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Boston: Allen and Ticknor. Very Good+. 1833. First American Edition. Hardcover. xiii, (1), 110 pages; Original owner's faint pencil note on ffep "Sylvester Judd / from his friend / (?Geo.?) Buel" Otherwise unmarked and secure in original green cloth binding with printed title label at spine. Text quite clen and fresh, foxing to endpapers, a couple… Read more about this item

Paris: J.-B. Baillière. Very Good+. (1902). Printed Wrappers. vii, (1), 568 pages; Contents clean and secure in original printed wrappers; lower right corner of front wrapper slightly curled. A very nice example of this uncommon illustrated botanical work. Avec 873 figures dans le texte par Bergeron-Hérincq, Clément, Millot, Riocreux etc. et 30 … Read more about this item

Dorpati: Literis Michaelis Gerhardi Grenzii. Very Good. 1812. First Edition. Paperback. Universitate Caesarea Literarum Dorpatensi; 70 pages; Contents clean and complete in original marbled wrappers; Stamp of Surgeon General's Office at bottom of titlepage, overstamped "Withdrawn / NLM"; some minor wear to wrappers at spine ends. OCLC 249270367 The Academia… Read more about this item

Washington: Smithsonian Institution. Very Good. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 225 pages; Clean and secure in original green cloth binding, gilt lettering faded from spin; lower corner of front board bumped. Frontispiece portrait of Isaac Lea, additional illustrations, including two color lithograph plates, light foxing. The history and descriptive catalogue of the collections of… Read more about this item

Amsterdam & London: Landré et Meesters & Kew Books. Fine. 1976. Facsimile. Stiff Wrappers. 110 pages; Fine in publisher's printed wrappers. A facsimile reprint limited to 250 copies published by Kew Books and Landre & Meesters of the original 1899 edition, published by J. Rothschild in Paris -- which itself had been limited to 250 copies.… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 404 pages; Inscribed and Signed by the author on ffep - "Kermit and Polly -- / Best African / salaams! / Norman Myers / 8 May 1974" Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding in dustjacket with chipping… Read more about this item

New York: Time Warner. Near Fine. 1990. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 290 pages; Inscription on verso of front wrapper -- "Merry Christmas, father [Kermit Roosevelt Jr.] / I think you will / enjoy this one. If / I recall correctly / you had some early, / fascinating experiences in / Ethiopia yourself! / Love /… Read more about this item

Washington: Library of Congress. Very Good+. 1976. First Edition. Paperback. 35 pages; Stiff decorative paper wrappers plus 8vo companion brochure, both housed in original printed envelope (envelope creased at flap). Printed material related to the 1976 exhibition at the Library of Congress of of Landmarks in the Exploration of Ideas and Places. Introduction by… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 224 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. A superbly illustrated biography drawn heavily on Audubon's own journals, which offer revealing insights into the character and life of th is singular man. Reproductions of… Read more about this item

Saint John: J. & A. McMillan. Very Good. 1884. First Edition Thus. Printed wrappers. Transactions of the Linnaean Society of New York, Vol II, 1884, pp. (217)-225; 10 pages; Clean and secure in original printed wrappers; tiny chip at lower corners. Wonderful engraved plate of Bendire's Shrew by E.E.T.S [Ernest Thompson Seton] - one of his earliest… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Stoddart and Atherton. Good. 1830. Second Edition. Leather. 330 pages; Former owner's name "J. Daggett" otherwise contents clean and text block securely stitched, full leather contemporary binding quite worn at spine, hinges splitting. Beautifully illustrated with 19 full page engravings of many species, including Mountain Goats, Moose, Deer, Gerbils, Opossum, Beaver, Flying Squirrel,… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 130, 2, 4 (ads) pages; Contents clean and secure in original navy blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorative borders blindstamped, minor rubbing at head of spine and lower corners. Quite a nice book. Publisher's advertisement (Shepard Book Company) tipped in at rear. … Read more about this item

Saint John: J. & A. McMillan. Very Good. 1886. Printed wrappers. Natural History Society of New Brunswick, April 1886; 4, plate pages; Clean and secure in original printed wrappers; tiny chip at lower corners. Wonderful engraved plate of young lynx by E.E.T.S [Ernest Thompson Seton] - one of his early publications. Read before the New Brunswick… Read more about this item

Westminster: Archibald Constable. Very Good. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 256, (20 ads) pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding with bright gilt lettering and gilt image of a Russia two-headed eagle on front board, faded at spine and edges. Original owner's bookplatewith the coat of arms and motto "Fidelis ad Urnam" of the… Read more about this item

Sapporo: Miyabekingo Hakushi Kinen Shuppan Kanko-kai. Very Good+. 1953. Hardcover. 365 pages; Clean and secure in original tan boards, sharp corners; house in original printed card slipcase with wearcorner, slipcase cracked at top and bottom of back. OCLC 834669109 This is an extensive biography of the noted botanist and agricultural scientist Miyabe Kingo (1860-1951),… Read more about this item

Paris: Imprimerie et Librairie De J. Tremblay,. Good. 1882. First Edition. Publishers wrappers. Autograph; 340 pages; In the original publisher's printed pale blue-green wrappers. The spine is somewhat eroded at the upper and lower ends and retains some yellowed glassine which may have been added at some point to help preserve this fragile publication. The… Read more about this item

Queensland: The Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau. Very Good. 1918. Paperback. 120 pages; Unmarked and complete in original dark green wrappers with image of a sheep in a barnyard on front wrapper. Wrappers chopped along spine and corners. Contents illustrated with many halftones; a large folding map with some closed tears repaired with archival tissue tape … Read more about this item

Albany: Albany, Carroll and Cook. Very Good. 1843. First Edition. Print. Lith. of Endicott; 1 pages; A hand-coloured lithographic botanical plate measuring 29cm X 22cm; Plate from John Torrey's A Flora of the State of New-York, comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state; with remarks on their … Read more about this item

Albany: Albany, Carroll and Cook. Good. 1843. First Edition. Print. Lith. of Endicott; 1 pages; A hand-coloured lithographic botanical plate measuring 29cm X 22cm; Plate 14 from John Torrey's A Flora of the State of New-York, comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state; with remarks on their … Read more about this item

Albany: Albany, Carroll and Cook. Very Good. 1843. First Edition. Print. Lith. of Endicott; 1 pages; A hand-coloured lithographic botanical plate measuring 29cm X 22cm; Plate from John Torrey's A Flora of the State of New-York, comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state; with remarks on their economical… Read more about this item