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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.
Les Lépidoptères de la Belgique leurs Chenilles et leurs Chrysalides décrits et figurés d'après nature by Dubois, Charles Frédéric; Dubois, Alphonse Joseph Charles - [1859-]1874-1884
by Dubois, Charles Frédéric; Dubois, Alphonse Joseph Charles
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Les Lépidoptères de la Belgique leurs Chenilles et leurs Chrysalides décrits et figurés d'après nature
by Dubois, Charles Frédéric; Dubois, Alphonse Joseph Charles
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Bruxelles & Leipzig: C. Muquardt, Merzbach et Falk, [1859-]1874-1884. , 424 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, with accompanying text leaves, folding col map. Roy. 8vo. HB. 3 vols, roy. 8vo, handsome cont. red half-morocco, marbled boards and endpapers; gilt tooling to spines with decorative motifs to spine compartments; all edges gilt. Some very minor rubbing to joints. Some spotting / foxing, heavier at beginning and end of each volume, affecting a few plates, and some light offsetting of text to facing plates. Some names neatly added to the text in pencil. Small ownership stamp of Eug. De Keyn. A very handsome set.. Text French. A beautifully illustrated work on the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) of Belgium. The illustrations have been drawn from life and lithographed by Alphonse Dubois. They illustrate the adult insect with its immature stages depicted on the larval foodplant. First and only edition. A scarce work as it was published in a short print run. Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804-1867) was a Belgian naturalist. On his death his son, Alphonse Joseph Charles Dubois (1839–1921) continued the work. Nissen ZBI 1164; Horn-Schenkling 5275..
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- Keywords ABABOOKFAIR; ABABOOKFAIR 2019; B5797; Belgium; Entomology; Europe; Hand; coloured plates; Lepidoptera
Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia
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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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The Farmer's Treasure; A Practical Treatise on the Nature and Value of Manures, Founded from Experiments on Various Crops W ith a Brief Account of All the Most Recent Discoveries in Agricultural Chemistry; bound with Productive Farming
by Falkner, F. And Smith, Joseph A.
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New York and Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Co. and Geo. S. Appleton, 1844. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 153,138 + catalogue of books. Brown embossed boards,gilt spine lettering, 2 separate titles bound in one volume. Corners worn, light spotting to covers, some insecting and chipping to hinges, but hinges are holding tightly and binding is sound, contents are variably foxed. The publication date of "Productive Farming" is 1843.
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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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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
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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Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia
by Cogger, Harold G.
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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 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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The Farmer's Treasure; A Practical Treatise on the Nature and Value of Manures, Founded from Experiments on Various Crops W ith a Brief Account of All the Most Recent Discoveries in Agricultural Chemistry; bound with Productive Farming
by Falkner, F. And Smith, Joseph A.
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New York and Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Co. and Geo. S. Appleton, 1844. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 153,138 + catalogue of books. Brown embossed boards,gilt spine lettering, 2 separate titles bound in one volume. Corners worn, light spotting to covers, some insecting and chipping to hinges, but hinges are holding tightly and binding is sound, contents are variably foxed. The publication date of "Productive Farming" is 1843.
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A Vertebrate Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides
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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
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 Farmer's Treasure; A Practical Treatise on the Nature and Value of Manures, Founded from Experiments on Various Crops W ith a Brief Account of All the Most Recent Discoveries in Agricultural Chemistry; bound with Productive Farming
by Falkner, F. And Smith, Joseph A
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New York and Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Co. and Geo. S. Appleton, 1844. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 153,138 + catalogue of books. Brown embossed boards,gilt spine lettering, 2 separate titles bound in one volume. Corners worn, light spotting to covers, some insecting and chipping to hinges, but hinges are holding tightly and binding is sound, contents are variably foxed. The publication date of "Productive Farming" is 1843.
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A Vertebrate Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides
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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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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 Citizen and Countryman's Experienced Farrier; by J. Markham, G. Jefferies, and Experienced Indians
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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…
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Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia
by Cogger, Harold G
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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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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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The Natural History of Pachydermes or Thick skinned Quadrupeds; consisting of the Elephant,Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Tapir, Hog &c
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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 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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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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