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Eyes in Arthropods
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Eyes in Arthropods

by Parker, G.H.

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Cambridge, MA: Harvard College, 1887. Contains 4 Bulletins of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College- Vol. XII, No. 6, The Eyes in Scorpions, with 4 Color Plates, Dec. 1887; Vol.XX, No. 1, The Histology and Development of the Eye in the Lobster, with 4 Color Plates, May, 1890; Vol. XX, No.5, The Eyes in Blind Crayfishes, with 1 Color Plate, November, 1890; and Vol. XXI, No. 2, The Compound Eyes in Crustaceans, with 10 Color Plates, May, 1891. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th of these Bulletins are SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on each first page of text by the author to Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann . G.H. Parker was Professor of Zoology and Director of the Zoological Laboratory at Harvard. Dr Carl Eigenmann was a noted Professor of Zoology at Indiana University who, along with his wife, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North and South America for the first time. Eigenmann Hall on the Indiana University campus is named for him. Buckram spine and corners, with gilt lettering on spine, and… Read More
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The Mammals of Australia : Incorporating the 3 Original Volumes
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The Mammals of Australia : Incorporating the 3 Original Volumes

by John Gould (With Modern Notes By Joan M. Dixon)

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Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1983. Jacket has discolouration to spine (turned slightly darker than the rest of the jacket). 416 pages with over 150 colour plates. Includes Volume I - Australian Marsupials and Monotremes, Volume II - Kangaroos and Volume III - Placental Mammals of Australia. Oversize, heavy book (almost 3kg). . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia

Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia

by Cogger, Harold G.

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SEVENTH EDITION
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, 2014. 1033 pages with colour photos, line drawings and distribution maps. Comprehensive guide to the identification of Australia's rich and varied herpetofauna - 1218 species of frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizards, and snakes. Also includes a glossary, extensive list of references and basic guides to the collection, preservation and captive care of specimens. Heavy book (3kg). . SEVENTH EDITION. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Holstein Herd Book:  Containing a Record of the Holstein Cattle in the United States.  Also, A...
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Holstein Herd Book: Containing a Record of the Holstein Cattle in the United States. Also, A sketch of the Holstein Race of Cattle

by [Chenery, Winthrop W.]

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Boston: The Association of Breeders of Thoroughbred Holstein Cattle, 1872. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 71 pages, plus six lithographic plates. Blank end leaves are darkened. Scattered, mostly light, foxing. Water stain along the outside edge of last 15 leaves, not affecting text or images, and not sticking. Covers show a few light scuffs and smudges, though overall volume remain tight and fairly clean. Acceptable copy of this scarce first work on the Holstein breed in the U.S. Contents cover early history of the breed and its introduction to the U.S. Details included on all 61 bulls and 67 cows in the U.S. at the time of compilation, most of these having been imported from North Holland.
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Shearing Day
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Shearing Day: Sheep Handling, Wool Science, and Shearing with Blades

by Ford, Kevin

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Charlemont, Massachusetts: Feet on the Ground Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 146 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Wonderful and long out of print detailed instruction on handling sheep, handling wool and shearing sheep with blades by the acknowledged master shearer. Signed at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in 1999 "To Merike and Dane, Best Wishes and much love, Kevin." Green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Book shows very light shelf wear at spine and slight bumping of corners, two or three tiny spots on front cover, a few more tiny spots on back cover, interior pages bright. Illustrated green dust jacket with green and black titles. Very light wear with slight edge wrinkling to dust jacket, small ding in back cover of jacket, not clipped. Rare and out of print. Animal husbandry. Measures 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches.
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A Vertebrate Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides
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A Vertebrate Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides

by J. A. Harvie-Brown and T. E. Buckley

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Chippenham, Wiltshire
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Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive description of the vertebrate fauna, mainly birds, of these remote islands with illustrations and maps.Internally very good in original slightly worn green cloth. Fine folding map, laid down on linen, of the area at rear together with publisher's catalogue. Spine faded. Please note that this is a heavy book that will require additional postage if sent outside the UK. Kindly contact me for a revised shipping quotation, before ordering, should this apply.
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A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands
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A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands

by Arthur H. Evans and T. E. Buckley

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Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive description of the vertebrate fauna, mainly birds, of these remote islands with illustrations and maps.Internally very good in original worn green cloth. Damage to top of hinge (see photos). Folding map at rear together with publisher's catalogue. Please note that this is a heavy book that will require additional postage if sent outside the UK. Kindly contact me for a revised shipping quotation, before ordering, should this apply.
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The Natural History of Pachydermes or Thick skinned Quadrupeds; consisting of the...
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The Natural History of Pachydermes or Thick skinned Quadrupeds; consisting of the Elephant,Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Tapir, Hog &c

by Sir William Jardine

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EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1836 1st edition of Volume V of the Jardine's Naturalist's Library which includes elephants, hippos, hogs etc. in original publisher's cloth binding with 30 plates of which 26 are hand coloured. With listing of volumes in the series; half title; engraved frontispiece of Sir Hans Sloane; vignette title page showing Indian Elephants; 2 further title pages; an advertisement, contents listing; Memoir of Sir Hans Sloane; text with engravings and 30 plates of which 26 are hand coloured. The binding has some sunning to the spine and adjoining section of the boards. There is some chipping to the top and bottom of the spine, with a little loss at the bottom. The original green endpapers are present, with a couple of light inscriptions to the top of the fep. The text is clean - some of it is unopened - and there is some brown toning to edges. The plates are clean and well coloured. Plates 19, 20 and 21 have a slight rumple at the top corner.
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The Citizen and Countryman's Experienced Farrier; by J. Markham, G. Jefferies, and...
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The Citizen and Countryman's Experienced Farrier; by J. Markham, G. Jefferies, and Experienced Indians

by Markham, Gervase

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Chambersburg , Pa: Thomas J. Wright, 1839. Hardcover. Good +. 332, [10] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary tree calf; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Experienced Farrier. Former owner's inscription on front fixed endpaper: John Burkholder's Book 1853. Name repeated on front free endpaper. "To the reader": signed C.D. Lesher. Includes Table of Drugs and Herbs, and Where They May Be Had, and index. Contents: I. The most and best approved method of ordering, dieting, exercising, purging, scowering, and cleansing of horses -- II. A certain sure method to know the true state of any horse's body, as to sickness or health -- III. The true shape of a horse explained; with choice directions for buying -- IV. An experienced and approved method of raising horses -- V. A sure and certain rule to know the age of any horse -- VI. The best and experienced way of keeping the common hackney -- VII. An approved method of purging, bleeding, and feeding cattle -- A valuable and fine… Read More
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The Practical Rabbit Keeper
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The Practical Rabbit Keeper

by Cuniculus

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London, Paris, New York and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited A very good copy in the original decorative cloth binding with double page frontispiece, 3 further double page plates and 2 single plates. Numerous illustrations in the text. A very scarce work. Undated but probably 1890's. The binding, which has a gilt lop-eared rabbit on the front board and gilt titles to spine is in very good clean condition. There are a couple of small patches of cloth wear on the spine joints, a small lighter area on the back board and light wear to corners. The original endpapers are present - there is a signature 'Florence 16.9.10' to the fep. Contents very clean with light foxing in places (endpapers and margins). With 16 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. A very nice copy.
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Report of the Entomological commission 1882-83 VOL. 15
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Report of the Entomological commission 1882-83 VOL. 15: Third report

by U.S. Dept Of Agriculture

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DESCRIPTIONS OF LARVA OF INJURIOUS FOREST INSECTS, STUDIES ON THE EMBRYOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCUST AND OF OTHER INSECTS, AND ON THE SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF THE ORTHOPTERA IN RELATION TO OTHER ORDERS OF INSECTS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUST. THE WESTERN CRICKET. THE ARMY WORM, CANKER WORMS, AND THE HESSIAN FLY; 2 MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. PHOTOS REPRESENT CONDITION.
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