London: Collins, 1957. Illustrated, small octavo, pp xii, 176, fore-edge slightly foxed, a signature on the front endpaper and an owner's small book label (beneath the d.w. flap), otherwise very clean internally, green cloth with a very slight suggestion of fade along the top edge; the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it is slightly worn along its top edge, and a little soiled on its rear cover, the spine is a little faded and age-toned. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded.
Avec notes et éclaircissements sur les sciences, les arts, l'industrie et le commerce des anciens, par Émile Bères. Chamerot, Libraire-Éditeur, Paris, 1845.
--- Edges untrimmed. Uncut copy. Foxing on pages. Some wear at covers.
International Graphoanalysis Society, 1980-84. Study Guides. Very Good. Monthly graphoanalysis study guides and model answers issued by the Instruction Department of the International Graphoanalysis Society between October 1980 and December 1984. No issues published in July and August. Each issue includes a Study Guide for the graphoanalysis of handwriting specimens and a Model Answer for a specimen from a previous issue. Bess and Harry Truman are the study specimens for the December 1982 issue. The Trumans' Model Answer graphoanalysis is included in the February 1983 issue. Each issue is a minimum of 6 pp. depending on topic. One Graphoanalysis Worksheet included. 36 issues bound in a dark blue 3-hole binder. Excellent resource for the graphoanalysis student, teacher or collector. Tight, clean copies with light shelf wear. Occasional pencil markings by owner. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
New York: Scribner's, 1887. First American Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo. Publisher's wraps. 308 pp. plus ads. Several chips and closed tears to wrap edges, including a 1" loss at footer of spine. Bookplate on verso of title page. Tight and clean. This is a first American edition of Stevenson's short story collection. Uncommon in original yellow wraps. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as Chairman of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, greatly contributed to the preservation of Stevenson's estate in Valima, Samoa.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with 19 half-tone photographic plates, including six pages reproducing Watson's letter to Max Delbruck, telling of the Double Helix, and 11 diagrams within the text. A very bright, clean copy. Original dustwrapper with one small chip and a couple of small closed tears, otherwise a better than very good example. Overall a very good copy.
Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2010. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 10x8x0. Signed. SIGNED BY JANE GOODALL directly to the title page. also briefly inscribed along with "Follow your heart" as shown. A lovely 1st printing in near-fine / very good condition (mild wear on DJ). Looks terrific with a new mylar cover added to your dust jacket. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
Avec notes et éclaircissements sur les sciences, les arts, l'industrie et le commerce des anciens, par Émile Bères. Chamerot, Libraire-Éditeur, Paris, 1845.
--- Edges untrimmed. Uncut copy. Foxing on pages. Some wear at covers.
International Graphoanalysis Society, 1980-84. Study Guides. Very Good. Monthly graphoanalysis study guides and model answers issued by the Instruction Department of the International Graphoanalysis Society between October 1980 and December 1984. No issues published in July and August. Each issue includes a Study Guide for the graphoanalysis of handwriting specimens and a Model Answer for a specimen from a previous issue. Bess and Harry Truman are the study specimens for the December 1982 issue. The Trumans' Model Answer graphoanalysis is included in the February 1983 issue. Each issue is a minimum of 6 pp. depending on topic. One Graphoanalysis Worksheet included. 36 issues bound in a dark blue 3-hole binder. Excellent resource for the graphoanalysis student, teacher or collector. Tight, clean copies with light shelf wear. Occasional pencil markings by owner. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
New York: Scribner's, 1887. First American Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo. Publisher's wraps. 308 pp. plus ads. Several chips and closed tears to wrap edges, including a 1" loss at footer of spine. Bookplate on verso of title page. Tight and clean. This is a first American edition of Stevenson's short story collection. Uncommon in original yellow wraps. This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist who, as Chairman of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, greatly contributed to the preservation of Stevenson's estate in Valima, Samoa.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with 19 half-tone photographic plates, including six pages reproducing Watson's letter to Max Delbruck, telling of the Double Helix, and 11 diagrams within the text. A very bright, clean copy. Original dustwrapper with one small chip and a couple of small closed tears, otherwise a better than very good example. Overall a very good copy.
Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2010. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 10x8x0. Signed. SIGNED BY JANE GOODALL directly to the title page. also briefly inscribed along with "Follow your heart" as shown. A lovely 1st printing in near-fine / very good condition (mild wear on DJ). Looks terrific with a new mylar cover added to your dust jacket. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
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London: Collins, 1957. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi, 255, with 51 b/w photographs & 58 drawings and diagrams. No 15 in the New Naturalist monograph series. Dust jacket near fine, just a hint of fading to the spine only, price clipped, edges and corners crisp, now protected in an archival sleeve. Green buckram binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no spotting. A fine, crisp copy in a near fine dust jacket..
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London: Collins, 1957. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi, 255, with 51 b/w photographs & 58 drawings and diagrams. No 15 in the New Naturalist monograph series. Dust jacket near fine, just a hint of fading to the spine only, not price clipped, edges and corners crisp, now protected in an archival sleeve. Green buckram binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no spotting. A fine, crisp copy in a near fine dust jacket..
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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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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.
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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.
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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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New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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Houghton, Michigan: Isle Royale Natural History Association, [1979]. Softcover book with pictorial wraps. 160p. B&W photos throughout text. This is the original printing, later reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press. Book has been well read and is in very good - condition with wear to the cover image along the edge and reading crease to front cover, corners bumped and shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with light staining on the edge of a few pages. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.