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THE LAY OF THE LAND by Sharp, Dallas Lore - 1908

THE LAY OF THE LAND

by Sharp, Dallas Lore

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by L. B. Sharp - cousin of author; Slight shelf wear, else nice clean tight, bright copy ; Illustrated by Elizabeth Myers Snagg .
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  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin
  • Place of Publication Boston
  • Date Published 1908

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Tropical Ecology and Physical Edaphology

Tropical Ecology and Physical Edaphology

by Lal, R.

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Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. light cover rubs. previous owner's stampings inside cover and to foreedge. 732pp w/index. [ref. W1.029 AH] (NOT ex-library).
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The Fourth Horseman: a short history of epidemics, plagues, famine and other scourges
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The Fourth Horseman: a short history of epidemics, plagues, famine and other scourges

by Nikiforuk, Andrew

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Toronto, Viking/Penguin Canada, 1991, hardcover, xvi-200 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, light edge bumps, rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. An examination of diseases and other catastrophes that have decimated world populations throughout history. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs and reproductions of artworks. Appended: Bibliography and Index. ISBN
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Cahiers d'Histoire Naturelle a l'usage des Collléges et de ëcoles normales...
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Paris,: Crochard,, 1834-1836.. 6 parts) in one volume: 120; [ii], 134; [ii], 106; vi, 88; 74, [ii, blank], 146 pp. Small 8vo (10,5 x 18,5 cm.). Contemporary dark green half morocco (some minute rubbing and some occasional slight discolouring), In compartments gilt lettered and decorated. With 35 engraved (steel-engravings) plates.. Cahiers I-VI, all that have been published, and complete sets, like our's, are quite rare. Cahier II-VI in first edtitions, Cahier I in 3rd edition. The catalogue BM(NH) list only the 5th Cahier in 3rd edition; Not in Wood.--(Some scattered light foxing or brownings as usual for French books from this epoque; the Cahier V has a few pages with some light ink stains in the outer marging; lower corner of the rear side has a slight crack).
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Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology:  Being an Account of  the Natural History of...

Milkweed Butterflies: Their Cladistics and Biology: Being an Account of the Natural History of the Danainae, a Subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae

by Ackery, P. R. ; Vane-Wright, R. I.

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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press and British Museum. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; A few small dots of foxing on verso of . jacket.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801416884 . vii, 425 pp, systematic index, geographical index, bibliography Many black and white photos and illustrations and 12 color plates plus color frontispiece photo. The amazing migration champion monarch butterfly is the best known milkweed butterfly and this scholarly volume describes its biology and that of its danaine family members in detail. The book provides a revised cladistic classification of all 157 species, and includes chapters on mimicry, migration, reproduction and ecology. A valuable lepidoptery reference. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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The Geologic Distribution of Natural Gas in the United States ; with an Appendix Relating to the...
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The Geologic Distribution of Natural Gas in the United States ; with an Appendix Relating to the Composition and Fuel-Value of Natural Gas and The Extent of the Natursl Gas Business in the Vicinity of Pittsburgh

by Ashburner, Charles A.

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St. Louis, MO: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1886. 32 pp. with 2 fold-out maps, 2 fold-out charts, rebound ( according to pencil notation at p.32 ) in 1972 in handsome green cloth binding with gilt titles at spine. name stamp of Belgian profesor ( X. Stainier ) at top edge of page 1. A Fine copy of a SCARCE title. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Wild Life in a Southern County

Wild Life in a Southern County

by Richard Jefferies

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Smith, Elder and Co, 1892. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Natural History & Resources; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 1636. .
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Ants, Bees and Wasps

Ants, Bees and Wasps

by Lord Avebury

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Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1902. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Very scarce. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; Insects; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 1633. .
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THE GEOLOGY OF LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES 1. Field Notes of Andrew  Sherwood. 2. Coal Basins...
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THE GEOLOGY OF LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES 1. Field Notes of Andrew Sherwood. 2. Coal Basins by Franklin Platt

by Sherwood, Andrew & Platt, Franklin

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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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Set of five original early photographic prints of Australia and New Zealand in late 1800's
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Set of five original early photographic prints of Australia and New Zealand in late 1800's

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Antipodes, 1900. - Two albumen prints - mounted on the recto and verso of an oblong of grey card. One side showing The Gap and South Head at Watsons Bay in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia (circa 1903); and on the other side a view of the town of Hobart, Tasmania (from Lansdowne Crescent) taken by John Watt Beattie. - Two collodion paper prints showing the harbour of Lyttelton, New Zealand by an unknown photographer, and a landscape view across the Bealey near Christchurch, New Zealand taken by E. Wheeler & Son - these also mounted on the recto and verso of an oblong of grey card. - One unmounted collodion paper print is of the Waimangu Geyser, which is located near Rotorua, New Zealand. This says JM2070 on the front - and possibly refers to the James Ingram McDonald (the painter, photographer, filmmaker, museum director, cultural ambassador, film censor, and promoter of Maori arts and crafts) and may have been taken whilst he was employed by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department in… Read More
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The biography of Claude Gibney Finch-Davies 1875-1920; Observer, student and highly skilled...

The biography of Claude Gibney Finch-Davies 1875-1920; Observer, student and highly skilled illustrator of Southern African birds

by Kemp, A.C. (Biography of Claude Gibney Finch-Davies.)

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Pretoria: Transvaal museum [0 620 02081 4] 1976. (Folio hardcover) 33, [61]pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Plain white boards. Illustrated endpapers, portrait on title page, family photograph, 61 pagees of samples of work by Finch-Davies including 16 full-page color illustrations, list of known paintings by the artist. Minor edgewear to the top of the jacket and the front cover is slightly splayed. Biography of Claude Gibney Finch-Davies. Locale: South Africa. (Natural History, Artists--South Africa, Birds, Wildlife Art--South Africa).
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The Lay of the Land
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The Lay of the Land

by Sharp, Dallas Lore

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The Lay of the Land: Nature and the Woodland Creatures through the Seasons
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The Lay of the Land: Nature and the Woodland Creatures through the Seasons

by Sharp, Dallas Lore

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The Lay of the Land
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The Lay of the Land

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The Lay of the Land: Nature and the Woodland Creatures through the Seasons
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The Lay of the Land: Nature and the Woodland Creatures through the Seasons

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The Lay of the Land
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The Lay of the Land

by Dallas Lore Sharp

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The Lay of the Land (Yesterday's Classics)
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The Lay of the Land (Yesterday's Classics)

by Dallas Lore Sharp

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The Lay of the Land

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The Lay of the Land

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The Lay of the Land: Nature and the Woodland Creatures through the Seasons
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The Lay of the Land: Nature and the Woodland Creatures through the Seasons

by Dallas Lore Sharp

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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey

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

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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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS

by Simon Seymour

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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

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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The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The...

The Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar

by WHITE, Rev. Gilbert

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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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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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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
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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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Think South: How We Got Six Men and Forty Dogs Across Antarctica
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Think South: How We Got Six Men and Forty Dogs Across Antarctica

by Cathy de Moll

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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

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Reprinted from the sixth London edition with all additions and corrections

by Charles Darwin

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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

Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 916: Uvularia Chinensis, Brown-Flowered Uvularia

by Curtis, William

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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… Read More
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