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The Spotted Sphinx

By: Adamson, Joy

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace: 1969

Seller ID: 20676

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

Pages are clean and unmarked, binding is tight. . Unclipped dust jacket shows wear, fading and chipping. There is a tear along the bottom front cover. There is a shadow of the title on the front boards with some fading along top. . B&W and Color Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 313 pp
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The Australian Animal Book

By: Barrett, Charles

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1943

Seller ID: 11525

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Publisher's full yellow cloth, green lettering and decoration on spine. Illustrated with numerous full-page zoological plates, as well as many B&W photographs and illustrations. . Head and heel of spine and exterior of front hinge worn, interior of front hinge split, else near fine; unmarked, tight, and square. All plates and photographs present, clean, and bright. GOOD+. . Color Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 374 pp
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Parrots and Related Birds

By: Bates, Henry J.; Robert I. Busenbark

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New Jersey, T.F.H. Publications Inc.: 1978

Seller ID: 21782

ISBN: 0876669674

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Revised and Expanded by Dr. Matthew M. Vriends. . There are some very light scratches on the back cover and light fading to endpapers; otherwise, this copy is clean, unmarked, square, and tight. NEAR FINE.. B&W and Color photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 543 pp
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The Story of Man in Yellowstone

By: Beal, Merrill D.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Yellowstone Park, The Yellowstone Library and Museum Association: 1960

Seller ID: 11560

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Fair dust jacket

Publisher's full blue cloth, silver lettering on spine, silver lettering and elaborate silver decoration on cover, maps on endpapers. Illustrated with numerous photographs, maps, and drawings. . The volume is in virtually perfect condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is chipped and water-stained. NEAR FINE/FAIR. . Small 8vo 7" - 8" tall. 320 pp
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The Treasury of Dogs

By: Boorer, Wendy. Cecil Wimhurst and others

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Octopus Books Limited: 1972

Seller ID: 16095

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Poor dust jacket

Publisher's bright yellow cloth with black lettering on spine, pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Rear cover of dust jacket is missing the bottom half, sticker marks on inside front flap. AS NEW/ POOR. . B&W and color photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 136 pp
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America's Magnificent Mountains

By: Breeden, Robert L.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., National Geographic Society: 1980

Seller ID: 14017

ISBN: 0870442813

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Very Good dust jacket

Publisher's full cloth, brown printing on spine, mountain design on cover. Illustrated with numerous color photographs.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Dust jacket has slight tear, shows some shelf-wear. AS NEW/VERY GOOD.. National Geographic Society Special Publications Series Series. Vol. 15. Color Photographs . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 207 pp
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Sportsmen's Encyclopaedia

By: Bruette, William A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Forest and Stream Publishing: 1923

Seller ID: 16308

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's brown wraps. Illustrated with B&W photographs.. Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, upper tip of front cover has a small chip, lower tip of front cover and upper tip of rear cover have light creases, else unmarked, square and clean. VERY GOOD.. B&W Photographs, drawings ,. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 319 pp
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Glorious Eclipses: Their Past Present and Future

By: Brunier, Serge; Luminet, Jean-Pierre

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Boston, Cambridge University Press: 2000

Seller ID: 24059

ISBN: 0521791480

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

This beautiful large-format volume deals with eclipses of all kinds - lunar, solar and even those elsewhere in the Solar System and beyond. Bringing together in one place all aspects of eclipses, and lavishly illustrated throughout, with 200 figures and 50 maps. "Glorious Eclipses" covers the history of eclipses from ancient times, the celestial mechanics involved, their observation and scientific interest. Personal accounts are given of recent eclipses, up to and including the last total solar eclipse of the twentieth century: the one on August 11th 1999 that passed across Europe, Ro...
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The Yellowstone National Park; Historical and Descriptive

By: Chittenden, Hiram Martin

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Saint Paul, J. E. Haynes: 1924

Seller ID: 11557

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Punlisher's full navy cloth, gilt lettering on spone and cover. Illustrated with fold-out map. . Unmarked, tight, square, and clean, boards mildly worn. VERY GOOD.. Small 8vo 7" - 8" tall. vii, (i), 356 pp
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Treasures of The Sea: Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest

By: Cribb, James

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, Canada, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies: 1983

Seller ID: 20040

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket

Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with full-page, full-color photographs. . The volume shows only mild shelf-wear. Closed tear on front panel of unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar. VERY GOOD+/GOOD.. 11x11. 96, (10) pp
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America's Wild and Scenic Rivers

By: Crump, Donald J., Editor

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., The National Geographic Society: 1983

Seller ID: 14291

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Good dust jacket

Publisher's full blue cloth. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. . The volume is unmarked and in excellent condition. Dust jacket is wrinkled and torn at head of the spine. AS NEW/GOOD.. Color Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 200 pp
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Europe A Natural History

By: Curry-Lindahl, Kai

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Hamish Hamilton: 1964

Seller ID: 18571

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Good dust jacket

Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 299 pp
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

By: Darwin, Charles

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Edison, NJ, Castle Books: 2004

Seller ID: 27534

ISBN: 0785819118

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in As New dust jacket

Publisher's full green paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait. . Former owner's name on ffep, else as new, otherwise unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is as new. VERY GOOD/AS NEW. . Portrait Frontispiece. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xxviii), 703 pp
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Galapagos: Islands Born of Fire: 10th Anniversary Edition

By: De Roy, Tui

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New Jersey, Princeton University Press: 2010

Seller ID: 14975

ISBN: 0691146373

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Color Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 168 pp
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Natural Law in the Spiritual World

By: Drummond, Henry

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NY, James Pott & Co.: 1888

Seller ID: 27612

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blue endpapaers, t.e.g. As well as an evangelist and missionary, Henry Drummond was a naturalist. He studied physical and mathematical science before dedicating himself fully to Christian ministry. In 1877, he became a lecturer on natural science at the Free Church College. He used his position to share his faith as often as he could. While he studied in preparation for his lectures, Drummond wrote Natural Law in the Spiritual World, in which he explores how the world of religion and spirituality relates to the physical world. He argued th...
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Image for Synopsis of the Newcastle Museum, Late the Allan, Formerly the Tunstall, or Wycliffe Museum; to which are prefixed Memoirs of Mr. Tunstall, the Founder, and of Mr. Allen, the Late Proprietor, of the Collection; with Occasional Remarks on the Species, by those Gentlemen and the Editor.

Synopsis of the Newcastle Museum, Late the Allan, Formerly the Tunstall, or Wycliffe Museum; to which are prefixed Memoirs of Mr. Tunstall, the Founder, and of Mr. Allen, the Late Proprietor, of the Collection; with Occasional Remarks on the Species, by those Gentlemen and the Editor.

By: Fox, George Townshend

Price: $5,000.00

Publisher: Newcastle, T. and J. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley and W. Wood: 1827

Seller ID: 26687

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full brown linen, gilt lettering on burgundy label on spine, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with 14 plates and wood-cuts, some fold-out. This is a pioneering work, which describes the contents of one of the most significant 18th-century collections of natural history and ethnography. The Museum grew from two important private collections: the naturalist Marmaduke Tunstall began collecting for his private museum in London in the 1770s, acquiring numerous 'curiosities brought by Captain Cook'; he moved the collections in 1776 to his new home at Wycliffe, Yorkshire; after his death t...
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Into Your Hand Are They Delivered

By: Halmi, Robert

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto, Scholastic-Tab Publications, Ltd: 1969

Seller ID: 11250

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 70 pp
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The World Encyclopedia of Dogs

By: Hamilton, Ferelith (ed.)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, The World Publishing: 1971

Seller ID: 16094

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's oatmeal-colored cloth with gilt lettering on spine, diagram of dog anatomy on endpapers. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs. . Lower tip of front cover is lightly rubbed, few faint smudges to cloth cover, front hinge is cracked, else unmarked, square and clean. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD.. B&W Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 672 pp
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North American Game Birds

By: Hehner, Mike; Chris Dorsey and Greg Breining

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Minnetonka, MN, Cowles Creative Publishing: 1996

Seller ID: 18674

ISBN: 0865730490

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

AS NEW.. The Hunting & Fishing Library Series. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 128 pp
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The Natural History of the Human Teeth, and a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Teeth

By: Hunter, John

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Birmingham, AL, The Classics of Medicine Library: 1980

Seller ID: 27000

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full green leather, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, intricate gilt tooling and borders on covers, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Ribbon marked bound in. This is a beautifully reproduced and bound facsimile of the 1778 edition, published in London by J. Johnson. It is illustrated with reproductions of the original 16 full-page copperplate engravings, each with a facing caption page.. This volume is in perfect condition, unread, tight, square and clean. Printed limitation bookplate on first prelimin...
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Australia and the Pacific Islands: A Natural History

By: Keast, Allen

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1966

Seller ID: 13878

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt rendering of Australia on front cover, color maps on endpapers. Illustrated with B&W and color photographs throughout. . Two corners slightly bumped, else fine. NEAR FINE.. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (v), 298, (2) pp
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Work-Days of God; or, Science and the Bible

By: Morris, Herbert W.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. C. McCurdy & Co.: 1877

Seller ID: 27934

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's elaborate padded leather binding, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, covers in seven panels each, with intricate gilt tooling and vignettes in five panels, blind-stamped borders in remainder; a.e..g., brown endpapers. Generously illlustrated with 35 full-page B&W engravings, including tissue-protected frontispiece. . Spine and covers only mildly rubbed, hinges strong, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . B&W Engravings.. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 714 pp
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Birdscaping in the Midwest: A Guide to Gardening with Native Plants to Attract Birds

By: Nowak, Mariette

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Wisconsin, Itchy Cat Press: 2007

Seller ID: 24434

ISBN: 0976145073

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Publisher's glossy wraps. Illustrated with color photographs. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean, showing only mild shelf-wear, else fine. NEAR FINE . Color Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 336 pp. Signed by Author
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Birds of America

By: Pearson, T. Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Garden City, Garden City Books: 1936

Seller ID: 18896

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Fair dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's green cloth over tan boards with two green ducks in flight on the front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs and 106 color plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. . Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Price clipped dust jacket is missing a 3"x2" piece at the bottom edge of the front panel, with smaller chips and short tears at the edges, tips and spine ends, the rear panel is stained and has a slight ripple from water, not affecting the cover or the pages of the book...
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Audubon Bird Guide: Small land Birds of Eastern and Central North America from Southern Texas to Central Greenland

By: Pough, Richard H.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday: 1949

Seller ID: 19171

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Fair dust jacket

Over 400 full-color illustrations of 275 species. . NEAR FINE/FAIR.. Color Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xlii, 312 pp
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Category: Natural History