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G. P. Putnam’s Sons, N.Y., 1907. First Edition (shown). Hardcover. VG+/--. 7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/2. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. VERY GOOD PLUS. No dust jacket as issued or missing. Sewn binding. Boards and spine are green cloth, lettering is gilt on spine and front. Back cover has slightly bent corners, some edge wear and minor marks from adjacent book on shelf, but no rips or stains. Spine has some edge wear all four sides but no rips, is clean and quite bright, has a few small creases top and bottom. Front cover is same as back cover with a few marks from what looks like black sealing wax. Page edges are tinted, as issued, slightly sunned. Binding is a bit loose. Inside front and back covers have a bit of age darkening, also ink stamp “Property of the B.C. Mountaineering Club”. On ffep is attached the Rules of the B.C. Mountaineering Club, attached only at the top of the small green sheet. There are several places where the book has been…
Read More The Way Of The Wilderness. by Martha Reben - 1955
by Martha Reben
The Way Of The Wilderness.
by Martha Reben
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Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York., 1955. First Edition.. Hardcover.. Fine/VG. 8 1/4 W x 5 3/4 H x 1 1/8.. AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR. Very gently read. Book Interior FINE / Dust Jacket Very Good. Book has ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH in ink. Boards and spine are green cloth, lettering black. Dust jacket is white/green, lettering white/yellow/black, black/green photo front and black/white photo back. Dust jacket is NOT PRICE CLIPPED, has some age darkening on back cover and folds of flaps, spine is a bit sunned. The two flaps are white and bright, have miniscule edge wear original price is intact. Front of dust jacket is flat clean, bright, has chips in colour on front fold at flap, has a rip in front fold 2 1/8 inch H with paper in place except 1/4 inch piece at very bottom, has a 1/4 x 1/16 inch hole in fold of flap, has a small chip at top of flap fold. Bottom edge of dust jacket front is unmarred, top edge has a few small creases and three chips, largest is 1 1/2 x 3/16 inches, a thin line of colour is off on front about 1 inch long. Spine has pieces off bottom, largest is 1/2 W x 3/8 H inch and two pieces off top edge, largest is 3/4 W x 1 H inch. Back dust jacket is age darkened and more so around edges, has three outlines of stain largest is 1/2 W x 1 1/4 inches H, has a 1/4 inch rip on bottom edge and a piece missing out of top edge 1 W x 5/8 inches H with a 1/2 inch rip at centre, back dj has no edge wear, has 2 chips and a 5/8 inch rip at back flap fold. The book itself has front cover is clean, flat, no rips, no stains, has two slightly rubbed corner tips, has no edge wear except at top and bottom left corners where they join spine. Spine is clean, bright, no rips, no stains, has a bit of edge wear on top and bottom edges. Back cover is clean, flat, no rips, no stains, has a little bit of edge wear on both corner tips, a few dots on bottom board edge and no other edge wear except at top and bottom right corners where they join spine. Page edges very slightly sunned and a few dots of dirt on bottom edges. Inner end papers are white and ffep has ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. Inside of book is tight, clean, bright, clear, flat. One or two dog ears. Small bit of age darkening inside covers at binding. Owner’s name, address, date, ink on ffep. Original AUTOGRAPH by Author “Martha Reben” in black ink. Black/white photo plate at title page, “The Author With Mr. Rice”. No other photos, diagrams, or illustrations. An Adventure In Self-Discovery.
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- Pages 276 Pages.
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Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
by Brown, Stewaardson
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Biology of Coregonid Fishes
by Lindsey, C.C. (editors) (With C.S. Woods.)
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Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press [0-88755-107-6] 1970. (Hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 560pp. Illustrations, graphs, tables, photographs, maps, charts. The dust jacket has minor edgewear. Papers presented at the International Symposium of Biology of Coregonid Fishes held at Winnipeg, Canada, Augist 25-29 1969. (Natural History, Coregonid Fishes, Fish, Natural History).
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A History of Garden Art - Two Volumes
by Gothein, Marie Luise [Edited By Walter P. Wright]
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Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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London & Toronto, J. M. Dent; New York, E- P. Dutton & Co., 1928. First English language edition.Very well Illustrated throughout with 600 black-and-white illustrations, drawings and photographs. Dark Blue cloth covers with Gilt Peacock and Fountain Designs to fronts and spines. Top page edges Dark Green. Vol 1, 459 Pages and Vol 2, 486. 11" Tall. No inscriptions.The Fascinating History of Garden Design. Volume 1 starts with Ancient Egypt, includes Ancient Greece & Rome and goes up to the Renaissance Period. Volume 2 continues with the Renaissance, includes Louis XIV and the Masterpiece of Versailles, China and Japan, then the English Landscape Garden with Capability Brown, Kent etc, next the 19th C. and finally America and Canada. For larger or multi-volume items additional shipping charges may be necessary.
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Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments, Volume 2 Physical and Geochemical Methods
by Last, William M. (editors) (With John P. Smol.)
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Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers [1-4020-0628-4] 2001. (Hardcover) 504pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Illustrations, photographs, charts, tables, glossary, index. Top edge bumped. (Natural History, Environment, Geology, Lake Sediments, Natural History).
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Memoir of Thomas Bewick: Written By Himself 1822-1828
by Thomas Bewick
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's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
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Memoir of Thomas Bewick Written By Himself 1822-1828,with an introduction by Selwyn Image, Late Slade Professor of Fine Art, OxfordSixty-one illustrationsLondon - John Lane The Bodley Head LimitedPublished in 1924A clean, bright copy of a scarce classic. Illustrated with woodcuts by Bewick. first edition. Hard cover binding in grey cloth with black lining and pictorial decoration on front en black titels on spine. Frontispiece with portrait of Thomas Bewick opposite to titel page. Clean, tight bookblock xxxi and 246 pages tekst and a selection of the woodcuts in Bewick's "Quadrupeds" and "Birds" on pages 248 -274Extra; bookplate from previous owner Sir Edgar Wigram, Bt. on inner board and inscription "Edgar T. A. Wigram from his very loving mother H.M. Wigram ???? 1924" on first blank page.Sir Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram (6th Baronet) was born on 23 November 1864 and died in 1935. He was also known for his beautiful watercolour paintings and the book "Northern Spain, Painted and Described by Edgar…
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The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants (2 Volumes) (Publisher series: Flora of South Africa.)
by Dyer, R. Allen
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Pretoria: Republic of South Africa. Department of Agricultural Technical Services [0-621-02854-1] 1975, 1976. (4to) 1040pp. Very good plus, no dust jackets. Bright green leatherette with gilt lettering. Maps, indices. Light puckering on the front cover of vol.1. Publisher series: Flora of South Africa. Vol. 1 Dicotyledons. Vol. 2 Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons. Locale: South Africa. (Natural History, Botany--South Africa).
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Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
by Brown, Stewaardson
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G. P. Putnam’s Sons, N.Y., 1907. First Edition (shown). Hardcover. VG+/--. 7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/2. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. VERY GOOD PLUS. No dust jacket as issued or missing. Sewn binding. Boards and spine are green cloth, lettering is gilt on spine and front. Back cover has slightly bent corners, some edge wear and minor marks from adjacent book on shelf, but no rips or stains. Spine has some edge wear all four sides but no rips, is clean and quite bright, has a few small creases top and bottom. Front cover is same as back cover with a few marks from what looks like black sealing wax. Page edges are tinted, as issued, slightly sunned. Binding is a bit loose. Inside front and back covers have a bit of age darkening, also ink stamp “Property of the B.C. Mountaineering Club”. On ffep is attached the Rules of the B.C. Mountaineering Club, attached only at the top of the small green sheet. There are several places where the book has been…
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A naturalists wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago. A narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883
by Forbes, Henry O
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Harper & Brothers. New York. 1885. 8vo. xix, (1), 536, 4pp adverts. Coloured frontispiece of Mrs Forbes Honey Eater with tissue guard, 14 plates, numerous text illustrations including 1 map, 3 coloured folding maps, I coloured map, 1 monochrome map. Original pictorial cloth, gilt and black, slight wear to head of spine. Uniformly toned, a tight crisp copy. Orientalia booksellers plate, New York to rep. A nice copy.Henry O Forbes (1851-1932) Scottish explorer, zoologist and botanist. Travels and observations in The Cocos-Keeling Islands, Java, Sumatra, Moluccas and Timor-Laut, Buru, Timor etc
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Rickie and Henri (1st Print Signed by Jane Goodall)
by Goodall, Jane; Marks, Alan [Illustrator]
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- 9780698400023 / 069840002X
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Roselle Park, New Jersey, United States
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Minedition, 2004-09-01. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 11x9x0. Signed. SIGNED BY JANE GOODALL and NOT personally inscribed to anyone. A lovely true first printing in near-fine condition throughout. Looks terrific with the new mylar cover I added to the dust jacket. Extremely scarce signed. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
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Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe (Signed by Jane)
by Jane Goodall Institute
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Harry N. Abrams, 1999-11-15. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x0x11. Signed. SIGNED BY JANE GOODALL directly to the title page and briefly inscribed as shown. A lovely 3rd printing in near-fine condition with mild blemishes on the boards and dust jacket. Note color of dust jacket as shown in photo. Signed by author.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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- 9780394856438 / 0394856430
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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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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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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, Greater London, United Kingdom
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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
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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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
by Bass, Rick
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Moab, Utah, United States
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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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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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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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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
by Peter Oikarinen
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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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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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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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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