New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928., 1928.. Very good. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green cloth titled in gilt on the spine and in green within a gilt panel on the front cover. The covers are slightly rubbed and soiled with some spotting to the spine. xiii & 234 pages, illustrated with pictorial endpapers, a color frontispiece after a painting by Zarh Pritchard with a printed tissue guard, and black-and-white photographic illustrations throughout. The book's top edge is soiled. Very good. First edition. First Edition. View More...
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 Lan... View More...
- 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. View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
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, chosen an... View More...
- 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. View More...
- 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 British Columbia by E. R. Buckel... View More...
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.
- 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. View More...
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... View More...
- Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The spine is faded with a piece out of the tail. The edges of the wraps are partially faded. The top corner & front edge of the front wrap are lightly creased. & the bottom 2 inches of the wrap are detached. 136 pages. Illustrated with tables & black-and-white illustrations. The top corners of the pages in the 1st third of the book are lightly bumped. Good. Printed for the Ontario Department of Agriculture by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. First Edition. View More...
- Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. There is a piece out of the head of the spine with a tiny chip to the tail. 71 pages. Illustrated with tables & textual illustrations in black & white. Very good.
Printed by Order of The Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Among the contents of this report are The Western Wheat-Stem Sawfly in Canada by Norman Criddle; The Spread of the European Corn Borer in Southern Ontario by L. S. McLaine; and Notes on the Plum Spider Mite or European Red Mite by W. A. Ross and W. Robinson. View More...
Boston, MA: W. A. Wilde Company, (1936).. (1936).. Good. - Small octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The titling on the spine is faded. There are some tiny white marks & a dent to the front cover. The dust jacket is chipped & soiled with a long tear to the upper half of its spine & a piece out of the tail. 124 pages, There is light offsetting to the pastedowns & endpapers. Illustrated with black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. Good in a fair dust wrapper.
First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GEORGE CHARLES EMBODY - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The binding is darkened and lightly soiled, rubbed & chipped. There is a small stain to the rear wrap. 36 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece. There is a light vertical crease to the pamphlet where it has been folded. Good. First edition. inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper: Compliments of G.C. Embody. Bulletin of the Department of Geology and Natural History, Colgate University. George Charles Embody [1876-1939] was best known for his research but was also a... View More...
Delray Beach, Florida: St. Lucie Press, (1997).. (1997).. Very good. INSCRIBED TO PETER MATTHIESSEN AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ROB FARMER, WITH HIS OWN FAMILY TREE - Quarto, 10-1/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Printed light green & gray boards, titled in green, black & white. The corners of the covers as well as head and tail of the spine and top edge are bumped xiii, [i] & 253 pages with textual illustrations of charts. Very good. First edition.Inscribed to Peter Matthiessen by the author Rob Farmer on the front endpaper. Beneath the inscription, Farmer has also penned his own family tree... View More...
New York/London: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1933.. 1933.. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt. The covers are very lightly rubbed, bumped & soiled & the spine is faded. x, [1] leaf & 183] pages. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings by the author. Very good.
- Quarto, 11-3/8 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Purple cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a color pictorial violet dust wrapper. There is a tiny spot of rubbing to the bottom right corner of the jacket's front panel. 266 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout. Near fine. First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
