Search Results: Natural History from Carnegie Hill Books

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990. Octavo. xii, 175 pp; 16 color plates by Elsie Louise Shaw. Green cloth with gilt decoration & lettering in cardboard slipcase with color plate affixed. VG/VG-, a few spots of light soiling on slipcase.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Leipzig: Insel Verlag c.1934. Small octavo, 79 pp; 16 "shear-cuts" (silhouettes) by the author. Gothic German text. Decorated paper covered boards. VG. Book number 426. Rough translation = The meadow book with 16 shear cuts by the author. Island Books No. 426.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1934. Small octavo. 74 pp; high contrast b/w illustrations for the identification of trees, each listed tree has descriptive text, a silhouette of the tree and a plate of leaf and fruit details. Text in gothic German. Paper covered boards with inked titles, spine sunned, pages sl yellow. VG-. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Collins, 1947. Second impression. Octavo. 47 pp; 8 color & 19 b/w illustrations. Illustrated boards in dustjacket with identical image. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, front & rear endpapers foxed; jacket spine toned with moderate wear - lightly chipped ends & small nicks & scratches.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1964. First printing. Octavo. 67 pp; illustrated with numerous b/w photos and sketches. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Near Fine/VG+, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket spine & edges of back panel of jacket toned. The story of nature and man on Long Island. "a scientist's precise account of the land and its inhabitant, tinged with nostalgia for bygone days and vanished creatures.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London/NY: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1979. Octavo. 120 pp; illustrated. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine lettering in dj. Near fine/Near fine. Review copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. Third printing. Octavo. 340 pp; 2 maps; b/w illustrations; index. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy. Inscribed by the author on half title page. A vivid history of the Hudson River through four centuries, it includes the stories of Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt, the Astors and the Vanderbilts, and the artist Thomas Cole of the Hudson River School. Also many less famous individuals such as the surveyor who found the source of the Hudson.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Thomas Crowell, 1958. First American printing. Octavo. 158 pp; 24 half-tone plates and numerous sketches by the author. Cloth in dustjacket. Near fine in near fine dj. Small adhesive stain to each ffep and mild contact tanning to end papers from earlier jacket protector, else near fine. With an introduction by Konrad Lorenz. Lilli Koenig has chosen the wildlife around her home in the deep woods near Vienna as the subjects of her delightful animal biographies. Each tale is the life story of an animal, full of adventure yet scientifically accurate and informative.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1982. First edition. Quarto, 191 pp; numerous color plates, many b/w sketches in the text. Cloth with dust jacket. VG+/VG+ to near fine, jacket price-clipped. A great copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Collins, 1947. Third printing. Octavo. 47 pp; 8 color plates & 28 b/w illustrations. Green pictorial boards with matching dustjacket. VG/VG, top of spine chipped w/corresponding chip in jacket, white lettering on jacket spine tanned & edges of spine rubbed, light foxing on inside of jacket. One volume in the 'Britain in Pictures' series.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.