The Birds of New England and Adjacent States. Containing Descriptions of the Birds of New England... with Illustrations by Samuels, Edward A. (Augustus), 1836-1908 - 1880 [©1867]

Noyes Holmes, 1875-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. . A copy in poor condition, lacking the title page so edition is uncertain. Red cloth cover shows minor wear and tear, heavy rubbing. Loose/torn hinges. Pages tanned with minor spotting.

Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1883. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Slight wear at ends of spine, slight damp staining at edges of plates, which are much thicker paper, staining not noticeable on rest of text. This edition does not have the color plates of some of the earlier printings although it does have the one color frontis page. ; Illus. , gold embossed lettering and pictorials to front cover and spine very bright; 591 pages .

Noyes, Holmes and Co., Boston, 1870. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj. Brown cloth w/ gilt decoration and lettering at spine & front board, top edge gilt. Good condition. Front hinge beginning to split with slight loosening of first gathering of pgs (through title pg), front board itself firm. Contents lightly & uniformly age-toned as expected, light occasional interior foxing, contents otherwise clean, no markings. Tiny nicks to spine ends, spine edges moderately rubbed; outer gilt sharp & bright. vii, 591 p., illus., 8 numbered color plates. Spine title: Birds of New England and Adjacent States.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Birds Of New England And Adjacent States : Containing Descriptions Of The Birds Of New England And Adjoining States And Provinces, Arranged By A Long-Approved Classification And Nomenclature;.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Noyes & Holmes, 1872. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover in good condition.TEG. Touch of rodent chewing on one edge.Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated with eight color plates and numerous b&w engravings.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston: Noyes, Holmes, and Company, 1872. Undetermined. very good. 6th edition, revised and enlarged. [vii], 591pp. Quarto. Original green ornamental cloth; spine title in gilt with ornaments in same. Embossing to front board, rear blindstamped. Spine darkened with small soil mark at foot; some rubbing to joints, crown and foot show minor shelf wear and chipping. Corners slightly rubbed. Upper edge of textblock slightly dust soiled, small spot to lower edge. Inscription in ink to first blank. Colour frontis with tissue guard, some offsetting to title page from plate but not intrusive. Illustrated with B/W plates from etchings with tissue guards, reproductions in text. A tight copy; interior is bright and clean. very good Comprehensive study of bird species in New England for the amateur birdwatcher. The author notes that he has tried to present a 'work that might be accessible to all" (author's preface). An interesting edition, extensively illustrated. 1872

Boston, Noyes, Holmes, 1870.. 5th edition, revised and enlarged. Pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind on the covers and spine, vii, 591 pp., 8 color lithograph plates. Rodent nibbling to the extreme edges of the top fore corner and light damp-staining to the bottom fore-corners neither affecting text or plate images, careless opening of 1 page with small chip in the margin, else a very good copy with beautiful color plates.

Boston, Nichols and Noyes, 1868-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Royal quarto. vii, 587 p. front., illus., 27 chromolithographic plates. 24 cm. Bound in early 20th century 3/4 tan leather. Red marbled boards. 5 raised bands. Gilt lettering and tooling to spine. Marbled end pages. TEG. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Small dent to top page end. Clean, unmarked pages. Scattered foxing to early pages. Sabin <br><br> Edward Augustus Samuels was a Massachusetts naturalist. From 1860 until 1880, he was assistant to the secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture. For several years, he was president of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association besides following the business of a publisher of musical works. He also developed a process for engraving by photography directly from nature or from a photographic print. This particular title for sale, has technical information is quoted from Spencer F. Baird's works and sparked much interest in bird study.

A guide to creating a bird-friendly environment, with tips on feeders, nest boxes, birdbaths, recipes, and bird identification, all pages clean and unmarked

New York: Grove Press, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Helen Macdonald to special themed bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Stated first edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". ix, 261pp. A touch of shelfwear to bright dust jacket. Bound in full black paper over boards, with spine backed in black cloth and lettered in silver. A new, unread signed first edition of this collection of essays about the natural world by Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk. ABOUT VESPER FLIGHTS: From the New York Times bestselling author of H is for Hawk and winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction, comes a transcendent collection of essays about the natural world. Animals don't exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. Helen Macdonald's bestselling debut H is for Hawk brought the astonishing story of… Read More

New York: Liveright Publishing Company, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author in ink at front free endpaper. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 417pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America. The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation's founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the… Read More

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

Old original printing of United States National Museum, `1953, 734 pp, rough page ends, strong binding. There are a very few notations by owner and salutation. This was later printed in 2 volumes. No photos, printed by Unite tates Government Printing Office in Washington D.C. orig. price $4.50.

New York: Doubleday, 1964. Hardcover. Very good. 4to (33 x 24 cm). 288 pp. Signed by Peterson on 2nd blank endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine and upper, light wear to head/tail of spine,corners and edges. No DJ.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1968. First edition. ILLUSTRATED COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ADAPTATIONS OF BIRDS FOR BREEDING BY EXPERT ON DARWIN'S FINCHES. 10 inches tall mauve cloth binding, gilt title to spine, unmarked, very good in good price-clipped dust jacket with edge tears. From dust jacket: "The primary aim of this book is an interpretation of the main adaptations of birds for breeding-whether a species lests solitarily or in colonies, whether it is monogamous or has several mates, the lumber of eggs that it lays, the relative size of its eggs, the rate of development of its eggs and young, and the age at which it first breeds. This book is the first comprehensive survey of these points that has been made, so readers can see what is known, and what emains to be discovered, and hence may be stimulated to add to knowledge. However it is much more than a summary of the facts, for these various adaptations have been interpreted in terms of natural selection, and the author has suggested how each of… Read More

Houghton Mifflin Compay Boston, 1939. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good. 1939. Revised and Abridged with the Addition of More Than One Hundred Species. Very good red cloth hardcover without dust jacket. Edge wear. Previous owner's name on ffep. Illustrated in color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Allan Brooks and Roger Tory Peterson.

Rising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the most ancient of all birds. More than a half-million strong, flying in squadrons, these majestic creatures point northward to their Arctic and sub-Arctic breeding ranges. Theirs is an epic story of endurance through the ages. With 153 stunning color photographs, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cranes in their wild but increasingly compromised habitats today. Over the course of five years, Michael Forsberg documented the tall gray birds in habitats ranging from the Alaskan tundra, to the arid High Plains, from Cuban nature preserves to suburban backyards. With an eye for beauty and an uncommon persistence, the author documents the cranes' challenges to adapt and survive in a rapidly changing natural world. Forsberg argues that humankind, for its own sake, should secure the cranes' place in the future.… Read More

Trade paperback with multiple illustrations, maps, photographs. 340 pages with indexOrnithology and how the banding yields info about birds as carriers of disease.