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[Albany]: [American Quarterly Journal of Agriculture and Science], 1845. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Very good. Pp. 203-214, plus frontispiece plate of mastodon skeleton. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Uneven toning in wrappers; closed tears and small chips in rear wrapper; light scattered foxing. Very good. October 1845 offprint from the AMERICAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND SCIENCE. An early report of the discovery and anatomy of the mastodon skeleton excavated in Newburgh, New York, in August 1845, which would come to be known as the Warren Mastodon. The skeleton, one of the most complete ever found, has been exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History since 1906. The author of the article was likely A. J. Prime, the Newburgh-based co-editor of the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND SCIENCE.
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THE GREAT AMERICAN MASTODON, (MASTODON GIGANTEUM, OF CUVIER); ITS HISTORY AND HABITS, AS INFERRED FROM ITS ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE AND INDIAN TRADITION. TOGETHER WITH AN ESSAY ON THE LOST RACES
by [Warren Mastodon]; E. Emmons & A. J. Prime [eds.]
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THE GREEN BEADS
by Gorey, Edward
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New York: The Albondocani Press, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 5 inches. [35] pp., including 14 full-page illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers, stitched. Prospectus card laid in. Numbered by the published and signed by the artist on the colophon. Fine. From a stated edition of 426 signed copies (400 numbered and for sale, 26 lettered and not for sale); the present copy is signed by artist and numbered, "out of series 3/4," by the publisher (it was one of four additional copies beyond the order sent to Albondocani Press owner George Bixby by the printer). A story in which an impoverished Little Tancred comes to the aid of "a disturbed person whose sex was unclear." The person is revealed to be the Baroness von Rettig, who had been presumed lost at sea. Toledano A71. From the collection of George Bixby.
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