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The medicinal and poisonous plants of Southern Africa: being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmacological effects and toxicology in man and animal by Watt, John Mitchell and Maria Gerdina Breyer-Brandwijk - 1932
by Watt, John Mitchell and Maria Gerdina Breyer-Brandwijk
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Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd, 1932. Illustrated, small quarto, pp xx, 314, very clean internally but slightly weak, blue cloth slightly worn and rubbed.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, 1974. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. 8vo. Pp. xxii; 263. Abridged and Edited by Frederick Ungar, with a several-page introduction by him. With a critical analysis by Franz H. Mautner. Bound in red cloth with lettering stamped in black and yellow on spine. Price-clipped dust jacket with a dime-size chip to front panel and slight edge-wear. Else Fine. This edition, in hardcover with jacket, is somewhat scarce. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
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Michael Joseph, London, 1981, first edtion. 206 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0718120396 Charming b&w illustrations. "There is a growing need for the 'quiet fields' in this noisy, restless world. Mercifully, they can still be found by the country-lover and naturalist. This book tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, beginning when the year is young, when trees and hedges are bare to the winter winds, and on through the spring, summer and autumn, to winter once again. Whatever the season of the year there is always something to see in the countryside, even when the 'quiet fields' are sheeted with snow. There are the winter migrants - the wildfowl of the wet places, the delicate fieldfares and redwings - who come to Britain to escape the bitter temperatures of their native lands. 'BB' also describes the advent of the spring migrants, which bring such intense joy to the naturalist that he even had to surrender his studio to a swallow…
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Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard. Very Good. 1931-1932. First Edition. Soft Cover. Tan soft covers with slight age toned edges & light edge wear. Texts tight, clean & intact. Deckle page edges. B/W portrait engraved illustrations including a fold out. Danish Text. Volume 1: 179pp & Volume 2: 174pp. Adhesive residue from bookplate inside both front covers. Theatrum Anatomico-chirurgicum was an anatomical theatre which existed from 1736 until 1785 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Medical; B/W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 353 pages .
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Francofurti & Lipsiae,: Frid. Fleischer,, 1753.. [xviii], 334, [ii] pp. Small 8vo (11 x 18 cm.). Contemporary calf, spine with 4 raised ribs, in compartment gilt decorated; red morocco title label (gilt decoration somewhat faint; top of spine has some slight loss of leather owing to rodent bites, but a good copy); edges red spickeled. With a nice half-page amorial engraving by Rössler and a few woodcut head- and tail pieces. The rare first edition. A very popular work of which 17 editions have been published between 1753 and 1828 in 3 languages. Former owner inscription (L. Merlin) on title.
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Marsh and Miller. London. 1830. FIRST CRUIKSHANK EDITION. 6mo. (6 x 4 inches). 20pp. Illustrated with 8 engravings, seven full page. A fine clean copy in an early binding of half red morocco. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Previous owners armorial bookplate on front paste down endpaper. Some chipping to the spine ends otherwise a very good copy.
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The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern Africa
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Edinburgh: E&S Livingstone, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Blindstamped titling to upper board and gilt to spine. 314pp. illus. Prev owner's signature to front pastedown and to ffep. o/w unmarked and undiscoloured. Boards protected by plastic lightly affixed to pastedowns. Many b/w photos + 12 colour plates incl. frontis. Solid copy. Heavy book.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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