Search Results: Natural History from Veery Books

Amsterdam: Antiquariat Junk, 2004. 79 pp. 70 items. 16 illustrations. Quality catalog with generous descriptions. In English.. Illustrated Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1976. 49 pp. 375 items. b/w frontis plate. . Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1961. 71 pp. 618 items. Illustrated by frontis. (Title Page of P. Cramer, Papillons Exotiques, Amsterdam and utrecht, 1779-1791). Bumping to corners, rubbing, and discoloration near extremities of wraps. Inside clean. Highlights include Costumes (various countries): items 40-48; Ornithology (including Baron Cuvier's copy of Edwards-A Natural History of Uncommon Birds): items 119-134; Sporting: items 177-195; English Literature, Art, Bibliographies, Books about books, Reproductions of Illuminated Mss., Miniatures, Catalogues of Collections, Oriental, Biography, Clement Shorter (items 551-569) privately printed pieces; Ten items printed for private circulation only and in the original wrapper for A. C. Swinburne.. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Sotheby's New York, 1999. 392 pp. 462 lots. Light bumping to corners, otherwise fine. Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana (lots 1-162 including a letter to Rhode Island Governor William Greene dated 2 June 1781, signed by George Washington, which sold for $34,500); Modern Illustrated Books and Fine Bindings (lots 163-196 including Longus Daphnis & Chloe. Paris: Teriade, 1961, with 42 colored plates by Marc Chagall, binding by Paul Bonet.); A Selection of Fruit Books from the Library of Robert A. Nitschke (197-206 including a rare example of a ''tree peddler's'' specimen book, typical of those produced in Rochester, New York during the second half of the nineteenth century, which sold for $5,462); Property from the Botanical Library of Earl L. Murphy, M.D. (lots 247-267 including first edition of one of the earlist lithographed botanical books, limited to one hundred and fifty copies, which sold for $17,250.); Property of a Long Island Nurseryman (268-287 including John Parkinson Paradisi… Read More

New York: Christie's, 2002. 224 pp. 132 items. A ding to the bottom fore edge corner, lightly visible as a shallow bend on pp. 1-40. A small bump to top fore edge corner, else fine. Lushly illustrated, every item illustrated, many with full-page color, plus extra illustrations inside and outside front and back covers. . Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1999. 247 pp. First Printing, April 1999. Not a remainder. 'William Warner's adventures have taken him from the southernmost point of South America to North America's northenmost permanent Eskimo community. He's been mobbed by howler monkeys in the Guatemalan rain forest, cruised the Florida Keys in the company of hardcore birders, and experienced the solitude of Maine's most isolated lighthouse. Always and everywhere, he has looked around him with the fascination of a born naturalist.' Includes: A Prologue, By the Sea; Into the Porcupine Cave; Shorty, Slim, and the Cave Demon; The Night of the Whales; The Fishes of Peleliu; The River and the Howlers; Watching the Birds, Watching the Watchers; With a Little Help; A Short Journey to the Unknown; Saddleback; Author's Note.. First Edition, First Printing. Quarter Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

South Kensington: Christie's, South Kensington, 2002. 64 pp. 219 lots. Lots 1-45: Art reference and modern illustrated books; 46-61: Maps and atlases; 62-115: Travel and natural history books; 116-176: Continental books, including incunabula; 177-219: English books. . Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Sotheby's London, 2005. 166 pp. 246 lots. Including lots 1-48: Continental Books and manuscripts (including science and medicine): Antoine d'Abbadie; Petrus Apianus and Bartholomaeus Amantius; Francisco Arceo; Aristotle (Venice, 1536); Boccaccio (Toledo, 1511); Sebastian Brant (Basel, 1498); Thomas Bradwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury (Paris, 1495) (sold for 23,400 GBP); Giovanni Antonio Dosio, (Florence, 1569); Alexandre Dumas Pere, 9 ALS; Albert Einstein Autograph Manuscripts; Freud, ALS; Louis XVI, ALS; Marie Antoinette, document signed; Proust, ALS; Rilke; Andreas Salome; Soupalt. Lots 59-82: Natural History: Ulisse Aldrovandi; Basilius Besler; Georges Louis Marie Leclerc Buffon; Henry Eeles Dresser; Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau; Charles Lemaire; Francois Levaillant; Henry Leonard Meyer; Nathaniel Sendel; Antonio Tempesta; Lots 83-91: British Isles: Sir Robert Atkyns, The Ancient and present state of Glocestershiere; William Camden, Britain, or a chorographicall description of the most… Read More