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Frankfurt: Dominicus a Sande, 1712. Paper-Covered Boards. Near Fine. First Edition, in Latin. Foolscap 8vo (160 x 98mm): [14],476,[38]pp, with title-page vignettte of galleon in full sail, woodcut head- and tailpieces and historiated initials, and 25 folding copper-engraved plates. Bound in speckled paper-covered boards (scuffed with minor loss to edges, spine, and rear board), all edges stained red. The binding is tight, the pages and plates all exceptionally clean and bright. An excellent example. Houzeau I, 10934. The German mathematician, astronomer, and theologian Johann Georg Liebknecht was a member of the Royal Society and correspondent of Leibniz. The present work, divided into three books, is equal parts mathematics, astronomy, geography, surveying, and navigation. Much of the content pertains to the scientific instruments each field employed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully…
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The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants. Containing all such English and Foreign Herbs, Shrubs and Trees as are used in Physick and Surgery....also directions for making compound-waters, syrups, electuaries, pills, powders...gums, balsams, oils, juices .
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The Red Lion in St Paul's Churchyard, London: R. & J. Bonwicke, 1707. "The Second edition, with the addition of many physical herbs and their vertues". 12mo (measures 165mm x 105mm), pp (6), 349, (29) (though errors in pagination mean that there are actually 411 pages of main text), slightly used and marked throughout, contemporary panelled calf, dull and cracke but very sound, early repairs to the corners, fairly recently rebacked with new calf spine, raised bands and title label. RARE. [Blanche Henrey 288.]. Second edition. Full-Leather. Good.
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Elementa Geographiae Generalis, Triplici Sectione Exposita, I. Praeliminaris naturam & constitutionem, itemque studii istiussara monstrat. II. Doctrinalis assections ejus demonstrat, & III. Artificialis objecti repraesentationem commonstrat. Cum Praestatione, Figuris aeneis, & indice
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Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde: Eine systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. I. Abt. 3. Band: Die palaearktischen Eulen (Tafeln)
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Text in German/Deutsch. Dark green linen-grain cloth over boards with dark brown morocco-grain cloth at fore corners and back; gilt spine titles; black end papers with cloth hinges. Lightly scuffed covers and spine; damp stain with fading along cover head edges (top 1 inch), does not affect end papers or interior leaves; bumped at rear cover top fore corner with tear in cloth; tightly bound; clean interior; few interior plates with light foxing. Table of Contents with 75 color litho plates. Folio. Cf, OCLC #634342752.
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Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America (Four Volumes)
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. sm folio. Complete in four volumes, with all plates. All volumes have been professionally and very nicely rebacked, retaining original spine covers. Gilt on spine is good, though slightly faded on a few letters. Covers are lightly rubbed and show a little wear at corners in general, and along the lower edges of volume IV. Small book plate on top front paste down, and inked name on blank front free end page. Free end leaves show a few creases. Volumes remain tight and are otherwise clean and intact.
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The "Bab" Ballads & More "Bab" Ballads Much Sound and Little Sense
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London: John Camden Hotten & George Routledge and Sons. Very Good+. 1869. Hardcover. Front cover on volume 2 ("More 'Bab' Ballads") is separated but not detached - not noticeable when shelved. Some light soiling to the smooth leather boards. Slight shelfwear to some edges and corners, but overall, a handsome set. ; Both volumes are full light brown leather with triple gilt fillet borders on front and rear boards. Five raised bands with elaborate gilt floral compartments and gilt lettering on the spines. Gilt dentell on inside front and rear boards. AEG. Original green cloth covers (front and back) and spines bound in the rear of both volumes. Clean and unmarked texts. Tight bindings. Date of "The 'Bab' Ballads" is 1869; "More 'Bab' Ballads" is undated. Moderately heavy set. Shipping and Insurance at cost. ; Vol. 2 VOL; Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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MASTERMAN READY: THE WRECK OF THE PACIFIC
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In three 8vo. volumes.Vol. 1: Three unnumbered title pages + vi-viii, pp.287 + 32 pp. Publisher's catalogues No.1 & 2, dated October, 1842;Vol. 2: 269pp. plus identical 32 pp. catalogues;Vol. 3: 225pp. and an additional note by author.
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Pharmacopoea Gandavensis Nobilissimi Senatus justus Renovata. [BOUND WITH:] ORDONNANTIE van Heer ende Weth der Stad Gend, op den TAUX der Droguen en Medicamenten, Raekende de Pharmacie van de Apothecarissen der voorzeyde Stad. Tot Gend, By Judocus Begey, gezwooren Stads-Drukker (1787)
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Gandavi,: Typis Judoci Begyn,, 1786 (= 1787).. [10], 466, [ii]; [iv], 44, [iv] pp. 4to (20 x 24.5 cm.). Recent half brown morocco, spine with 5 raised bands; marbled boards. ¶ An interesting municipal pharmacopoea, published by order of the Collegium Medici Gandensis under the editorship of the pharmacists J. de Bever, A.D. Goormachtigh, G. van den Haute, and J. de Vos. The popolar names of the Materia Medica also give in Dutch. This was the last of a series of the municipal pharmacopoeasof Gent. The first was published in 1653 as 'Antidotarium Gandavensis", followed by an edition in 1663, and in 1756 as 'Pharmacopoea Gandavensis'. This is the last municipal pharmacopoea published in Belgium, and new was that the names of the Materia Medica are given in both Latin and Dutch. Today very rare.-- (A number of leaves slightly browned and/or partly foxed).
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The history and management of the East-India Company from its origins in 1600 to the present times. Volume the first containing the affairs of the Carnatic in which the rights of the Nabob are explained + the injustice of the Company proved. A new edition
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London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1782 Book. Fair. Hardcover. [x], 274 pages + folding map. ESTC N17465. Only this volume ever published. Author identified in the ESTC listing. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of The Right Honourable George Rose. In old half leather, the spine is torn and very damaged with loss. Glue repairs. Front board held by cords. Corners also worn. Light browning to pages throughout. Offsetting to the folding map, which also has creases and a small tear. Front free end paper detached..
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De antiquis auri, argenti, stanni, aeris, ferri, plumbique fodinis, Blasii Carophili opsuculum
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Viennae, Pragae et Tergesti: Typis et sumtibus Ioannis Thomae Trattner, 1757 Book. Good. Full leather. xx, 152, [2] pages. Pages lightly browned throughout, heavier in places. In original full leather binding. Worn and torn at the head and foot of the spine. Modern ink owner's name to the front free end paper..
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1861 Хомяков Aleksey Khomyakov Poetry Literature Slavs Slavic Serbia Russia
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Pages: 148, III. Dimensions: 21,5 x 14,9 cm. Binding: Later half cloth binding. Condition: Ex library copy, with stamps on five pages. Stamp that certifies that the book was legally disposed from the library as a duplicate. Otherwise, a nice and clean copy with some minimal signs of paper aging. Inscribed by the author, on the half title, to "????????? ???????? ???????(?????)", the first Serbian Scientific society and predecessors of the Serbian Academy of Science and Art.
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Perspectives on Karst Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Geochemistry: A Tribute Volume to Derek C. Ford and William B. White
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The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants: Containing All Such English and Foreign Herbs, Shrubs and Trees, as Are Used in Physick and Surgery; And to ... of Some Learned Physician (Classic Reprint)
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The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants: Containing All Such English and Foreign Herbs, Shrubs and Trees, as Are Used in Physick and Surgery; And to ... of Some Learned Physician (Classic Reprint)
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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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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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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 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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Winter - Notes from Montana
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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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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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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