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Detroit: F. B. Dickerson Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and soiled, front hinge cracked, . tear to front pastedown endpaper.. 1912. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Dark green cloth stamped with black border and gilt lettering on front boards and gilt lettering on spine. Many photos and illustrations, including several color plates. A comprehensive veterinary science book covering horses, cattle, swine, sheep, poultry, and dogs. "Compiled from the most successful Veterinarians in the world and also containing nearly Three Hundred Tried and Tested Remedies and Receipts". ; 840 pages .
A Biological Survey of Walnut Lake, Michigan by Hankinson, Thomas L - 1908
by Hankinson, Thomas L
A Biological Survey of Walnut Lake, Michigan
by Hankinson, Thomas L
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Lansing, MI: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co. , State Printers. Very Good; Owner name and some pencil notations.. 1908. Hardcover. Original wraps that has been rebound in tan cloth boards. 133 pages text, 62 pages of plates (all present). Black and white illustrations, tables, graphs, index, maps, and black-and-white photographs. A detailed report of an ecological and biological survey of Walnut Lake, Michigan conducted in the spring and summer of 1906 whose chief purpose was to obtain facts concerning the fish life. The report sought not only to find out what kinds of fish lived in the lake, but more particularly to learn as much as possible about the feeding habits, breeding habits, habitat and the biological and physical relations of the species. This copy was owned and rebound by Dr. Charles C. Adams who was a strong leader in ecology in the early years of this field and who participated in the collection of data for the study. Dr. Adams' stamp and signature is on front wraps. .
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- Keywords Michigan Wildlife, Walnut Lake, Michigan, FISH
The Practical Stock Doctor: A Reliable, Common-Sense Ready-Reference Book, for the Farmer and Stock Owner
by Waterman, Dr. George A.
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Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology: Being an Account of the Natural History of the Danainae, a Subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae
by Ackery, P. R. ; Vane-Wright, R. I.
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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press and British Museum. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; A few small dots of foxing on verso of . jacket.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801416884 . vii, 425 pp, systematic index, geographical index, bibliography Many black and white photos and illustrations and 12 color plates plus color frontispiece photo. The amazing migration champion monarch butterfly is the best known milkweed butterfly and this scholarly volume describes its biology and that of its danaine family members in detail. The book provides a revised cladistic classification of all 157 species, and includes chapters on mimicry, migration, reproduction and ecology. A valuable lepidoptery reference. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale Zoologique d'Acclimatation
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Paris: Albert Whitman & Company. Very Good; Boards lightly worn, penciled notes on front free endpapers.. 1864-66. Hardcover. Four bound volumes of the Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale Zoologique D'Acclimatation, each bound in green cloth with red leather spine labels with titles stamped in gilt. Two of the volumes bear the bookplate of Lady Dorothy Nevill (name covered over with black crayon). Text in French. A few illustrations in each volume. First Volume: 1864. lxviii, 1-500, 709-804 pp. Includes articles about alpacas, fish eggs, the Siamese Crested Fireback, silkworms, and aquaculture. Second Volume: 1865. lxxix, 768 pp. Includes articles on horsemeat production, oyster farming, Arabian horses, gourami fish, pine trees, and Chinese-Merino sheep hybrids. Third Volume: 1865. lxxix, 608 pp. Includes articles on introducing beef cattle in the Rio de la Plata region, pheasants, cochineal bugs, and currasows. Fourth Volume: 1866. lxxx, 61-716 pp. Includes several articles about a…
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Nature's Wonderland (Four Volumes) : Or Short Talks on Natural History for Young and Old
by Kingsley, J. Sterling; Brec, Edward
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NY: F. R. Niglutsch. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and lightly soiled, spines . sunned and stained, faint foxing to endpapers, but otherwise clean and . bright interiors.. 1894. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint of 1890 edition. In four volumes, uniformly bound in brown gilt-blocked cloth. All edges gilt. Each volume contains hundreds of black and white plates and small engravings, as well as some chromolithograph plates. Tight bindings. Vol. I - Invertebrates, Crustacea, and Insects. Color plates of Mayflies, Starfish & Worms, and Hercules Beetle. Vol. II - Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds. Color plates of Grey Kingfisher, Paradise Fish, Crocodiles, Cranes, and Birds of Paradise. Vol. III - Mammals and The Natural History of Man, Part One. Color plates of Lion, Chimpanzee, Arabs. Vol. IV - The Natural History of Man, Part Two. Color plate of Eskimos. A handsome, if heavy, set. The black and white plates of the invertebrates are particularly lovely. A good example of the Victorian…
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Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle Round the World under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy, R. N.
by Darwin, Charles
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London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and have silverfish damage, one inch . split to head of spine, front hinge cracked, penciled prices on verso of . front free endpaper, pages toned and a few pages soiled and foxed.. 1888. Second Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Later printing (eighteenth thousand). Dark green blindstamped cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Brown coated endpapers. X, 519pp, + 32pp list of publishers titles dated February, 1888 plus [1]pp pink leaf printed on recto only with list of additional Darwin titles inserted between pp.6-7 of publishers ads. Engraved vignettes throughout text. Includes Darwins two-page preface dated June, 1845 and his one-page post-script dated Feb. 1st, 1860. Handsome photogravure and engraved owner bookplate on front pastedown of F. E. Dinshaw featuring portrait of woman in sari surrounded by acanthus leaf roundel. Dinshaw was a prominent Mumbai businessman in pre-partition India. Separate printed…
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Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals
by Lamarck, J. B. ; Elliot, Hugh (translator)
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London: Macmillan and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Heel bumped, boards rubbed, newspaper . clipping about bacterial resistance to antibiotics laid in.. 1914. 1st English Language Edition. Hardcover. Translated and with an introduction by Hugh Elliot. Green ruled cloth. Titles stamped in gilt on spine. xci, 410 pp. + [2] pp. publishers ads. Presentation copy embossed on title page. Sir F. Keeble, Hammels, Boars Hill, Oxford, which indicates previous owner was Sir Frederick Keeble, the noted British botanist and professor. One of the most influential books in the history of evolutionary theory, this book was first published by Jean Baptiste Lamarck in Paris in 1809. It contravened Christian dogma about how plants and animals were divinely created in final fixed states and not transformed over time according to environmental factors. Lamarck also theorized that more complex forms of life derived from simpler ones. The 1809 first edition of this work is…
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The Amateur Poacher
by [Jefferies, Richard]
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Boston: Roberts Brothers. Good; Boards worn at outer joints with some evidence of retouching, top . corner removed from front flyleaf, rear signature coming loose.. 1879. Hardcover. Three-quarter dark brown pebbled leather with marbled sides. Six spine compartments stamped in gilt and in blind, with raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. A collection of essays about natural history, hunting, Roma, ferreting, and other topics by the British Victorian author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages .
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Annual Reports of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York for 1907-1908-1909
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Albany, NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, price inked on top corner of . front flyleaf.. 1909. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and illustrations by W. B. Gillette, Hy S. Watson, J. W. Stephen and others. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 407 pages .
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Seventh Report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York
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Albany, NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, front hinge cracked.. 1902. Hardcover. Annual report covering the year 1901 by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and illustrations, including some color plates, by Oliver Kemp, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Hy S. Watson, and others. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. Includes sections about the Adirondack Park, arboriculture, deer, wapiti, game fish, fish hatcheries, St. Lawrence Reservation, insect pests, moose, chestnut culture, and other topics. Eight color plates of fish species by Denton: Sea Bass, Red Snapper, Porgy, Hickory Shad, Tahoe Trout, Banded Pickerel, Mascalonge, and Long-Eared Sunfish. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 534 pages .
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Annual Reports of the Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner of the State of New York for 1904-1905-1906
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Albany, NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lighlty soiled, pages toned and some light finger soiling.. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and black and white illustrations by Hy S. Watson. Blue cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. 24 color plates of fish, possibly by Denton, of Sea Herring, Kingfish, Rock Bass, Cod, Flat Fish, Rose Fish, Burbot, Maskalonge, Channel Bass, Calico Bass, Crappie, Yellow Mackerel, Pollack, Spotted Catfish, Flounder, Pompano, Short Pompano, Haddock, Gold Fish, Fresh-Water Drum, Hake, Whiting, Halibut, Spade Fish. Color plate of Partridge by W. S. Gillette and color plate of Beaver by Ernest Thompson Seton. Two folding maps of Adirondack areas. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 419 pages .
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
by John B. Wyeth
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe
by Alwyne Wheeler
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London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.
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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
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New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?
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The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
by WHITE, Rev. Gilbert
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.
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Winter - Notes from Montana
by Bass, Rick
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
by Peter Oikarinen
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Houghton, Michigan: Isle Royale Natural History Association, [1979]. Softcover book with pictorial wraps. 160p. B&W photos throughout text. This is the original printing, later reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press. Book has been well read and is in very good - condition with wear to the cover image along the edge and reading crease to front cover, corners bumped and shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with light staining on the edge of a few pages. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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