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Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbeltiere: Die Zauneidechse. Lacerta agilis. [Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates: Sand Lizard. Lacerta agilis.] by Schmid, Bastian - c. 1920s
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Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbeltiere: Die Zauneidechse. Lacerta agilis. [Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates: Sand Lizard. Lacerta agilis.]
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A CABINET OF QUADRUPEDS WITH HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTIONS. Complete in Two Volumes
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A System of Astronomy. Containing the Investigation and Demonstration of the Elements of that Science.
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London:: J. Nourse, 1769., 1769. 8vo. x, ii, 368, [4] pp. 16 engraved folding plates, last two leaves contain the errata and advertisements. Original full calf, gilt-stamped raised bands; front cover reinforced with kozo. Bookplate of Rev. N. Hubbersty, Wirksworth [U.K.]. Very good. Scarce. First edition. Preface signed: 'W. Emerson'. Emerson was an English mathematician. "Unsuccessful as a teacher he devoted himself entirely to studious retirement, and published many works which are singularly free from errata. In mechanics he never advanced a proposition which he had not previously tested in practice, nor published an invention without first proving its effects by a model." – Britannica. Niccol- Guicciardini describes Emerson as among the group in Britain that developed Newtonian calculus during the eighteenth century. As Emerson was industrious he produced, perhaps by contract with his publisher John Nourse, several solid works on mechanics, mathematics and the present one on astronomy. All are…
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The Story About Ping
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WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT: Flack, Marjorie. THE STORY ABOUT PING. ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. FIRST EDITION 1933 VIKING PRESS. 3 lines of copyright information. HARDCOVER. BACK DJ FLAP INCLUDES JUNIOR VIKING COUPON. Matching blue floating duck back board and dust jacket panels do not bear weekly reader logo. PLEASE SEE OUR PHOTO OF DJ BACK PANEL. Unclipped Front DJ flap priced at $1.00 . QUITE THE FIND. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD CONDITION UNCLIPPED DJ. Unpaginated. 7 X 9 1/4. A CLEAN SOLID COPY. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!
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Markhams Farewell to hvsbandry : or, The enriching of all sorts of barren and sterile grounds in our nation, to be as fruitfull in all manner of graine, pulse and grasse, as best grounds whatsoever
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1656 Gervase Markham Farewell to Husbandry Agriculture FARMING Garden Rice WheatGervase Markham is one of the most prolific and well-known 17th-century authors of husbandry and jockey athletics. His book 'Farewell to Husbandry' is a rare work of agricultural history, focusing on the preservations and planting of grains and seeds. Other important topics include:
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Markhams Farewell to hvsbandry : or, The enriching of all sorts of barren and sterile grounds in our nation, to be as fruitfull in all manner of graine, pulse and grasse, as best grounds whatsoever
London : Printed by W. Wilson, for E. Brewster and George Sawbridge, 1656.
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Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog
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Flack, Marjorie. Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog. Copyright 1934, Doubleday & Company, Inc., First Edition. For Young Readers. Used. Good Condition/ Good- condition rare, unclipped $2.50 original dust jacket. . Garden City Park, New York, U.S.A. Beautifully illustrated. Please see our photos. The Story: "Tim Tadpole lived in a small pond at the edge of the wood. All around him the Peeper frogs sang, while the Great Bullfrog croaked and jumped. But Tim couldn't sing and he couldn't jump either. All he could do was to wriggle through the water until the day he made an exciting discovery!" YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!
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THE MAMMALS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
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LONDON, LONGMANS, GREEN, 1904. BUCKRAM/ CLOTH. VERY GOOD. . FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 1025 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 726. THREE VOLUMES FOLIO BLUE CLOTH BUCKRAM SPINES T.E.G. WITH 18 PHOTOGRAVURES BY THE AUTHOR 62 COLOURED PLATES BY THE AUTHOR ARCHIBALD THORBURN AND G E LODGE AND MANY UNCOLOURED PLATES BY THE AUTHOR AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS. SOME SCRATCHES TO THE CLOTH BUT A VERY GOOD CLEAN SET. VERY HEAVY SO POSTAGE AT COST.
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A System of Astronomy. Containing the Investigation and Demonstration of the Elements of that Science.
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London:: J. Nourse, 1769., 1769. 8vo. x, ii, 368, [4] pp. 16 engraved folding plates, last two leaves contain the errata and advertisements. Original full calf, gilt-stamped raised bands; front cover reinforced with kozo. Bookplate of Rev. N. Hubbersty, Wirksworth [U.K.]. Very good. Scarce. First edition. Preface signed: 'W. Emerson'. Emerson was an English mathematician. "Unsuccessful as a teacher he devoted himself entirely to studious retirement, and published many works which are singularly free from errata. In mechanics he never advanced a proposition which he had not previously tested in practice, nor published an invention without first proving its effects by a model." – Britannica. Niccol- Guicciardini describes Emerson as among the group in Britain that developed Newtonian calculus during the eighteenth century. As Emerson was industrious he produced, perhaps by contract with his publisher John Nourse, several solid works on mechanics, mathematics and the present one on astronomy. All are…
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Le microscope a la portée de tout le monde ou description, calcul & explication de la nature, de l'ufage & de la force des meilleurs microfcopes ; avec les méthodes néceffaires pour préparer, appliquer, confider & conferver toutes fortes d'objets, & les précautions a prendre pour les examiner avec foin.
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1754 Microscope OPTICS Biology Chemistry Experiments Illustrated Baker ScienceHenry Baker was an 18th-century English naturalist known for his work with the microscope. Baker wrote two treatises on using the microscope; 'Employment for the Microscope' and 'Microscope Made Easy'. These works illustrate using a microscope, but they also include discoveries found whilst using one. Findings include salts found in urine, seeds of the vanilla bean, understanding the metals in vegetation, examining warts, the exposure and effects of sulfuric acid, observations of spider eyes and fangs, effects of light on oysters, formation of gems and their coloration, and in depth look into various salt crystals.
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Herrn von Buffons allgemeine Naturgeschichte
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1785 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Color Illustrated Evolution Microbiology 5v"Virtually all the well-known writers of the Enlightenment were 'Buffonians'"
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The monumental work by Comte de Buffon, "Histoire Naturelle," was fascinating 18th-century collection of articles and encyclopedia entries on material sciences, physics, chemistry, technology, as well as the history of animals. Buffon wrote the volumes with the intent of addressing all-natural history, but after realizing the grandeur of the work, he focused on the individual orders of living things. The DSB mentions that
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Herrn von Buffons allgemeine Naturgeschichte
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Markhams Farewell to hvsbandry : or, The enriching of all sorts of barren and sterile grounds in our nation, to be as fruitfull in all manner of graine, pulse and grasse, as best grounds whatsoever
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1656 Gervase Markham Farewell to Husbandry Agriculture FARMING Garden Rice WheatGervase Markham is one of the most prolific and well-known 17th-century authors of husbandry and jockey athletics. His book 'Farewell to Husbandry' is a rare work of agricultural history, focusing on the preservations and planting of grains and seeds. Other important topics include:
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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
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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
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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
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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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