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London, Eng: Whittaker & Co, 1835. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good -. 2 volumes: xxiv, 379, [5] p.; 389, [5] p.: hand-colored frontispiece and hand-colored title vignette in each volume, 18 hand-colored plates, several in-text drawings in each volume; 21 cm. Original dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles and decoration; all boards have blind-stamped decoration. Yellow endpapers. In Good- Condition: front hinge of vol. 1 completely separated, and front free endpaper and frontispiece of vol. 1 detached but present (text block is otherwise solid and binding is in one piece); spines are sunned; cloth lacking at ends of spines; corners are bumped; covers are slightly soiled; title pages are foxed; otherwise only occasional light foxing; pages and plates are otherwise clean and tight.
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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!
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London: Unicorn, 2018. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket. Smaller 8vo. pp. 274, ""First published in 1956, Swifts in a Tower still offers astonishing insights into the private lives of swifts, their lifestyles, and the environment they inhabit. Now more than sixty years later, swifts have been studied even more thoroughly, using technology unimaginable in the 1950s. This research has revealed more secrets of these indomitable…
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Rising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the most ancient of all birds. More than a half-million strong, flying in squadrons, these majestic creatures point northward to their Arctic and sub-Arctic breeding ranges. Theirs is an epic story of endurance through the ages. With 153 stunning color photographs, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cranes in their wild but increasingly compromised habitats today. Over the course of five years, Michael Forsberg documented the tall gray birds in habitats ranging from the Alaskan tundra, to the arid High Plains, from Cuban nature preserves to suburban backyards. With an eye for beauty and an uncommon persistence, the author documents the cranes' challenges to adapt and survive in a rapidly changing natural world. Forsberg argues that humankind, for its own sake, should secure the cranes' place in the future.…
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.
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