Search Results: Natural History from Old New York Book Shop

A Toul: Chez J. Carez, Imprimeur Libraire, 1832. hardcover. very good. Toul: Chez J. Carez, Imprimeur Libraire, 1832. 2 vols, 12mo. Both volumes illustrated. French language edition. A handsome little set bound in speckled calf, with decorative spines, marbled text blocks, and marbled end papers. Attractive label from a primary school affixed to the front end paper of each volume. A very good set, foxed. Half title page creased in vol 1.

no place : No Publisher, June 1963. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 24p large octavo, Scarce addendum to the 1954 printing of the book by the same name. Sprunt was was the Southern representative of the National Audubon Society. From 1924-1930 he was the curator of ornithology at the Charleston Museum and then was supervisor of Southern sanctuaries for the Audubon Society at least 5 books on birds. A fine copy in blue printed wraps with some foxing on the front cover. Inscribed by Sprunt "Presented to the Ornithologist of Jamaica ?? in appreciation of many good times! Alexander Sprunt Jr. Naples, Fla April 1964"

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961. New Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo. 330pp A fine copy in like dust jacket

London: Headley Brothers, (1911). First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 326p + ads, octavo, illustrated. First state with color plates tipped in and with tissue guards. A fine copy in blue cloth top edge gilt.

Columbus,OH: F J Heer Printing Co, 1921. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 96pp,octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in printed wraps. Small chip on back panel

1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fort Riley, . First edition 12mo. 90pp, illustrated. Cover spotted, exlibrary. But a good solid copy in maroon cloth.

Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 426p, quarto. Illustrated. A near fine copy in pictorial boards. Minor shelfwear, else fine.

Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, (1973). First Edition. Very good/very good. 116pp quarto, illustrated. A very good copy in very good dust jacket Closed tear and scractch on back panel near the lower corner. Non-authorial inscription on the half-title

Raleigh: Bynum Printing Compan, 1942. Revised Edition. Hardcover. very good /fair. 416pp, large 8vo. Illustrated. A very good copy in a fair jacket. Bound in dark green cloth boards, gilt title on spine and front board. Previous owner's name penned on first free end paper. Minor wear to extremities. Rear jacket panel and lower half of spine are detached but present. Jacket is soiled, large ink stain on rear panel, faint moisture stains on rear panel and spine, chipping and closed tears along edges. Asheville Arcjhitect Anthony Lord's copy with his ownership signature. Lord 1900-1993 was an important architect from the region.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1918. New Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 352pp +index illustrated. A very good copy in red cloth without dj

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 194p+ ads, octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in blue decorated cloth, spine sunned. Bookplate

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 397pp, 8vo. Illustrated. A fair to good copy in light grey/blue cloth boards. Inscribed by Morley on ffep, "To Mary - ----, In memory of those other mountains! With love from Margaret W Morley - Tryon N.C. 1913." Inner hinges cracked but holding. Amateur glue repair on front inner hinge. A few small spots along spine, cloth worn at spine ends and corners and lighty soiled. Top edge gilt.

Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1957. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Octavo. 33pp a very good copy in white wraps

1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dallas, The Story Book Press . First edition octavo. 218pp. A very good copy in dj. Spine sunned

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1916. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 23p. A fine copy in gray printed wraps. Small name on front cover

Stuttgart, Germany : Hiersemann Verlag, 1953. Hardcover. fine/very good. 222p quarto. Illustrated. A fine copy in a very good jacket. Jacket has slight creasing, nicks and closed tears along edges. Back panel has thin 3 inch horizontal slice and light rubbing. Small hole on spine. Text in German.

1946. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Sao Paulo, Brasil First edition octavo. 10pp + 23 black & white photos, 19 of snakes Very good in wraps. Erasure on front cover

Kent: L Reeve & Co Ltd. Facsimile Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Quarto. 2pp one a colored plate. Very good in cream wraps. Facsimile of the 1858 edition

Manila: Philippine Forestry Bureau, (1901). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 112p quarto, illustrated with 43 plates, 42 chromolithographs, 1 folding and 1 black and white. A very good copy in the origina dark green cloth.R J Kowal's copy author of books on insects with his ownership signature.

Boston: John P Jewett and Company, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 813p thick octavo, complete with double page color frontis.(color-tinted lithograph), 8 plates and additional in-text illustrations. A good copy bound in brown cloth. Wearing at the crown and base and along the extremities, foxed, very faint moisture stain along the top edge not affecting the text..Library plate on inside front panel, base of foredge shallowly chewed affecting less than an eighth of an inch of textblock. Better than it sounds