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"In Stirpes Aliquot Novas et Minus Cognitas Horti R. Academici. Praelectae D. II. Martii, A. MCCCLXXXII." In Commentationes Societatis Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis, vol. V. by MURRAY, Johan Anders (1748-1791) - 1783
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"In Stirpes Aliquot Novas et Minus Cognitas Horti R. Academici. Praelectae D. II. Martii, A. MCCCLXXXII." In Commentationes Societatis Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis, vol. V.
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Gottingen:: Ioan. Christ Dieterich, 1783., 1783. 4to. xii, [xvi], 102, 64, 136, 54 pp. Title page vignette, 1 chapter head vignette, tailpieces, 5 engraved folding botanical plates, 3 engraved mathematical plates (1 folding); moderate foxing, early ex-library rubber stamps on plates. Later quarter tan calf, boards, gilt spine, brown leather spine label, new endleaves. A fine copy. Murray's work is an attempt at Linnean classification of rare and unusual plants in the genera lysimachus, veronica, scabiosa, and celosia. Murray, a Swede, was one of Linnaeus' favorite students. He took his medical degree at the University of Gottingen and was appointed professor of medicine there and inspector of the university's botanical garden. He translated many of Linnaeus' works and his teaching powerfully influenced the succeeding generation of botanists. See: Blake, NLM, 317; BM (Nat. Hist.), III, p. 1382. This volume also contains contributions on botany, physics, mathematics and ancient inscriptions by: Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748-1804), Joh. Beckman, Heinrich August Wrisbert, Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner (1719-1800), Alb. L. Fr. Maister, Christian Gottlob Heyne, Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch, Christoph Meiners, and more. CONTAINS: Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner (1719-1800), De Dentibus Rotarum qui Iunguntur Paxillis Rotundis. [On wheel teeth joined by pins]. / [Egypt] Aegyptiaca Complexum. Interponitur Indicium de omni historia Aegyptiacam eius fontibus et vaussis et de modo ac ratione eam interpretandl. / Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729-1812), De Fontibus et Auctoribus Historiarum Diodori et de eius auctoritate . . . [on Diodorus Siculus, the Greek historian, fl. first century BC] / [Herodotus] Johann Christoph Gatterer (1727-1799), De Herodoti ac Thucydidis Thracia. . . . Commentatio Geographica. Pars altera: De Thracia Australi, er eius quidem Orientali parte, seu Thracia posterioris aeui proprie dicta. / Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch (1726-1784), De Michaelis Glycae Aetate commentatio. / [Greek weaponry] Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729-1812), Nova Armorum Inventa in Vetere Graecia quid ad rerum summam profecerint. Commentatio recitata . . . / Jo. Matthia Gesnero, Inscriptiones Aliquot Pocockianae illustratae . . . Commentatio I.
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A PRACTICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY
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The Naturalist's Library, Vol. III, Mammalia. Lions, Tigers, &c., &c (1843) ; The Natural History of the Feline (1845) .
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Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars , 1845. Frontispiece portrait and memoir of Cuvier, with three title pages including engraved series title page. 3rd title page for The Natural History of the Feline title page states "illustrated by thirty-eight colour plates", however Contents page lists plates numbered up to 34, and there are 32 plates with tissue guards present. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, brown end papers, black calf labels with gilt lettering and rules back, Very Good, boards rubbed at edges, evidence of small sticker removal front at end page, small binder's stamp appears to read Walker, ? Strand. Uncommon in the 1845 first edition. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal. (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, No. 25)
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Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1905. Pp. xii+ 269; 3 color plates. Fine, bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering, from the collection of Frederick B. Churchill, 1932-2017, who was Emeritus Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, his signature in pencil at front end page and his tidy scholarly marginal pencil notations scattered throughout the text. The Rev. John T. Gulick, 1832-1923, is considered one of the pioneers of modern evolutionary thinking, based on his studies of Hawaiian snails of the genus Acatinella. Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal is his most complete examination of the subject. Uncommon in current commerce. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Pictorial Guide to the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
by Martin, Rev. Horace; Illustrated in the First Style of Art by S. Wallen, Jno. Abdrew, J. W. Orr, and N. Orr
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New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1851. 4 preliminary leaves, [7]-116 pages frontispiece, 8 plates, added title page, engraved, with last 8 blank for Notes. Original embossed red cloth, gilt title front cover, pale yellow end papers. Very Good Plus, small prior owner name stamp front paste down (Alfred L. Mudge), 4 pages with small spots of toning else interior bright and unmarked, boards with light even soiling. Frontis of Cave House plus 7 other black and white illustrations on unnumbered pages.SCARCE in current commerce in lovely condition.. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Celebrated American Caverns, Especially Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray Together with Historical, Scientific, and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in Other Lands
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Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke & Co., 1882. From the collection of noted Mammoth Cave historian and author Harold Meloy, his small name label at front paste down. In original green cloth with gilt device front cover and gilt lettering at spine, dark brown end papers, Very Good, front hinge showing slight tear, light wear to cloth at edges and light soiling, contemporary prior owner name and address first white end page. 3 fold-out maps, the largest, of Mamoth Cave, Very Good, with two 1' tears at folds and creases at fore edge, the other 2 maps are Fine. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Naturalist's Library, Vol. III, Mammalia. Lions, Tigers, &c., &c (1843) ; The Natural History of the Feline (1845) .
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Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars , 1845. Frontispiece portrait and memoir of Cuvier, with three title pages including engraved series title page. 3rd title page for The Natural History of the Feline title page states "illustrated by thirty-eight colour plates", however Contents page lists plates numbered up to 34, and there are 32 plates with tissue guards present. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, brown end papers, black calf labels with gilt lettering and rules back, Very Good, boards rubbed at edges, evidence of small sticker removal front at end page, small binder's stamp appears to read Walker, ? Strand. Uncommon in the 1845 first edition. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal. (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, No. 25)
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Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1905. Pp. xii+ 269; 3 color plates. Fine, bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering, from the collection of Frederick B. Churchill, 1932-2017, who was Emeritus Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, his signature in pencil at front end page and his tidy scholarly marginal pencil notations scattered throughout the text. The Rev. John T. Gulick, 1832-1923, is considered one of the pioneers of modern evolutionary thinking, based on his studies of Hawaiian snails of the genus Acatinella. Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal is his most complete examination of the subject. Uncommon in current commerce. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Pictorial Guide to the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
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New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1851. 4 preliminary leaves, [7]-116 pages frontispiece, 8 plates, added title page, engraved, with last 8 blank for Notes. Original embossed red cloth, gilt title front cover, pale yellow end papers. Very Good Plus, small prior owner name stamp front paste down (Alfred L. Mudge), 4 pages with small spots of toning else interior bright and unmarked, boards with light even soiling. Frontis of Cave House plus 7 other black and white illustrations on unnumbered pages.SCARCE in current commerce in lovely condition.. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Celebrated American Caverns, Especially Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray Together with Historical, Scientific, and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in Other Lands
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Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke & Co., 1882. From the collection of noted Mammoth Cave historian and author Harold Meloy, his small name label at front paste down. In original green cloth with gilt device front cover and gilt lettering at spine, dark brown end papers, Very Good, front hinge showing slight tear, light wear to cloth at edges and light soiling, contemporary prior owner name and address first white end page. 3 fold-out maps, the largest, of Mamoth Cave, Very Good, with two 1' tears at folds and creases at fore edge, the other 2 maps are Fine. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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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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 Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.
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Winter - Notes from Montana
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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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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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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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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
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