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Paris: De L'Imprimerie De Firmin Didot, 1824. Exotic. Very Good +. 4 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches. 18 pages, 4 feps at front and rear. Title page with small owner's stamp of "Mr [Henri] Milne Edwards," the noted 19th Century zoologist (1800-1885). All page edges uncut. A little light foxing and the old endpapers are lightly soiled. Bound by John Field (with binder's ticket) in modern full yellow water buffalo with blind rolled borders and red spine label with gilt title and new endpapers. Provenance: Henri Milne Edwards, Library of Henry and Virginia Walton Harry and Virginia Walton were lifelong residents of Covington, Virginia, a small town in the Allegheny Mountains. Harry was a graduate of Lynchburg College, and Virginia was a graduate of the Lynchburg General School of Nursing. Although largely unknown to the general public, the Waltons' reputation as collectors was widely respected in bibliophile and academic circles, and items from their collection were exhibited at numerous…
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The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon
by Woodhouse, L. G. O. [Lionel Gilbert Ollyett] and Henry, G. M. R
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Colombo: , 1942. : Ceylon Government Press, 1942. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Presentation Copy. Inscribed by the author to W. W. A. Phillips, author of Birds of Ceylon. ------- Contemporary cloth. 4to; 11 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches; xiv, [4], 153, [18] pp.; folding map, color frontispiece, 49 plates (many in color from a photomechanical process) with printed tissue guards. -------- Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear, plates with slight curvature, pale staining and minor rippling to about half the plates. --------- The color illustrations are photographs of specimens prepared using the nature printing technique called the "Wax-cum-Gum Method" of preparing double scale transfers from actual specimens, which were then photographed for the plates, while the bodies and antennae were painted ---- REF: Nissen ZBI 4461; Cowan 368-369. Subjects: Lepidopterology; Entomology; Lepidopterists; Sri Lanka .
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- Keywords Lepidopterology; Entomology; Lepidopterists; Sri Lanka; Ceylon; Butterflies; field guides
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Reglements Interieurs de l'Academie Royale des Sciences
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Zoography: or, the beauties of nature displayed, with select descriptions of the animal, and vegetable, with additions from the mineral kingdom
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Good copy of this classic of natural history illustrationFamous for its dramatic illustrations of animals, birds, insects, plants in almost Gothic landscapes, initiating the new style of picturesque natural history against exotic backgrounds used by Robert Thornton in Temple of Flora, 1807.
With 51 (of 60) dramatic aquatints drawn and engraved by William Daniell, some after original drawings by his brother Samuel Daniell.
Vol. I, quadrupeds and birds, xx, 572, 18 aquatint plates; Vol. II, reptiles, fish, insects, and shellfish, viii, 618, 19 aquatint plates; Vol. III, plants and minerals, viii, 612, 14 aquatint plates.The fascinating text includes anecdotes about the animals extracted from natural historians such as Count Buffon, George Shaw, Thomas Pennant, Anders Sparrman, and explorers including James Bruce, Giuseppe Acerbi, John Gabriel Stedman, etc. The illustrations are drawn from living specimens, many on location or in the menagerie at the Exeter Exchange. The backgrounds feature Gothic… Read More
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The End of A Trail: The Cheetah in India
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You get one vintage The End of A Trail: Cheetah in India by Divyabhanusinh 1995 HCDJ book published by Banyan Books in India. This item comes with a dust jacket. This item is in English. This book is in good condition with some wear to its covers and edges. The binding is tight and the book is complete with no loose pages. The book is part of the historical book series published by Banyan Books and focuses on the cheetah's role in sports and hunting in India. This item is 10 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide. These measurements are approximations to give you an idea of the size of the book. Please see all pictures.
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The Naturalist's Library: Mammalia: Dogs
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Complete set of all two volumes on Canines from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's LibraryWith all 71 steel engravings (62 handcoloured plates, 5 b/w plates, 2 b/w title vignettes and 2 b/w portraits) engraved by Scottish engraver William Lizars after illustrations by Lt.-Col. Charles Hamilton Smith and James Stewart
Includes the Falkland Island aguara-dog, Dusicyon australis, that was described as extinct around 1870, as well as the endangered Sumatran dhole, Canadian eskimo dog, and African wild dog, and the critically endangered Darwin's fox. With many species of wolf, fox, hyaena, and wild dog, as well as domesticated breeds such as greyhound, sheepdog, Dalmatian coach dog, setter, spaniel, cocker, poodle, mastiff, bull dog, etc.
Mammalia Vol. IX, Dogs, Canidae or Genus Canis of the Authors, Vol. I, Charles Hamilton Smith, 33 steel engraved plates by Charles Hamilton Smith, portrait of Pallas, 1839 (Volume XXV of the whole series)
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The Naturalist's Library: Ichthyology: British Fishes
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Complete set of all two volumes on British Fish from Sir William Jardine's ambitious Victorian series The Naturalist's LibraryWith all 72 steel engravings (68 handcoloured plates, 2 b/w title vignettes and 2 b/w portraits) engraved by Scottish engraver William Lizars after illustrations by James Stewart
Most fish are depicted lying on the seashore having been caught by fishermen, and include many edible species such as perch, mackerel, seabream, salmon, trout, halibut, sole, etc. Includes the critically endangered European eel, angel shark, eagle ray and school shark, along with endangered bramble shark, vendace, basking shark, etc.
Ichthyology Vol. IV, British Fishes, Vol. I, Robert Hamilton, 36 steel engraved plates by James Stewart, portrait of Rondeletius, 1843 (but with Pl. 1-23 only)
Ichthyology Vol. VI, British Fishes, Vol. II, Robert Hamilton, 36 steel engraved plates by James Stewart, portrait of Baron Humboldt, 1843 (with Pl. 24-34 from Vol. I bound before Pl. I-34 of Vol. 2)
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A Natural History of British Moths
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LONDON : George Bell & Sons, 1872 A nice set complete in 4 volumes with 132 hand coloured plates as called for. In green half leather bindings with gilt titles. The marbled boards are matched by the marbled endpapers. Teg. All the volumes have some rubbing to the leather principally at the edges and corners and along the joints. The spines have faded to a sage green colour. All the bindings are sound and tight. The contents have some light spotting in places but are otherwise very nice and clean with good quality plates. Vol I has some foxing to preliminaries and this extends to the frontispiece and title page and some of the blank pages at the end. The remaining contents are in nice clean condition and the plates are tissue guarded. The plate numbering changes from latin to arabic at times. Vol II has some foxing to preliminaries as in Vol I but is generally clean and bright otherwise. Vol III is without a tissue guard to the frontispiece but is clean and bright throughout. Vol IV has some spotting…
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DIE GRÜNEN ARMPOLYPEN, DIE GESCHWÄNZTEN UND UNGESCHWÄNZTEN ZACKIGEN WASSERFLÖHE, UND EINE BESONDERE ART KLEINER WASSERAALE
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Regensburg: Johann Leopold Montag. Very Good. 1763. Second Edition. Hardcover. ; Clean contemporary brown marblred boards with chipped spine ends. Red speckled page edges. Illustrated with three engraved, hand colored plates by B. C. Fridrich. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. An important insect study based on the author's microscopic observation of the life cycle in water. Schäffer (1718-90) was an early entomologist who wrote numerous scientific treatises, especially on vertebrate zoology. Entomology, Insects; Hand Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 97 pages .
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History of the Inductive Sciences: Volumes 1, 2 and 3
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A complete first edition, three volume set of the classic (and brilliant) summary of all the sciences as of 1837. Mentions Faraday, Cuvier, Lyle, and hundreds of others. Darwin had just returned on the Beagle in 1837 - so Pre-Darwin. Original calf bindings, all tight. Marbled inside covers and all text block edges. Original (19th century?) owners' signature in ink on all three title pages. Otherwise unmarked throughout. Foxing on end papers only (caused by adjacent marbling?). All text blocks complete and in very good condition.
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The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man: with remarks on theories of the origin of species by variation
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Description:A very solid first British edition/first printing (1863). The original cover is in particularly good condition. Some separation beginning between cover and flyleaves. Some chipping at bottom of contents page vii. Otherwise, all pages intact and bright for their age. I have provided many photos. Take a look.
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic.
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Slate paper-covered spine, sienna paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Eight years before Covid, Quammen warned us about the dangers of zoonosis, or the cross species transfer of disease. Winner of the 2013 Science and Society Book Award, given by the National Association of Science Writers. Winner of the 2013 Society of Biology Book Award in General Biology. Finalist for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Song of the Dodo was awarded the 1997 John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing, the 1996 New York Public Library/Helen Bernstein Award, and the 1996 BP Natural World Book Prize. It was Selected One of the Eight Best Books of 1996 by The New York Times Book Review. Boilerplate Rhino won the 2001 PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the Essay. Breathless is a Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award.
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The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon.
by Woodhouse, L.G.O
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Entomology Butterflies and moths . 2nd. Ed. Pub. C.A.C Press. 1949. pp.xxxii, 232 with 36 colour plates, a further 19 plates of illus. of Larvae Pupae, Eggs and Genitalia and a map of Ceylon. 4to. Hardback. Three neat repairs to prelims. Contents very clean indeed and nr. fine. Internal hinges neatly strengthened. Original boards nr. fine. The second, complete edition. This edition contains additional information on the immature stages of 41 species not previously known, and seven additional plates showing male genitalia.
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The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon:
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Colombo: Ceylon Government Press, [1950]. xxxii, 231, col frontis, 57 plates (36 col), maps. 4to. HB. Orig. brown cloth; short marginal tear to dedication leaf, longer tear across blank area of caption leaf facing one plate. Vg.. 2nd complete edition. This edition contains additional information on the immature stages of 41 species not previously known, and seven additional plates showing male genitalia..
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The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon: 2nd (Abridged) Edition
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Colombo: Ceylon Government Press, 1950. xvi, 133, col frontis, 48 plates (36 col), text figs. 4to. HB. Orig. cloth. Front joint cracked but firm. Vg. Occasional foxing.. 2nd (Abridged) Edition..
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The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon: Second Complete Edition
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Ceylon: Colombo Apothecaries' Co., [1950]. xxxii, 231, col frontis, 57 plates (36 col), maps. 4to. HB. Good. A few small worm holes to covers. Some marginal worming to endpapers and last few plates. Light waterstain to corner of title page and first few pages. Marginal tears, some with old tape marks, to a number of leaves (all repaired with archive tape). Torn and repaired d/w (with loss to head and foot of spine) in protective plastic sleeve. 2nd complete edition. This edition contains additional information on the immature stages of 41 species not previously known, and seven additional plates showing male genitalia..
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BUTTERFLY FAUNA OF CEYLON
by Woodhouse, L. G. O. [Ollyett]/Caldecott, His Excellency Sir Andrew (Foreword to First Edition)/Senanayake, The Rt. Hon. D. S. (Foreword to the Second Edition)
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Colombo: The Colombo Apothecaries' Company, Ltd. [1950] 234 pp.+several pp. of plates in rear. Rebound in brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Ex-library of National Geographic Society w/ few expected markings (including a spine label). Few short tears to bottom margin of half-title page; small closed tear to page xi, not affecting text. Tiny chips/tears to outer margins of leaves xiii through xx, not affecting any text. Illust. w/ b/w figures, a map of Ceylon, and 55 plates, including 36 plates in color.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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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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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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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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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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On Pourtalesia. A Genus of Echinoidea
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Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet, 1883. First edition. 1883 MONOGRAPH ON DEEP SEA URCHINS BY NOTED SWEDISH MARINE BIOLOGIST--ILLUSTRATED WITH 21 VERY FINE LITHOGRAPHS. 12 inches tall folio hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, green cloth spine with paper title label, institutional handstamps bottom of title page, contemporary ink signature top of front paste-down, 95 pp, many figures in text, 21 fine lithographed plates; wear to corners and spine ends, binding tight, text and plates unmarked, very good. SVEN LUDVIG LOVEN (1809 - 1895) was a Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist. The Sven Loven Centre for Marine Sciences at both Kristineberg and Tjärnö are named in his honor. He was first Keeper then Director of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. He was also Professor of Natural History at Stockholm University. He was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881 and a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1885. The World Register of Marine Species…
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A Naturalist in the Guianas
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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1904. First English edition thus. Octavo, pp xii, 310, illustrated (including two chromolithographs by Keulemans), a rather poor copy, lacking the folding map, an ex-Boots library copy in red library cloth, a bit used and weak internally with cracked hinges (through front and rear hinges tight and strong), some plates a little frayed, a small stamp on the front endpaper and a library label on the rear, the cloth rather worn, marked on the upper cover, the spine torn. A useful working copy. [Andre was an explorer and collector of natural history specimens . He wrote a glossary of common and scientific names of plants and animals and put together a collection of 1800 bird skins which are held at Tring. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Zoological Society. He travelled largely in Venezuala and Columbia and introduced the Anthurium plant to Trinidad & Tobago, 1915.]. Signed by Author. First English edition. Cloth. Fair.
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Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 2006. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Inscribed & signed by both authors on the title page. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Text unmarked. Jacket clean and bright. Laid-in tri-fold pamphlet from the Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxvi + 230 pages. Crossing stick bridges over swollen rivers and battling swarms of tsetse flies, Mark and Delia Owens found their way into one of the most startlingly beautiful, wild places on earth, the northern Luangwa Valley in Zambia. As they were setting up camp to launch their lion research, gunfire echoed off the cliffs nearby. Gangs of ivory poachers were not only shooting the elephants but also virtually enslaving local villagers. Against unimaginable odds, Mark and Delia stopped the poaching by helping the villagers find other work, start small businesses, and improve their health care and education. Living with wild creatures all around (lions sleeping…
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A Lot of Insects: Entomology in a Suburban Garden
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Green cloth board covers with green and yellow spine. Edge wear and corner bumps, no dust jacket. Previous owners stamps on inside covers. Soiling on page edges. Clean, tight pages and binding. Published by The Cornwall Press in 1941. First Edition/First Printing. Insects. Measures 8.5x5.75 with 304 pages. Good
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Last Tales
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Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X
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Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, 1800-1804: With a complete descriptive catalogue of drawings and paintings of Australian subjects by C.-A. Lesueur and N.-M. Petit from the Lesueur Collection at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre, France
by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur; Nicolas-Martin Petit; Jacqueline Bonnemains (ed); Elliott Forsyth (ed); Bernard Smith (ed)
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195547870 / 019554787X
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Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and…
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