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Where Land Meets Sea: The Tide Line of Cape Cod [Signed]

by LEIGHTON, CLARE

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Published
1954
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Very good in original cream cloth and very good patterned dust jacket. Spotting to jacket and boards.
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First Edition, First Printing
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New York: Rinehart and Company, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good in original cream cloth and very good patterned dust jacket. Spotting to jacket and boards.. Small quarto. 7.75 x 10.25 in. 202 pp. Profusely llustrated with reproductions of engravings by Clare Leighton. Signed by Clare Leighton on half-title.
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image of An Odd Bestiary; Or, a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, &c. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary

An Odd Bestiary; Or, a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled from Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, &c. by Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary

by ROBINSON, ALAN JAMES and LAURIE BLOCK

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Published
1982
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Near fine in original quarter-leather over cloth.
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First Edition, First Printing
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$400.00

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Cheloniidae Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine in original quarter-leather over cloth.. Alan James Robinson. Folio. 10.5 x 13.75 in. Unpaginated. Limited edition, numbered 44 of 50 copies and signed by Alan James Robinson. Illustrated with 26 wood engravings and 26 hand-illustrated initials b y Alan James Robinson. With 8-page prospectus laid in. Lacking extra… Read more
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Polar Dance; Born of the North Wind

by MANGELSEN, THOMAS D.

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Published
1997
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Fine in full black cloth, titled in blind with large pictorial onlay affixed to upper cover, and fine matching black cloth clams
Edition
Special Edition
ISBN
9780963308085
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Omaha, NE: Images of Nature, 1997. Special Edition. Hardcover. Fine in full black cloth, titled in blind with large pictorial onlay affixed to upper cover, and fine matching black cloth clamshell case.. Oblong folio. 13.25 x 12.25 in. Limited edition, numbered 1079 of 1500 copies, signed by Thomas D. Mangelsen and with an original Mangelsen Ilfochrome print. Fully… Read more
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image of A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England; Containing an Account of their Classical History, Uses, Characters, Development, Structure, Nutritious Properties, Modes of Cooking and Preserving, etc.

A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England; Containing an Account of their Classical History, Uses, Characters, Development, Structure, Nutritious Properties, Modes of Cooking and Preserving, etc.

by BADHAM, CHARLES DAVID

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Published
1863
Condition
Near fine in original dark green pebbled cloth, beautifully illustrated in gilt on upper cover and titled in gilt on spine.
Edition
Second Edition
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$175.00

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London: Lovell Reeve & Co, 1863. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in original dark green pebbled cloth, beautifully illustrated in gilt on upper cover and titled in gilt on spine.. Octavo. 15 x 21.5 cm. xvi, 152 pp. + 12 plates + 16 pp. adverts. Illustrated with 12 color plates, with tissue guards-complete. Edited by Frederick Currey. A… Read more
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