British Birds [Four volumes with dustwrappers] by Thorburn, Archibald

London: Kegan Paul, French, Trubner & Co., 1911 Tan cloth pictorially stamped in blue, gilt and black, light cover soil, rear free endpaper with corner torn. A collection of verses, comics and images by Cowham done in b&w, monotone and full color featuring demur little girls with pinch-able cheeks. Cowham was one of the first female artists to be published in Punch Magazine. . First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Hilda Cowham. Small 4to.

(2)p. manuscript letter measuring approx. 8" x 10 ½", folded, signed and dated January 14, 1867, Coast Survey Office, to Charles Lanman in regards to information pertaining to Prof. A.D. Bache. Mr. Hilgard was born in Germany. He settled with his parents in Illinois. Studied engineering in Philadelphia. He entered the Coast Survey in 1845. He was in charge of the Coast Survey under the Superintendent from 1862 until 1875. Throughout the American Civil War he served the Union Army and Navy by the construction of maps and charts and by surveys as well as by tidal and other information. During the failing health of Professor Bache, Hilgard, who was at that time in charge of the Coast Survey office, was obliged to perform the duties of Superintendent, which he did without extra compensation. He was Commissioner of the Committee of International Standards (seeking uniformity of weights and measures). In 1875, he was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Author of… Read More

Boston: Marshall Jones Company [The Plimpton Press: Norwood, Mass.], 1921. First Edition. brown pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Arthur V. Diehl. Presentation Copy SIGNED with an Original Pen Drawing of a Dying WWI Soldier by the Poet-Illustrator laid in [It may have been a front endpaper that was added to this text by the author for this "Author's Edition."]<br/> 12 mo, brown pictorial cloth, matching pictorial tan and black dust jacket, [viii] + 100 pages. Exceptional copy of this Rare and engaging collection of jingling First World War poems that have solemn content.<br/> It's the sort of poetry that men at war chant while marching or sing with bravado. With faint though handsomely inscribed brown ink note by the author-artist: "This Volume is No. 32 of the Author's Edition. A.Y.D." on half title.<br/> <br/> Excellent though pathos-filled ink drawing of three dead Tommies lying in cratered ground beneath barbed wire.

Franklin Design Bureau, 2011. Paperback. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. Light bumping on the top and bottom of the spine. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books."It is one of the few works that attempts fully to explain Colorado's water history. It is unusually well-written, with vivid descriptions of people, processes, events, and landscape features." Mark Fiege

New York:: E.P. Dutton & Company,, 1883.. Second Edition. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued. A Very Good+ copy. Corners bumped, head and foot of spine softened, shelf wear yet the pictorial gilt and silvered ornamentation on the boards is bright and rich, as are the fine heavily printed chromolithographed plates. Folio (9.75 x 12.75 inches). Dark brown beveled boards with gilt lettered decorative illustration to boards and spine. AEG. Former owner's dated signature on prelim. (Dec. 25, 1882) Unpaginated. 55 pages, includes four b/w lithographed plates; illustrated titlepage, dedication page, table of contents, and 11 (of 12) colored plates with tissue guards. Lacking the Hoar Frost plate. A fine selection of autumnal poems accompanied by striking seasonal floral bouquets, some with insects, by American painter, author and art instructor Lida Clarkson. (active 1870-99). Poems by William Cullen Bryant, Whittier, Mary Maples Dodge, RW Emerson, Celia Thaxter. 'To American Poets only I… Read More

Good half leather bound with hard grain morocco at fore corners and spine over brown pseudo-marbled paper over boards; five raised bands with gilt dot and chain pattern; gilt titles. Clean covers and spine; rubbed at fore corners, boards just exposed on rear cover at fore corners; 1.5 x .5 inch leather chip missing at spine tail; cracked at cover/spine joints, end papers intact; covers weakened at hinge but all reamins tightly bound; clean interior; slight age darkening. 194 text pp; xxii b/w plates; VII color plates. Color plate IV is loose and laid in; all others intact in Very Good condition. Cf, OCLC #11046074. 8vo.

Hardcover. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1914. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. W. Heath Robinson. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1914. First edition thus. Very Good. W. Heath Robinson. Covers are soiled and faded. The spine is bumped and torn about 3/4" down from the top however the torn piece is still attached. The contents have quite a bit of foxing however the 12 tipped-in color illustrations seem to be in perfect condition. Binding is starting to loosen.

London: Printed by George Stafford, 1792 Book. Illus. by James Moore - G.J. Parkyns. Good. Hardcover. [viii], 120 pages + 60 sepia aquatint plates. Complete, only vol 1 was ever published. Plate of Montgomery Castle facing page 81 has a tear 2/3 of the way into it, there are old glue marks to the rear. Otherwise just a few marks and occasional stains. Bound in old paper covered boards, with the remains of a paper spine, the binding is starting to come loose in places. Page edges are utrimmed and consequently a bit dusty. ESTC T147632 which is described as being a large paper copy..

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Read More

New York, New York: Chapman & Hall * Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1910. Hard Cover. 484 pages: 6 x 8.5 in.: 2: KB#012431: Copy has prior owner's name and date (1912) on front flyleaf. Boards are Dark Green with bright Gilt Lettering on spine and embossed emblems and scrollwork on front board and spine. No dustjacket is included. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except as indicated), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light creasing of lower corner of first few pages). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .