animals young de stated (2 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good. Not Stated Ilustrador. A vanishingly scarce volume on natural history for children, a colourful education on animals and their babies. A vanishingly scarce work.Part of Father Tuck's 'Natural History' Series.A charming educational work on natural history for children, discussing different animals and their young.Looking at sheep, goats, lambs, English sheep dogs, cows, pigs, mares, ducks, turkeys, guinea pigs, chicks, peacocks, hens, and farm horses.Colourfully illustrated throughout. Collated, complete.Undated, dated from WorldCat. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart, with light shelf wear, including rubbing and small chips to the spine. Paper is a little cockled to the boards. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good. book.

Cloth. Condición: Good. Not Stated Ilustrador. First edition. A first edition of this brightly illustrated book on animals for the education of young children. First edition. Illustrated with twelve double page hand-coloured plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of images and descriptions of domestic animals and birds, providing important information about each animal to serve as an introduction to natural history for children. Written by Henry William Dulcken, an English translator and children's writer, best known for translating the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. Many of his books for children were illustrated by the Brothers Dalziel. Rebacked with the original red cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and board edges with the odd mark. Light loss to the head and tail of the spine of the original cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the extremities. Good. book.