Flora Norica Phanerogama; im auftrage des zoologisch-botanischen vereines in Wien, herausgegeben von Dr Eduard Fenzl und P. Rainer Graf by Von Wulfen, Franz Xaver Freiherrn - 1858

Good half leather bound with hard grain morocco at fore corners and spine over brown pseudo-marbled paper over boards; five raised bands with gilt dot and chain pattern; gilt titles. Clean covers and spine; rubbed at fore corners, boards just exposed on rear cover at fore corners; 1.5 x .5 inch leather chip missing at spine tail; cracked at cover/spine joints, end papers intact; covers weakened at hinge but all reamins tightly bound; clean interior; slight age darkening. 194 text pp; xxii b/w plates; VII color plates. Color plate IV is loose and laid in; all others intact in Very Good condition. Cf, OCLC #11046074. 8vo.

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Read More

Shanghai: The National Review Office, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Shanghai: The National Review Office, 1911. First edition. Good. Rare. Original olive green boards with a few very minor marks, interior with some minor foxing to endpapers and foredge, otherwise clean and with sound binding, owner's signature to page iii.

Dublin: Printed at the University Press, by Ponsonby & Gibbs, 1909. SCARCE in current commerce. Reprinted from the Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Vol. IX, Part 8, January, 1909. Paginated 139-200, with 16 photographic plates, 2 plans, and 2 coloured maps. Very Good, bound in blue linen with black end papers and gilt lettering at spine, linen rubbed at spine. Maps are Fine . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Albany, NY: State of New York. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, hinges cracked, corners . bumped.. 1898. Hardcover. Annual report covering the year 1897 by the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commissioners of New York State. Numerous photographs and illustrations, maps, one color folding map of catchment basins of some New York State rivers (has hole in center). Green decorated cloth boards. Includes sections about maple sugaring, game fish, fish hatcheries, fishways, wood-ducks, snipe, forestry, forest reservoirs, and other topics. Some beautiful color plates of fish species. Nine color plates by Sherman F. Denton of Cisco, White Bass, Silver Chub, Female Common Whitefish, Rocky Mountain Trout, Steelhead, Golden Shiner, Alewife, and Male Common Whitefish. Five color plates by J. H. Ridgway of birds: Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Male Woodduck, Female Woodduck, and Wilson's Snipe. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 455 pages .

Simkin and Marshall; Groombridge & Sons, [1825-1850] Two Parts bound in one volume. Small quarto. Engraved half title, Title page Part I, xvi, 240pp; Title page Part II, 13, 144pp. 3066 woodcuts. Contemporary half morocco, gilt, raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Corners rubbed. Index to Part II and pp141-144 originally published in smaller state (8vo), expertly relaid to quarto. Comprehensively cataloguing the origins, date of introduction and British gardens and their owners of foreign introductions during the golden age of plant-hunting, the Floral Register was the resource for all newly introduced plants.
Benjamin Maund (1790-1864) botanist and horticulturist, "he prospered as a bookseller, stationer, printer, bookbinder, publisher, and chemist in a combination normal for the time". He experimented with seeds and plants introduced from around the world and particularly with varieties of wheat. Fellow of the Linnean Society. ODNB.
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From the library of Enid Lucy… Read More

London: J.M. Cobbett, 1822. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 360pp. Bound in modern leather, marbled boards, paper spine label. folding map. Text is tanned and clean, folding map has minor archival tape repair and is in very sound condition. Author's descriptions of the country, it's culture, its agriculture including a discussion of the farming of the Ruta Baga. He crtiicizes at length Morris Birkbeck's settlement in Illinois. Howes C- 525.

Franklin Design Bureau, 2011. Paperback. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. Light bumping on the top and bottom of the spine. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books."It is one of the few works that attempts fully to explain Colorado's water history. It is unusually well-written, with vivid descriptions of people, processes, events, and landscape features." Mark Fiege

RARE SIGNED STATED FIRST EDITION: Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Ed. w/ exlib replacement 1st Ed. DJ is an original HARVEY GABOR White/black jail bars/ bird inset dust jacket protected by a mylar wrap. Unclipped Front flap states 9/55. Used. Good-/Good condition original dust jacket. Front cover states: "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Studies on Glaciers. Preceded by the Discourse of Neuchâtel, Agassiz, Louis. Translated and edited by Albert V. Carozzi. Published by Hafner, New York & London, 1967. First English Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 213 pp; 18 plates, textual notes. Black cloth with gilt spine titles, reading ribbon. A couple of small and light marks to margins of title page and otherwise volume is in fine condition with bright pages; binding is tight and square. Dustjacket is in very good condition with has several insect holes. A very rare edition in collectible condition. First published in 1840 as Études sur les Glaciers. Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.