Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., Printers, 1870. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 30, (ii), lithograph of the Institute on rear wrapper; original printed paper wrappers. The Wagner Free Institute of Science is a natural history museum in Philadelphia. It was founded in 1855 by William Wagner, a merchant, philanthropist, and gentleman..... More
Boston: Boston Journal Of Chemistry, 1876. Wraps. (Science) Boston Journal Of Chemistry; Devoted To The Science Of Home Life, The Arts, Agriculture And Medicine. Boston: Boston Journal Of Chemistry, September, 1876. Quarto; pp; (iv), 25-36, (iv), illustrated ads; original printed paper wrappers; And (Science) Boston Journal Of Chemistry; Devoted To..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (6" x 9.5"), green cloth, gilt in dust jacket. 321pp. with index and list of his published works. Map endpapers. Signed by the author on the half-title. Jacket has dampstain which only slightly affects the cloth and has moderate edgewear. Some..... More
Keene NH: John Prentiss, 1814. Ninth edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 216; quarter leather and marbled paper covered boards; Internally complete and very good. Externally the boards are worn and nearly detached, leather spine ends worn. Daniel Adams (1773-1864) was a noted physician, textbook author, and state legislator. He graduated from..... More
Keene NH: John Prentiss, 1819. Stereotype editition revised and corrected with additions. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 224; quarter leather and marbled paper covered boards; edgewear else a solid copy;. Daniel Adams (1773-1864) was a noted physician, textbook author, and state legislator. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1797, and received his..... More
Lawrence: Museum of Natural History / University of Kansas, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; x, 415, bibliography, index; charts, range maps; green buckram lettered in gilt;. A near fine copy of this informative and important work. More
New York: Macmillan, 1961. Third printing. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xxvi, 435 illustrated with 435 colored plates by Audubon; decorated green cloth with a silver Wild Turkey on the upper board and the spine lettered in silver, color feathered endpapers in a pictorial dust jacket;. A beautifully illustrated edition of Audubon's..... More
New York: Times Books, Random House, 1992. Second printing. Hardcover. (New York, 1992). 6.25" x 9.5"), ivory cloth and boards in pictorial jacket. 255pp. with index, notes and references. Illustrated in black and white. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1944. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 238-295, summary, bibliography; chart and tables; original printed green paper wrappers; Ex-Reading Museum with just a call number and a stamp upper right of wrapper, no other markings what-so-ever. Fishery Bulletin 39. More
Ottawa: F. A. Acland, Canada Department of Mines, 1930. First printing. Wraps. Octavo; pp; (iv), 15 pp, five black and white photographs, two folding; twelve black and white folding maps; original printed gray stiff wrappers in a printed slipcase; Slipcase worn, pamphlet and maps near fine. This copy from the..... More
Lafargeville: Henry Tripp, Inc., Publisher, 1973. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Quarto, light blue cloth, gilt. 143pp. with index and appendix. 40 plates follow. Seven hundred drawings by the author. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1916 first edition. Very good. More
New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1857. Reprint. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. Royal octavo; pp. I; 290; II; 298; illustrated with "one hundred fifty" black and white engravings; decorated red cloth, gilt with a green oval spine label, gilt, and marbled edges; very good, wear at the rear board..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889. Authorized edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; vi, (2), 3-483, (iii) 24; appendix; book catalogue; frontispiece portrait and line drawings; brown cloth, gilt, coated yellow endpapers; Very good, minor wear at head of spine. Quite scarce. More
Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press, (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; viii, 244, index; illustrated with a frontispiece and black and white text drawings; decorated green cloth lettered in green;. More
Albany: University Of The State Of New York, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. quarto; pp; xxiii, (i), 128, index; Illustrated in black and white with a map and nine engraved plates; green printed paper covered stiff boards;. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1926. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 62; Illustrated with maps and charts; original printed paper wrappers, mostly uncut; edgewear to wrapper else, very good. More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1925). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (4), 5-140, (iv), ads; frontispiece plus six black and white plates; green cloth lettered in black; A good or better copy with edge wear. Solid. Previous owner's names on the paste down, Charles and Martha Jenner. Also a great "Foyles"..... More
Nairobi: Buchanan's Kenya Est. Ltd., in association with Hatchards, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xxvii, (iii), 654, glossary, index; illustrated with thirty-one color plates by Joy Adamson and eighty black and white plates, and one hundred ten drawings, folding map at rear; black cloth lettered in gilt in a...... More
London: John Murray, 1890. Second edition , revised. Tenth thousand. Cloth. Two volumes, small octavo (5" x 7.5"), dark green cloth with gilt titles. Covers decorated in blind. xiv, 473pp, [1] with ad leaf; x, 495pp. with index. Illustrated with wood engravings. A tight, clean set with a minor rubbed..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. First American Edition. Cloth. Small octavo (5" x 7.75"), terracotta cloth, gilt, with black border design on the cover which is in blind on the back cover. 562 ,(2)pp. with index and appendices. 2p. advertisment for Appleton's publications follows the index. Illustrated with..... More
(New York): Scientific American, 1940. Offprint. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 112-124; seven black and white photographs; original printed yellow paper wrappers;. This copy inscribed by the author on the front wrapper. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1974. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition, (1982); two volumes; octavo; pp. I; (viii), 349 with bibliography; II; (ii), 351-718 with index; illustrated, thirty-eight diagrams and fifteen photographs in black and white; green cloth, gilt; pictorial jackets. Very good; Title page date of 1974..... More
(Tulsa): Winchester Press, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xviii, 203, bibliography and photo credits; Illustrated in color and black and white from photographs by Walter Osborne; blue linen lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. A Portrait Of Wildlife And Man On One Of The World's Great Migratory..... More
(Philadelphia): Transactions Of The American Entomolgical Society, 1951. Only Edition. Wraps. Three volumes, complete; Octavo; pp; I; 133--270; II; 207-361; III; 203-340, index; illustrated with black and white plates; original printed paper wrappers; This set is uncut;. From the front wrapper; "This is a separatum from the Transactions and is..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xi, (i), 712, index; illustrated with 156 glossy full page black and white plates; green library buckram, original wrappers bound in, gilt spine lettering, Ex-Boston Society of Natural History Library, embossed blind stamp to front wrapper;. Smithsonian Institution, United..... More