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N.p. [Caracas, Venezuela]: Editoral Lectura Caracas, 1962: Editoral Lectura Caracas. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 102pp. Numerous color illustrations, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with couple small edge chips. Tight, clean, attractive first edition of this heavily pictorial overview. The renowned orchid expert and orchid photographer (1905-88) handsomely inscribes and signs the title page in black fineline to another noted photographer: "To Archie Lieberman / With the author's warmest saludos -- / [stylized signature] / Caracas May 1967." ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) is a noted Chicago photographer and author of "Farm Boy." Signed copies of this title are rarely encountered.
The Antelope and Deer in America. A Comprehensive Scientific Treatise Upon the Natural History, Including the Characteristics, Habits, Affinities, and Capacity for Domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America by CATON, John Dean - 1877
by CATON, John Dean
The Antelope and Deer in America. A Comprehensive Scientific Treatise Upon the Natural History, Including the Characteristics, Habits, Affinities, and Capacity for Domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America
by CATON, John Dean
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The World of Orchids
by DUNSTERVILLE, G.C.K.
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Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde: Eine systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. I. Abt. 4. Band: Die palaearktischen Spanner (Tafeln)
by Adalbert Seitz
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Text in German/Deutsch. Dark green linen-grain cloth over boards with dark brown morocco-grain cloth at fore corners and back; gilt spine titles; black end papers with cloth hinges. Lightly scuffed covers and spine; light colored spotty stains on covers; scraped at front cover lower fore corner with tears in cloth, boards exposed; tightly bound; clean interior; few interior plates with light foxing. Table of Contents with 25 color litho plates. Cf, OCLC #634343809. Folio.
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. Edited with notes by Grant Allen
by WHITE. GILBERT. ; NEW. EDMUND. H. Illustrates
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John Lane The Bodley Head. London. 1902. Early Edmund New illustrated edition, originally issued in 1900. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4). Fully illustrated with 50 full page, and 135 smaller engravings by Edmund H. New. Fine bright copy in a beautiful binding of half dark green morocco. Spine with five raised bands, compartments with double gilt ruled borders. Two sections lettered in gilt and the others decorated with gilt design of a bird on a branch. Marbled paper on boards. A lovely copy.
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The Tiger in the House
by VAN VECHTEN, Carl
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-stamped front board medallion, pictorial dust jacket. x, 367pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; front endpaper rather age toned. A tight, quite nice fourth printing of this 1920 classic -- and bearing a huge, bold inked inscription and signature from the author on front flyleaf: "For Gordon North / because I liked / him -- / from / Carl Van Vechten / in New York / April 17, 1962." Front jacket panel touts: "This great treatise on Felis domestica describes the history, manners, and habits of the cat and explores his relation to folklore, music, painting, law, poetry, and fiction. It has long been considered the best book ever written about the cat." This Iowa-born writer (1880-1964) penned many novels in the teens and '20s such as the controversial "Nigger Heaven" (1926) before turning to photography, where he is known for portraits of the countless celebrities with whom he…
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The Natural History of Insects, Compiled From Swammerdam, Brookes, Goldsmith, &c. Embellished With Copper Plates. Intended As A Companion To Buffon's Natural History
by Swammerdan, Jan et al.
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Perth: R. Morison And Son, 1792. First edition. leather_bound. Modern blue morocco, red leather spine label. Very good. (IV) 210 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Twenty engraved plates. A unique collection, in text and images, of the entomology studies from the leading authorities at the time. Most notable of the entomologists, Jan Swammerdam, who pioneered the use of the microscope for use in anatomy drawing, and anatomical conclusions through the use of insects, animals and finally humans. He was the first to observe red blood cells with a microscope. Text clean, one or two leaves with minor stains, plates are bright and fresh.
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The World of Orchids
by DUNSTERVILLE, G.C.K.
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N.p. [Caracas, Venezuela]: Editoral Lectura Caracas, 1962: Editoral Lectura Caracas. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 102pp. Numerous color illustrations, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with couple small edge chips. Tight, clean, attractive first edition of this heavily pictorial overview. The renowned orchid expert and orchid photographer (1905-88) handsomely inscribes and signs the title page in black fineline to another noted photographer: "To Archie Lieberman / With the author's warmest saludos -- / [stylized signature] / Caracas May 1967." ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) is a noted Chicago photographer and author of "Farm Boy." Signed copies of this title are rarely encountered.
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BRITISH FRESH WATER FISHES. With Twelve Coloured plates including twenty-two figures from photographs
by MAXWELL. SIR HERBERT
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Hutchinson & Co. London. 1904. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (10.2 x 7.9 inches). Illustrated ith 12 full page colour plates. Finely bound in recent half green morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments decorated with fish design, wavy ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Top edge gilt. Original green cloth spine and front board bound in at the back of the book. Small amount of light spotting to a few pages otherwise a very good copy in a fine attractive leather binding.
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THE ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY
by WOOD THE REV. J. G.:
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LONDON, ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, 1861-3. THREE QUARTO VOLUMES FINELY REBOUND IN QUARTER RED LEATHER OVER RED CLOTH, NEW END PAPERS, BLACK AND RED LEATHER TITLE LABELS, RAISED BANDS. THE VOLUMES ARE: BIRDS, 786 pp; REPTILES, FISHES AND INSECTS, 804 pp; MAMMALIA, 796 pp. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT, WITH NEW DESIGNS BY WOLF, ZWECKER, WEIR....ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHER DALZIEL. SOME FOXING TO THE EARLY PAGES OF TWO VOLUMES, BUT A VERY GOOD SET, FIRM, IN FINE BINDINGS. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
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The Tiger in the House
by VAN VECHTEN, Carl
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-stamped front board medallion, pictorial dust jacket. x, 367pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; front endpaper rather age toned. A tight, quite nice fourth printing of this 1920 classic -- and bearing a huge, bold inked inscription and signature from the author on front flyleaf: "For Gordon North / because I liked / him -- / from / Carl Van Vechten / in New York / April 17, 1962." Front jacket panel touts: "This great treatise on Felis domestica describes the history, manners, and habits of the cat and explores his relation to folklore, music, painting, law, poetry, and fiction. It has long been considered the best book ever written about the cat." This Iowa-born writer (1880-1964) penned many novels in the teens and '20s such as the controversial "Nigger Heaven" (1926) before turning to photography, where he is known for portraits of the countless celebrities with whom he…
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Jane Goodall: 50 Years at Gombe (Signed Easton Press Ed)
by Goodall, Jane
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Easton Press, 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 148x16x168. Signed. JANE GOODALL SIGNED LEATHER-BOUND EASTON PRESS EDITION! Includes ironclad Easton Certificate of Authenticity. Book is like new and unread. Expedited shipping is welcome; international please request a shipping quote before purchase. Signed by author.
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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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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 Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
by WHITE, Rev. Gilbert
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.
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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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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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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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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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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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