Sales catalogue: Bowes & Bowes

Date:
November 1933
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/3/19
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Bowes & Bowes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NATURAL HISTORY BARKER, K. F. BELLMAN, THE STORY OF A BEAGLE. “ix5}. Illustrated. A. G C. Black. 5s. net. A story by one who knows everything about beagles, written with genuine understanding and without sentimentality, and likely to join the classics of animal life. BARKER, K. F. Just Docs. 114x823. Country Life. 10s. 6d. net. This is a collection of drawings of dogs the artist has met, sketched in characteristic attitudes in which the camera could not catch them. CAPEK, KAREL. DASHENKA, or THE LIFE OF A PUPPY. 11x83. Allen & Unwin. 5s. net. An amusing dog book which will appeal to everyone. ‘The author’s drawings and photographs of Dashenka are delightful. CHAMPION, F. W. JUNGLE IN SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW. 10X74. Chatto & Windus. 21s. net. This is a record of observation in the Indian jungle which contains some superb animal photographs. It is in every way a triumph. RENDL, GEORG. ‘THE Way oF A BEE. 8x53. Longmans, Green. 6s. net. ‘The story of a hive of bees through the four seasons by a beekeeper with a poet’s imagination. Translated from the German by Patrick Kirwan. STONEHAM, C. T. Huntinc Witp BEAstTs witH RIFLE AND CAMERA. 9x63. Illustrated. Nelson. 7s. 6d. net. Discusses with first-hand knowledge the habits and behaviour of wild animals. The reader will find the story of the author’s adventures exciting in a high degree. STREET, A. G. Country Days. “4x5. Illustrated. Faber G Faber. 6s. net. A collection of broadcast talks ranging from hedgehogs to motor-cars, and from thatching and weather lore to sheep fairs. SWINTON, W. E., PH.D. ‘THe DINOSAURS. 83x54. Illustrated. Murby. 15s. net. Dr. Swinton, of the Natural History Museum, is a great authority on these reptiles; his book will engross the interest of the general reader. WILLIAMSON, HENRY. ‘THE LoNnE SwWAL.Lows. 74x5. Putnam. 5s. net. Illustrated in woodcut by C. F. Tunnicliffe. Uniform with the woodcut edition of ‘‘ Tarka’’ and ‘‘ The Old Stag.’ This new volume contains much work hitherto unpublished. SOCIOLOGY BAKKE, F. WIGHT. THe UNEMPLOYED MAN. 83x52. Nisbet. 10s. 6d. net. A close-up study of the various types of unemployed men, their mental and moral reaction to their circumstances, and the value of unemployment insurance.