The Pigeoncote Bookstore
Fiction
Authors A - H
| Menu | |
| Antique (prior to 1930) | |
| o | Authors: a-h |
| o | Authors: i-z |
| Dovecote | |
| o | Authors: a-z |
| Doves | |
| o | All authors |
| Breed Specific | |
| o | Racing homers |
| o | Pigeons in wars |
| o | Other breeds |
| Curios | |
| o | All items |
| Fiction | |
| o | Authors: a-h |
| o | Authors: i-z |
| Foreign Language | |
| Non English | |
| General Interest | |
| o | Authors: a-h |
| o | Authors: i-z |
| Magazines | |
| APJ | |
| o | 1913-39 |
| o | 1940-49 |
| o | 1950-59 |
| o | 1960-69 |
| o | 1970-79 |
| o | 1980 -> |
| o | Pigeon Debut |
| o | Pigeon Fancier |
| o | Purebred Pigeon |
| o | The Fancier |
| o | feathered World |
| o | Others English |
| o | Foreign |
| Medical - Genetic | |
| o | Authors: a-z |
| Miscellaneous | |
| o | All others |
Contact  |
|
| About us | |
| The Pigeoncote cares for lost and injured pigeon, and is a non culling pigeon refuge, located in Olympia, WA USA. We have been in continuous service since 1993. |
|
The Pigeon LoverGeorge Abbe |
|
|
From the end cover. “No, you don't have to love pigeons to enjoy The Pigeon Lover. But if you care at all about animals. This very special book will move you deeply. While the story has all the elements of good fiction – suspense, good characterization, humor and tragedy – it is also the real story of a battle to stop a city council from poisoning the pigeon population. And it is the story of one man's love of animals, a man who tends to them, nurtures them, defends them against the apathy and unnecessary cruelty of society. Anyone who have ever loved or felt compassion for an animal will be galvanized by the tender tribute to all the creatures in mankind's dominion. |
| $25 Very good paperback signed by the author | |
Bertha and Racing PigeonPam Ayres |
|||
 |
 |
 |
Bertha is a wood pigeon. One day she befriends a racing homer named Fleet, who is exhausted from his race, and has decided to stop racing because the slow pigeons are taken away from his loft and never come back. So the two decide to make a family together. Their bliss is interrupted by two brothers who kidnap Fleet and try to send him back to the racing loft. Bertha rescues him, with the help of an owl and a rook. It's a sweet story about birds and friendship. |
| $18 Mint new old stock hardback | |||
My Brother Bird Evelyn Ames |
|
 |
Any way you looked at it, there was something queer about the Bennetts having so many adventures with animals and birds. They never had to pick a pet . . . the pets picked them! There had been, among others, a raccoon, a parakeet, a ram, a weasel, and a robin who ate from eighty to ninety worms a day, all dug by the Bennetts! But awe, a pigeon that was another story. Life had gone along smoothly enough until Smoky came. Smoky was a pigeon who came out of his (or her) shell right before their eyes, on a stone ledge outside of their apartment house win¬dow. He was abandoned and all but dead when they adopted him. Revived, he rapidly became the most exciting and demanding member of the family. His escapades kept the entire household on its toes. The Bennetts raised Smoky, while Smoky raised the roof! This life story of a foundling pigeon can be laughed over or sighed over, depending on how seriously you take your friends in feathers. |
| $15 Very good hard cover, but does have a few library markings. 1954 11 | |
Tanya the Turteldove Rebecca Anders |
|
 |
Tanya flies into Emily's life and Emily learns just what a dove needs and likes to make their life complete. While told as a story it is really a quick young person's manual on how to take care of your flying friends. A good ex-library hard cover with nice photographs and an educational tale. |
| $19 1977, Good hard cover 9 | |
Emma's Search for Something Mary Anderson |
|
 |
Emma Pigeon had always been quite satisfied with her life. She loved her husband,
Clarence, their two children, Willie and
Maude, and her home atop the third lion from the left on the downtown side of the building on Riverside Drive. But all that changed one spring day when Emma began to feel "peculiar." Her husband advised a change of scene, so Emma flew off to Central Park. |
| In the park Emma met an unusual assortment of birds who convinced her that travel
and excitement were what she'd been missing. Even Emma's old friend, Freddie the
Cat, had begun making his vacation plans.
So Emma, who had always been a home
body, took off for Greenwich Village with
a vain, talkative blue jay. As the outside world gradually opened to her, Emma found out how people and even other birds regarded pigeons. This discovery drove her to an increased use of her rare gift: she could read. And through that ability, she got herself into many startling, and sometimes very funny, situations. These finally led her to a new awareness of herself. And her travel through New York City made her a much more cosmopolitan pigeon than she had been before. |
|
| $32 Excellent hard cover with excellent dust cover. 1973 13 | |
F*T*C Superstar Mary Anderson |
|
 |
Freddie The Cat had the blahs. His vacation was over, and he was back on Riverside Drive with his owners, Mr. and Mrs. Bitterman. But he longed to return to New Jersey, where he had watched actors perform in summer stock. The truth was that Freddie was stage struck. But whoever heard of an acting cat? Fortunately, Freddie's old pal, Emma Pigeon, did not agree that cats could not be actors, so Emma, the most well-bred, well-read pigeon on the West Side, began teaching Freddie what he needed to know. |
| Could a scruffy cat become a shining star of show business? Emma's husband, Clarence, didn't think so. He thought the whole idea was crazy. Miss Lucy, the pampered Persian from the third floor never considered Freddie anything but a common alley cat. And Mrs. Bitterman thought her poor Fredsy-Wedsy was having a nervous breakdown. Then finally, after long weeks of work, Emma announced that Freddie was ready. The two of them set out for the bright lights of Broadway, where nothing turned out as they had planned. Though Freddie did have a chance to learn that there are a lot of problems even for an alley cat superstar. |
|
| $17 Very good hard cover with excellent jacket, with the exception of library stamps and pocket. 1976. 14 | |
The Dove's LetterKeith Baker |
||
 |
The dove's letter is a picture book both written and illustrated by Keith Baker. It is a story of a dove that finds a love letter and sets out to deliver it to whom she does not know. She approaches many people and as it turns out they are all tied to the letter in one way or another. And of course the dove finds the recipient and delivers the letter. The book itself is near mint. | |
| $8 | ||
Home in the Sky Jeannie Baker |
||
 |
Jeannie Baker is both the author and illustrator of this pigeon book. It is the story of Light a homing pigeon who encounters city life and finds his home the best place to be. Copyright of 1984. | |
| $18 Mint with near mint jacket. | ||
| $17 Mint but no jacket. | ||
The Snow-white Pigeon Blyton |
||
 |
This small hardback actually has several short stories intended for children. The severn short stories were probably intended for bedtime reading. All of the stories involve animals of one sort of another, including the cover story of a snow-white pigeon. | |
| $6 | ||
Aloft Stephen J. Bodio |
||
 |
Aloft his Stephen's account and record of just what it means and entails to share your life with a passion for performing tumblers and homers. It travels through his early days in Boston with the rooftop lofts to his life New Mexico. Published in 1990, yet this copy is mint, including the jacket. Quite a find. | |
| $19 First edition mint hardback and jacket | ||
SqueakJohn Bowen |
||
 |
Squeak is a story told from the pigeon's point of few. We learn that she is the sensitive child of a patrician mother and father born from the urban slums, only to be orphaned soon after she was born. She witnessed her brother's death and only survived herself by a kind of preternatural determination. Raised by stranger, she was shy awkward, a misfit no matter where she landed, but alas she had a son upon which she lavished all the affection she had been denied only to lose him. A romantic story. A story of gallantry made all the more remarkable because Squeak is a pigeon. Hardback published in 1984, but this copy is near mint with a very good jacket | |
| $16 Near mint hardback with very good jacket. | ||
The Day of the Pigeons Roy Brown |
||
 |
From the moment Mr. Poirot's pigeons fly reluctantly out of their coop, it is clear that they have been accidentally drugged. Surely they cannot go far, but though often tantalizingly in sight, they manage to evade the anxious children who set out to bring them home. Iin their search they find much more than what they anticipated. Fist edition published in 1968, but still in near mint condition with a very good jacket. | |
| $14 Near mint hardback with very good jacket. | ||
Tiptoes Wins Through Irene Byers |
||
 |
Timothy's move to a high rise is a disaster for him. There rules against keeping pets, including Tiptoes, his homing pigeon prove troublesome only to be compounded by a gang of boys who seem intend on wrecking his plans for keeping Tiptoes. But as we know Timothy is determined at all costs to keep Tiptoes. First edition 1976. The hardback is very good. There is some foxing and a previous owner's inscription is on the front end papers. The jacket is good but does have a tear and some soiling. | |
| $15 Hardback with jacket | ||
Grandmother's Pigeon; Louise Erdrich, Jim Lamarche (Illustrator) |
|
 |
This beautifully 32 page illustrated picture book tells the story of a magical grandmother and what happens when she goes off for a long vacation, leaving behind a stuffed Passenger Pigeon and a nest with eggs that hatch three of these long-extinct birds. How the family learns about the birds and what it decides to do with them makes a lovely story. The illustrations, as one would expect from Jim Lamarche, are top notch. A great bedtime read. |
| $15 Publication date 1996: Hard cover. Mint condition. 15 | |
Fly Home Colombina Rosalie Fry |
|
 |
1960 Hardback with jacket from the library of Saint Mary's School but very lightly marked. The story is set in Italy. Very good condition. |
| $15 | |
Peter Pigeon Carl H. Gibke |
|
 |
Nice older little hardback from 1941. While it certainly shows its age, it is still in good condition. Illustrated throughout by Sandra James. |
| $ 18 | |
Breezy Dorothy Grider |
|
 |
A first reader small hardback from 1947. Printed boards. Shows it age and the bottom corner is well worn, as seen in larger scan, otherwise in good condition for its age. |
| $ 10 | |
