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Boston: Allen And Ticknor. Very Good+. 1833. First American Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 110 pages; Boston: Very Good+. 1833. First American Edition. Xiii, (1) , 110 pages; Original owner's faint pencil note on ffep "Sylvester Judd / from his friend / (? Geo. ? ) Buel" Otherwise unmarked and secure in original green cloth binding with printed title… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press. Very Good-. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Drawings; 213 pages; Contents clean and secure in original gray cloth binding, slight lean. Former owner's name and address on ffep "Kermit Roosevelt / XXXXX / April, 1960" -- this would be Kermit Roosevelt III (father of Kermit Roosevelt IV, later referred to as "III" since his granfather's… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press. Very Good-. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Drawings; 213 pages; Contents clean and secure in original gray cloth binding, cloth foxed and faded, small hole at bottom of front gutter. Gift inscription on ffep "Kermit Roosevelt Jr / from Ed Whitney" -- this would be Kermit Roosevelt III (father of Kermit Roosevelt IV, later referred… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Verlag von Friedrich Engelmann. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1912. Second Revised Edition. Original Printed Wrappers. (x), 532, (6) pages; Contents clean and complete in original dark gray textured wrappers with silver lettering in near Very Good dustjacket with photograph of horse on front wrapper; chipped and worn at lower edge and base of spine. 2. unveränderte… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nuttall Ornithological Club. Very Good+. 1923. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; 141 pp. pages; Publisher's dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very nice condition, with spine ends and corners showing just a touch of light rubbing. Gravure frontispiece with original tissue guard intact -- three additional prints, as issued. A… Read more about this item

Lisboa: Typografia de A.S. Coelho. Very Good+. 1840. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Contents clean and secure in original patterned bindings with gilt lettering at spine; worn at spine ends and corners; quite a nice atractive set of this scarce work. OCLC 434201784 (cites only one location). Pagination: Vol. 1: XII,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good+. 1898. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. viii, (iv), 11-233 pages; OCLC 7391898404 Contents clean and secure in original green cloth decorative binding; spine mildly faded, otherwise quite a very nice example of this lovely book. Illustrated with four full page plates, including frontispiece… Read more about this item

Quebec: CEAC ( Centre for Experimental Art and Communication). New. 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages; New in original shrinkwrap. Text in English, French and Spanish. Since 2012, the artist has taken us on a journey from New York to Surinam, from performance to the studio and looks with humor at our increasingly unequal relationships… Read more about this item

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1889. First Edition. Hard Cover. 600 pages; Contents clean, secure and complete in original brown cloth binding; rubbed at spine and ends; former shelf mark blacked out at base of spine. Bookplate of former owner on front pastedown, stamped "withdrawn" on bookplate and rear endpapers; blind stamp on title.… Read more about this item

Amsterdam & London: Landré et Meesters & Kew Books. Fine. 1976. Facsimile. Stiff Wrappers. 110 pages; Fine in publisher's printed wrappers. A facsimile reprint limited to 250 copies published by Kew Books and Landre & Meesters of the original 1899 edition, published by J. Rothschild in Paris -- which itself had been limited to 250 copies.… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 404 pages; Inscribed and Signed by the author on ffep - "Kermit and Polly -- / Best African / salaams! / Norman Myers / 8 May 1974" Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding in dustjacket with chipping… Read more about this item

New York: Time Warner. Near Fine. 1990. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 290 pages; Inscription on verso of front wrapper -- "Merry Christmas, father [Kermit Roosevelt Jr.] / I think you will / enjoy this one. If / I recall correctly / you had some early, / fascinating experiences in / Ethiopia yourself! / Love /… Read more about this item

Washington: Library of Congress. Very Good+. 1976. First Edition. Paperback. 35 pages; Stiff decorative paper wrappers plus 8vo companion brochure, both housed in original printed envelope (envelope creased at flap). Printed material related to the 1976 exhibition at the Library of Congress of of Landmarks in the Exploration of Ideas and Places. Introduction by… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 224 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. A superbly illustrated biography drawn heavily on Audubon's own journals, which offer revealing insights into the character and life of th is singular man. Reproductions of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Stoddart and Atherton. Good. 1830. Second Edition. Leather. 330 pages; Former owner's name "J. Daggett" otherwise contents clean and text block securely stitched, full leather contemporary binding quite worn at spine, hinges splitting. Beautifully illustrated with 19 full page engravings of many species, including Mountain Goats, Moose, Deer, Gerbils, Opossum, Beaver, Flying Squirrel,… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 130, 2, 4 (ads) pages; Contents clean and secure in original navy blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorative borders blindstamped, minor rubbing at head of spine and lower corners. Quite a nice book. Publisher's advertisement (Shepard Book Company) tipped in at rear. … Read more about this item

Saint John: J. & A. McMillan. Very Good. 1886. Printed wrappers. Natural History Society of New Brunswick, April 1886; 4, plate pages; Clean and secure in original printed wrappers; tiny chip at lower corners. Wonderful engraved plate of young lynx by E.E.T.S [Ernest Thompson Seton] - one of his early publications. Read before the New Brunswick… Read more about this item

Westminster: Archibald Constable. Very Good. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 256, (20 ads) pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding with bright gilt lettering and gilt image of a Russia two-headed eagle on front board, faded at spine and edges. Original owner's bookplatewith the coat of arms and motto "Fidelis ad Urnam" of the… Read more about this item

Washington: Island Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Inscribed on ffep " To Kay - / How I wish / Rowley were here / too, to glance at / this. Tish Oct 2001" The first lady… Read more about this item

Sapporo: Miyabekingo Hakushi Kinen Shuppan Kanko-kai. Very Good+. 1953. Hardcover. 365 pages; Clean and secure in original tan boards, sharp corners; house in original printed card slipcase with wearcorner, slipcase cracked at top and bottom of back. OCLC 834669109 This is an extensive biography of the noted botanist and agricultural scientist Miyabe Kingo (1860-1951),… Read more about this item