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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear. Fresh clean copy, gray boards have no fading and sharp corners. The author's third book and one of his best. Winner of the 1979 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished work in the field of Natural History. National Book Award Finalist. Lannan Literary Award. Guggenheim Fellowship.
Shanghai Birds - a study of bird life in Shanghai and the surrounding districts. The Shanghai Bird Year - a calendar of bird life in the country around Shanghai by Wilkinson, E.S
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Shanghai Birds - a study of bird life in Shanghai and the surrounding districts. The Shanghai Bird Year - a calendar of bird life in the country around Shanghai
by Wilkinson, E.S
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Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald Limited Two volumes, 1929 - 1935. Large octavo, pp xxii, 243; (4), 219, illustrated with 23 plates in the first volume, and a few black and white photographs in the second, signatures on the endpapers, decorated cloth, slightly worn and marked. The first volume is extremely weak internally; the second volume very good.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair.
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Of Wolves and Men.
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Toland's Works: A Collection of several pieces of Mr John Toland
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It's not ofter that you find two original volumes published / printed in 1726. Overall, these titles are in V Good condition and 100% legible ( albeit with Olde English spelling ) The titles are leather bound (spines and corners) with printed board covers.A previous owner has pasted additional pages at the start of Volume 1 and pasted various newspaper clippings and hand written texts relevant to the themes of Mr Toland dated through the 1800's further enhancing the value of the set.
John Toland (30 November 1670 – 11 March 1722) was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion. Born in Ireland, he was educated at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leiden and and was influenced by the philosophy of John Locke.
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Of Wolves and Men.
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear. Fresh clean copy, gray boards have no fading and sharp corners. The author's third book and one of his best. Winner of the 1979 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished work in the field of Natural History. National Book Award Finalist. Lannan Literary Award. Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Toland's Works: A Collection of several pieces of Mr John Toland
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It's not ofter that you find two original volumes published / printed in 1726. Overall, these titles are in V Good condition and 100% legible ( albeit with Olde English spelling ) The titles are leather bound (spines and corners) with printed board covers.A previous owner has pasted additional pages at the start of Volume 1 and pasted various newspaper clippings and hand written texts relevant to the themes of Mr Toland dated through the 1800's further enhancing the value of the set.
John Toland (30 November 1670 – 11 March 1722) was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion. Born in Ireland, he was educated at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leiden and and was influenced by the philosophy of John Locke.
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Kirk Whyte. Poems.
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Shanghai Birds: A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai and the Surrounding Districts.
by E. S. Wilkinson
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Green cloth with gilt title on spine and front cover. Twenty-three colored plates. Previous owner's name neatly to front endpaper dated 1931, along with a previous owner's stamp to front pastedown. Occasional foxing, as well as to foredge. Regardless still a nice clean copy. 7.25 x 10.5 in
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Shanghai birds: a study of bird life in Shanghai and the surrounding districts.
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CHINA: North-China Daily News, 1929. Original green cloth. 24 plates. (Frontispiece, one bw plate, 22 colour plates). Inscription on front endpaper reads "R.L. Ritchie Shanghai 11.3.30". Text slightly out of shape and with some browning and spotting confined to margins. Nice bright clean plates. Covers and spine very bright. Hw has minor wera nd slight loss to extremities with larger loss at top of spine (well above title). Front panel of FW has mimimal loss and pictorial plate is unmarked. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/G++ DW.
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Shanghai Birds: A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai and the Surrounding Districts
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North-China Daily News, 1929. First edition, first printing. Small library stamp to upper title page, small sticker to copyright page, hinges neatly reinforced, light wear to spinet tips and corners, overall near fine and tight in custom slipcase..
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SHANGHAI BIRDS
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1929 NORTH-CHINA DAILY NEWS & HERALD LTD, SHANGHAI. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH, GILT LETTERING AND TITLES, DECORATION TO FRONT BOARD. A STUDY OF BIRD LIFE IN SHANGHAI AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. WITH 23 FULL COLOUR PLATES. THIS COPY IS NEAR FINE THE ONLY BLEMISH BEING A LITTLE FINGERING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. A LOVELY COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK.
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SHANGHAI BIRDS
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SHANGHAI BIRDS: A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai & Surrounding Districts.
by WILKINSON, E.S
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Shanghai 1929, N. China Daily. Green cloth, 243p., 22 color, 1 b.w. plate, showing 75 birds. A R A R E B O O K Covering all types of birds, including crow, magpie, wren, thrush, blackbird, robin, flycatcher, shrike, warbler, haw- finch, sparrow, bunting, skylark, wagtail, woodpecker, king- fisher, cuckoo, quail, dove, sandpaper, gull, heron, egret &c., also includes a glossary of special terms, index of common names, good information on the identification and ob- servation of birds, a short list of common birds, notes on sounds made by birds, their naming, migration, and some re- marks on orientation, instinct, & a possible 'extra sense,' excellent color illustrations by H. Gronvold. Wood p.628. .
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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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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
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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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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The Silence Of The North
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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