Search Results: Plants & Animals from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale blue boards, violet cloth spine with gilt titles, sky-blue endpapers, 381 pp, 19 b & w drawings, bibliography, index. Edges faded, gift inscription on half-title. DJ edge-worn, small tears & nicks to bottom edge; in Brodart archival cover. This is a book by a bird-lover, not an ornithologist. In the warm-up portion of the book, the author explains himself: "Who with a lifelong enthusiasm for birds would not...respond to an invitation to commit that enthusiasm to paper, when the invitation came from a publisher prepared to make it feasible. ... I saw myself being outdoors and afield part of every week with birds my preoccupation, this legitimately and while others were at a desk, as I usually was. I could not resist it." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. Illus. by Matthew Kalmenoff. 24 X 16½ cm.

Amsterdam, London & New York: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Joint publisher-- Wageningen: PUDOC, Centre for Agricultural Publications and Documentation. Brown library cloth, gilt titles on spine, 60 maps, 156 pp. Library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps, slight wear to boards. Maps show topography, soil types, suitability of soil for growing various grains, size of farms, and percentage of arable land planted in grains (all for Europe); these are followed by maps & text showing extent and density of plantings of the main cereal crops in smaller regions. Shipping weight 10 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/No dj. 45 X 41 cm.

Amsterdam, London & New York: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Joint publisher-- Wageningen: PUDOC, Centre for Agricultural Publications and Documentation. Brown library cloth, gilt titles on spine, 128 maps, 40 pp. Library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps, slight wear to boards. Climate maps show various temperature, day length, precipitation, evapo-transpiration, and precipitation deficit statistics. Shipping weight 11 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/No dj. 45 X 41 cm.

Columbus, OH: American Rose Society WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Uniformly bound in full teal cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, ranging from 216 to 267 pp plus 5 to 8 pp of color photos, more b & w photos & line drawings in text, index. All volumes have some foxing to top and fore edges, No. 56 spine spotted, No. 59 front board spotted, otherwise very little wear with like-new appearance. Each Annual contains many articles on roses, growing roses, and exhibiting roses, followed by regular sections that list new varieties of roses, new rose patents, and performance ratings ('Proof of the Pudding'). Shipping weight 7 lbs.. . Varying/No dj. 20 X 13 cm.

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, gilt titles on spine, dun endpapers, xii, 175 pp, 4 ff color photo plates, b & w drawings in the very wide margins, index. A few tiny spots on top edge, bottom edge of front board lightly bumped. DJ covered with adhesive plastic, else fine. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Very Good. 21 X 21 cm.

Columbus, OH: American Rose Society WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Perfect bound in teal leather-look paper covers, gilt titles on front cover & spine, ranging from 155 to 232 pp including 4 to 8 pp of color photos, more b & w photos & line drawings in text, index. Some volumes have some foxing to top and fore edges, otherwise very little wear with like-new appearance. Each Annual contains many articles on roses, growing roses, and exhibiting roses, followed by regular sections that list new varieties of roses, new rose patents, and performance ratings ('Proof of the Pudding'). Shipping weight 7 lbs.. . Varying/No dj. 20 X 13 cm.

Columbus, OH: American Rose Society, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, gold ink titles on front board & spine, 246 pp including 8 pp of color photos, more b & w photos & line drawings in text, index. Top and fore edges foxed, mildew aroma, otherwise very good, titles corroding to green. Contains many articles on roses, growing roses, and exhibiting roses, followed by regular sections that list new varieties of roses, new rose patents, and performance ratings ('Proof of the Pudding'). Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Fair/No dj. 20½ X 13½ cm.

Columbus, OH: American Rose Society, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, 254 pp plus 8 pp of color photos, more b & w photos & line drawings in text, index. Top and fore edges foxed, spine faintly spotted, otherwise very good. Contains many articles on roses, growing roses, and exhibiting roses, followed by regular sections that list new varieties of roses, new rose patents, and performance ratings ('Proof of the Pudding'). Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Good/No dj. 20 X 13 cm.

New York: Greystone Press - Hawthorn Books WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dusty rose buckram, gilt titles & decorations, 3 volumes, 2062 pp in all, plus preliminaries, numerous drawings. Vol. 1: xl, 680 pp, 7 ff color plates, 16 ff b & w plates. Vol. 2: [vi], 681-1390 pp, 5 ff color plates, 16 ff b & w plates. Vol. 3: [vi], 1393-2062 pp, 7 ff color plates, 14 ff b & w plates, index. Survey of all the orders of animals, written by seven experts--George G. Goodwin, Charles M. Bogert, Dean Amadon, E. Thomas Gilliard, Christopher W. Coates, James W. Atz, and John Pallister, all employed by either the American Museum of Natural History or the New York Zoological Society. Extra shipping charges apply for Priority Mail. Shipping weight 11 lbs.. . VG/No dj. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York & London: Academic Press, 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xiii, 287 pp, charts & figures, chapter bibliographies, author & subject indices. One corner bumped, owner's name rubber-stamped on recto of ffep and on top edge. Contents: forgetting of long-term memories in animals, by Henry Gleitman; forgetting as retrieval failure, by Norman E. Spear; memory & learning: a sequential viewpoint, by E. J. Capaldi; the role of interference in association over a delay, by Sam Revusky; modification of memory storage processes, by James L. McGaugh & Ronald G. Dawson; effects of antibiotics on long-term memory formation in the goldfish, by Bernard W. Agranoff; some issues relating animal memory to human memory, by Eugene Winograd. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth, [viii], 250 pp, notes, index. Edges somewhat soiled, bottom corner watermarked, a bit of a wave to paper, front endpaper re-glued to book block with acid-free PVA. DJ has tide marks on inner surface that are not mirrored on boards, edge wear, and a crease on front flap; in Brodart archival cover. "From the American badger to the Bermuda petrel, from the blackfooted ferret to the wild baboon, the authors range through the animal kingdom in search of counterparts of the human condition." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG-/VG-. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full yellow cloth with black titles, 296 pp, 32 ff b & w plates reproducing 110 photos & drawings, 16 figures in text, bibliography, index. Slight rubbing to corners & spine ends. DJ rubbed at spine ends. Both in thick mylar. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . VG+/VG+. 24½ X 16½ cm.

London: Ward Lock, Ltd. (Cassell), 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, gilt titles on spine, 128 pp, dozens of color photographs and black & white drawings, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Provides a detailed discussion of foliage as an element of landscape design. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 25½ X 19½ cm.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, beige cloth spine with red & black titles, beige endpapers, [vii], 231 pp. Edges slighlty foxed. DJ has a crease near bottom of front panel; in Brodart archival cover. The "true story of a talking starling and the grandmother who raised him." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. Illus. by Leslie Morrill. 19 X 13½ cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in limp leather-textured green vinyl covers, 776 pp including 270 pp section of color photos, glossary, index. Endpapers & DJ browned, falls open to 280-281. DJ is a 13 cm band that exposes part of the vinyl covers. Photo section is arranged by habitat (e.g., wading, perching, ground, etc.) and shape, which is very useful for identifying unfamiliar birds. Photos are then keyed to descriptions in the text which are arranged by family to bring similar birds together. The Audubon Society guides are always my first reference for identification and basic information. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. VG/Near Fine. 19 X 10 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full natural linen, gilt titles on spine, black endpapers, [xxv], 1109 pp, 875 color photos, 800 b & w drawings, bibliography. Slight shelf wear, DJ in Brodart archival cover. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 9 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 28½ X 23½ cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in limp leather-textured very dark blue vinyl covers, 798, [2] pp including a 288 pp section of color photos, glossary, index. Tiny tear to DJ. DJ is a 13 cm band that exposes part of the vinyl covers. Photo section is arranged by color and shape, which is very useful for identifying unfamiliar animals. Photos are then keyed to descriptions in the text which are arranged by family to bring related animals together. The Audubon Society guides are always my first reference for identification and basic information. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. Fine/VG. 19½ X 10 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date on copyright page--DJ says Fall 1982. Sewn in limp leather-textured blue-grey vinyl covers, 846, [2] pp including a 240 pp section of color-keyed maps and color photos, glossary, index. Has a couple of small spots on bottom edge, else fine. DJ has original price clipped, and revised price on sticker apparently applied by publisher. DJ is a 13 cm band that exposes part of the vinyl covers. Color section contains color-keyed maps, a section on identifying fossil-bearing rocks & outcroppings, and a fossil-identification section arranged by general type and shape, which is useful for identifying unfamiliar fossils. Photos are then keyed to descriptions in the text which are arranged by phylum and class to bring related fossils together. The Audubon Society guides are always my first reference for identification and basic information. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. Near… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in limp leather-textured red vinyl covers, 855 pp including 288 pp section of color photos, glossary, index. DJ is price-clipped. DJ is a 13 cm band that exposes part of the vinyl covers. Photo section is arranged by habitat (e.g., wading, perching, ground, etc.) and shape, which is very useful for identifying unfamiliar birds. Photos are then keyed to descriptions in the text which are arranged by family to bring similar birds together. The Audubon Society guides are always my first reference for identification and basic information. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. Near Fine/VG+. 19 X 10 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in limp leather-textured yellow vinyl covers, 862, [2] pp including 279 pp of color photos, glossary, index. DJ creased at corners of flaps, slightly browned. DJ is a 12.5 cm band that exposes part of the vinyl covers. Photo section is arranged by color and shape, which is very useful for identifying unfamiliar plants. Photos are then keyed to descriptions in the text which are arranged by family to bring similar plants together. The Audubon Society guides are always my first reference for identification and basic information. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Near Fine/VG+. 19 X 10 cm.