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G. P. Putnam’s Sons, N.Y., 1907. First Edition (shown). Hardcover. VG+/--. 7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/2. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. VERY GOOD PLUS. No dust jacket as issued or missing. Sewn binding. Boards and spine are green cloth, lettering is gilt on spine and front. Back cover has slightly bent corners, some edge wear and minor marks from adjacent book on shelf, but no rips or stains. Spine has some edge wear all four sides but no rips, is clean and quite bright, has a few small creases top and bottom. Front cover is same as back cover with a few marks from what looks like black sealing wax. Page edges are tinted, as issued, slightly sunned. Binding is a bit loose. Inside front and back covers have a bit of age darkening, also ink stamp “Property of the B.C. Mountaineering Club”. On ffep is attached the Rules of the B.C. Mountaineering Club, attached only at the top of the small green sheet. There are several places where the book has been…
Read More The Way Of The Wilderness. by Martha Reben - 1955
by Martha Reben
The Way Of The Wilderness.
by Martha Reben
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Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York., 1955. First Edition.. Hardcover.. Fine/VG. 8 1/4 W x 5 3/4 H x 1 1/8.. AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR. Very gently read. Book Interior FINE / Dust Jacket Very Good. Book has ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH in ink. Boards and spine are green cloth, lettering black. Dust jacket is white/green, lettering white/yellow/black, black/green photo front and black/white photo back. Dust jacket is NOT PRICE CLIPPED, has some age darkening on back cover and folds of flaps, spine is a bit sunned. The two flaps are white and bright, have miniscule edge wear original price is intact. Front of dust jacket is flat clean, bright, has chips in colour on front fold at flap, has a rip in front fold 2 1/8 inch H with paper in place except 1/4 inch piece at very bottom, has a 1/4 x 1/16 inch hole in fold of flap, has a small chip at top of flap fold. Bottom edge of dust jacket front is unmarred, top edge has a few small creases and three chips, largest is 1 1/2 x 3/16 inches, a thin line of colour is off on front about 1 inch long. Spine has pieces off bottom, largest is 1/2 W x 3/8 H inch and two pieces off top edge, largest is 3/4 W x 1 H inch. Back dust jacket is age darkened and more so around edges, has three outlines of stain largest is 1/2 W x 1 1/4 inches H, has a 1/4 inch rip on bottom edge and a piece missing out of top edge 1 W x 5/8 inches H with a 1/2 inch rip at centre, back dj has no edge wear, has 2 chips and a 5/8 inch rip at back flap fold. The book itself has front cover is clean, flat, no rips, no stains, has two slightly rubbed corner tips, has no edge wear except at top and bottom left corners where they join spine. Spine is clean, bright, no rips, no stains, has a bit of edge wear on top and bottom edges. Back cover is clean, flat, no rips, no stains, has a little bit of edge wear on both corner tips, a few dots on bottom board edge and no other edge wear except at top and bottom right corners where they join spine. Page edges very slightly sunned and a few dots of dirt on bottom edges. Inner end papers are white and ffep has ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. Inside of book is tight, clean, bright, clear, flat. One or two dog ears. Small bit of age darkening inside covers at binding. Owner’s name, address, date, ink on ffep. Original AUTOGRAPH by Author “Martha Reben” in black ink. Black/white photo plate at title page, “The Author With Mr. Rice”. No other photos, diagrams, or illustrations. An Adventure In Self-Discovery.
- Bookseller WILLOWBAY BOOKS (CA)
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- Publisher Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York.
- Date Published 1955
- Pages 276 Pages.
- Size 8 1/4 W x 5 3/4 H x 1 1/8.
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Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
by Brown, Stewaardson
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Contributions toward a Monograph of the Lepidopterous Family Noctuidae of Boreal North America: A Revision of the Species of Acronycta (Ochsenheimer) and of Certain Allied Genera
by John Bernhard Smith & Harrison G. Dyar
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- Used - Good
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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NZ$295.61
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Good half leather bound with hard grain morocco at fore corners and spine over brown pseudo-marbled paper over boards; five raised bands with gilt dot and chain pattern; gilt titles. Clean covers and spine; rubbed at fore corners, boards just exposed on rear cover at fore corners; 1.5 x .5 inch leather chip missing at spine tail; cracked at cover/spine joints, end papers intact; covers weakened at hinge but all reamins tightly bound; clean interior; slight age darkening. 194 text pp; xxii b/w plates; VII color plates. Color plate IV is loose and laid in; all others intact in Very Good condition. Cf, OCLC #11046074. 8vo.
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Genesis of the Geological Dev. of the Lithosphere of SE Wyoming
by Joseph Conrad Twinem
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth…
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TEKTITES
by Barnes, Virgil E. & Barnes, Mildred A. (Editors)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- ISBN 13
- 9780879330279
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- 0879330279
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Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc., 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, 2 small closed tears to top edge/front cover, 1 closed tear with creasing along top edge/rear cover else still bright, intact and whole. ARN 50.03
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Annual Reports of the Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner of the State of New York for 1904-1905-1906
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lighlty soiled, pages toned and some light finger soiling.
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Albany, NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lighlty soiled, pages toned and some light finger soiling.. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and black and white illustrations by Hy S. Watson. Blue cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. 24 color plates of fish, possibly by Denton, of Sea Herring, Kingfish, Rock Bass, Cod, Flat Fish, Rose Fish, Burbot, Maskalonge, Channel Bass, Calico Bass, Crappie, Yellow Mackerel, Pollack, Spotted Catfish, Flounder, Pompano, Short Pompano, Haddock, Gold Fish, Fresh-Water Drum, Hake, Whiting, Halibut, Spade Fish. Color plate of Partridge by W. S. Gillette and color plate of Beaver by Ernest Thompson Seton. Two folding maps of Adirondack areas. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 419 pages .
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The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants (2 Volumes) (Publisher series: Flora of South Africa.)
by Dyer, R. Allen
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780621028546
- ISBN 10
- 0621028541
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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NZ$399.07
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Pretoria: Republic of South Africa. Department of Agricultural Technical Services [0-621-02854-1] 1975, 1976. (4to) 1040pp. Very good plus, no dust jackets. Bright green leatherette with gilt lettering. Maps, indices. Light puckering on the front cover of vol.1. Publisher series: Flora of South Africa. Vol. 1 Dicotyledons. Vol. 2 Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons. Locale: South Africa. (Natural History, Botany--South Africa).
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Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
by Brown, Stewaardson
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- Used - VG+/--
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LOrignal, Ontario, Canada
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G. P. Putnam’s Sons, N.Y., 1907. First Edition (shown). Hardcover. VG+/--. 7 1/2 x 5 x 1 1/2. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. VERY GOOD PLUS. No dust jacket as issued or missing. Sewn binding. Boards and spine are green cloth, lettering is gilt on spine and front. Back cover has slightly bent corners, some edge wear and minor marks from adjacent book on shelf, but no rips or stains. Spine has some edge wear all four sides but no rips, is clean and quite bright, has a few small creases top and bottom. Front cover is same as back cover with a few marks from what looks like black sealing wax. Page edges are tinted, as issued, slightly sunned. Binding is a bit loose. Inside front and back covers have a bit of age darkening, also ink stamp “Property of the B.C. Mountaineering Club”. On ffep is attached the Rules of the B.C. Mountaineering Club, attached only at the top of the small green sheet. There are several places where the book has been…
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The Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Volume IV (4)
by Loudon, J. C. [John Claudius]; with the bookplate of John Macfarlane
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831. Volume 4 only. This is the original 1831 first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. Bound in marbled boards with leather spine and corners, however the leather covering the backstrip has perished. Front and rear covers are still attached. Clean, square, and tight. Pages are in Near Fine condition with almost no foxing. On the front pastedown endpaper is the armorial bookplate of John Macfarlane.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good (lacks spine cover). 8vo. vi, 570pp.
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The Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Volume V (5)
by Loudon, J. C. [John Claudius]; with the bookplate of John Macfarlane
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- Used - Very Good (lacks spine cover)
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1832. Volume 5 only. This is the original 1832 first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. Bound in marbled boards with leather spine and corners, however the leather covering the backstrip has perished. Front and rear boards are still attached. Clean, square, and tight. Pages are in Near Fine condition with almost no foxing. On the front pastedown endpaper is the armorial bookplate of John Macfarlane.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good (lacks spine cover). 8vo. viii, 776pp.
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Contributions toward a Monograph of the Lepidopterous Family Noctuidae of Boreal North America: A Revision of the Species of Acronycta (Ochsenheimer) and of Certain Allied Genera
by John Bernhard Smith & Harrison G. Dyar
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- first
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- Used - Good
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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Good half leather bound with hard grain morocco at fore corners and spine over brown pseudo-marbled paper over boards; five raised bands with gilt dot and chain pattern; gilt titles. Clean covers and spine; rubbed at fore corners, boards just exposed on rear cover at fore corners; 1.5 x .5 inch leather chip missing at spine tail; cracked at cover/spine joints, end papers intact; covers weakened at hinge but all reamins tightly bound; clean interior; slight age darkening. 194 text pp; xxii b/w plates; VII color plates. Color plate IV is loose and laid in; all others intact in Very Good condition. Cf, OCLC #11046074. 8vo.
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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
by John B. Wyeth
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- Used - Very Good
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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NZ$33.78
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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
by Alwyne Wheeler
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- good
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 13
- 9780723220640
- ISBN 10
- 0723220646
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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NZ$34.06
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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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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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- Paperback
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- Used - Good
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- None Issued
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- ISBN 13
- 9780394856438
- ISBN 10
- 0394856430
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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NZ$42.23
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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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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
by Simon Seymour
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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NZ$27.87
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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
by WHITE, Rev. Gilbert
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- good
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- Used - Good
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Arrington, Virginia, United States
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NZ$45.61
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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
by Bass, Rick
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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Moab, Utah, United States
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NZ$42.23
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .
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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
by Peter Oikarinen
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- Used
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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NZ$54.05
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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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Think South: How We Got Six Men and Forty Dogs Across Antarctica
by Cathy de Moll
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- first
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780873519885
- ISBN 10
- 0873519884
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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NZ$59.12
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St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015. Single volume, hardcover with dust jacket, xv [1], 282pp [6], illustrated with maps and b&w photos. First Edition, First Printing. Author signature and inscription on Author page. Previous owner gift inscription on front free endpaper. Near fine unread book. Dust jacket showing light signs of shelf wear. Foreword, cover photo and all expedition photos by Will Steger. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Reprinted from the sixth London edition with all additions and corrections
by Charles Darwin
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- very good
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- Used - Very Good
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Salida, Colorado, United States
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NZ$67.57
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New York: A.L. Burt, n.d.. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The covers are quarter bound leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The covers show rubbing which enhances the period appearance. Endpapers are marbled, gilt top edge, clean contents and a tight binding. This edition was part of the "Burt's Library of the World's Best Books" series and, unlike the typical A.L. Burt reprint, is bound in a high quality binding.
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Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 916: Uvularia Chinensis, Brown-Flowered Uvularia
by Curtis, William
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- Used - Very good +
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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London: T. Curtis, 1806. Very good +. This is a hand colored copper plate engraving. The print measures 5.5 x 9.25 inches, with a plate mark of 4.5 x 7.75. It is a beautiful decorative antique print expertly colored and beautifully composed. This particular plate has been trimmed at the rough edge. Curtis' work was the first study of British flora, and artists contributing to the opus included James Sowerby, Sydenham Teak Edwards, Francis Sansom and William Kilburn. "The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Each of the issues contains a description, in formal yet accessible language, and is renowned for featuring the work of two centuries of botanical illustrators. Many plants received their first publication on the pages, and the description given was enhanced by the keenly detailed illustrations. The first issue, in…
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