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Wellington, NZ: NZ Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1965. Cream heavy card wraps with Red cloth spine (initials to front) pp 283 with 21 tables and 43 figural illus including many maps. Very tight and clean with presentation slip tipped in to ffep. Overweight #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Quarto Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
LARGE COLOR PLATES. A Contribution to the History of the Fresh-Water Algae of North America by Wood, Horatio C - 1872
by Wood, Horatio C
LARGE COLOR PLATES. A Contribution to the History of the Fresh-Water Algae of North America
by Wood, Horatio C
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FOLIO VOLUME WITH SPECTACULAR COLOR PLATES OF MICROSCOPIC FRESH WATER ALGAE BY CIVIL WAR SURGEON AND BIOLOGIST.
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HORATIO C. WOOD, JR (1841 – 1920) was an American physician and biologist who attended the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and after serving as a surgeon in the American Civil War, continued to teach at the University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he was known for his 1874 text Treatise on Therapeutics, which became a widely used medical textbook, and also for his botanical and zoological work: notably, his monograph on freshwater algae (offered here).
FOLIO VOLUME WITH SPECTACULAR COLOR PLATES OF MICROSCOPIC FRESH WATER ALGAE BY CIVIL WAR SURGEON AND BIOLOGIST.
13 inches tall folio hardcover, brown cloth binding, paper title label to spine, viii, 262 pp, 21 lithographic plates (19 in full color). Covers slightly bowed, light bubbling to front paste-down, faint water stain top corner not affecting text or plates, very good minus.
HORATIO C. WOOD, JR (1841 – 1920) was an American physician and biologist who attended the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and after serving as a surgeon in the American Civil War, continued to teach at the University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he was known for his 1874 text Treatise on Therapeutics, which became a widely used medical textbook, and also for his botanical and zoological work: notably, his monograph on freshwater algae (offered here).
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Paleontological Bulletin 36 : The Jurassic and Cretaceous Belemites of New Zealand and a Review of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Belemites in the Indo-Pacific Region
by Stevens, G R
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American Pastoral (Proof)
by ROTH, Philip
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Pulitzer Prize winning novel from the author of "Goodbye Columbus." A tight very near fine copy in creme colored printed wrappers that are very lightly soiled. The trade edition had a first printing of 100,000 copies and the proof would have been done in a tiny fraction of that.
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William Wegman - Weimar Den Weimaranern
by William Wegman
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Weimar, Germany: ACC Galerie Weimar, 1995. Catalog Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. William Wegman. Very Good. Very scarce, small format catalog of a unique W. Wegman exhibition in a gallery in Weimar, Germany (birthplace of the Weimaraner) in 1995. Only 1500 printed! Ships from Hawaii. I also have the poster of the exhibition. Ask if you are interested.
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Motor Disorders (Special education series)
by Robert Piazza
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Rare/collectible.Ex-library with a sticker on the front (photo 2). The binding is good and the book is clean inside with nice photos throughout. However it looks like a page has been torn out before the title page (see photo 3).
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Popular Scientific Lectures
by Herman von Helmholtz (selected and edited by M. Kline)
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International Symposium on Middle-Sized Pelagic Fish Scientia Marina, Volume 59 Numero 3 - 4
by Carles Bas, Jose Juan Castro and Jose Maria Lorenzo - Editors
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Barcelona, Spain: Institut de Ciencies del Mar, CMIMA-CSIC, 1995. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. As New/Near Fine. Book is without flaw. Dust jacket has light handling wear to the top edge. Illustrated with charts and graphs. 11.5 inches tall. 659 pages with author and subject index plus other materials.. Text is in English. A series of articles presented at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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A Manual of Chemistry, on the basis of Professor Brande's; containing the principal facts of the science.
by WEBSTER, John White. (1793-1850), compiler.
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Boston:: Richardson & Lord, 1826., 1826. 8vo. xi, 603 pp. 9 plates (pl. VI bound facing p. 444, pls. VIII & IX bound after advertisement at front); cellophane tape repairs applied to verso of a few plates, other effected by worm trails (also in index sec.). Original boards, amateurish rebacking with modern calf; edges worn, title and inner joints reinforced with cloth tape, free endleaves replaced with blue sheets (facing original marbled pastedowns). Foxing. Untrimmed copy. Ownership signatures of James A. Johnston, August, 1829, with his initials on the leaf of "Explanation of Plates VIII and IX"; James A. Johnston. RARE. FIRST EDITION. John White Webster, was Lecturer on Chemistry at Harvard University. Webster was described by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. as "pleasant in the lecture room, rather nervous and excitable." [I. Bernard Cohen, Some Early Tools of American Science, (1950)]. However, his promising career was cut short in 1849-50 after he was charged and hanged for the murder of George…
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Microscopes and Accessories for the Microscope. Catalogue: Mikro 400.
by ZEISS, Carl.
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New York and Los Angeles:: Carl Zeiss, 1927., 1927. Tall 8vo. 109 pp. Illustrated. Original blue gilt-stamped cloth; small nick on upper edge, corners showing. Very good. Scarce. Trade catalogue with everything to do with the completely equipped microscope: stands, objectives, eyepieces, stereoscopic dissecting microscopes, magnifiers, dissecting microscopes, microscope illuminating attachments, object stages, Microscopes of Messrs. R. Winkel G. m. b. H., Gottingen, etc.
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Scarecrow and Tin-Man: Slovenly Peter
by W.W. Denslow
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DENSLOW, W[illiam] W[allace]. Scarecrow and Tin-Man. Illustrated by Mary and Wallace Stover after Denslow. Slovenly Peter. NY: Perks Publishing [1946]. 8vo, [24]pp. Color pictorial paper wrappers. Two-color illustrations on every page. Sheets aged, as always, else an unusually fine copy with crease to lower front corner and minute edge wear.First edition thus. Eight vintage children's tales illustrated by the Stovers. The title story for this collection was originally published in 1904 by G.W. Dillingham, telling the story of the two titular characters as they escape from the Broadway theater where they are appearing. Denslow created this work, which makes no reference to Baum's story – just the Broadway show – as part of their on-going dispute due to their sharing the copyright on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This 1946 edition features new artwork modeled after Denslow to accompany the story, as well as seven other stories of the "cautionary tale" genre including Slovenly Peter and Slovenly… Read More
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The biography of Claude Gibney Finch-Davies 1875-1920; Observer, student and highly skilled illustrator of Southern African birds
by Kemp, A.C. (Biography of Claude Gibney Finch-Davies.)
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Pretoria: Transvaal museum [0 620 02081 4] 1976. (Folio hardcover) 33, [61]pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Plain white boards. Illustrated endpapers, portrait on title page, family photograph, 61 pagees of samples of work by Finch-Davies including 16 full-page color illustrations, list of known paintings by the artist. Minor edgewear to the top of the jacket and the front cover is slightly splayed. Biography of Claude Gibney Finch-Davies. Locale: South Africa. (Natural History, Artists--South Africa, Birds, Wildlife Art--South Africa).
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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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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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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 Silence Of The North
by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East
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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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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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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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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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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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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
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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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