Animals and Animal Stories
What the Birds Did at Hazel's Orchard
San Francisco: Printed for John F. Newbegin by John Henry Nash, 1916. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 2000 copies, duodecimo size, 82 pp. A charming fable of a young girl's adventures with the birds found in her grandmother's orchard, this book is an early publication from John Henry Nash (1871-1947)..... More
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings; New and Revised Edition, With One Hundred and Twelve Illustrations
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. Frost, A. B. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 233 of 250 copies, octavo size, 289 pp., signed at the Preface by Joel Chandler Harris. The stories told by Joel Chandler Harris' (1848-1908) character Uncle Remus feature the popular Brer Rabbit from African-American folklore, a...... More
Dog Stories
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1930. Held, John, Jr. Limited and Signed Edition. Hardcover. No. 38 of 210 copies, 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..... More
A History of British Birds
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1851-1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Six volumes (complete), quarto size, 2082 pp., with 358 hand-coloured plates. The Rev. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893), according to Wiki, was "notable as [a] 'parson-naturalist' (ornithologist and entomologist) and as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildings. He was..... More
Tarka the Otter; His Joyful Water-Life & Death in the Country of the Two Rivers
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1100 copies (unnumbered), octavo size, 267 pp. The charming story of a young otter and the challeges it faces to survive, ultimately falling to a hunt. It won the Hawthornden Prize in 1928, and has never been out of print..... More
Sir Archibald
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