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ALEXANDER WILSON: NATURALIST AND PIONEER. A Biography

By: (Wilson, Alexander). Cantwell, Robert

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1961).: (1961).

Seller ID: 3120

Condition: Good

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1961).. (1961).. Good. - Quarto, green cloth titled in gilt within black rectangles on front cover & spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The covers are bumped with rubbing & slight fraying along the bottom edges. There is a tiny hole in the cloth of the rear cover. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & frayed. The dust jacket is soiled & chipped with a number of pieces out. 318 & [1] pages. Illustrated with 8 color plates, 16 full-page black-and- white illustrations & black-and-white drawings by Robert Ball. There is occasional l...
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BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN

By: Allen, Robert Porter

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY: The Viking Press, (1961).: (1961).

Seller ID: 328

Condition: Very good

NY: The Viking Press, (1961).. (1961).. Very good. - 4to, light green cloth (lightly bumped; extremities slightly faded; scoremark to rear cover) titled in gilt with vignettes of birds stamped in gilt on front cover, in dw (rubbed & lightly chipped; stain to front panel; scoremark to rear panel; price-clipped). 256 pp. with text printed on variously colored stocks. Profuse color illustrations, many full-page. Fine internally.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THE GENUS EPIDENDRUM IN THE UNITED STATES AND MIDDLE AMERICA.

By: Ames, Oakes; Hubbard, F. Tracy; Schweinfurth, Charles.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Botanical Museum, [1976 ].: [1976 ].

Seller ID: 94827

Condition: Good

- Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored wraps. The binding is lightly soiled & bumped with the spine & extremities darkened. xi & 233 pages plus colophon. The top edge & fore-edge are foxed with occasional foxing elsewhere in the volume. Good. Originally published by Harvard's Botanical Museum in 1936. Reprinted at the Harvard University Printing Office in 1976.
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Image for THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. Reproduced in Color from the Collection at The New-York Historical Society. Introduction by Marshall B. Davidson. (2 volumes).

THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. Reproduced in Color from the Collection at The New-York Historical Society. Introduction by Marshall B. Davidson. (2 volumes).

By: Audubon, John James.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., (1966).: (1966).

Seller ID: 96342

Condition: Very good

- Quarto, 13-5/8 inches high by 10-7/8 inches wide. Two volumes bound in blue cloth titled in gilt within black rectangles on the spines with Audubon's initials in gilt on the front covers. The two volumes are housed in a dark blue slipcase, with silk ribbon, titled in gilt on a brown label on the front panel. The covers are slightly soiled and the spines are lightly faded with a tiny hole near the tail of one spine. The slipcase is lightly rubbed with slight wear to the extremities. This substantial set is illustrated with 451 full-page and double-page color plates (including several folding ...
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THE SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.

By: Audubon, John James; et al.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (New York): National Audubon Society, circa [1940s].: [1940s].

Seller ID: 95237

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, softcover. A sheet of paper is folded once to form 4 pages of text, each 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Laid in are 2 plates, one a black-and-white line drawing of 2 sharp-shinned hawks sitting on a tree branch with a countryside view in the background & the other a version of the same picture by Bruce Horsfall in color. The left-hand bottom corners of the plates are very slightly creased. Very good. National Audubon Society Leaflet No. 37.
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Image for A MEMOIR CONCERNING THE FASCINATING FACULTY WHICH HAS BEEN ASCRIBED TO THE RATTLE-SNAKE, AND OTHER AMERICAN SERPENTS. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. [Together with]: SOME ACCOUNT OF AN AMERICAN SPECIES OF DIPUS, OR JERBOA. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. [Also with]: A LETTER FROM MR. JOHN HECKEWELDER, TO DR. BARTON, GIVING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE REMARKABLE INSTINCT OF A BIRD CALLED THE NINE-KILLER. [And]: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE INSALUBRITY OF FLAT AND MARSHY SITUATIONS: AND DIRECTIONS FOR PREVENTING OR CORRECTING THE EFFECTS THEREOF. By William Currie. [From the "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume IV"].

A MEMOIR CONCERNING THE FASCINATING FACULTY WHICH HAS BEEN ASCRIBED TO THE RATTLE-SNAKE, AND OTHER AMERICAN SERPENTS. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. [Together with]: SOME ACCOUNT OF AN AMERICAN SPECIES OF DIPUS, OR JERBOA. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. [Also with]: A LETTER FROM MR. JOHN HECKEWELDER, TO DR. BARTON, GIVING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE REMARKABLE INSTINCT OF A BIRD CALLED THE NINE-KILLER. [And]: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE INSALUBRITY OF FLAT AND MARSHY SITUATIONS: AND DIRECTIONS FOR PREVENTING OR CORRECTING THE EFFECTS THEREOF. By William Currie. [From the "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume IV"].

By: Barton, Benjamin Smith; Klein, Jacobus Theodorus; Heckewelder, John; and Currie, William.

Price: $400.00

Publisher: [Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Thomas Dobson], [1799].: [1799].

Seller ID: 37351

Condition: Very good

ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ENGRAVED PLATE OF AN AMERICAN JERBOA - Quarto, 11 inches high by 9 inches wide. Unbound signatures from the "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society". 69 deckle-edged pages in all, with large uncut & untrimmed margins, consisting of pages 74 to 142. Illustrated with a full-page plate engraved by Vallance portraying the "Dipus Americana, American Jerboa" [a rodent similar to the gerbil though with Kangaroo-like legs]. The overlapping edges of some pages are chipped and occasionally darkened with short tears to a few of their edges. Very good.

U...
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WILD LIFE IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOREST. By Ernest Harold Baynes. Revised and Edited by Raymond Gorges. Foreword by Austin Corbin. With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author and Louise Birt Baynes.

By: Baynes, Ernest Harold.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931.: 1931.

Seller ID: 36314

Condition: Fair

- Octavo, light brown cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine with an illustration of a hare mounted on the front cover. A Dewey decimal number is penned in white ink on the spine. The covers are slightly bumped. viii, [ii] & 140 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs by the author and Louise Birt Baynes, including several full-page. Ex-library, withdrawn from the "Frank L. Boyden Library / Deerfield Academy" with their withdrawal stamp over their bookplate and also stamped on the rear pastedown. A label has been removed from the rear endpaper and a number is stamp...
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BENEATH TROPIC SEAS: A Record of Diving Among the Coral Reefs of Haiti

By: Beebe, William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York/London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.: 1928.

Seller ID: 29488

Condition: Very good

New York/London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.. 1928.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with the head of the spine slightly chipped. xiii & 234 pages. Color frontispiece after a painting by Zarh Pritchard with a printed tissue guard and black-and-white photographic illustrations. Some bottom page corners are bumped. Very good.

First edition. First Edition.
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MARVELS OF THE ANIMAL WORLD

By: Berridge, W. S

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, (1922).: (1922).

Seller ID: 912

Condition: Good

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, (1922).. (1922).. Good. - 8vo, brown cloth (lightly bumped) titled on spine (faded), in dw (soiled & chipped; piece out of top edge of rear panel; dw spine spotted & torn with pieces out of head & mid-section). 253 pp. (light offsetting to endpapers; page edges slightly darkened). B&W frontispiece & B&W illustrations from photographs by the author. Good.

This book about the curious habits, dispositions and characteristics of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects from around the world discusses such topics as "Some Curious Domestic Sheep of Foreign ...
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FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 1913.

By: Bethune, C. J. S.; Caesar, L.; Felt, E. P.; et al. Walker, Edmund M.; editor.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Canada: Ontario Department of Agriculture, 1914.: 1914.

Seller ID: 95952

Condition: Good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. There are 2 brown stains & a tiny mark to the inner edge of the front cover and the corners of the cover are slightly creased. 131 pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in black & white, including a group photo of society members at the meeting. Very good. Printed by Order of The Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Among the contents of this report are "An Entomological Picnic" by C. J. S. Bethune, "Insects of the Season in Ontario" by L. Caesar, and "Adaptation in the Gall Midges: by E. P. Felt.
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BOTANICA: The Definitive Guide to Indoor Blossoming and Foliage Plants

By: Brown, Dennis A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Dial Press, (1978).: (1978).

Seller ID: 24363

Condition: Very good

New York: Dial Press, (1978).. (1978).. Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], boards, in a price-clipped dust wrapper.The binding is slightly rubbed & there is some light soiling to the dust jacket. xiv, [ii] & 304 pages, printed in 2 columns. Illustrated in black & white & color. The top edges of the leaves are slightly rippled, probably from humidity. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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WITH JOHN BURROUGHS IN FIELD AND WOOD. Edited by Elizabeth Burroughs Kelley

By: Burroughs, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: South Brunswick & NY: A. S. Barnes and Co. / London: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, (1969).: (1969).

Seller ID: 1925

Condition: Very good

South Brunswick & NY: A. S. Barnes and Co. / London: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, (1969).. (1969).. Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in green, in dw. The extremities are slightly faded & there is a tiny white stain to the bottom edge of the front cover. The dw is rubbed & lightly chipped with light creasing to the front panel & staining to the bottom edge of the rear panel. 148 pp. B&W photographic illustrations & full-page & textual drawings by Elizabeth Burroughs Kelley. Very good in a good dw.

Signed by Elizabeth Burroughs Kelley on the title page.

Selections from Burroughs' essays, cho...
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WINTER SUNSHINE

By: Burroughs, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890.: 1890.

Seller ID: 15145

Condition: Good

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890.. 1890.. Good. - Octavo, olive green cloth backed with dark greenish brown cloth & titled in gilt on the spine with a decoration in black on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. [iv] & pages [5]- 255. The top & inner edges of the page are slightly darkened. There is light dampstaining along the bottom inner edges of the pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece with a tissue guard. Good.
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FRESH FIELDS

By: Burroughs, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890.: 1890.

Seller ID: 15148

Condition: Very good

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890.. 1890.. Very good. - Octavo, olive green cloth backed with dark greenish brown cloth & titled in gilt on the spine with a decoration in black on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. There is a small area of bubbling to the cloth of the rear cover with some very light soiling. [iv] & 298 pages. Very good.
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THE SAN JOSE AND OYSTER-SHELL SCALES. (Cover title).

By: Caesar, L.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Toronto: Ontario Department of Agriculture, 1914.: 1914.

Seller ID: 95204

Condition: Good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The edges of the wraps are faded & the corners are lightly creased. 30 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations & line drawings. The top page corners are lightly creased & there are very light vertical creases to the pages where the pamphlet has been folded. Good. First edition. Bulletin 219, Ontario Agricultural College, Ontario Department of Agriculture. First Edition.
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Image for FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 1920. Ontario Department of Agriculture. Printed by Order of The Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 1920. Ontario Department of Agriculture. Printed by Order of The Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

By: Caesar, L.; Mitchener, A. V.; Criddle, N.; et al.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto: Printed by Clarkson W. James, 1921.: 1921.

Seller ID: 95437

Condition: Good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The corners of the wraps are lightly creased & there is a pencil sketch on the rear wrap. There is a piece out of the tail of the spine. 92 pages. There are a few black-and-white illustrations. The page corners are very lightly creased. Good.

Most of the articles in this report concern insects that cause problems for agriculture. Among them are "Notes on Leaf Bugs Attacking Fruit Trees in Ontario" by L. Caesar, "The Manitoba Grasshopper Campaign of 1920" by A. V. Mitchener, "The Influence of Locusts on the Ranges of Brit...
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THE CHARM OF GARDENS

By: Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., (1910).: (1910).

Seller ID: 12652

Condition: Good

London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., (1910).. (1910).. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on spine & in dark green on front cover. The covers are bumped & the spine is faded with the head & tail lightly chipped & a small tear along the rear joint. xv, 239 & [1] pp. There is an owner's pencil inscription on the front endpaper & a faded date stamp on the front pastedown; the top page corners in the first half of the book are lightly creased; there are occasional small stains. Color frontispiece & 15 color plates. Good.

Probably a later printing.
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Image for THE BUPRESTIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA EXCLUSIVE OF MEXICO: A Catalogue, Including Synonomy, Bibliography, Distribution, Type Locality and Hosts of Each Species.

THE BUPRESTIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA EXCLUSIVE OF MEXICO: A Catalogue, Including Synonomy, Bibliography, Distribution, Type Locality and Hosts of Each Species.

By: Chamberlin, W. J.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Published by the author, 1926.: 1926.

Seller ID: 95222

Condition: Good

- Octavo, printed blue wraps. The spine, the adjacent edge of the front cover & the edges of the rear cover are faded. There is a chip out of the tail of the spine. 289 & [2] pages. There is a stain to the fore-edge & a few top page corners are creased. Good. First edition. Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. The author was Forest Entomologist at Oregon State College. First Edition.
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BIRDS IN LITERATURE

By: Churchill, Abby P

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Worcester, MA: The Davis Press, Inc., 1911.: 1911.

Seller ID: 31416

Condition: Good

Worcester, MA: The Davis Press, Inc., 1911.. 1911.. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth. The binding is rubbed with some light staining to the covers & with the corners of the covers chipped. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & frayed. 189 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with color plates. The bottom corners of a few pages of the preliminaries are creased. Ex-library with a handwritten label on the spine, library labels removed from the front pastedown & endpaper and handwritten numerals on the verso of the title page & the first text page. There is a tear to page 17. G...
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Image for THE BIRDS OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN. By Charles B. Cory, Curator of Department of Zoology. (Field Museum of Natural History, Publication 131. Zoological Series, Vol. IX).

THE BIRDS OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN. By Charles B. Cory, Curator of Department of Zoology. (Field Museum of Natural History, Publication 131. Zoological Series, Vol. IX).

By: Cory, Charles B.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1909.: 1909.

Seller ID: 95038

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, 9-3/4 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, perfect bound in light green wraps, titled in black on the front cover. The fading covers are darkened along the edges and the spine with some light chipping to the edges and the head & tail of the spine. 764 deckle-edged pages with numerous textual illustrations throughout. The pages are largely uncut and unopened. There are minor creases to the corners of several pages. Very good. First edition. A detailed record documenting 365 species of birds which inhabited Illinois & Wisconsin at the time. First Edition.
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