Storia naturale

Tales of the Untamed, Dramas of the Animal World

DOUGLAS ENGLISH, ADAPTED FROM THE FRENCH OF LOUIS PERGAUD · 1934 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Grayson & Grayson. 1934, Re-issue. Hardcover. Book, Spine darkened, few marks on cover, contents very good. Illustrated. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Chief of the Herd

DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI · 1938 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

New York, E. P. Dutton. 1938, Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. Ill.: Mahlon Blaine. Book, Spine and parts of cover faded. Blue cloth decorated with elephant's heads. B/w illustrations. Elephants. Good/No Jacket.

Walking with Fancy

E. L. GRANT WATSON · 1944 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London, Country Life. 1944, Reprint of 1st Edn. Hardcover. Ill.: C. F. Tunnicliffe. Book, Spotting on edges; dustwrapper in two main pieces, small bits missing, brittle. Book of essays on nature and the country, subjects as diverse as Twilight, Plover in Flight, Fleas, Dung. L...

A Second Treasury of Horse Stories

MARGARET CABELL SELF · 1954 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Hutchinson. 1954, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Michael Lyne. Book, Spine faded, name on half title. Anthology of prose and verse about horses, with line drawings. Good/No Jacket.

Vivarium Life - a Manual on Amphibians, Reptiles and Cold-Water Fish.

ALFRED LEUTSCHER · 1952 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Cleaver-Hume Press. 1952, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Humphrey Dakeyne. Book, Spine frayed at ends, marks on cover, writing on flyleaf. Fair/No Jacket.

Music of the Wild

GENE STRATTON PORTER · 1915 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1915, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Cloth faded, spine dark, hinges cracked, endpapers browned. Small format, grey cloth embossed with birds on branches. About natural sounds, not only birds. Chorus of the Forest, Songs of the Fields, Music of the Marsh...

Beastly Law

FENTON BRESLER · 1986 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Newton Abbot, David & Charles. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715388282) Hardcover. Ill.: Nicola Jennings. Book, Some damage to back cover. Curious stories of dealings between the law and animals. A Graham Tarrant Book. Good/No Jacket.

Warne's Book of the Farm

NO AUTHOR GIVEN · 1935 · Marion Pitman Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London, Frederick Warne. 1935, First Edition. Hardcover, Large. 8vo. Ill.: Various. Book, Pictorial boards worn at edges; cloth spine bit split; text clean and sound. Eight colour plates, some with initials GDR, some B Butler. Other illus in text. Very informative book, despit...

Wildlife in Towns

CATHY KILPATRICK · 1976 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Almark Publishing. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0855242531) Hardcover. Book, Illustrated. Slight crease to dustwrapper. Very Good/Very Good.

Rufus, the Story of a Fox

ERNEST DUDLEY · 1971 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Frederick Muller. 1971, Later Printing. Hardcover. Book, Name on flyleaf; jacket price-clipped, with small tear at back, stain on inside, little worn on corners. Illustrated b/w & colour. Story of a fox adopted into the household of Don MacCaskill. Good/Fairly Good.

Ring of Bright Water

GAVIN MAXWELL · 1961 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, World Books / Reprint Society. 1961, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Corners bit bruised; dustwrapper worn and creased top edge, split on fold; stamp on fore-edge. Illus. photos & drawings. Good/Fairly Good.

Wild Animals at Home

HARPER CORY · 1940 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1940, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: W. Neave Parker. Book, Brown cloth, squarish format, 112 pages. Photographs by the author and head & tail pieces by W. Neave Parker. A few pages creased and thumbmarked in margins; one page torn about inch and...

Roving with Nomad

NORMAN ELLISON · 1949 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, University of London Press. 1949, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: C. F. Tunnicliffe. Book, By Nomad the Naturalist, of the BBC Children's Hour. Pieces for children on a wide range of mostly natural history topics, including butterflies, jellyfish, fossils, amber, birds...

Round the Sun - Monthly Talks on Birds, Flowers and Things

M. T. YATES, LL.D. · 1931 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Religious Tract Society. 9999, Not Known. Cloth. Book, No date, awarded as a prize in 1931. Illustrated. Cloth bit grubby, spine bit worn & discoloured, hinges cracked. First Prize for bunch of wild flowers and grasses. Good/No Jacket.

Catwatching

DESMOND MORRIS · 1994 · Marion Pitman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Ebury Press. 1994, New Edition. Paper Covered Boards, 9" x 10". Book, First published by Jonathan Cape. Full of colour photos and facts about cats, in question and answer form. Cover photo Adriano Bacchella, design David Fordham, picture research Nadine Bazar. Examines...

The Creepy-Crawly Book

LUCY BERMAN · 1973 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Target, Universal-Tandem. 1973, First Paperback. Soft cover. Book, Several uncredited illus. from original publications. Rats, Bats, Mice, Snakes, Spiders, Scorpions, Ants, Horrors of the Deep - anthology of fact & fiction. Browning to page edges. Good/No Jacket.

A Book of Wild Things

LUCY LYTTELTON (SELECTED) · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, T. Nelson & Sons. 0, Not Known. Decorative Cloth. Ill.: Seiko, Koson, Gekko, Kogio, Koto, Zeshin. Book, Gilt decorated red cloth. Anthology of prose & verse on wild birds & animals, with 7 of 8 very nice plates of birds & animals by Japanese artists. The front free end...

The Pan Book of Cats

ROSE TENENT · 1963 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Pan. 1963, Revised Edn. Paperback. Book, Illus. half-tone plates. Few marks front cover, crease back cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Toots: The Autobiography of a Persian Cat

ALFRED C. FRYER (COMPILED) · 1870 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, S.W.Partridge. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover, 4" x 6". Book, Illustrated engraving; frontispiece from photo. No date, c.1870s/80s? 64pp + catalogue. Cloth very worn, boards slightly warped, front board. cracked, split at top of spine. Front hinge broken; small tears top o...

How to Attract the Wombat

WILL CUPPY · 1950 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Dennis Dobson. 1950, First GB. Hardcover. Ill.: Ed Nofziger. Book, Binding stained & wrinkled, front board bit warped; contents G+. Good/No Jacket.