harrowing wilderness and magical... More