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].A col... View More...
(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. View More...
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.
- 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. View More...
Paris: Editions Denoel, (1956).. (1956).. Fine. - Octavo, natural limp buckram titled in orange on spine with vignettes on the front cover. 188 pages & [2] leaves and numerous pages of delightful photographic illustrations depicting cats. Near fine.
First edition. Presentation copy with a 5-line inscription by Mery in blue ink on the half-title. Cleverly signed by Mery within the body of a cat observing birds which he has sketched at the bottom of his inscription. First Edition. View More...
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1968.. 1968.. Fine. - Quarto, cloth, in a dust wrapper. There is a small dent to the spine. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with the head of its spine lightly chipped. 288 pages. Profusely illustrated with maps & wirh photographic illustrations in black & white & color. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.
First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1972.. 1972.. Very good. - Octavo, light green cloth titled in black. Lightly soiled with light stains to front cover; spine & extremities slightly faded. 511 pp. Very good.
- Octavo, softcover, self-wraps.. The first text page is darkened around the edges with some light staining & the rear wrap is lightly soiled. Pages 14-178. The contents are very good. An offprint from the Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 33, 1954, Article 8. From the library of ornithologist Fred Hough with his signature on the top margin of the first page. There is also an ink note Pgs 156-159 with a corresponding ink mark in the margin of page 156. View More...
- 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 a pair of red-tailed hawks sitting on tree branches with a view of fields in the background & the other a version of the same picture by Allan Brooks in color. The text pages are illustrated in black & white with 7 vignettes & an illustration down the right margin of the 1st page. Fine. National Audubon Society Leaflet No. 136. First Edition. View More...
- 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 a barn owl sitting on a branch with a countryside view in the background & the other a version of the same picture by Robert Bruce Horsfall in color. The text pages are illustrated in black & white with 7 vignettes & an illustration in the margin of the first page. Near fine. National Audubon Society Leaflet No. 14 (Senior). View More...
- 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 a burrowing owl perched on a hillside beside a large hole & the other a 1928 version of the same picture by Allan Brooks in color. The text pages are illustrated in black & white with 8 vignettes. Near fine. National Audubon Society Leaflet No. 138. View More...
- 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 a red-shouldered hawk perched on a branch with a second hawk in flight, & the other a version of the same picture by R. Bruce Horsfall in color. The text pages are illustrated in black & white with 5 vignettes & an image of a tree down the left margin of the 2nd page. The first & last pages are a bit darkened around the edges. Good. National Audubon Society Leaflet No. 9. View More...
- 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 3 plates, 2 of them copies of the same black-and-white line drawing of a screech owl sitting on a branch and another in flight with a small animal in its claws & the other a version of the same picture by R. Bruce Horsfall in color. The text pages are illustrated in black & white with 6 vignettes & an illustration down the right side of the first page. The corners of the pages are lightly creased & the edges of the text pages are very slightly darkened. There i... View More...
- 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 a male and female sparrow hawk sitting on a tree stump & a barbed wire fence with a country side view in the background & the other a version of the same picture by Robert Bruce Horsfall in color. The text pages are illustrated in black & white with 8 vignettes & a pictorial band along the top of the 4th page. Near fine. National Audubon Society Leaflet No. 10. View More...
New York/London: Whittlesey House, (1939).. (1939).. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in yellow with a vignette in yellow & green on the front cover. The covers are very lightly bumped. xvi & 252 pages. Illustrated with a color frontispiece & 67 black-and-white plates. Very good.
Melbourne, Australia: Robertson & Mullens, 1940.. 1940.. Good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt with vignette of a lyre bird stamped in gilt on front cover. The covers are lightly bumped; the head of the spine is chipped & slightly frayed & the tail is rubbed. 79 & [1] pp. The front endpapers are somewhat darkened with an owner' s small printed label on the pastedown & ink name & date on the endpaper; the edges of the title are slightly darkened with slight soiling to the bottom edge. B&W frontispiece & 14 pp. of B&W illustrations. Good.
Storrs-Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Martino, circa (1995).. (1995).. Very good. - 4to, dark blue cloth (lightly bumped) titled in gilt. [vi] & 576 pp. Near fine.
Limited edition reprint of 150 copies.
Originally published Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1872.
The text of this botanical checklist, excluding titles in other languages, is in Latin. View More...
- Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream-colored wraps. There is some light creasing & minor soiling to the wraps with a heavier crease to the top corner of the rear wrap. 93 pages. Illustrated in black & white with tables & a few photographic illustrations. The top corners of a few rear pages are creased Good. Published by Authority of Honourable Thomas L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture. View More...
- Small octavo [approximately 6-1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide], printed tan boards. The binding is rubbed & darkened with a small area of tiny black dots to each cover. xi, [1] leaf & pages [9]-308. Illustrated in black & white with 35 full-page & textual engravings. There is light foxing to the fore-edge, pastedowns & endpapers & scattered very light foxing to some illustrations & text pages. Good. Harper's Family Library No. 98. View More...
