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Harrisburg: Board of Commissioners. Very Good+. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Two Volumes. Clean black cloth has gilt title on spine. Map illustrated frontispiece. Color & B/W plates. Atlas containing a colored Geological map of the County; Local map of the Gap Nickle Mine; Map and section of the East Bank of the Suaquehanna River; Other Geological Sections across the County; and two Geological Colored maps of York & Adams Counties. VG map folder with ties. Pennsylvania Geology ; Plates & Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 341 pages .
HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE by Goldsmith, Oliver - 1825
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Philadelphia: R. Wright, Printer. Very Good. 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in five volumes. Bound in the original brown leather. Gilt embellished spine each with an intact title label. Text's interiors are tight, clean & intact. Copper plate illustrations. Volume #1: 416pp, Sketch of the Universe; Astronomy; Earth Surface; Earth Quakes; Mountains, Water & Rivers. Volume #2: 414pp, Devoted to Various Animals. Volume #3: 412pp, Various Animals. Volume #4: 404pp, Various Birds. Volume #5: 398pp, All about the insect world. Conditions range from G+ to VG. Leather with a few scratch marks. Earth Science ; Copper plate Illustrations; 8vo; 2044 pages .
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THE GEOLOGY OF LANCASTER COUNTY. WITH AN ATLAS Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Report of Progress in 1877. CCC.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ARKANSAS FOR 1892 WITH TWO ATLASES The Iron Deposits of Arkansas
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Boston: Press Printing Co.. Very Good. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black cloth, spine gilt faded. Atlas #2 contains 5 folded sheets of maps: Yellville; Harrison-Berryville; Fayetteville-Bentonville; Eureka Springs and Black Rock. Atlas #3: 6 folded sheets of maps: Yellville; Mountain Home; Batesville; Fayetteville-Bentonville; Eureka Springs and Black Rock. Both Atlases show some signs of wear. Maps with A few mended tears. Gilt titles no longer visible. Text volume VG; Atlases Good. Geology; Color Map & B/W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages .
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THE GEOLOGY OF LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES 1. Field Notes of Andrew Sherwood. 2. Coal Basins by Franklin Platt
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Harrisburg: Board of Commissioners. Very Good+. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Report of Progress. GG. Clean black cloth has gilt title on spine. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Front and rear Pockets contain a color map each: Little Pine Creek Coal Basin Sheet 2, GG; Lycoming County , GG. Map illustrated frontispiece. Section diagrams. Geology ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages .
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GENESEE RIVER BASIN STUDY OF WATER AND RELATED LAND RESOURCES (8 VOLUMES & PACKET OF 5 MAPS)
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Buffalo N.Y.: Corps of Engineers , Dept of the Army. Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8 soft cover volumes plus envelope with 5 folded maps, published June 1969. Accompanied by a letter from the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army. Volume 1. Summary Report. Volume 2. Appendix A, B, C; History, Plan Formation, Project Designs and Cost Estimate. Volume 3. Appendix D; Economic Base Study. Volume 4. E, F; Hydrology, Flood Control. Volume 5. Appendix G, H; State Water Laws, Water Quality & Water Supply. Volume 6. Appendix J, K; Agriculture Studies, Sedimentation. Volume 7. L, M, N; Hydroelectric Power, Outdoor Recreation, Fish and wild life. Volume 8. New York State Supplement. Item 9, an envelope containing 5 folded maps. Illustrated with tables, charts, photographs and maps. Binding clips are some what rusty. Science; Maps, Photographs, charts and tables; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .
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THE PHILOSOPHICAL GRAMMAR; BEING A VIEW OF THE PRESENT STATE OF EXPERIMENTED PHYSIOLOGY, OR NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN FOUR PARTS. PART 1. SOMATOLOGY; PART 2. COSMOLOGY; PART 3. AEROLOGY. PART 4. GEOLOGY
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London: Printed for J. F. Rivington Et Al. Very Good. 1769. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 7th Edition of 1769. Bound in Vellum slightly age toned. Flexible boards have a slight bow. Twenty six fold put plates and two fold out charts. 6 additional pagfes of index. Contents: Universal Nature and Properties of Matter; General View of the Universe; Philosophy of the Atmosphere; Philosophical View of the terraqueous Globe in all its parts and Productions. Benjamin Martin a mathematician and instrument maker. The book was designed for the instruction and entertainment of the youth of both sexes. Science; Fold out Plates; 8vo; 362 pages .
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FINAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST , MINERALOGY, BOTANY, ZOOLOGY Volume II, Parts 1 & 2 (2 Volumes)
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Trenton, N. J: John L. Murphy Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1889-90. Hardcover. Geological Survey of New Jersey. Volume II, parts I & 2. Catalogue of minerals found in New Jersey; of plants; of insects and vertebrates. Clean black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Texts tight, clean & intact . Part 2 with lightly bumped top corner and slightly darkened gilt lettering. Geology ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1466 pages .
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THE GEOLOGY OF LANCASTER COUNTY. WITH AN ATLAS Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Report of Progress in 1877. CCC.
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Harrisburg: Board of Commissioners. Very Good+. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Two Volumes. Clean black cloth has gilt title on spine. Map illustrated frontispiece. Color & B/W plates. Atlas containing a colored Geological map of the County; Local map of the Gap Nickle Mine; Map and section of the East Bank of the Suaquehanna River; Other Geological Sections across the County; and two Geological Colored maps of York & Adams Counties. VG map folder with ties. Pennsylvania Geology ; Plates & Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 341 pages .
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THE GEOLOGY OF LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES 1. Field Notes of Andrew Sherwood. 2. Coal Basins by Franklin Platt
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Harrisburg: Board of Commissioners. Very Good+. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Report of Progress. GG. Clean black cloth has gilt title on spine. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Front and rear Pockets contain a color map each: Little Pine Creek Coal Basin Sheet 2, GG; Lycoming County , GG. Map illustrated frontispiece. Section diagrams. Geology ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages .
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GENESEE RIVER BASIN STUDY OF WATER AND RELATED LAND RESOURCES (8 VOLUMES & PACKET OF 5 MAPS)
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Buffalo N.Y.: Corps of Engineers , Dept of the Army. Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8 soft cover volumes plus envelope with 5 folded maps, published June 1969. Accompanied by a letter from the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army. Volume 1. Summary Report. Volume 2. Appendix A, B, C; History, Plan Formation, Project Designs and Cost Estimate. Volume 3. Appendix D; Economic Base Study. Volume 4. E, F; Hydrology, Flood Control. Volume 5. Appendix G, H; State Water Laws, Water Quality & Water Supply. Volume 6. Appendix J, K; Agriculture Studies, Sedimentation. Volume 7. L, M, N; Hydroelectric Power, Outdoor Recreation, Fish and wild life. Volume 8. New York State Supplement. Item 9, an envelope containing 5 folded maps. Illustrated with tables, charts, photographs and maps. Binding clips are some what rusty. Science; Maps, Photographs, charts and tables; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .
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THE PHILOSOPHICAL GRAMMAR; BEING A VIEW OF THE PRESENT STATE OF EXPERIMENTED PHYSIOLOGY, OR NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN FOUR PARTS. PART 1. SOMATOLOGY; PART 2. COSMOLOGY; PART 3. AEROLOGY. PART 4. GEOLOGY
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London: Printed for J. F. Rivington Et Al. Very Good. 1769. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 7th Edition of 1769. Bound in Vellum slightly age toned. Flexible boards have a slight bow. Twenty six fold put plates and two fold out charts. 6 additional pagfes of index. Contents: Universal Nature and Properties of Matter; General View of the Universe; Philosophy of the Atmosphere; Philosophical View of the terraqueous Globe in all its parts and Productions. Benjamin Martin a mathematician and instrument maker. The book was designed for the instruction and entertainment of the youth of both sexes. Science; Fold out Plates; 8vo; 362 pages .
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature: Vol. III
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A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE
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A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE
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A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature: Illustrated, Volume 4
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
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History of the earth and animated nature; with numerous notes from the works of the most distinguished British and foreign naturalists (Volume II)
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
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History of the Earth and Animated Nature; With Numerous Notes From the Works of the Most Distinguished British and Foreign Naturalists Volume 1
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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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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Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe
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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
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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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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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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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The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.
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Winter - Notes from Montana
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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
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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.
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Think South: How We Got Six Men and Forty Dogs Across Antarctica
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St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015. Single volume, hardcover with dust jacket, xv [1], 282pp [6], illustrated with maps and b&w photos. First Edition, First Printing. Author signature and inscription on Author page. Previous owner gift inscription on front free endpaper. Near fine unread book. Dust jacket showing light signs of shelf wear. Foreword, cover photo and all expedition photos by Will Steger. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Reprinted from the sixth London edition with all additions and corrections
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New York: A.L. Burt, n.d.. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The covers are quarter bound leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The covers show rubbing which enhances the period appearance. Endpapers are marbled, gilt top edge, clean contents and a tight binding. This edition was part of the "Burt's Library of the World's Best Books" series and, unlike the typical A.L. Burt reprint, is bound in a high quality binding.
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Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 916: Uvularia Chinensis, Brown-Flowered Uvularia
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London: T. Curtis, 1806. Very good +. This is a hand colored copper plate engraving. The print measures 5.5 x 9.25 inches, with a plate mark of 4.5 x 7.75. It is a beautiful decorative antique print expertly colored and beautifully composed. This particular plate has been trimmed at the rough edge. Curtis' work was the first study of British flora, and artists contributing to the opus included James Sowerby, Sydenham Teak Edwards, Francis Sansom and William Kilburn. "The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Each of the issues contains a description, in formal yet accessible language, and is renowned for featuring the work of two centuries of botanical illustrators. Many plants received their first publication on the pages, and the description given was enhanced by the keenly detailed illustrations. The first issue, in…
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