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[Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Verde Imprenta], 1976 One of about fifty copies printed on an Albion hand press. The introductory essay is signed by Lawrence Clark Powell. Ritchie has signed his essay on Quince, with all his various pseudonyms: Davie Dicher, James Beattie Pitwood, Betsey Ann Bristol, Peter Lum Quince, and Peter Mallory, plus his own name. Original marbled wrappers with printed paper label. . Octavo. Seven woodcut illustrations from designs by Paul Landacre. Title-page in green, salmon and light green. Wrappers lightly browned around the edges, possibly a flaw in the manufacturing, as we've seen this in other copies. Otherwise a fine, fresh copy. This book gives a thorough chronicle of Ritchie's various pseudonyms, detailing when each was used. It is followed by Ritchie's poem, "A Smattering of Quince."
1845 FINE PLATES OF GIRAFFE HISTORY. Recherches Historiques, Zoologiques, Anatomiques et Paleontologiques sur la Girafe, (Camelopardalis giraffa, Gmelin) by Joly, Nicolas and Lavocat, Achille - 1845
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1845 FINE PLATES OF GIRAFFE HISTORY. Recherches Historiques, Zoologiques, Anatomiques et Paleontologiques sur la Girafe, (Camelopardalis giraffa, Gmelin)
by Joly, Nicolas and Lavocat, Achille
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1845 FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY AND ANATOMY OF THE GIRAFFE ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES BY TWO ZOOLOGISTS FROM TOULOUSE, FRANCE.
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NICOLAS JOLY (1812 - 1885) was a French zoologist from Toulouse. In 1830, he moved to Montpellier, where he taught German and earned a degree in Natural Sciences. In 1842, following the departure of Armand de Quatrefages to Paris, he was appointed to the Chair of Zoology of the Faculty of Sciences of Toulouse, where he taught for 36 years. In 1857 he became lecturer of anatomy and physiology at the Preparatory School of Medicine and Pharmacy of Toulouse. In 1870, he was appointed professor of physiology and in 1878 he retired as professor emeritus.
ACHILLE LAVOCAT (born 1817) was Chief of Anatomy, Royal Veterinary Hospital of Toulouse. In a page of acknowledgments, the authors express their appreciation to the city of Toulouse and the Society of the Museum of Natural History of Strasbourg for providing them with the means to study the anatomy of "one of the most rare and unusual animals to leave the hands of the Creator." The animal was transported to Toulouse in 1843, and died the following year. The mayor of Toulouse presented the carcass to the authors, who dissected it over the ensuing 3 weeks, and a local taxidermist prepared the skin and skeleton for a display that remains a centerpiece of the Toulouse museum to the present day. The detailed plates depict not only the animal's anatomy of its musculoskeletal system and internal organs, but also representations of the giraffe through history. The text includes the most comprehensive bibliography of the biology and history of the giraffe available at the time.
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- Keywords anatomy; evolution; France; physiology; plates; science; zoology
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Quince, etc. Exposing the several disguises of Ward Ritchie, poet, with a remark by Lawrence Clark Powell.
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Conspectus Chemiae Theoretico-Practicae in Forma Tabularum Repraesentatus, in quibus physica, praesertim subterranea et corporum naturalium principia, habitus inter se, . . . explicantur, [etc.].
by JUNCKER, Johann, of Halle (1679-1759).
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Halae Magd. [Magdeburgica],: Impensis Orphanotrophei, 1730-38., 1730. 2 volumes. Small 4to. Collation: Signatures: a4(-A4), b2, A-7C4 *; a4, b2, A-4I4, 4K2. [*Leaf 7A3 mis-signed 6A3]. Pagination: [10], 1086, [42]; [xii], 598, [30] pp. Engraved portrait of Juncker, by Rudiger pinx., and engraved by Bernigeroth Sculps. Title printed in red and black; title engraved vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Errata on p. [41]-[42] at end, indexes; foxed, usual browning. Modern antique-style quarter speckled calf, marbled boards, vellum corner tips, spine with gilt-tooled raised bands, dark green morocco gilt-stamped labels. Fine. IMPORTANT EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRE-LAVOISIER CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOK. First edition. "One of the most important textbooks of the pre-Lavoisier period, in which Juncker . . . presents a systematic account of the doctrine of phlogiston of his teacher Georg Ernst Stahl. "By effecting a clarification in Stahlian theory and methodology, Juncker played a significant part in the…
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SHAW-EDE T.E. Lawrence's Letters to H.S. Ede 1927-1935. Forward and Running Commentary by H.S. Ede
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London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1942. First Edition and One of 500 copies only, printed in Perpetua type on mould-made paper and bound in fine half blue Niger morocco over cloth covered boards. 4to, beautifully bound in green-blue crushed Niger morocco over buckram covered boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, the spine with raised bands, two compartments lettered in gilt, t.e.g. [1-bl], 62, [2-bl], pp. A very handsome copy indeed, the binding tight, sharp and in excellent condition, the text-block clean and crisp, a small spot to the front cover and only very minimal evidence of age or use. RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE LIMITED ISSUE IN HANDSOME BINDING. "Shaw" of course was the name T.E. Lawrence used when he enrolled in the R.A.F. The relationship between Lawrence and Ede was a mutually satisfying one. Over forty letters are included here. The intimacy of feelings expressed by Ede is quite remarkable. He had taken little heed of T.E. Lawrence and the works penned by him and which had…
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United States and Mexican Boundary Survey; Cactaceae of the Boundary
by Engelmann, George; Emory, Lieut. Col. W. H.
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Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1858. Hardcover. Good. Good. Engelmann, G. Cactaceae of the Boundary. Washington, 1858 (Smithsonian Institution), 78p., 76 steelengraved plates by i.a. PICART, Rare book on cacti along the USA-Mexico border. actually almost very good considering its age., Engelmann, G. Cactaceae of the Boundary. Washington, (Smithsonian Institution), n.d. (1858), 78p., 76 steelengr. plates by i.a. PICART, contemporay. half leather w. gilt spine, 4to. - Restorations to spine. binding tight, slight browning to page edges. All pages and plates very clean. Plate 14 of a total 76 plates is missing (photocopy of page laid in) Rare book on cacti along the USA-Mexico border. Ships from Hawaii with Priority mail within US, not slow media mail.
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Catalogue de la partie réservée de la Collection Libri. Première vacation. Vendredi, 25 juillet 1862. Épreuves.
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No place no date (but London, 1862). 143 pp. (19 x 25,5 cm). As issued, bound by the original simple cord with no wrappers. Uncut. And with the mention "Epreuves" in the top right hand corner. As issued, without preliminary matter. With two small stamps of the "librairie Tross" on the first and last page. So this seems to be a real 'advance copy'. (some dustsoiling).Guiglielmo Libri (1803-1869) left his native Italy in 1832 to start a new life in France and soon obtained a reputation as a scholar and bibliophile. His lasting fame, however, is primarily based on his theft of huge quantities of books and manuscripts. In 1841 he was appointed secretary to a commission to inventory the manuscripts in the French public libraries and began augmenting his own extensive library with purloined volumes of great antiquity and value. During his tenure he sold large amounts of books a.o. to Lord Ashburnam. Eventually he was found out and in 1850 he was sentenced to ten years of hard labour. By this time he had…
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
by Smith, Charlotte
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Charlotte Smith, 1980. Unique. Hardcover. Fine. Unique. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Marbled paper boards, tipped in stamps. 72x66mm. np. Hand illustrated and caligraphed by the author/artist. Unique copy.
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Washington, D.C.: Dov Press, 1996. gray cloth with darker gray morocco spine printed in palladium, publisher's slipcase. Dov Press. 4to. gray cloth with darker gray morocco spine printed in palladium, publisher's slipcase. (iv), 31, (3) pages. Limited to 55 numbered copies, this is one of 25 regular signed copies. With ten original lithographs by Elaine Kurtz. Eight full-page lithographs handpulled by Judith Solodkin in collaboration with the artist at Solo Impressions, New York, with two double-page images of approximately 14" x 20"; many images required multiple plates and the artist's hand appliqué of color and mica. Design and typography of the book by Jerry Kelly, with the text printed letterpress by the Stinehour Press, Lunenberg, Vermont. The typeface is Robert Slimbach's Minion. Paper for both text and images is Heavyweight Rives BFK 250 gsm. Each print has a Japanese paper overlay imprinted with a short segment from the text. Sewn and hand bound by Judi Conant. Harry Rand is a poet,…
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In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria [Complete in Two Volumes]
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American Edition. Hardcover. Includes approx. 44 full-page engravings (including frontispieces), approx 100 illustrations, and three color folded maps in pockets (two large, one small). "Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who had made his name after âfinding' Dr David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary and explorer who the western world had lost contact with while on an expedition to discover the source of the Nile. After âfinding' Livingstone, Stanley continued to explore the African continent; between 1886 and 1890 he led the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha.  In Darkest Africa (1890) is his account as leader of the controversial Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. The mission was plagued by violence, disease, high casualties and scandals involving Europeans members of the expedition." [British Library] Conversational in style and richly…
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PRACTICAL DISCOURSES DELIVERED ON OCCASION OF THE EARTHQUAKES IN NOVEMBER, 1755
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Boston, New-England: Printed and Sold by Richard Draper, in Newbury-Street, and Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street, 1760. [6], 377, [2], [1 blank] pp, lacking half title. Except as noted, Very Good in contemporary gilt-ruled calf, raised spine bands and decorated spine [some rubbing, hinges starting]. Bookplate of J.M. Wainwright on front pastedown, probably Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright [1792-1854], an Episcopal priest whose mother was Jonathan Mayhew's daughter. A religious work consisting of thirteen sermons by the extraordinary minister who led the struggle for the integrity of American religious institutions and of whom John Adams wrote, "To draw the character of Mayhew, would be to transcribe a dozen volumes" [DAB]. Page [378] is an 'Advertisement' dated March, 1760, explaining, "Divers things have concurred to retard the publication of these discourses: But this delay has been chiefly occasion'd by the Author's ill state of health." Page [379] lists this title, as well as another by Mayhew as among…
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AN ORATION, DELIVERED JULY 4, 1789, AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, IN ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, BY THE REV. WILLIAM ROGERS, A.M. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND ORATORY, IN THE COLLEGE AND ACADEMY OF PHILADELPHIA. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A PRAYER, DELIVERED ON THE SAME OCCASION, BY THE REV. ASHBEL GREEN, A.M. JUNIOR PASTOR OF THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
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Philadelphia: Printed for T. Dobson, 1789. 32pp. Bound in modern plain wrappers. Lightly foxed. Inscription on top margin of title page. Very Good. Rogers dedicates his Oration to the President [Thomas Mifflin], Vice President [Thomas M'Kean], and members of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. He calls July 4 "The Sabbath of our Freedom! The animating rays of our new Constellation have been felt on the exhausted soil of Europe, and have penetrated the barbarous shades of Africa!" Rogers, an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, rejects criticism of the Society as an anti-democratic organization. He lauds the Society, "an institution founded upon a basis the most honorable, with views the most friendly, humane, and patriotic!" Unlike European "orders of military merit," the Society of the Cincinnati stands for "the rights of mankind." It expresses "the grace of simplicity with the dignity of virtue," as opposed to European "pomp of pride." The 1919 Huntington Auction called this…
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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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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Audubon
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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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Caribou Rising: Defending the Porcupine Herd, Gwich-in Culture, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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Caribou Rising by Rick Bass. Subtitled: Defending the Porcupine Herd, Gwich-in Culture, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Book is fine. Stamp on FFEP indicates "examination copy, not for resale." News release laid-in. (In other words, a review copy.)Book is fine in fine jacket, which is housed in a protective mylar sleeve.Complete number line beginning with 1.
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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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The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder
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The Boilerplate Rhino, Nature in the Eye of the Beholder by David Quammen.First edition. Fine book in a fine jacket.
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The Book of Yaak
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The Book of Yaak by Rick Bass. 1st edition.Book is fine with fine jacket in a protective mylar cover. Full number line beginning with 1. Previous owner''s emboss on bottom right corner of title page.
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Pass the Butterworms: Remote Journeys, Oddly Rendered
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Pass the Butterworts, Remote Journeys, Oddly Rendered by Tim Cahill. More extreme adventures from the author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh and Death by Ducks. First edition. Book is fine in fine jacket.
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Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind
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Monster of God, The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen.First edition. Fine book with fine dust jacket.
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Wildlife America: A Collection of US Commemorative Stamps
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Gorgeous collection of images from US Wildlife US Commemorative Stamps. Includes a mint set of the 50 original commemorative stamp not separated, 22 face value. Original envelop.
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