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Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2014.. Edition of 8. 7.5 x 7"; hybrid structure of 13 flag pages plus an 8-page pamphlet sewn into on fold. Accordion structure extending from back pastedown. 13 flag pages have 3 asymmetric flags per page. Silkscreen and hand painting. Printed on [Katie] MacGregor Handmade Paper. Letterpress text designed and printed by Scott Vile of Ascenius Press. Bound in cloth-covered boards. Numbered. Signed by artist and poet.. Another in Goodale's Threatened and Endangered series. Rebecca Goodale's heart-shaped flags are accompanied by Miller's poem. Wild ginger, a low perennial with two heart-shaped leaves, is listed in Maine's threatened flora category. Cathleen Miller: "I am a poet, herbalist, artist, dreamer, gardener, systems-thinker, and special collections librarian living in Portland, Maine. I am an observer, in poems and in life. I write about connection, desire, place, the natural world, and bodies in space".
Journal Of Arid Environments. Volume 1 (1978) Through To Volume 71 (2007) [lacking A Few Parts) -
Journal of Arid Environments. Volume 1 (1978) through to Volume 71 (2007) [lacking a few parts)
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Journal of Arid Environments. Volume 1 (1978) - Volume 71 (2007) [LACKING Volumes 55 part 2 through to Volume 58 part 1, and parts 42 (4), 46 (3), 51 (3) and 54 (2 & 4). Extremely scarce - an almost complete set to 2007. Paperbacks, in parts as issued, very good condition. [Because of the extreme weight, delivery can really only be contemplated within most of mainland UK.]. Paperback. Very Good.
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- Keywords FLORAS. NATURAL HISTORY.ECOLOGY.ARID.
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Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger).
by [Goodale, Rebecca] Cathleen Miller.
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A Trip to Pilawin, The Deer-Park of Count Joseph Potocki in Volhynia, Russia
by Lydekker, R.
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London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1908. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 115 pages. Blue cloth with gilt stamped lettering and photograph in-lay. Top edge is gilded. Covers show just a hint of rubbing, and remain bright and clean. Book plate of J. H. Bullard on front paste down, and his inked name with the date of 1922 is seen on the first blank page following free end page. Small book seller's decal at bottom of front free end page, and light rubbing/scuffs can be seen on the same page. Volume remains tight and is otherwise bright and clean. A lovely copy of this scarce title.
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John Gould Hand Colored Lithograph Of A Rufus Backed Egret (Ardea rufsata) From The Birds of Europe
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C. Hulmandel, London, 1832-1837; Hand colored stone lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould of a Rufus-Backed Egret (Ardea rufsata ) from Gould’s "The Birds Of Europe," issued in parts between 1832-1837. Frame size 19 1/2" x 25 1/2", inside matte dimensions 13 1/2" x 19 1/2". Excellent condition, clean, vivid, no tears, or creases. Narrow mat burn. Original descriptive text leaf affixed to the back of the frame together with the shop label of prestigious Brooks Frame and Art Shop, Westwood Village, California, now long gone. A graceful and delicate ornithological subject. Ships to U.S. only.
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[EVOLUTIONARY THEORY 1748]. Telliamed, ou entretiens d'un philosophe indien avec un missionnaire françois sur la diminution de la Mer, la formation de la Terre, l'origine de l'homme etc. Mis en ordre par J.A.G[uers]
by Maillet, Benoit de
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Amsterdam: Chez l'honore et fils, libraires, 1748. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 vols. in one. 8vo. I: [10], cxix, [7], 208 pp. + 1 f. ("Errata" for Tom. 1). II: [2], 231 pp. + 1 f. ("Addition") + 1 f. ("Errata" for Tom 1 [sic]). First title page with unobtrusive paper defect on lower margin, not affecting text; this copy is lacking half-title and Errata leaf for Tom. 2. Very attractive 19th-century French red glazed boards, red morocco spine, lettered in gilt directly (two insignificant worm-holes on lower hinge, leading nowhere; trifle wear to binding extremities. Completely unsophisticated. First printing of "Telliamed," in every way a remarkable book. Disguised as an Oriental fantasy, it contains perhaps the earliest appearance of one of the most important of all evolution speculations, namely the so-called ultra-neptunian theory: that the entire Earth was, and is, a marine deposit, and that all life on land originated from creatures of the sea. Maillet hypothesized that the earth was…
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MEMOIR'S (sic) FOR A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS. Containing The Anatomical Descriptions of Several Creatures Dissected By The Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Englished by Alexander Pitfeild, Fellow of the Royal Society.: To Which is added an ACCOUNT of the Measure of a Degree of a great Circle of the Earth, Published by the Same Academy, and Englished By Richard Waller, S.R.S."
by Perrault, Claude
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Quarto (12 by 8 1/4 inches) London: "Printed by Joseph Streater, and are to be Sold by T. Basset, at the George in Fleet-Street. J Robinson, at the Golden Lyon in St. Paul's Church-Yard. B. Ayimer, at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal-Exchange. Job. Southby at the Harrow in Cornhil. And by W. Canning, in the Temple." 1688. (16) 267 (12) & (3) 40 pages.TWO works bound together, as published, in original full mottled calf, with raised bands and gilt ornaments on spine.
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Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium. [Nomenclator zoologicus].
by Agassiz, L. (Jean Louis Rodolphe).
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Soloduri (Solothurn), Jent et Gassmann, 1848. Soft cover. .. Thick crown octavo. Pp. (ii) publisher's ads, x, 1135. Half-title present. Rebound in the original printed wrappers, these bit frayed and dust-soiled, laid-down on support, with a new plain paper spine; bit dog-eared, bit foxed. Untrimmed copy in a very good condition. ~ First separated edition. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873), was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He was a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel, later, he accepted a professorship at Harvard University. His work "Nomenclator zoologicus" was published in 1842-47. The Universal Index appears there as a 393 page section, printed in double columns. F-5 IN
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Uber Die Selbststandigkeit Der Species Des Ursus Ferox Desm
by Von Wied, Prinz Max and C. Mayer
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Der Akademie Ubergeben Den, 1856. Cloth - Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to. Extracted from the Transactions of the Akademie Ubergeben, Vol. XXVI, Part I. Pp: 33-86, plus three folding plates. Two plates showing the skull of the grizzly bear, and one beautifully hand colored plate of the bear. Recently bound in green cloth boards, and black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Paper shows some signs of age, and the third (b/w) plate shows slightly creased corners. Contents are otherwise clean and intact.
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The wonders of the animal kingdom. Exhibiting delineations of the most distinguished wild animals in the various menageries of this country.
by HUISH, Robert
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1829 RARE 1ed Huish Animal Kingdom Illustrated Plates Lion Bears Tigers MonkeysRobert Huish's 'The Wonders of the Animal Kingdom' is a 19th-century illustrated work on rare and exotic animals. While the contents of the text are desirable, the real draw of this work is the exquisite illustrations. It is quite rare to find this work with all of the illustrations intact, as the plates are often extracted from the binding and sold individually. Note the attention to detail from H. Smith's illustrations. Published in 1829 London, this first edition work features 63 full-page engravings. An extremely rare and valuable work!Item number: #5225Price: $1500HUISH, RobertThe wonders of the animal kingdom. Exhibiting delineations of the most distinguished wild animals in the various menageries of this country.London, T. Kelly, 1829. First edition.Details: Collation: Complete with all pages[ii], 122, [2]Illustrated throughout – 63 EXQUISITE full-page platesLanguage: EnglishBinding: Leather; tight and secureSize:…
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Giant: a deity with leaves.
by [Pie in the Sky Press] Rebecca Chamlee.
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[Simi Valley, California]:: Pie in the Sky Press,, 2019.. Edition of 50. Standard: 7.5 x 11"; 64 pages. Letterpress printing on the Vandercook Universal III power press using Centaur and Arrighi type, cast by M & H Type Foundry and Swamp Press, wood French Clarendon, and photo polymer plates onto Zerkall Book Wove, handmade Kitakata, and Korean Hanji papers. Botanical pages (contact prints) printed on Strathmore Aquarius II watercolor paper. Longstitch binding, sewn with hand-dyed Kinglet Cottage linen thread through a white oak spine. Bound in a cover of contact printed and dyed handmade Indigo watercolor paper. Signed and numbered by the artist. Deluxe: Housed in 9.75 x 12.75 x 2.5" cloth-covered hinged box lined with Cave handmade paper. Set in a niche compartment is a Quercus lobata acorn. The acorn has been frozen for 12 months, baked for 8 hours then sealed. In a drawer with cloth pull tab is "Quercus", a suite of prints. Each print signed and dated. A standard…
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Ducks in Flight
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Early original watercolor. 8 1/2 by 10 5/8 inches; mat size 14 1/2 x 16.
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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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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
by John B. Wyeth
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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
by Alwyne Wheeler
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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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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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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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The Silence Of The North
by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East
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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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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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Winter - Notes from Montana
by Bass, Rick
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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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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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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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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
by Peter Oikarinen
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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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