Natural History from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Banner Elk: Shepherd M. Dugger, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 321 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in brown cloth. There is light wear to the binding. Corner edges are bumped. The text is clean and sound. A sturdy copy. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Reprinted from the 1934 edition.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 439 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in dark green cloth with gold lettering. There is light to moderate wear to the binding, which is faded and beginning to fray at the edges of the spine. Text is untrimmed. Text is toned… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 272 pages, indexed. Paperback in illustrated wrappers with a light green spine. There is minimal wear to the binding. Previous owner's name in ink on the half title. The text is clean and sound. Contains… Read more about this item

Madison, WI: Rusty Rock Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hovel, Steve. Quarto. 171 pages. Hardcover in an illustrated white dust jacket. Minimal wear to the dust jacket. The text is clean and sound. Illustrated with charts, tables, photographs and original ink drawings. The edition is limited to… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd / Gurney & Jackson, 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 208 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in three quarter black leather. The binding is covered in modern removable clear mylar. Moderate wear and rubbing to binding, although the leather on the spine… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Walter Hodges. 12mo. 385 pages, indexed. Hardcover in tan dust jacket. The jacket is worn and toned and has some chipping. Jacket spine is browned. There is a 1.5 inch long by .5 inch wide strip missing from the upper left… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Agnes Miller Parker. Quarto. [142] pages. Hardcover with a brown and white pictorial dust jacket. The jacket is worn and has several edge tears and some scuffing. The jacket is toned and is soiled… Read more about this item

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 551 pages, indexed. Hardcover in brown and white dust jacket. DJ has little wear, has been placed in protective mylar sleeve. Blank bookplate pasted on front pastedown. Pencilled notation at top edge of front flyleaf. Pencilled notation on rear flyleaf. Text is clean. … Read more about this item

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 196 pages, indexed. Hardcover with an orange and tan pictorial dust jacket. The jacket has a 1 3/4 tear at the top edge of the front and rear panels with some creasing at the… Read more about this item

Paris: Pourrat Freres, 1837. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 752 pages, indexed. A large format book measuring just over 10 inches tall by 7 1/4 inches wide. Hardcover bound in burgundy leather-back cloth. The leather spine has raised bands with elaborate gilt stamping in the compartments. Scuffing and… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1941. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quartos. Variously paginated. Hardcovers bound in burgundy buckram. The bindings are worn and soiled but sound. Damp spots on the spines of both volumes, and there is some heavy fading to… Read more about this item

New York, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longman's Green, and Co., 1912. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 299 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with cover designs embossed in gilt and lettering in black. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding with some pale spotting. Early owner's inscription… Read more about this item

Dallas, Texas: Taylor Trade Publishing, 1987. Tenth Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 349 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a green pictorial dust jacket. The headcap of the jacket is torn and damped. Prior owner's name on the front flyleaf. There is also some damping at the top… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh, PA: National Stockman, 1889. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 1074 pages, indexed. A large, heavy volume measuring just over 15 inches tall by11 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in 3/4 black leather with dark green marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is worn and scuffed and bumped. There is a… Read more about this item

Madison, Wisconsin: The Soil Science Society of America, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 4to. 442 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in green cloth. Cover is worn and rubbed, spine and corners are bumped. Endpapers are toned. Hinges are sound, text is clean.

Morgantown, WV: The Soil Science Society of America, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 4to. 539 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in green cloth. Cover is worn and rubbed, spine and corners are bumped. Hinges are sound, text is clean

Madison, Wisconsin: The Soil Science Society of America, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 4to. 420 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in green cloth. Cover is worn and rubbed, spine and corners are bumped. Endpapers are toned. Hinges are sound, text is clean.

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 160 pages. Hardcover bound in orange-brown publisher's cloth. Cover is worn and rubbed, spine and edges are bumped. Illustrated. Notes written on rear fly leaf, otherwise sound and clean.

London: The Falcon Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. 260 pages. Hardcover with a yellow and green pictorial dust jacket. The jacket is very worn with chips and tears along the top edges of the panel and with a 2 1/2 inch open tear along the rear hinge of the jacket near the headcap. … Read more about this item

Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Center for Public Policy, 1983. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 52 pages. Soft cover bound in stapled grey and blue wrappers. Binding is lightly bumped along edges. Hinges are tight and sound. Articles on North Carolina Railroads, Political Process and Forestry.