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np [Poland], Abbey Library, nd[c1960], . . original cloth, dj (torn, chipped), good+ copy of this book of excellent photos of animals, reptiles and birds. . 4to; x, 111 pp, numerous illustrations from photos. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Animals Through the Lens
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Animals Are Equal; An Exploration of Animal Consciousness
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London, Wildwood House, [1980], First edition. . original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (tear, chipped at edge, not price clipped), bookseller's bookplate on endpaper, small libr. inkstamp on title and verso, interior quite clean, cover unmarked. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; viii, [9] - 256 pp; illus, notes, glossary, index. . The interesting topics include animal seers, warnings, animals and ghosts, esp, homing and getting lost, animal healers, emotional nature of animals, animals as teachers and friends, relating, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Audubon
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New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1936], . . original cloth, light shelf wear, very good in dj (spine bit faded, lightly chipped at edge. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; [x], 342 pp, color frontis and color plates after Audubon's birds, other illus. . A biography based on years of study by the author. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Bacteriological Atlas; A Series of Coloured Plates Illustrating the Morphological Characters of Pathogenic Micro-organisms
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Edinburgh, E. & S. Livingstone, 1927, First edition. . original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering, slightly rubbed on lower rear panel, a fine and clean book. . 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 134 pp, 60 colored plates, index. . Each plate, printed on one side of the leaf, has a detailed description on facing page. The state of the art by a professor of pathology and bacteriology at the University of Edinburgh. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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A Bibliography of Gilbert White, The Naturalist & Antiquarian of Selborne; With a Biography and a descriptive Account of the Village of Selborne
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London, Dawson's of Pall Mall, 1970, . . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, small spot on cover, dj (price clipped), fine, clean and unmarked copy. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; viii, 193, [vii] pp, frontis portrait of White, illustrations from photos on plates and drawing, index. . This is the standard bibliography on White and on Selbourne, first published in 1897, revised and greatly expanded in 1934 and published in 1970 with an additional bibliography brought up-to-date, describing books published about Selbourne and White since the earlier edition. All White's publications are described in detail and there is an extensive introduction and historical details. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Biology in America
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Boston, Richard G. Badger, [1922], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, cover lightly worn, small name on upper endpaper, very good, interior is quite clean, unmarked and near fine. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; 509 pp, frontis portrait of Audubon, 229 illustrations, mostly photos, some drawings, index. . A survey, covering all aspects, including early biologists, explorers and travelers, collectors, institutions, geology, experimental biology, color in nature, aquatic biology, relation to medicine, etc. Very well-illustrated. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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A Book of Clouds
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New York, The Abingdon Press, [1925], First edition. . original pictorial cloth, pictorial vignette on spine, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, fine and clean in dj (small chip, short closed tear, not price clipped). . 8vo [22 x 16 cm]; 116 pp, frontis, 50 plates from photos, all printed on front of each leaf. . More poetic than meteorological, with very attractive plates. Not often found with a dust jacket. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Catalogue of the Library of the Linnean Society of London
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London, Longmans, Green and Co.; Williams and Norgate, 1896, new edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine faded but lettering clear, endpaper bookplate of Henry Jerome Turner, very good overall, interior is clean, fine and unmarked. . thick 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; [iv], 727 pp,. . Descriptions of thousands of books and periodicals in this important botanical and natural history library. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Coastal Wildlife of British Columbia
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Vancouver, Whitecap Books, [1991], First edition. . original black cloth, white lettering, dj, very fine, unused; includes the original press release from the publisher on the book, inserted loose. . folio [33 x 24 cm]; [viii], 152 pp, numerous color plates from photos, map, bibliog, index. . Covering birds, mammals, whales, dolphins, seals, otters, etc, with fine photos by one of the best nature photographers. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Deserts
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New York, Whittlesley House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1939], . . original pictorial cloth, dj (chipped and with old tape repairs), presented to Francis Sheldon from the Arizona Desert School, a good clean sound copy in worn dj. . 4to [29.5 x 23 cm]; xiv, 174 pp, 64 plates including color frontis and map, bibliog, index. . A good description of the birds, animals, reptiles, and plants in the American Southwest (Mohave, Sonoran, Colorado Deserts. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Emerald Realm; Earth's Precious Rain Forests
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Washington, National Geographic Society, [1990], . . original cloth, dj, fine and clean. . large 8vo [26 x 18 cm]; 199 pp, hundreds of color photos, some full page, index. . Various authors including Peter Raven of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Cyunthia Ramsay, Jennifer Urquhart, Tome Melbam, Ron Fisher contributed articles with excellent illustrations on this ode to the rain forests. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Forecasting Weather
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New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911, First edition. . original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, wear at spine ends, library stamps on title page, a few small stamps inside, a clean very good copy. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xxvii, 380, 26 [ads], [ii, ads] pp, folding chart frontis, 158 illus, including numerous charts, many of which are folding, index. . A very well-illustrated work on weather forecasting, that was state of the art at the time. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Forests; A Journey into North America's Vanishing Wilderness
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Toronto, Stoddart Publishing Co., [1991], First edition. . original simulated leather (hardback), title lettering on spine and cover, dust jacket, fine and clean. . 4to [30 x 28.5 cm]; 174, [i] pp, hundreds of fine colored illustrations, including many full-page, numerous other illustrations from drawings by Don Li-leger, bibliography. . A magnificent work by one of the premier nature photographers, arranged by region of North America, covering the trees, plants, animals, birds. Beautiful photos with interesting text. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated; Birds
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London, Thomas Tegg and Son, 1830-1831, . . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, small bookseller's label on endpaper, initials of previous owner on endpaper, covers bit faded, light internal hinge crack, minor foxing on few margins, very good, interior is clean and unmarked. . 8vo [23 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, xii, 308; viii, 328 pp, title page in each volume with engraved vignettes, numerous attractive engravings throughout, index and half title page in each volume. . Bennet was a founder of the Zoological Society. The illustrations and vignettes are by and after various artists including Thomas Bewick and Edward Lear. It contains Lear's first published illustration (page 125 has his illustration signed with his initials). Noakes 208. Lear went on to become one of the more famous bird painters, landscape painter and a writer of nonsense verses. His paintings illustrate many of John Gould's famous bird books, although Lear received little credit at the time. Wood 231. Freeman…
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The History of Natural History; An Annotated Bibliography
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New York and London, Garland Publishing, 1994, . . original green cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, clean fine copy, as new. . 8vo [23.5 x 15.5 cm]; xxxi, 740 pp, bibliography, detailed indexes. . Published in the Smithsonian Institution's Bibliographies on the History of Science and Technology series, the highly qualified author, has produced a superb and very useful reference in all aspects of natural history. It gives details on thousands of works, books, articles, in general natural history, botany, zoology, broken into detailed categories, such as microscopy, aquatic biology, natural history exploration, classification, botanical gardens, illustration, zoological gardens, herbaria, museums among many others. This edition is superior to the later edition in that its printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Instant Weather Forecasting
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London, Adlard Coles, [1968], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (short tear, not price clipped), very good+, clean. . oblong 8vo [14 x 22 cm]; 64 pp, 24 color plates, each with a table of forecasts and conditions, other illustrations from drwgs, glossary. . A handy guide for predicting weather based on cloud conditions. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Journal of a Naturalist
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London, John Murray, 1829, First edition. . original cloth, title lettering on original spine label, rear joint worn but firm, spine ends chipped, signature on title, interior is quite clean and fine, cover very good. . 8vo [20.5 x 13 cm]; xii, 403, [i, ads] pp, 7 engraved plates, 4 double-page, fine folding aquatint frontispiece, index. . Freeman 2128. Wood 419. DNB describes the work as 'a botanical companion to White's Selborne'. The author describes nature, in a similar way as White, around the area he lived in near Bristol and Gloucester in England. The fine frontispiece is of his house and a magnificent old tree, the plates are botanical. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Le Piegeage Moderne
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Paris, Saint Hubert Club de France, 1925, First edition. . original heavy paper wraps with mounted color plate on cover, title lettering on spine and cover, edge wear, very good and internally clean. . 8vo [24 x 15 cm]; [viii], 132, [i, table des matieres] pp, 25 plates from photos, other illus, text in French, en francais. . Hunting and trapping small animals that were pests to some at the time, with chapters on les pieges, les sentiers de ronde, la destruction des animaux nuisibles, les petits carnassiers malfaisants, les oiseaux nuisibles, rapaces, coriaces, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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London's Natural History
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London, Collins, 1984, . . original pictorial wraps, very good. . 8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; [xvi], 282 pp, illus, plates, including photos by Eric Hosking, maps. . First published in 1945, its now interesting from an historical point of view, such as feeding birds in a bowler hat, cutting hay with a scythe, with appendices on botanical rambles in 1629, lost plants of Middlesex, etc. Covers all aspects of natural history in some detail. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Marvels of Animal Behavior
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Washington, National Geographic Society, [1972], First Edition. . original simulated leather, gilt picture, dj (tear), fine in very good dj. . 8vo [26 x 19 cm]; 422 pp, 419 illustrations of which 390 are in color. . Attractively produced work with articles by experts such as Dian Fossey, George B. Schaller, Richard D. Estes, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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