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The Witchery of Wasps by Edward G. Reinhard - 1929

by Edward G. Reinhard

The Witchery of Wasps by Edward G. Reinhard - 1929

The Witchery of Wasps

by Edward G. Reinhard

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  • Publisher The Century Co.
  • Date Published 1929
  • Keywords activity adults Agelaia ants associations bees behavior Belonogaster brood Carpenter cells co-foundresses colony cycle comb crabro Dolichovespula dominance hierarchy dominant foundress dominulus Downing and Jeanne egg layer emergence envelope eusocial was
Farm Animal Portraits
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Farm Animal Portraits

by Moncrieff, Elspeth / Joseph, Stephen / Joseph, Iona

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ISBN 13
9781851492398
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1851492399
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors' Club. New in New Dust Jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. 304 pages: 9.5 x 11 in.: 4.4: Signed by Author: KB#007639: Book is SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ELSPETH MONCRIEFF (directly confirmed by her) on the Title Page. Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Front and back endpapers are decorated with color plate illustrations. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This is the first comprehensive study of an exceptional period in livestock experimentation and of the social and economic aspirations which led to the commissioning of these paintings. Over four hundred illustrations (325 in full colour) provide a unique record of rare or extinct animals which once grazed these lands. The paintings were commissioned by proud breeders to impress friends, clients and the world at large with their improved breeds and show ring triumphs." .
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THE PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGIST.  A Monthly Bulletin ... [Vols. I-II.]
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THE PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGIST. A Monthly Bulletin ... [Vols. I-II.]

by [Walsh, Benjamin Dana, et al., eds.]

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Philadelphia: Entomological Society of Philadelphia, [later the] American Entomological Society, Oct. 1865 - Sept. 1867. Vol. I, nos. 1-12; Vol. II, nos. 1-12. All published. Comprised of 23 issues, the final two numbers having been combined in the final issue. [4], 128, 121 pages, plus one or two leaves of ads at the end of each of the last six issues (for a total of [15] pages of ads.) Additional ads included in the pagination. Illustrated with occasional engravings in the text. [The preliminary matter consists of a series title page and index for vol. II. The subtitle of the periodical varies: Vol. I, nos. 1-5: “A Monthly Bulletin, Published by the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, for Gratuitous Distribution among Farmers and Agriculturalists." Vol. I, no. 6 – vol. II, no. 5: "A Monthly Bulletin, Published by the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, for the Dissemination of Valuable Knowledge among Agriculturalists and Horticulturists." (This change came… Read More
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Physiological Zoology
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Physiological Zoology

by Allee, Warder C. (Managing editor)

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none
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Volumes 15-16 (1942-1943)
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Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States
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Very collectible bound book of eight quarterly issues of Zoological Research. Many photographs, charts, graphs, etc.
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Horning Into Africa (Signed)
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Horning Into Africa (Signed)

by W. S. Van Dyke

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Privately Printed for W. S. Van Dyke by California Graphic Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition, first printing of legendary American film director W. S. Van Dyke's journal written during the filming of Trader Horn in central Africa, a film, in turn, based on the book Trader Horn by celebrated ivory trader Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn. "First Printing" so stated on copyright page. Inscribed and signed by W. S. Van Dyke on front free endpaper thus: "To you Tyler - | and don't be too hard | on it! | W. S. Van Dyke | L. A. | 1-22-35." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Bound in dark blue linen with gilt lettering to front and spine panels and gilt water buffalo to front panel. Includes 26 full-page photos of natives, big game animals and more, taken on location. 219 pp. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. An exceptionally presentable copy of an important African safari collectible.
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A New Work of Animals
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A New Work of Animals: Principally Designed From the Fables of Aesop, Gay, and Phaedrus

by Samuel Howitt

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Good copy of this beautifully illustrated book of classic fables with realistic animal studiesComplete with 56 etchings, drawn and engraved "from the life" by Samuel Howitt, with title page and list of platesPlate 32, The Dog in the Manger, bound opposite the title page as the frontispieceSamuel Howitt (1756–1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher, famous for his scenes with animals, hunting, horse-racing, sporting and landscapes. He is best known for his illustrations to Captain Thomas Williamson's Oriental Field Sports (1807). Other works include Thoughts on Hunting (1798), Miscellaneous Etchings of Animals (1803), British Field Sports (1807); The Angler's Manual (1808), Groups of Animals (1811), The British Sportsman (1812) and Foreign Field Sports (1819).Blue buckram spine, marble boards bumped and darkened, new endpapers, tissue guards, all plates with varying degrees of spotting and foxing, mostly outside the image, one with 10cm tear within image, first 25 plates with small… Read More
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The Sheep and Its Skin

The Sheep and Its Skin

by Alfred Seymour-Jones

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First Edition
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The Leather Trades Review, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Some edgewear, corners torn from title page, pages 236 & 238, but not affecting text or plates. In all other respects a solid copy. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 5530. .
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An Analysis of the Natural Classifications of Mammalia. Elements of Conchology Part 1 and 11.
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An Analysis of the Natural Classifications of Mammalia. Elements of Conchology Part 1 and 11.: Together with Elements of Conchology

by T. Edward Bowdich

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Bowdich, T. Edward. An Analysis of the Natural Classifications of Mammalia for the use of Students and Travellers. T Edward Bowditch. Paris, J Smith 1821. Together with, Elements of Conchology including The Fossil Genera and The Animals. Part I Univalves. T Edward Bowdich. Paris, J Smith, Sold by Treuttel and Wurte, Soho Square, London. 1822, and, Elements of Conchology including The Fossil Genera and The Animals. Part II Bivalves, Multivalves, Tubicole. T Edward Bowdich. Paris, J Smith, Sold by G B Sowerby, 33 King Street, Covent Garden and H Stutchbury, 3 Dove Court, Old Jewry, London. 1822. Also Supplementary Plate to the Mammalia. Bound in one volume. 8vo. Full leather. All edges marbled. Gilt titles to spine. Marbled end papers. Classifications of Mammalia. Title, Preface, [i-iv], General Table, pp7-115, 15 plates, 15 pp plate index. 11 plates are full page, 4 plates folding. Elements of Conchology. Part 1 Univalves. Title, Preface, Introduction [I]-xi, Shell Divisions, pp14- 75, Synoptic… Read More
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Annual Reports of the Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner of the State of  New York for...
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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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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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Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum. Natural History; Part III &...
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Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum. Natural History; Part III & Part IV

by Lydekker, Richard (1849-1915)

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London: Longmans and Company, 1889. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original brown cloth with new spines in dyed cloth to match original and new endpapers. Titles on Protective Mylar sleeves. 9 inches tall; xxiii, 239 pages with index followed by publisher adverts. Illustrated with intext drawings. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Ex-library with library stamps on title page and occasionally in the text margin but no other library markings.. Part III containing the Order Chelonia. 1889; Part IV Containing the Orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata, Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia, and Suppliment 1890.
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Fisherman's Spring
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Fisherman's Spring

by Haig-Brown, Roderick L.

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First U.S. Edition, First Printing
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New York, William Morrow and Company, 1951, hardcover, 222 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing, Signed by the author without inscription on the half-title page, Very Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, short non-authorial gift inscription to front endpaper, slight touch to heel of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, small sticker lift to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The respected fishing expert and author of The Western Angler, Return to the River, and A River Never Sleeps presents a look at the intricacies of fly-fishing and his philosophy of life, inspired by the opening of the trout season.
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Grundtræk af Husdyrenes Bygningslære samt Beslaglæren [roughly translates as: Rudiments of...
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Copenhagen: Gyldendalske, 1899. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. Grundtræk af Husdyrenes Bygningslære samt Beslaglæren [roughly translates as: Rudiments of Livestock Building Doctrine and Fittings Lessons], med 118 Afbildninger i Teksten [with 118 Illustrations in the text]. Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Publishing, 1899, Fjerde Oplag [Fourth Edition]. 8vo, marbled paper boards, brown leather spine with gilt lettering. Danish, 236 pp with detailed TOC. This appears to be a veterinary science book with many bw illustrations of horse anatomy. Later chapters include other livestock, then a section completely devoted to hooves. Page of po notes laid in. Good: marble paper peeling off bottom corner of front board, starting to peel at back; po signature in ink on ffep and pencil marks in text; foxing on endpapers and pages yellowing with minor foxing or staining near edges. No finds online in English sites. Found on Scandinavian antiquarian site (http://www.antikvariat.net/dk/EBE11445.cgi), asking 150 pounds.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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Paperback
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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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A Lot of Insects: Entomology in a Suburban Garden
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A Lot of Insects: Entomology in a Suburban Garden

by Frank E Lutz

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Green cloth board covers with green and yellow spine. Edge wear and corner bumps, no dust jacket. Previous owners stamps on inside covers. Soiling on page edges. Clean, tight pages and binding. Published by The Cornwall Press in 1941. First Edition/First Printing. Insects. Measures 8.5x5.75 with 304 pages. Good
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On Pourtalesia. A Genus of Echinoidea
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On Pourtalesia. A Genus of Echinoidea

by Loven, Sven

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Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet, 1883. First edition. 1883 MONOGRAPH ON DEEP SEA URCHINS BY NOTED SWEDISH MARINE BIOLOGIST--ILLUSTRATED WITH 21 VERY FINE LITHOGRAPHS. 12 inches tall folio hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, green cloth spine with paper title label, institutional handstamps bottom of title page, contemporary ink signature top of front paste-down, 95 pp, many figures in text, 21 fine lithographed plates; wear to corners and spine ends, binding tight, text and plates unmarked, very good. SVEN LUDVIG LOVEN (1809 - 1895) was a Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist. The Sven Loven Centre for Marine Sciences at both Kristineberg and Tjärnö are named in his honor. He was first Keeper then Director of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. He was also Professor of Natural History at Stockholm University. He was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881 and a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1885. The World Register of Marine Species… Read More
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series

by Kipling, Rudyard

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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The Polynesian Triangle

The Polynesian Triangle

by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert

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First American Edition
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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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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)

by Berenstain, Stan and Jan

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First Edition
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Hardcover
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9780394951317
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039495131X
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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Coniglicoltura Pratica
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Coniglicoltura Pratica

by Licciardelli, Giuseppe

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Fourth Edition
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Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1911. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Very good, with only a little wear to extremities. 12 colour plates, and 67 sketches and photos. 268 pages of text, and 69 pages of index and adverts. Pictorial cover still bright..
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Contribution a l'Anatomie du Simenchelys parasiticus Gill
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Contribution a l'Anatomie du Simenchelys parasiticus Gill

by Jaquet, Maurice

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First edition
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Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1920. First edition. SUMPTUOUS MONOGRAPH FROM THE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE OF MONACO ON ANATOMY OF A DEEP SEA PARASITIC EEL--FINE DOUBLE-PAGE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 14 inches tall folio volume, paper covers with title printed on tissue jacket with coat of arms of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco, handstamp of Ernest A. Lachner top of cover and half title, 76 pp, text printed on heavy rag paper, 5 double-page lithographed plates with tisue guards, Text in French. Cover edges age-toned, text clean and unmarked, plates bright and clean, very good. This monograph forms part of a series of scientific reports on marine life collected by Albert the 1st, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, collected from his yacht. The report was printed under the direction of Prince Albert, with the approval of Jules Richard, doctor of science, chief of zoologic studies. Simenchelys parasitica is also known as the snubnosed eel, is a species of deep-sea eel and the only member of its genus. It is found in… Read More
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VERTEBRATE LOCOMOTION

VERTEBRATE LOCOMOTION

by Day, M.H. (Editor)

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London: Zoological Society of London/Academic Press, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with light bumping & rubbing to spine ends, slightly cocked spine else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, some scuffing to covers else still bright, intact and whole. ARN 50.01
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