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TYPED LETTER ABOUT A BEETLE SIGNED BY GLENN W. HERRICK.

By: Herrick, Glenn W. (1870-1965). Entomologist. Author of "Insects Injurious to the Household" and other works.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ithaca, NY: July 23, 1932.: 1932.

Seller ID: 31610

Condition: Very good

- 49 words typed on a sheet of New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University / Cornell University Agricultural Research Station letterhead, 10-1/2 inches high by 8 inches wide, with the address and "Department of Entomology" printed at the top. Dated "July 23, 1932". Signed "Glenn W. Herrick". The bottom right corner of the letter is bumped. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good.

Herrick writes to a correspondent in Poughkeepsie, New York: "I can say to you that the small beetles you sent me were not the black vine weevil. This vine weevil is five o...
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FLORA OF NEW BEDFORD AND THE SHORES OF BUZZARDS BAY. With a Procession of the Flowers. Revised Edition

By: Hervey, E.W

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New Bedford: E. Anthony & Sons Incorp., Printers, 1911.: 1911.

Seller ID: 29303

Condition: Good

New Bedford: E. Anthony & Sons Incorp., Printers, 1911.. 1911.. Good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed gray wraps. The rear joint is split along its top half and the rear cover is in danger of becoming detached. 137 pages. The pages are slightly darkened and there is a red ink mark to the foreedge of the book. The rear endpaper is diagonally creased and the front edges of a few leaves are slightly creased. There is a minor chip to the bottom edge of the first 2 leaves. Good.

Scarce.
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Image for THE RHODODENDRONS OF SIKKIM-HIMALAYA; Being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons Recently Discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from Drawings and Descriptions Made on the Spot, during a Government Botanical Mission to That Country.

THE RHODODENDRONS OF SIKKIM-HIMALAYA; Being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons Recently Discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from Drawings and Descriptions Made on the Spot, during a Government Botanical Mission to That Country.

By: Hooker, Joseph Dalton. Hooker, Sir W. J.; editor.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Dehra Dun, India: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1979.: 1979.

Seller ID: 94766

Condition: Good

- Small folio [14-3/8 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], green cloth backed with black cloth & titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped. The green cloth is bubbled and there is a small stain to the front cover with the cover's top inner corner faded. The covers are warped. 14 pages plus 30 black-and-white plates with extensive commentary. The bottom page corners are bumped & the top corners are very lightly bumped. There is a previous owner's signature on the front endpaper. Good. A reprint of the 1849 edition.
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THE THRUSHES (Turdidae). Their Occurrence in Ulster County, N.Y.

By: Hough, Fred N.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: John Burroughs Nat. History Society, 1964.: 1964.

Seller ID: 95220

Condition: Fine

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream-colored wraps. 20 pages. 2 black-and-white illustrations on 1 plate. Fine. Bulletin No. 7 of the Research and Records Committee, John Burroughs Natural History Society. January 1964.
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BIRDS OF ULSTER COUNTY NEW YORK. 1960 Edition.

By: Hough, Fred; compiler.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: John Burroughs Natural History Society, 1960.: 1960.

Seller ID: 95205

Condition: Fine

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed light blue wraps. The rear cover is slightly faded along the spine.[7] pages, including 5 pages of tables. Near fine. Bulletin No. 3 of the Research and Records Committee. The contents consist of a listing of the birds found in Ulster County with their migration and nesting dates.
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BRITISH BIRDS. With a Chapter on Structure and Classification by Frank E. Beddard. New Impression

By: Hudson, W.H

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911.: 1911.

Seller ID: 7834

Condition: Good

London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911.. 1911.. Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette of a bird in gilt on the front cover. The head and tail of the soiled and darkened spine are chipped. xxii & 363 pages, with profuse textual illustrations, 8 black & white plates, and 8 brightly colored plates. The front hinge is cracked and there is a previous owner's inscription penned on the front endpaper. The leaves are slightly darkened. Good only.
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THE ECOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF THE BIRDS ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF NEW YORK STATE.

By: Hyde, A. Sidney.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Syracuse, NY: Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, 1939.: 1939.

Seller ID: 95211

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial tan wraps with an illustration in black by Ernest Thompson on the front cover. The edges of the front cover are slightly darkened & its corners are very lightly creased. Pages [61]-215. Illustrated in black & white with tables & photographic illustrations and with a folding map bound in at the rear. The corners of the folding map are creased. Very good. Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Volume 7, Number 2. October, 1939. This is the bulletin of the New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y., Samuel N. Spring, Dean. It is published by the college's Ro...
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COMMON TREES OF NEW YORK: A handy pocket manual of the Common, and Introduced Trees of New York. Presented to the Schools of New York by the Charles Lothrop Pack Forestry Trust

By: Illick, Joseph S

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: The American Tree Association, 1927.: 1927.

Seller ID: 5760

Condition: Very good

Washington, DC: The American Tree Association, 1927.. 1927.. Very good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in printed green wraps with a decorative border & vignette in dark green. There is some very light staining to the wraps & the bottom corner of the front wrap is lightly creased. 123 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings. Very good.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. Sixth Edition

By: James, W. O

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Oxford: (Oxford University Press, 1965).: 1965).

Seller ID: 19562

Condition: Very good

Oxford: (Oxford University Press, 1965).. 1965).. Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth. viii & 329 pages plus colophon. 7 black-and- white plates, including a frontispiece, and numerous black-and-white full- page & textual diagrams. The fore-edge is very lightly foxed & the top corners of the first few leaves are lightly bumped. Very good.
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SVALBARD: DE ARKTISKE FUGLES LAND

By: Kaulberg, Svend

Price: $10.00

Publisher: [Copenhagen, Denmark]: Fremads Rejseboger, (1970).: (1970).

Seller ID: 30792

ISBN: 8755701426

Condition: Very good

[Copenhagen, Denmark]: Fremads Rejseboger, (1970).. (1970).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a pictorial dust wrapper. There is minor soiling & chipping to the dust jacket with a tear to the top edge of its rear panel & a small piece out. 128 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. Very good.

This title in Fremad's travel and natural history book series is about the bird population of Svalbard in the Arctic. The text is in Danish. Dust jacket present.
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A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE FAMOUS FALCONER "CHAS" KNIGHT AND THE AMERICAN LECTURE MANAGER JAMES "BIM" POND CONSISTING OF SEVERAL LETTERS TOGETHER WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS & PUBLICITY BROCHURES ADVERTISING HIS LECTURES.

By: Knight, Captain Charles "Chas" William Robert (1884-1957). Naturalist and falconer who was known for his lecture tours with his famous Golden Eagle, Mr. Ramshaw.

Price: $750.00

Publisher: [1920 through 1956]. Circa [1930].: [1930].

Seller ID: 34168

Condition: Good

[1920 through 1956]. Circa [1930].. [1930].. Good. - This small archive and correspondence begins with a retained copy of a typed letter from the American lecture manager James "Bim" Pond to his British colleague Gerald Christy of the Gerald Christy Lecture Agency dated May 4th, 1920 admiring Captain Knight's circulars and requesting that Christy send him "fifty or a hundred" of his booklets as he believes he can secure bookings for Captain "Chas" Knight as soon as October. The retained copy of a second letter to Christy, this one dated August 20th, 1920, is in response...
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NATURAL SCIENCE BOOKS IN ENGLISH 1600-1900

By: Knight, David M

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY and Washington: Praeger Publishers, (1972).: (1972).

Seller ID: 17365

Condition: Very good

NY and Washington: Praeger Publishers, (1972).. (1972).. Very good. - Small quarto, green cloth, in dw. The book is rubbed & slightly frayed at the head & tail of the spine. The dw is lightly chipped. 262 pp. Owner's name on flyleaf. Color frontispiece & B&W illustrations. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THE WORLD OF ANIMALS: A treasury of lore, legend and literature by great writers and naturalists from the 5th century B.C. to the present. Compiled with Commentary by Joseph Wood Krutch

By: Krutch, Joseph Wood; compiler

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY: Simon and Schuster, 1961.: 1961.

Seller ID: 913

Condition: Very good

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1961.. 1961.. Very good. - Square 8vo, brown cloth backed black cloth (very lightly bumped) titled in gilt within red rectangle with vignette of winged serpent in gilt on spine & image of lion stamped in white on front cover, in dw (lightly chipped & soiled; dw spine & extremities darkened). 508 & [1] pp. (tiny creases to front edges of a few rear pages). Profuse illustrations in B&W & black & cream, many full-page, from drawings, woodcuts, prints & paintings. Very good in good dw.

First edition.

From the library of Leonard Bernstein [Sotheby's Sale 7070, Lot #144]...
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VEGETATIONAL HISTORY OF THE CATSKILL HIGH PEAKS.

By: Kudish, Michael.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms / A Xerox Company, (1971).: (1971).

Seller ID: 95060

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, perfect bound in dark blue wraps with a printed title label mounted on the front cover. The corners of the covers are very lightly creased. 254 mechanically reproduced pages, printed on one side of each leaf only, plus an errata leaf, illustrated with charts & graphs. There is some minor staining to the top of the book's fore edge. Very good. A doctoral dissertation by Michael Kudish written to obtain his PhD from the New York State College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry at Syracuse. As with similar thesis & dissertations, th...
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ISBJORNLIV

By: Larsen, Thor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: (Oslo): J. W. Cappelens Forlag, (1972).: (1972).

Seller ID: 24198

Condition: Very good

(Oslo): J. W. Cappelens Forlag, (1972).. (1972).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped. 173 & [1] pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white maps & 16 pages of black-and-white photographic illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

An account of an expedition to look at polar bears in the Arctic. The text is in Norwegian. Dust jacket present.
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KATAHDIN SKYLINES.

By: Leavitt, H. Walter.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Orono, ME: University of Maine Press, June 1946.: June 1946.

Seller ID: 33756

Condition: Good

Orono, ME: University of Maine Press, June 1946.. June 1946.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & soiled with some light creasing. The lower half of the front wrap is detached & the spine is darkened with the head chipped & a piece out of the tail. xiii, [i] & 99 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations, 2 folding maps in the rear, of which 1 is in color, & 2 extra folding maps laid in. The contents are very good. Good.

Second Revised edition.

Maine Technology Experiment Station Paper No. 40. The Foreword is by Myron H. Avery, ...
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INTRODUCTION A L'HISTOIRE, ou Recherches sur les dernieres revolutions du globe, et sur les plus anciens peuples connus. Par M. E. G. Lenglet, Ex-L

By: Lenglet, E[tienne]. G[ery]. (1757-1834)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Paris: Verdiere, libraire, 1812.: 1812.

Seller ID: 1465

Condition: Good

Paris: Verdiere, libraire, 1812.. 1812.. Good. - Octavo, gray wraps. The book is nearly disbound; the binding is loose & the front wrap is lacking. x, 341 & [3] pp. Page 207 is skipped in numbering with no loss of text. Illustrated with 2 folding tables, 1 of them a genealogical table, & 1 B&W plate. A good copy, well worth binding.

First edition.

Very scarce. First Edition.
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INTRODUCTION A L'HISTOIRE, ou Recherches sur les dernieres revolutions du globe, et sur les plus anciens peuples connus. Par M. E. G. Lenglet, Ex-L

By: Lenglet, E[tienne]. G[ery]. (1757-1834)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Paris: Verdiere, libraire, 1812.: 1812.

Seller ID: 32691

Condition: Fair

Paris: Verdiere, libraire, 1812.. 1812.. Fair. - Octavo, softcover bound in gray wrappers. The book is disbound and the front wrapper is lacking. x, 341 & [3] pp. Page 207 is skipped in numbering with no loss of text. Illustrated with 2 folding tables, 1 of them a genealogical table, & 1 B&W plate. A good copy, well worth binding.

First edition.

Very scarce. First Edition.
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on the senses, instincts, and intelligence of animals / With Special Reference to Insects

By: Lubbock, Sir John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888.: 1888.

Seller ID: 30224

Condition: Good

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888.. 1888.. Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in black. The binding is rubbed & spotted & the cloth is chipped along a section of the front edge of the rear cover. xxix & 202 pages plus a 10-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white drawings & diagrams. Good.

First American edition.

The International Scientific Series, Volume LXIV. First Edition.
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FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 1922. Ontario Department of Agriculture.

By: Maheux, G.; Caesar, L.; Ross, W. A.; Robinson, W.; et al.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, Canada: Printed by Clarkson W. James, 1923.: 1923.

Seller ID: 95878

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. There is a light crease to the top corner of the rear wrap. 92 pages. Illustrated with tables & textual illustrations in black & white. The top corners of a few rear pages are lightly creased. Very good.

Printed by Order of The Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Among the contents of this report are "Provancher, The Canadian Linnaeus--His Life and Works" by G. Maheux; The Feather Mite-- A New Pest of Poultry" by L. Caesar; and "The Grape Leaf-Hopper" by W. A. Ross and W. Robinson.
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Category: Natural History