Search Results: Natural History from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

New York: C. M. Saxton, 1854 6th ed. 342pp. red cloth sm 8vo w/gilt decorations: poor/no dj [foxing throughout; some ghosts from flowers having been laid in in Victorian times; else a complete & tight copy] A classic by the Edinburgh-born American botanist Buist (1805-80), originally published in 1832.

New York: Sheridan House, 1951. 310pp. illus. russet cloth 8vo: Good in a worn but not tattered dj now protected in a poly cover. A book of animal behavior.

New York: Galahad Books, 1979 3rd ptg. 144pp. illus. green cloth 4to: near Fine in a near Fine dj [hint of fading @ top/bottom edges of cover cloth; else a nice crisp copy; dj = p-c; else nrF] A high quality copy of this classic of bird photography by the American nature photographer Porter (1901-90).

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927. 410pp. illus. red cloth sm 4to w/gilt decorations: a reading copy only/no dj. A cover worn copy but interior text and color illustrations are in good condition. A classic by the American gardening writer Wilder (1878-1938), and the American artist Winegar (1867-1941), originally published in a limited edition in 1918.

Philadelphia: Courage Books, 1989 reprint. 128pp. illus. hardback sq 4to: near Fine in a Fine dj [some light shelf rubbing bottom edge; else nrF] A colorfully illustrated A-Z guide.

White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013 1st ed. INSCRIBED on ffep by author & signed again on title p. 208pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. Advance jacket praise from Bill McKibben, et al.

Washington: National Geographic, 2003 1st ed. 208pp. paperback tall 8vo: near Fine. Successful birding in suburban Connecticut.

New York: Crown, 1985 reprint. 212pp. illus. hardback 4to: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. A large-format volume that includes 235 full-color photographs by Robert A. Tyrell. No priority shipping.

New York: John B. Alden. 1889. 192pp. blue cloth 24mo: Good/no dj [age browning; else clean, complete & tight] A nice little volume one of the English clergyman White's (1720-93) classic, originally published in 1789.

Paris: Abel Ledoux, 1845. Vol. I = x, 406pp. port., illus. h ardback 4to quarter bound in leather w/marbled boards: fair condition [complete volumes with loose leather spine strips and all edges rubbed; internal foxing; else complete] Vol. II = 424pp.; Vol. III = 452pp. The first three volumes only. Will require extra postage.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992 1st ed. 262pp. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj in poly cover [top & deckled fore edge are foxed; else a clean, complete & tight copy] Garden wisdom from the Washington Post's long-time garden columnist Mitchell (1923-93).

New York: Pantheon Books, 1987 1st Am. ed. 220pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: Very Good+ in an about Good dj [couple of corners very faintly bumped; some browning of endpp; else VG+; dj = small chipped loss @ spine head & tail edge of front cover panel; white paper of back cover is smudged and darkened]

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1975 4th ptg.  400pp. illus. green decorated cloth sm 4to: Very Good in a Very Good dj in poly cover [ffep is corner clipped; else VG; dj = some spine chips; else VG] 327 bird species portrayed in 554 illustrations, 508 in full color. Six very thin and floppy 33 1/3-rpm recordings of bird calls are included in a pouch tipped to rear pastedown. Would be rather cumbersome to play, however.

The Nature Company/Time Life Books (printed in Singapore), 1995. 288pp. illus. hardback 4to in pictorial boards: Fine in a Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [dj = tear @ top edge of back cover; else VG] A colorful large format guide to North American flora and fauna.

Athens: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1999 1st ed. 380pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo in pictorial boards: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. Describes more than 1,000 species from Maine to Northern Florida. This is Wormsloe Foundation Publication No. 20.

London: Collins, 1947 3rd ptg. 48pp. illus. hardback 8vo in paper-covered pictorial boards: Good in a worn but not tattered dj [some foxing; else a clean and complete copy] A Britain in Pictures title featuring 8 color plates and 28 black & white illustrations.

Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, 1960 3rd ed. 32pp. pamphlet bound 12mo: Good [yellow paper covers are a bit age darkened; else a clean, complete & tight copy]

New York: George P. Putnam, 1852. 205pp. illus. blue cloth 16mo w/gilt decoration: fair/no dj [front hinge is cracked but firm; foxing throughout; else a complete & tight copy] Subtitled: "An account of the principal Animals and Birds of both the old and new continents; with anecdotes." Includes over 50 small engravings.