Category: Natural History

The Smaller British Birds. With Descriptions of their Nests, Eggs, Habits, etc. etc. etc.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, George Bell & Sons : 1874

Seller ID: 689

Green cloth covers with gold and black stamped lettering and decoration remains attractive and fairly bright though shows rubbing along edges and a stain on the bottom cover. All edges are gilded. 32 chromolithographic plates. Some plates with edge wear and soiling though images remain good. Binding tight and is overall fairly clean.
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The Summit of the Years

By: Burroughs, John

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Houghton Mifflin Company : 1913

Seller ID: 1795

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Covers show light wear at corners and spine ends. Block edges toned. Binding tight. Non-author gift inscription on ffep. DJ Shows moderate surface staining and fading. Spine ends chipped with a little loss (touching title though title remains readable).
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Parasitological Topics a Presentation Volume to P. C. C. Garnham F. R. S. on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday 1981

By: Canning (editor)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Utica, NY, Society Of Protozoologists : 1981

Seller ID: 3511

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

This is a presentation copy on the occasion the 80th birthday of P. C. C. Garnham F. R. S. Special Publication No. 1. This book is still in the original intact shrink wrap which is undamaged & has never been opened. It is as it came from the publisher. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 289 pages
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Fallow Deer: Their History, Distribution and Biology

By: Chapman, Donald; Chapman, Norma

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Lavenham, Terence Dalton Limited : 1975

Seller ID: 6461

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Light rubbing; DJ shows a half inch closed tear from lower edge over bottom board; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages
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F. W. Frohawk: His Life and Work

By: Chatfield, June

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, The Crowood Press : 1987

Seller ID: 6603

ISBN-13: 9780946284689

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

As new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages
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A Naturalist in Hindustan

By: Hingston, R. W. G.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Small, Maynard & Company : N.D.

Seller ID: 6848

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Contents remain mostly un-opened. Green cloth covers are lightly rubed and show very slight wear at corners. Gilt lettering on spine remains clear, though a little faded. Tight and clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages
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The Wheat Plant: Its Origin, Culture, Growth, Development, Composition, Varieties, Diseases, Etc., Etc., together with a Few Remarks on Indian Corn, Its Culture, Etc.,

By: Klippart, John H.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, A. O. Moore & Company : 1860

Seller ID: 688

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Indexed, plus ads; 100 illustrations; Cloth covers show some chips and wear at spine ends; Corners are a little bumped; Gilt lettering and decoration on spine is a little faded, though present; Light scuffs on covers and edges of text block; Minimally ex-library with KS State Board of Ag. library book plate on front paste down and small inked stamp on blank front end page; No other library markings; Volume remains tight and otherwise very clean.
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The Kingdom of Nature An Illustrated Museum of the Animal World...

By: Leslie, Mrs. Frank (Ed)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Chicago, Thompson & Thomas : 1888

Seller ID: 2905

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor

Pictorial cloth covers dull with light wear at edges. Both hinges broken and book is disbound. Block remains complete with only light wear at edges and to first and last few pages. An easy fix for an experianced binder. ; Includes hundreds of illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Proceedings of the Black-Footed Ferret & Prairie Dog Workshop, September 4-6, 1973; Rapid City, South Dakota

By: Linder, Raymond L. & Conrad N. Hillman

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Brookings, SD, South Dakota State University : 1973

Seller ID: 6729

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Tape over spine a little torn at ends. Slight curl to covers. Text unmarked and tightly bound ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 208 pages
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Mineral Resources of the United States 1920: Part I - Metals

By: Loughlin, G. F.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1922

Seller ID: 6588

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Covers show light rubbing along edges and few light scuffs; There is a small moisture stain along the outside edge of front cover; Blind library stamp of two blank front end pages and on title page; NO other library markings; Volume is tight and contens remain very clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 611 pages
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Image for Catalog of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. IV. Artiodactyla, Families Cervide (Deer) , Tragulide (Chevrotains) , Camelide (Camels and Llamas) , Suide (Pigs and Peccaries) , and Hippopotamide (Hippos).

Catalog of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. IV. Artiodactyla, Families Cervide (Deer) , Tragulide (Chevrotains) , Camelide (Camels and Llamas) , Suide (Pigs and Peccaries) , and Hippopotamide (Hippos).

By: Lydekker, R.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, The Trustees of the British Museum : 1915

Seller ID: 7335

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Ex-Library with usual markings. Covers are worn at edges with bumped corners and curled spine ends. Text remains fairly clean and well bound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 438 pages
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Image for Catalog of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III. Artiodactyla, Families Bovidae, Subfamilies Aepycerotinae to Tragelaphinae (Pala, Saiga, Gazelles Etc. ) , Antilocapridae (Prongbuck) , and Giraffidae (Giraffes and Okapi).

Catalog of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III. Artiodactyla, Families Bovidae, Subfamilies Aepycerotinae to Tragelaphinae (Pala, Saiga, Gazelles Etc. ) , Antilocapridae (Prongbuck) , and Giraffidae (Giraffes and Okapi).

By: Lydekker, R. & G. Blaine

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, The Trustees of the British Museum : 1914

Seller ID: 7334

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Ex-Library with usual markings. Covers are worn at edges with bumped corners and curled spine ends. Text remains fairly clean and well bound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages
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Image for Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol. V. Perissodactyla (Horses, Tapirs, Rhinoceroses) , Hyracoidea (Hyraxes) , Proboscidea (Elephants) with Addenda to Earlier Volumes

Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol. V. Perissodactyla (Horses, Tapirs, Rhinoceroses) , Hyracoidea (Hyraxes) , Proboscidea (Elephants) with Addenda to Earlier Volumes

By: Lydekker, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Trustees of the British Museum : 1916

Seller ID: 6604

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Usual library markings. Light wear to cover edges. Light spotted foxing to title page, otherwise clean text in a tight binding. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages
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Galapagos Pacific

By: Maldonado-Robles, Luis

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paris, Editions DS : 1982

Seller ID: 6971

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Includes a personalized note from an Abercrombie & Kent travel guide and an invitation to a pool party for the author (also from Abercrombie and Kent. ) Cover corners bumped and a bit rubbed. Text shows signs of repeated reading. Jacket is creased and rubbed at all edges. ; Color Photographs; 136 pages; Signed by Author
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Image for Mosses and Lichens: a Popular Guide to the Identitification and Study of Our Commoner Mosses and Lichens, Their Uses, and Methods of Preserving (Volume Fourteen from the Nature Library)

Mosses and Lichens: a Popular Guide to the Identitification and Study of Our Commoner Mosses and Lichens, Their Uses, and Methods of Preserving (Volume Fourteen from the Nature Library)

By: Marshall, Nina L.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company : 1908

Seller ID: 7118

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Very slight rubbing along edges of cloth covers. Unmarked, clean text in a tight binding. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 327 pages
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In Your Own Back Yard A Guide for Great Plains Gardening

By: Marson, Chuck

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Topeka, KS, Baranski Publishing : 1983

Seller ID: 6291

ISBN-13: 9780941974011

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Signed "Happy Gardening" and dated 1983 by the author on the half title page. Cover corners and external hinges worn with creasing at the top front cover corner. Text is lightly edge toned with a few light signs of wear scattered throughout. ; 154 pages; Signed by Author
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Fieldbook of American Wild Flowers

By: Mathews, F. Schuyler

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. : 2003

Seller ID: 406

ISBN-13: 9781402711220

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Covers have moderate wear; bent corners, 2 or 3 edge bumps, and 2 spots of fading on front. Book is askew. Text is yellowed but remains clean and tight.
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Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous

By: Palmer, Julius A.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Boston, L. Prang & Co. : 1885

Seller ID: 8069

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Cover edges rubbed with wear at corners and spine ends. Front cover paper label dulled with rubbing at its edges. William C. Menninger bookplate on the front pastedown. 4 pages of text have light underlining in pencil. Mrs. Menninger's signature found on title page and also at the corner of one of the 12 color lithographs. Binding remains sound. Light creasing and soiling to lithographs. ; William C. Menninger was a co-founder with his brother Karl and his father of The Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, an internationally known center for psychiatric treatment. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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The World of the Walrus

By: Perry, Richard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Cassell : 1967

Seller ID: 6837

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Inscribed by the author on blank front free end page; Foxing of upper and fore edges; DJ shows a little rubbing along edges, and light wear over spine ends; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pages; Signed by Author
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Image for The Ostrich, Supplement No. 3, Proceedings of the First Pan-African Ornithological Congress Held At Livingstone, Souther Rhodesia 15 to 19 July, 1957, under the Auspices of the South African Ornithological Society

The Ostrich, Supplement No. 3, Proceedings of the First Pan-African Ornithological Congress Held At Livingstone, Souther Rhodesia 15 to 19 July, 1957, under the Auspices of the South African Ornithological Society

By: Rowan, M. K. (Ed. )

Price: $15.00

Publisher: South African Ornithological Society : 1959

Seller ID: 6817

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

Corners a bit curled. Top of spine has a very small tear along the front cover. Text is lightly edge toned with a few scattered creases. Binding remains tight. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 445 pages
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