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Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds including the Geographic Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations Thereon by Campbell, Archibald James - 1974
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Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds including the Geographic Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations Thereon
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Melbourne: Wren Publishing. 1974. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx].Two (2) volume set. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has a few small nicks [no loss] and is now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy.. Illustrated in Colour and black & white. A very nice set. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour illustrations. This is a heavy set and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 548 & 549-1102 pages. First published in 1900. This current edition was limited to 500 copies. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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PLANET EVOLUTION
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Biology of Coregonid Fishes
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A History of Garden Art - Two Volumes
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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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Memoir of Thomas Bewick: Written By Himself 1822-1828
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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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Amsterdam: S. J. Baalde, 1779. Very good +. Hand colored copper plate engraving measuring 9.25" x 11.5" depicting a grouping of 6 moths or butterflies. This plate illustrates Male and female Janus and an Egeus. There is descriptive text fully describing the insects in German and French, and a copy of a title page, in an envelope attached to the back of the mat. Exquisitely colored and finely detailed. This print is matted with acid free materials and shrink wrapped. The plate is not hinged, but is floated with acetate corners. This print has a few spots and a faint smudge in the background. There are reflections of the room in the shrink wrap which distort the photo. The print is uniform in condition with the few flaws noted. Quite scarce.
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PLANET EVOLUTION
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Las Vegas, NV: Flashner's Publishing Co.. Very Good+. 1996. Stated First Edition. Trade Paperback. 0964271818 . Book is Very Good + (plus). First Edition [stated]. Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Appears book never read. Back cover bottom corner has very slight bend mark to surface. Very slight bumping to cover corners and edges. Very slight surface shelf wear to cover. ; Trade PB; 106 pages .
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Biology of Coregonid Fishes
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A History of Garden Art - Two Volumes
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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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Memoir of Thomas Bewick: Written By Himself 1822-1828
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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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Amsterdam: S. J. Baalde, 1779. Very good +. Hand colored copper plate engraving measuring 9.25" x 11.5" depicting a grouping of 6 moths or butterflies. This plate illustrates Male and female Janus and an Egeus. There is descriptive text fully describing the insects in German and French, and a copy of a title page, in an envelope attached to the back of the mat. Exquisitely colored and finely detailed. This print is matted with acid free materials and shrink wrapped. The plate is not hinged, but is floated with acetate corners. This print has a few spots and a faint smudge in the background. There are reflections of the room in the shrink wrap which distort the photo. The print is uniform in condition with the few flaws noted. Quite scarce.
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2 VOLUMES-COMPLETE. Nest & Eggs of Australian Birds (ltd ed 500copies)
by Campbell, A.J. (Archibald James)
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Melbourne: Wren Publishing, 1974. HEAVY. 2 VOLUMES-COMPLETE. xl, 548; pp549-1101 + 27 col plates at rear; index, appendix, bw ills. Green cloth in jackets. Spines with some fading, minor edge wear to jackets with several very short edge tears (longest 1cm). Originally published in 1900 this facsimile set was limited to 500 copies. Includes 130 photographs of nest, eggs and nesting sites and 28 col plates depicting in lifesize the eggs of 200 species. An imporatant work on the subject.. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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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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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 Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
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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
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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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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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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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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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