Cook adrien (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Ex-library. Tight binding, clean interior. Green boards with bright black decoration; mild wear and scuffs, spine corners worn through, library markings on spine and top and bottom page edges. Pocket remnants and blacked out stamps on endpapers, a couple blacked out stamps in text, otherwise unmarked. "There have been many stories of the first heroic expedition to cross the North American continent, but this is the story of one of its unsung heroes - the big Newfoundland dog belonging to Captain Lewis." 157 pages. Cook, Stephen (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good -. Tight binding, clean interior. Green boards with bright black decoration; mild rubs to corners and spine ends. DJ is preserved in mylar, has not been price clipped, mild wear and creasing to folds, spine slightly darkened. Previous owner stamp on ffep, text unmarked. "There have been many stories of the first heroic expedition to cross the North American continent, but this is the story of one of its unsung heroes - the big Newfoundland dog belonging to Captain Lewis." 157 pages. Cook, Stephen (illustratore). …

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Condizione: Near Fine. dj. First edition, first printing. Also known as Seaman, Scannon was the little-known member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the only animal to survive the full three years of the trip. His story is creatively told by authors Adrien Stoutenburg and Laura Nelson Baker, a duo that not only lived together but also co-authored many books. Stoutenburg is best known for her poetry, with her second collection A Short History of the Fur Trade being considered for the Pulitzer. Briefly inscribed and signed by both Stoutenburg and Baker on half-title verso. Light rubbing edges, faint spine toning, overall near fine copy in gently toned and rubbed, near fine dust jacket with small puncture front panel affecting board, in mylar cover. Illustrations by Stephen Cook (illustratore). Signed.…