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Thesaurus Siluricus. The flora and fauna of the Silurian period, with addenda (from recent acquisitions). by Bigsby, John J - 1868
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Thesaurus Siluricus. The flora and fauna of the Silurian period, with addenda (from recent acquisitions).
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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.
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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.
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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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Rural Affairs: A Practical and Copiously Illustrated Register of Rural Economy and Rural Taste, Including Country Dwellings, Improving and Planting Grounds, Fruits and Flowers, Domestic Animals, and All Farm and Garden Processes. Vol. VI: Four Hundred an
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New York: Silk Publishing Co.. Very Good+. 1923. Hardcover. Volume 16, 1923. July to December (No. 7-12) . Clean brown cloth. Hard binding with gilt lettering on spine. Marbled page edges & endpapers. Containing 6 magazines with covers, published on the 15th day of each month. Silk industry's technical authority. Text tight, clean & intact..Profusely illustrated with B/W photographs & drawings. Some in color. Internal markings only, "Smithsonian Institute, National Museum. Business; B&W Drawing & B/W Photo; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Thomas Bewick / Iain Bain - The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and His Workshop Apprentices - 1989Two volumes, oblong quarto (23 x 25 cm), pp. Volume 1: 233, Volume 2: 230. Reprint edition. Green cloth boards with gilt titling. Blue endpapers. Introduction and editorial notes by Iain Bain. Exhaustively illustrated with hundreds of sketches and reproductions of engravings originally created for General History of Quadrupeds, History of British Birds, Fables of Aesop and Others, History of British Fishes as well as miscellaneous book illustrations and jobbing engravings. Contains three appendices: "Apprentices and their Workshop Periods," "The Dispersal of Bewick's Workshop Drawings" and "The Present-day Collections" plus bibliography and index.A re-issue of this essential work for anyone engaged in a serious study of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the father of English wood engraving and one of the most important illustrators of his day. All the drawings and watercolors have been reproduced in…
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Thesaurus Siluricus [microform]: The Flora and Fauna of The Silurian Period, With Addenda (from Recent Acquisitions)
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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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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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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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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