Basle: Auerbach, (1947). Wraps. 16mo; pp; 15, (i); illustrated with thirty-two full page color botanical plates; original printed stiff green wrappers in glassine; bilingual text in English and Italian;. A lovely little botanical. More about Flowers All The Year Round
New York: Boni And Liveright, (1923). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xv, (i), 242; a frontispiece and five colored Illustrations by Ty Mahon, and twenty-eight additional black and white plates; black cloth with a color paste-on title tile and illustration;. A similar format to the Scribner Classic Series;. More about Stories Of The First American Animals
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, green blind-decorated cloth. Gilt titles. Pp. viii, (1) 2032-2694. Index of popular names, persons and places and appendices of plants of Italy etc. Many engravings throughout the text. Good. Top of spine pulled and with two short and one... More about Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain... Volume IV
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, green blind-decorated cloth. Gilt titles. Pp. vi, (1) 1258-2030. Many engravings throughout the text. Good. Some edgewear and a few spots. Hinges weakening. Volume III of VIII only. "With Their Propagation, Culture, Management, and Uses in the Arts, in... More about Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain... Volume III
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1960. Revised. Hardcover. (Baton Rouge: 1960). Second edition. Octavo (6" x 8.5"), green gilt-decorated cloth with pelican motif. 567pp plus colophon page. With index and biblography. Illustrated by Robert E. Tucker. Illustrated endpapers. Jacket is a little yellowed, chipped and price-clipped, but overall nice... More about Louisiana Birds
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xviii, 327 with index; Illustrated, sixteen plates in color, thirty-two in black and white, many text illustrations; green cloth lettered in gilt; some wear at extremities and a few scattered water spots. More about Mosses And Lichens; A Popular Guide To The Identification And Study Of Our Commoner Mosses And...
Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, (1998). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xv, (i), (2), 3-287, index; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and maps; terra-cotta cloth lettered in gilt on the spine with a inset title label on the board in a pictorial jacket;. The plates chronicle the changes... More about Yellowstone And The Biology Of Time: Photographs Across A Century
(New York): Lingnan University, 1941. Only Edition, All published. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; 82; two maps; bound in boards covered in a red glossy material;. No doubt a scarce scientific monograph; this copy conforms to the Harvard University copy. Imprint dated 1941, tipped in at front is the four page prospectus... More about Flora Of Fukien and Floristic Notes On Southeastern China
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1918. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; vii, (i), 193, appendix, index; Illustrated, fourteen black and white plates plus figures; original printed paper wrappers; Untrimmed edges and uncut. Very good, previous institution's name has been redacted, no other markings with the exception of a "Discarded" stamp... More about The Salpidae: A Taxonomic Study; Contributions to the Biology of the Philippine Archipelago and...
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1861. Later printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo (5" x 7.5"), green morocco and marbled boards, gilt. Marbled edges and endpapers. Some engravings in the text. Binding worn and spine head has been pulled with no material missing. A number on the front endpaoer and some pencil marks... More about Foot-prints of the Creator: or, The Asterolepis of Stromness
Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xiv, 194, index; illustrated with maps and photographs; yellow cloth in a dust jacket; previous owner's small stamp on front endpaper, else very good. A volume in the American Travel And Exploration Series. A "scientific expedition sent by Isabella... More about For Science And National Glory; The Spanish Scientific Expedition to America, 1862-1866
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (vi), 218, index; illustrated with lovely line drawings by Sarah Landry; brown cloth and terra-cotta paper covered boards lettered in gilt;. Examines more than 100 species of mammals on six continents, exploring the reproductive cycle and the rearing of young. More about A Time to be Born: An Almanac of Animal Courtship & Parenting
Galway: By the author, 1971. Limited to 350 copies. Hardcover. Duodecimo, burgundy cloth, gilt. 76pp. with index. Very good or better. More about A Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets and Articles Relating to Irish Lichenology, 1727-1970
Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan: Hattori Botanical Library, 1960. Reprinted from the Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 91-158; illustrated; original printed yellow wrappers bound in a quarter burgundy cloth and marbled stiff card binding;. This copy is inscribed by the author to Dr. James Kucyniak, the wrapper bears... More about Japanese Entodontaceae
New York: Junior Literary Guild & Robert O. Ballou, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 16mo; elegantly illustrated throughout with the silhouettes of Mochi; decorated black cloth lettered in silver, illustrated color endpapers; Internally very good, 1.25 inch abrasion at the edge of the center upper board and the spine edge... More about African Shadows
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc, 1976. Revised edition. Hardcover. (1976). Eighth printing of the Revised edition. Octavo, red cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket. 193pp. with index and list of changes and corrections of names. 20 color plates and numerous black and white photographs. Very good in like jacket. Former... More about Birds of Hawaii
Kilkenny Ireland: Boethius Press, (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; (xiv), 275, appendices, index; illustrated with two color maps and fifteen color plates and one hundred fifty black and white plates; blue cloth lettered in gilt issued without a dust jacket;. This copy is inscribed on the half title by... More about The Brightest Jewel: History of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. (1980). Quarto (7.25" x 10.25"), grey cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket. 167, (1)pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photos in color and black and white by Robert R. Taylor. Maps. Jacket is chipped and has a few short tears. Former owner's... More about The Great Gray Owl: Phantom of the Northern Forest
Paris: Berger Levrault & Cie, 1898. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 328, index; illustrated with line drawings, engraved plates, color anatomy plates; half brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine labels lettered in gilt;. Intersting contribution to field, An Anatomical Bibliography. Reviewing works in French. Anatomy - Histology -... More about Bibliographie Anatomique. Revue des travaux en langue francaise. Anatomie - Histologie -...
Paris: Berger Levrault & Cie, 1900. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 316, index; illustrated with line drawings; half brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine labels lettered in gilt;. Intersting contribution to field, An Anatomical Bibliography. Reviewing works in French. Anatomy - Histology - Embryology - Anthropology. More about Bibliographie Anatomique. Revue des travaux en langue francaise. Anatomie - Histologie -...
Paris: Berger Levrault & Cie, 1895. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 236, index; illustrated with line drawings; half brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine labels lettered in gilt;. Intersting contribution to field, An Anatomical Bibliography. Reviewing works in French. Anatomy - Histology - Embryology - Anthropology. Issued apparently... More about Bibliographie Anatomique. Revue des travaux en langue francaise. Anatomie - Histologie -...
Paris: Berger Levrault & Cie, 1897. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 286, index; illustrated with line drawings, engraved plates; half brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine labels lettered in gilt;. Intersting contribution to field, An Anatomical Bibliography. Reviewing works in French. Anatomy - Histology - Embryology - Anthropology... More about Bibliographie Anatomique. Revue des travaux en langue francaise. Anatomie - Histologie -...
Binghamton: Otis Brothers, c1885. Broadside. Broadside advertisement measuring 5 1/8" x 3 1/8" printed on yellow paper;. These brothers obtained a patent for this product and were in business in Binghamton N.Y. selling 1870-1900 using a New York City wholesale outlet David M. Steiger. More about Otis Brothers' Never-Failing Corn Cure Broadside
(Seattle: The Mountineers) A John Beckmann Book, (1997). First Edition. Paperback. Quarto; pp. 142, (ii) with index; illustrated, color photographs, map; pictorial paper wrappers. The mighty Columbia River's watershed flows from seven states and one Canadian province, drawing on a hundred mountain ranges and a thousand tributaries. This large-format, full-color... More about The Columbia, Sustaining A Modern Resource; Lyons & Burford, Publishers
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. (1971). Octavo, red cloth, gilt. 196pp. Very good. Illustrated in black and white. With list of students of Harold C. Bold, references and acknowledgments. More about Contributions in Phycology: A selection of papers in phycology written by former students of...