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Oomingmak: The Expedition to the Musk Ox Island in the Bering Sea
by Peter Matthiessen
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1967
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- Pictorial cloth
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£40.33
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New York: Hastings House, 1967. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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First Annual Report of the Forest Commission of the State of New York, For the Year 1885
by Townsend Cox, Commissioner
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1886
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- Cloth
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
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£403.30
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Albany, NY: The State of New York, 1886. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon maiden annual report (1885) of New York State's Forest Commission. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with light wear and spotting along the top-edges and the fore-edges. Internally very sharp, with no writing or markings to speak of. Tipped-in strip at the front free… Read more about this item Item Price
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On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection--On the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life (2 Vols.)
by Charles Darwin
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- Used - Very Good +
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- 1889
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- Cloth
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£201.65
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889. Cloth. Very Good +. A handsome copy of this 1889 "authorized" American edition, "with additions and corrections from sixth and last English edition". Complete in 2 octavo volumes. Both volumes clean and VG+ in their russet cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spines. A touch of very light wear at the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Snakes of the World (in Dustjacket)
by Raymond L. Ditmars
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1931
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- Cloth
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£241.98
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The November 1931 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG in its green cloth, with very light spotting along the panels and 2 pgs. of offsetting (pgs. 92-93), where a newpaper had been laid-in. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG example of the fragile dustjacket,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Silva: or. a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: As It Was Delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662, upon Occasion of Certain Quaeries Propounded to That Illustrious Assembly, by the Honourable the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy. Together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves
by John Evelyn, Esq
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- Used - Very Good +
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- 1786
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- Full calf
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£806.60
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York, England: Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley, 1786. Full calf. Very Good +. The 1786 "new" edition. 2 volumes in 1, to which is added "The Terra: A Philosophical Discourse on Earth". With an engraved frontispiece portrait of John Evelyn by Bartolozzi, 3 folding (or double-page) tables and 4 engraved plates, including 1 folding and 1… Read more about this item Item Price
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First and Second Annual Report of the Conservation Commissions: Divisions of Lands and Forests and Fish and Game (2 Vols.)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1912
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- Cloth
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£120.99
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Albany, NY: The Conservation Commission, State of New York, 1912. Cloth. Near Fine. The 1911 and 1912 first 2 annual reports of the Conservation Commissions of the State of New York. Both volumes solid and VG+ to Near Fine in their olive-green cloth, with bright, completely unrubbed gilt-titling and insignia along the spines. Just a touch of light… Read more about this item Item Price
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Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views (Vol. II)
by William Gilpin
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- Used - Very Good -
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- 1834
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- Boards
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£80.66
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Edinburgh: Fraser & Co, 1834. Boards. Very Good -. The 1834 1st edition, Vol. II only. Tight and VG- to VG in its purple boards, with pronounced offsetting to the rear panel, light offsetting along the front panel's fore-edge and uniform fading at the spine. The text, while complete, shows errors in pagination and was misbound by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Camps in the Caribbees: The Adventures of a Naturalist in the Lesser Antilles
by Frederick A. Ober
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- Used - Very Good +
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- 1880
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- Decorative Cloth
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Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1880. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A very pleasing copy of the 1879 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its russet cloth, with lovely pictorial gilt-design and titling along the front panel and spine. Abrading and wear at the inner hinges (which are both still perfectly strong), a touch of light scuffing to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wake-Robin
by John Burroughs
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1871
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- Cloth
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New York (and Cambridge, MA): Hurd and Houghton (and Riverside Press), 1871. Cloth. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY JOHN BURROUGHS IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1871 1st edition of the author's 2nd published book. Solid and VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with decorative gilt-titling and insignia along the front panel… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-Kangaroos (2 Vols.)
by Gordon Grigg, Peter Jarman and Ian Hume, Eds
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Published
- 1989
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£80.66
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Australia: Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Limited, 1989. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 1989 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes clean and Fine in crisp, Fine dustjackets. Tall quartos, over 830 pgs. all told plus dozens and dozens of diagrams and black-and-white photos.
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A Catalogue of the Mesozoic Mammalia in the Geological Department of the British Museum
by George Gaylord Simpson
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1928
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£120.99
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London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1928. Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1928 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-insignia and lettering along the spine. Tiny former owner name (and date) stamped at the front pastedown's top-edge, otherwise clean as could be. Tall quarto, 11 plates at the… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Mesozoic Mammalia
by George Gaylord Simpson
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- Used - Very Good +
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- 1929
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- Cloth
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£120.99
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1929. Cloth. Very Good +. A very solid copy of the 1929 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with crisp gilt-lettering and insignia along the spine. Tiny former owner name and date at the front padstedown, light foxing to the pastedowns and endsheets. Tall quarto, Vol. III, Part… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bats of West Africa
by D.R. Rosevear
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1965
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London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1965. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Joanna Webb and D.R. Rosevear. A superb copy of the 1965 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light creasing along the edges. Thick octavo, 418 pgs. "With two plates in colour and 232 line… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (The First 13 Volumes)
by Frederick Burkhardt and Sydney Smith (Duncan M. Porter), Eds
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 2002
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- Cloth
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£806.60
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Cambridge University Press, 2002. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A very impressive example of the first 13 volumes (of 28 published so far --30 all told are planned) in this extraordinary, sweeping collection of letters to and from Charles Darwin. All 13 volumes are in gorgeous condition, each tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. The first… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mammals of the U.S.S.R.--Rodents (in 4 Vols.)
by S.I. Ognev
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1966
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- Cloth
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Jerusalem: The Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very impressive example of the 1963-1966 1st English language editions, complete in 4 volumes and published out of Jerusalem. All 4 volumes tight and Near Fine and, save for a tiny name and date at Vol. I's front pastedown, internally immaculate, with no wiriting or… Read more about this item Item Price
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Collected Essays (Complete in 9 Vols.)
by Thomas Huxley
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1968
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- Cloth
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£403.30
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New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. Cloth. Near Fine. A very handsome example of this 1968 Greenwood Press re-issue of T.H. Huxley's collected essays, complete in 9 volumes. Save for a tiny former owner name and date stamped to the top-edge of each front pastedown, all 9 volumes are tight and crisp and virtually pristine. Thick, uniform octavos in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Notice Biographique sur Jules Colbeau: Secretaire de la Societe Royale Malacologique de Belgique + (6) Jules Colbeau Titles Bound-In
by Francois Roffiaen
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1881
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- Hardcover
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£806.60
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Brussels: M. Weissenbruch, Imprimeur du Roi, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. A WONDERFUL COPY: 7 separate titles bound into 1 book. The 1881 1st edition of the Jules Colbeau biography ("Notice Biographique...."), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR FRANCOIS ROFFIAEN on the title page. Plus the 1865 "Excursions et Decouvertes Malacologiques Faites en Quelques Localites de la Belgique" by Jules Colbeau,… Read more about this item Item Price
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May Flies and Midges of New York (Third Report on Aquatic Insects)
by Kahlil Gibran
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- Used - Collectible; Very Good
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- 1905
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- Cloth
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£40.33
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Albany: New York State Education Department, 1905. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. New York State Museum: Bulletin 86, Entomology 23. May Flies and Midges of New York --Third Report on Aquatic Insects, 1905. VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Light foxing at the endsheets and pastedowns and very light scuffing to the front panel.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles and Birds of Massachusetts
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- Used - Collectible; Very Good
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- 1st
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- 1839
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- Cloth
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£80.66
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Boston: Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State, 1839. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1839 1st edition, re-bound in a clean, institutional red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine and new endsheets as well. The original text has held up nicely: clear and relatively clean on bright pages, with light, limited foxing. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pheasants: Their Lives and Homes (2 Vols.) --with Dustjackets and Slipcase
by William Beebe
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- Used - Collectible; Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1931
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- Decorative Cloth
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1931. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1931 1st trade edition, complete in its 2 volumes. Both volumes include their uncommon dustjackets and the set is housed in the publisher's original printed slipcase. Both volumes solid and VG (with light spotting to the panels and light offsetting at the endsheets)… Read more about this item Item Price
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