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Melbourne: Robert S. Brain, 1885 -, 1890. A very good set finely bound. Two volumes, thick octavo, with all 20 "decades", 199 lithographic plates (including one double folding plate), nearly all coloured and some finished by hand; attractively bound in contemporary navy half calf, spines gilt, double labels in maroon and tan. A superb copy of this beautifully illustrated work. McCoy's book has been a somewhat overlooked classic of Australian natural history, representing the culmination of nineteenth-century scholarship in the field. Irish-born Frederick McCoy arrived in Melbourne in 1854 to take up the first Professorship of Natural Science at the newly-formed University of Melbourne. For the next forty years he was at the centre of colonial scientific life. He became the first Director of the newly formed National Museum of Victoria and was responsible for the rapid development of the Museum and its collection. McCoy 'built up an outstanding natural history and geological collection, including…
Read More Oriental field sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East; and exhibiting...the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals: as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes, and serpents. The whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes...The scenery gives a faithful representation of that picturesque country, together with the manners and customs of both the native and European inhabitants. The narrative is divided into forty heads, forming collectively a complete work, but so arranged that each part is a detail of one of the forty coloured engravings with which the publication is embellished. The whole taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson by [Williamson, Thomas, Capt.] - 1819
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Oriental field sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East; and exhibiting...the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals: as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes, and serpents. The whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes...The scenery gives a faithful representation of that picturesque country, together with the manners and customs of both the native and European inhabitants. The narrative is divided into forty heads, forming collectively a complete work, but so arranged that each part is a detail of one of the forty coloured engravings with which the publication is embellished. The whole taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson
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Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or, figures and descriptions of the living classes of the Victorian indigenous animals
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London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. Hardcover. Excellent. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. Original green pebble-grain cloth, titles to spine gilt, boards blocked in blind. Frontispiece. Contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown. Just a little rubbing at the extremities, minor spotting to edges of textblock. A fresh and attractive copy in excellent condition. First edition. A lovely, fresh copy of this important early work on raising young salmon by the Victorian Era's leading authority on pisciculture. The naturalist Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826-1880) began his career as a military surgeon in London, where he "eagerly embraced every opportunity of examining curious specimens of natural history, and abnormal growths, describing his observations in his Curiosities of Natural History, begun in 1858". In 1856 he joined the staff of the Field newspaper, and in 1865 he founded his own journal, Land and Water, an 'independent channel for diffusing knowledge of practical natural history,…
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Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbeltiere: Die Zauneidechse. Lacerta agilis. [Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates: Sand Lizard. Lacerta agilis.]
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Munich: J. F. Schreiber & Deutsche Hochbild-Gesellschaft, c. 1920s. Painted plaster anatomical relief display in wooden frame (240 x 302 mm). Printed paper label to the rear. Housed in the original box with the stamp of the publisher's archive and two handwritten labels - one giving the name of the display and the other reading "F22". Also with the original tissue-covered cotton insert to protect the relief. Some minor spots and scuffs to the frame. Slight damage to the paper backing of the frame not affecting the its integrity. Some wear to the box. Excellent condition. Uncommon, early-20th century anatomical relief of the European lizard species Lacerta agilis (the sand lizard, here called the fence lizard). The publisher's archive copy, in excellent condition in the original box. This relief was one of a series produced for schools, Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbeltiere (Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates), designed by the German behavioural scientist and educational writer Bastian Schmid…
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Annual Reports of the Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner of the State of New York for 1904-1905-1906
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Albany, NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lighlty soiled, pages toned and some light finger soiling.. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and black and white illustrations by Hy S. Watson. Blue cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. 24 color plates of fish, possibly by Denton, of Sea Herring, Kingfish, Rock Bass, Cod, Flat Fish, Rose Fish, Burbot, Maskalonge, Channel Bass, Calico Bass, Crappie, Yellow Mackerel, Pollack, Spotted Catfish, Flounder, Pompano, Short Pompano, Haddock, Gold Fish, Fresh-Water Drum, Hake, Whiting, Halibut, Spade Fish. Color plate of Partridge by W. S. Gillette and color plate of Beaver by Ernest Thompson Seton. Two folding maps of Adirondack areas. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 419 pages .
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[an early Peep-Show of a Circus] Tierdressurem - Zirkus [Addestramento di animali del circo Training of circus animals], [serie 45, fogli dal n° 296 al n° 301 (fondale)]
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A. Milano-W. Seitz, Numerazione dei diorami teatrali di Martin Engelbrecht, in La camera dei sortilegi. Autoritratto di una società nei diorami teatrali del '700, Mostra diretta da G. Strehler, Milano 1987, p. 61.
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Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or, figures and descriptions of the living classes of the Victorian indigenous animals
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Melbourne: Robert S. Brain, 1885 -, 1890. A very good set finely bound. Two volumes, thick octavo, with all 20 "decades", 199 lithographic plates (including one double folding plate), nearly all coloured and some finished by hand; attractively bound in contemporary navy half calf, spines gilt, double labels in maroon and tan. A superb copy of this beautifully illustrated work. McCoy's book has been a somewhat overlooked classic of Australian natural history, representing the culmination of nineteenth-century scholarship in the field. Irish-born Frederick McCoy arrived in Melbourne in 1854 to take up the first Professorship of Natural Science at the newly-formed University of Melbourne. For the next forty years he was at the centre of colonial scientific life. He became the first Director of the newly formed National Museum of Victoria and was responsible for the rapid development of the Museum and its collection. McCoy 'built up an outstanding natural history and geological collection, including…
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London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. Hardcover. Excellent. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. Original green pebble-grain cloth, titles to spine gilt, boards blocked in blind. Frontispiece. Contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown. Just a little rubbing at the extremities, minor spotting to edges of textblock. A fresh and attractive copy in excellent condition. First edition. A lovely, fresh copy of this important early work on raising young salmon by the Victorian Era's leading authority on pisciculture. The naturalist Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826-1880) began his career as a military surgeon in London, where he "eagerly embraced every opportunity of examining curious specimens of natural history, and abnormal growths, describing his observations in his Curiosities of Natural History, begun in 1858". In 1856 he joined the staff of the Field newspaper, and in 1865 he founded his own journal, Land and Water, an 'independent channel for diffusing knowledge of practical natural history,…
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Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbeltiere: Die Zauneidechse. Lacerta agilis. [Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates: Sand Lizard. Lacerta agilis.]
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Munich: J. F. Schreiber & Deutsche Hochbild-Gesellschaft, c. 1920s. Painted plaster anatomical relief display in wooden frame (240 x 302 mm). Printed paper label to the rear. Housed in the original box with the stamp of the publisher's archive and two handwritten labels - one giving the name of the display and the other reading "F22". Also with the original tissue-covered cotton insert to protect the relief. Some minor spots and scuffs to the frame. Slight damage to the paper backing of the frame not affecting the its integrity. Some wear to the box. Excellent condition. Uncommon, early-20th century anatomical relief of the European lizard species Lacerta agilis (the sand lizard, here called the fence lizard). The publisher's archive copy, in excellent condition in the original box. This relief was one of a series produced for schools, Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbeltiere (Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates), designed by the German behavioural scientist and educational writer Bastian Schmid…
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Annual Reports of the Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner of the State of New York for 1904-1905-1906
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Albany, NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lighlty soiled, pages toned and some light finger soiling.. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and black and white illustrations by Hy S. Watson. Blue cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. 24 color plates of fish, possibly by Denton, of Sea Herring, Kingfish, Rock Bass, Cod, Flat Fish, Rose Fish, Burbot, Maskalonge, Channel Bass, Calico Bass, Crappie, Yellow Mackerel, Pollack, Spotted Catfish, Flounder, Pompano, Short Pompano, Haddock, Gold Fish, Fresh-Water Drum, Hake, Whiting, Halibut, Spade Fish. Color plate of Partridge by W. S. Gillette and color plate of Beaver by Ernest Thompson Seton. Two folding maps of Adirondack areas. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 419 pages .
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[an early Peep-Show of a Circus] Tierdressurem - Zirkus [Addestramento di animali del circo Training of circus animals], [serie 45, fogli dal n° 296 al n° 301 (fondale)]
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Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East
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No jacket. blue cloth covers with silver lettering. Wear to edges and spine. Spine is somewhat sun faded. Solid binding but has a visible split in the back inside the back cover. Clean interiors pages. Previous owner's name written on first page. 342 indexed pages. 6.5" X 9" X1.5" 12 color plates reproduced from Audubon's "Birds of America:. Includes additional black and white illustrations by James MacDonald. Biography following the life of John James Audubon from the time he was adopted as a child and went by the name Jean-Jacques Fougère Audubon, to his immigration to the US, and his eventual work on "Birds of America". The author's note in the back includes bibliography and information on how she resolved conflicts between sources.
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Snakes, Lizards & Turtles of the Lake Mead Region
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Solid staple binding. Crisp, clean full color interiors. Some light shelf wear at the corners. Small fingerprint sized discoloration on back cover from sticker residue. Tiny corner crease not extending into text on page 39 and 41. Nature Guides. Herpetology. 48 pages with species index and bibliography. 8" X 10" X 0.25" 20.5CM X25.5Cm X1CM Full color photos of the reptile species native to the Lake Mead area on the Colorado River in Arizona and Nevada. Includes a full color photo of each animal. Full species index in back. Includes such species as the Chuckwalla, Banded Gila Monster, Texas Softshell, Arizona Glossy Snake, Desert Rosy Boa, Mojave Desert Sidewinder, Panamint Rattlesnake, Sonora Lyre Snake, and Western Blind Snake
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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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Wildlife America: A Collection of US Commemorative Stamps
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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 Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder
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New York: Scribner, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +. SIGNED. 287 pp. Octavo. [24 cm]. 1/4 blue paper over green speckled boards. With original dust jacket, which is in fine conditon. Front board cocked; otherwise no visible flaws. Beloved nature writer who for fifteen years detailed his travels and passions in "Outside" magazine takes us around the world, describing his adventures in the Amazon, Indonesia, Jordan, Baja, and his home state Montana.
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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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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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The Exiles: And other Stories
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Publisher's binding of Art Nouveau design. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, stories accompanied by b/w plate reproductions. Gift inscription dated 1894! See photos. Harper Brothers logo on back cover in silver with green shields. Gilt title on cover and on spine.
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The Sea Hunters: The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries 1635-1835
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Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co.,1953, hardcover, 510 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, top edge dusted, fading to board edges, small spot of soiling to rear board. Dustjacket price-clipped, rubs, small edge chips, short closed edge tears, fade to spine, displays nicely in new Brodart sleeve. The first detailed history of American whaling for the period 1635-1835 including, a full account of the whaling industry from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812, the first detailed study of the migrations of the whalemen after the Revolution to ports not closed to them by the British, the story of the beginnings of Cape Horn whaling, and the first recognition-with authentication-of the actual discoverer of Antarctica, Christopher Burdick. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates. Appended: Notes, Index.
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