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New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1968. Hard Cover. near fine/near fine. 428pp. Name and date of previous owner on front free endpaper. A very nice copy in an equally nice jacket. Protected in a brodart wrapper. English farming 1560-1660.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925. New Edition. Hardcover. Incomplete. 21 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. Bound in green boards. Of the 43 color plates originally bound in this volume, two of them #28 and 39 are missing. Plate 30 has tape repair. A few of the other plates are loose but present. Also missing are text pages inclusive of 69-74 as well as title page and table of contents. Uncommon work with attractive plates.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1999. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 28.5 x 20 cm. Quarto. 567pp. Drawings, end notes, bibliography, index. Teal cloth in dust jacket. Translated, edited, annotated, and with an introduction by E.M. Beekman. Light spotting to foredges, else fine. Originally published in Dutch in 1705, this is the first English language edition. Covers the gamut of organisms found in the seas surrounding Ambon, Indonesia, including crabs, shrimp, sea urchins, mussels, minerals and rare concretions taken from animals and plants.

Edinburgh: Constable and Co., 1831. 3/4 leather. very good. 4 Volumes. 24mo. (6" x 4"). Frontispieces in each volume, frontispiece for volume 1 is bound in before the introduction. Bound in 3/4 brown leather over green cloth. Red leather title labels. Four raised bands. Marble endpapers and edges. Some occasional foxing. Corners slightly bumped. Bookplates of former owner in front pastedowns of each volume. Name of another prior owner in each volume. A handsome set. This is the first European edition of Wilson's American Birds. Originally published in America in 9 vols in quarto. The first three volumes are arranged to be accessible to the general reader and the ornithologist. Volume 1 is prefixed by a biographical memoir by Mr. Hetherington. The fourth volume contains the American Ornithology of Prince Charles Lucian Bonaparte. Besides the frontispieces, these works do not reproduce any of the plates from the original.

New York: Selmar Hess, 1898. 1/2 Leather. vg+. 6 Volume Set. Half leather and cloth. Five raised bands per volume. Many mounted color illustrations with tissue guards as well as numerous others in black and white. A bit of rubbing along edges but overall a lovely set. This is a heavy set and will require additional shipping charges for international orders.

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 439pp. 8 color plates and additional black and white illustrations. Bound in dark green cloth, lacking dust jacket. Signed by Beebe opposite the title list. First edition with no additional printings noted. There is a small stain to the bottom of the first few pages causing some rubbing to the paper as well as a larger stain to pages 124-125. The page the author signed appears to have been carefully bound-in after the book was printed as the paper is of a different type.

Cleveland, Ohio: The Bird Research Foundation, 1951. First edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. 26 x 19 cm. Quarto. 725 pages.Green leather. Signed by the author and inscribed to previous owner: "To Estelle Cooer, Who enjoys the ways and wonders of nature, this volume is inscribed with a feeling of pride to her, that she should sufficiently value the author's works as to acquire the three publications concerning his adventures in the field- Herbert Brandt, Cleaveland, Ohio, March 15 1952". Association copy. Wildlife artist Les Kouba's copy with his bookplate on the back of the frontispiece. Light rubbing to edges of the spine. Illustrated with paintings by Allan Brooks, George Miksch Sutton, Roger Tory Peterson, Terence Michael Shortt. Pen Sketches by George Miksch Sutton, Allan Brooks, Edwin Richard Kalmbach. Photographs by Karl H. Maslowski, Ed N. Harrison, Herbert Brandt.

New York: Doubleday & Co. Inc, 1946. First edition. good. Black leather with gilt design and lettering to cover and spine. 312pp. Color plates. Some ghost stains on half-title page.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin company, 1940. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. 30 x 20 cm. Quarto. 329 pages. Grey cloth in slipcase and chipped glassine. One of 3025 copies signed by the editor, Donald Culross Peattie on the limitation page. Slipcase is worn and partially crushed. Gilt top foredge.

Volair Limited, 1978. 75th Anniversary Edition First Edition. Full Leather. near fine. Quarto. Complete in ten Volumes. Bound in full brown leather with gilt design to covers and gilt design and lettering to spine. Five Raised Bands. AEG. (all edges gilt) Moire Endpapers. Ribbons. Numerous color plates. A beautiful set.

Albany: University of the State of New York, 1914. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 29 x 24 cm. Quarto. 719pp. 106 color plates. Two volume set. New York State Museum Memoir 12. Corners are bumped.

Norwood, Massachusetts: Norwood Press, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. Three volume set bound in green cloth. Illustrated with colored plates from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and figures and cuts from drawings and photographs by the author. Part I: Water Birds, Marsh Birds and Shore Birds. Some rubbing to the bottom of the boards. Originally published in 1925, Part 1 is a 1928 reprint. Part II: Land Birds from Bob-Whites to Grackles. Part II is a first edition done in 1927. Part III: Land Birds from Sparrows to Thrushes. Part III is a first edition done in 1929.

Denver Museum of National History, 1965. Hard Cover. vg/vg. Quartos. Two volume set. Illustrated with 124 plates depicting in full color 420 species (approx. 700 individual birds) and over 400 photographs in black and white. The paintings by 23 artists were made especially for The Birds of Colorado. Both volumes in very good condition with chipped dust jackets. Inscribed by author.

Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1932. First trade edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 28.5 x 22 cm. Quarto. Two volume set bound in green cloth. Volume one is signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, there is also a picture of the authored pasted in below the signature. 92 color plates. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of both volumes.

University of Minnesota Press, 1932. Hard Cover. near fine. 2 Volume set. This is #222/300 copies SIGNED by author, Thomas Roberts. Kittredge binding. A beautiful set. Illustrated with ninety-two color plates by Allan Brooks,George Miksch Sutton, Walter Alois Weber,Francis Lee Jaques, Walter Brechenridge,including one plate by the late Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

Lehre: J. Cramer, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 30.5 x 22.5 cm. Quarto. 115pp (text). Illustrated with 87 plates, 72 of which are in color. Dark green cloth in dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Closed tear ~ 3 cm to front cover of jacket.

London: Ray Society, 1962. Hard Cover. vg. Small 4to. Blue cloth. (no dust jacket.) 755pp. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs. Name of previous owner on front endpaper.

New York: Doubleday,Doran & Co., 1967. First edition. Hard Cover. vg/good plus. A nice copy in a slightly chipped dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. early edition. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. Octavo. 282pp. Olive green cloth with pictorial image on front cover. Frontispiece photograph of Daniel C. Beard in a Forester tent which was design by author, Warren (Cap" Miller.Many photographi, c illustrations. In original dust jacket. Lighjt edge rubbing at head of dj spine. Small stain to front of dust jacket. Age-toning to endpapers. A supurb copy. Warren Miller was the founding editor of Field and Stream. Originally published in 1915, Camp Craft is considered one of the best "how to" camping books.

University of Minnesota Press, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. oblong quarto.8 1/2" x 10 1/2". 370pp. Signed by both auttors Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims. A fine copy in dust jacket.