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London : James Cundee, 1806 A good copy of this scarce 6 volume work bound in 3 volumes. With 58 (of 60) hand coloured plates and 6 hand coloured vignette title pages. An account of natural history based around observation and reading mixed with anecdotes and tales relating to the animal in question. The illustrator (anonymous) has then produced some extraordinary illustrations including an orang utan at the dining table, a flock of herons attacking rooks, a boxing kangaroo, and a man riding an ostrich, and a sneaking crocodile. Rev Smith refers to himself as an 'editor' rather than an author - but there are no clues as to contributors. Originally planned in 4 volumes, Vol 5 and 6 (covering fish, amphibians, insects and other invertebrates) were added in 1807. Each volume has a frontispiece, a hand coloured vignette title page, and a plain title page. According to the directions to the binder at the end of Vol 6, there should be 60 plates - this copy is lacking a frontispiece of a turkey and…
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New York: Johnson Reprint, 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of a work first published in London in 1832. Forty-two color plates without descriptive text. Folio (14x21) bound in red half leather over maroon boards. Number 145 of an edition limited to 530 copies. Includes an illustrated essay by Brian Reade, 15 pp. Edward Lear (1812-1888) was a brilliant artist, but only his early creative years were devoted to painting birds. His monograph of the parrots reflects his artistic talent and remains one of the most prized illustrated works of the 19th century.
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The Naturalist's Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History; Illustrative of the Natures, Dispositions, Manners, and Habits, of all the most remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Amphibia, Reptiles &c
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1836 Jardine Naturalist Mammals Africa Elephants Rhinos Warthogs IllustratedSir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
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is beautifully color illustrated with engravings of various species of large mammals! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases African big game animals such as African and Indian elephants, rhinoceroses, the hyrax, the tapir, peccary, warthogs, and many others!
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The Naturalist's Library, Mammalia… Vol V. Pachydermes.
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Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates, drawn from Life, and on Stone, by Edward Lear, A.L.S. [Facsimile Edition]
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Pion Limited, London & Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York, 1978. Edition limited to 530 Copies, of which 500 numbered Copies are for Sale, this is a numbered Copy. Hochwertiges Faksimile der Ausgabe London, 1832. Überaus großformatige englischsprachige Hardcoverausgabe, bordeauxroter Halbledereinband mit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und fünf angedeuteten Bünden, [4] Seiten, 42 überaus schöne Farbtafeln, nebst fadengebundenem Beiheft ""Brian Reade: An Essay on Edward Lear's Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots"", 15 Seiten nebst 8 Abbildungen auf 2 Tafeln. Gutes und sauberes Exemplar (good and clean Copy).
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Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots
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London: Pion Limited, 1978. [2], [vii], 42 col plates. . HB. Large-folio, orig. half burgundy morocco, raised bands and gilt rules to spine, gilt title, top edge gilt. Fine copy.. <b>Limited edition of 530 copies of which 500 were for sale</b>, this being #26. A fine facsimile edition of Lear's famous work on Parrots, first published in 1832.. [9780850860740]
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Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots
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London: Pion Limited, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Number 420 of just 500 such copies; publisher's dark red half Morocco binding, gilt titles to spine and top edge gilt, in better than very good shape, firm and square with strong joints, no cracks, no defects, just mildly rubbed. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Includes 42 full colour parrot plates and a loosely inserted booklet by Brian Reade: 'An Essay on Edward Lear's Illustrations'. Size: Folio (545mm x 360mm). Thus a very tidy and presentable book.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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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
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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
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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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The Polynesian Triangle
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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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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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Winter - Notes from Montana
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
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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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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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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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