Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, pp. 59-78, 1 text figure, June 19, 1936. 19-page booklet. One illustration of southeastern Alaska. Page edges uncut. Some unopened pages. Inked stamp imprint front cover. From the Introduction: "The region possesses bird and mammal populations, as well as plants, that are sufficiently characteristic to justify the distinctive name "Sitkan district" that has been applied by biologists to this part of Alaska." View More...
Original trade card in a unique shape of an open envelope. The inside of the depicted flap has a color illustration of a pink and brown bird in a nest done in a trompe l'oeil effect. No date, circa 1900-1910s. 4" x 3." Trade card is very clean and intact except for age toning on back, a minuscule bump in the lower-left corner, and a few small marks on front. A Near Fine copy. Trade card for the Central City Clothing Company, a dry goods store in Syracuse, New York. Trade cards are antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, Fra... View More...
Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 4 1/2" x 7 1/2." 139 pages, complete. An inscription in black ink and a bookplate from a former owner, Ebbe Moe, are on the front free endpaper and front pastedown, respectively. Inscription is dated "[18]93." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight edge and corner wear and rubbing to the covers and spine. A collection of philosophical essays that mostly center upon nature and birds. One essay addresses William Shakespeare; another references John Ruskin. The following are the chapter tit... View More...
Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine and gilt floral decoration on the front cover. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 235 pages, complete. Nine black and white plates, complete. "The Riverside Press, Cambridge" printed on title and copyright pages. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Slight rubbing on the covers and top of the text block. Chipping at the head and tail of the spine. Corners somewhat worn. Internally Fine. A Very Good copy. Bradford Torrey (1843-1912), an author and United States ornithologist, writes his thoughts an... View More...
Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4." Pages and covers very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few scratch marks to the covers. Front free endpaper has some offsetting. A Very Good, almost Near Fine copy. Printed by the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A collection of the author's autobiographical essays which were first published in various magazines and newspapers. Essays organized by the following regions: "New Hampshire," "Florida," and "Texas and Arizona." Index in back. Bradford Torrey (1843-1912)... View More...
Original publisher's wrappers bound in plain black cloth. 7" x 10 1/2." 114 pages, complete. Inscribed by author on half title page in ink dated "June 1931." Pages and covers are clean and intact. The Pacific Coast Avifauna accommodates papers that could not be included in the Cooper Ornithological Club's main publication, The Condor, for their length. This paper discusses the boundaries of the Fresno district, the status of bird populations in the district, and descriptions and field note observations on various bird species that reside there. In the back on gray cardstock is a price ... View More...
Stapled wrappers, with spine rusted through were stapes were. Some soiling to front and back cover. An auction catalog in which "three hundred species will be offered, of which more than 20 have been described since the publication of Smith's Check List." No prices realized list. 13 pages. View More...
Set includes Volume I, No. 1 (January 1897); No. 2 (February 1897); No. 3 (March 1897); No. 4 (April 1897); No. 5 (May 1897); No. 6 (June 1897). Volume II, No. 1 (July 1897); No. 2 (August 1897); No. 3 (September 1897); No. 4 (October 1897). Ten issues total in this set. Preface "The text is prepared with the view of giving the children as clear an idea as possible, of haunts, habits, characteristics and such other information as will lead them to love the birds and delight in their study and acquaintance." Fine clean set with color plates [complete set of plates for each issue]. First volume ... View More...
Sutro Library book plate affixed to inside front cover. 92-page booklet with weather maps. Page edges are uncut. Some unopened pages. Contents include: Revision of the California Species of Lithocharis and Allied Genera, Thos. L. Casey; Studies in the Botany of California and Parts Adjacent, IV, Edward Lee Greene -- 1. On Some Chicoriaceous Compositae, 2. Some Species of Euphorbia -- Anisophyllum, 3. New Polypetalae; A New Species of Californian Coleoptera, J. J. Rivers; Contributions to the Larval History of Pacific Coast Coleoptera, J. J. Rivers; Notes on Saturn, Geo. Davidson; Weather Types... View More...
Original publisher's green pebble cloth binding. Ex-library. 5" x 7 7/8." 116 pages, complete. Black and white diagrams and illustrations, complete. Gilt lettering on front cover. Impressed decorations and border on front and back covers. Pages are clean; binding is tight. Binding is chipped on the top of the spine. A textbook on the bone and muscle structures of domestic fowl. View More...
Circa 1870's. Original stereocard on orange board. Board dimensions, 7 X 3 1/2 X, photograph dimensions 6 X 3 1/4. Title on base of board. Photograph is of 3 shags sitting on their nests which are on rocks. One photograph is slightly faded on bottom corner. View More...
# 2863 - From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 78, Art. 20, pages 1-4. Seperate in gray wrapper, with former owner's stamp on the cover "San Diego State College", evidence of a former fold to pamphlet. Description of the new species CHAETOPHLEPSIS ORBITALIS. View More...
Illustrated cloth. Illustrated dust wrapper. Later printing. Illustrated by 48 Plates, 32 in Color. Dust wrapper has some chipping along edges with tears at lower back cover. Ink notation front end paper. The author writes about: Butte rfly Scents, Migrations, Hibernation or Lethargy, Feigning Death, Color Sense, Swallowtails, Meadow-Browns or Satyrs, etc. View More...
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 13, pp. 195-201, 15 text figures. December 30, 1937. "Dr. G. Dallas Hanna of the California Academy of Sciences has placed in my hands for study the excellently preserved distal end of a right tibio-tarsus of a bird found by Mr. W. D. Cortright of the Associated Oil Company in April, 1935 in a drill core obtained in Kern County, California". The author goes on to describe the fossil. View More...
Farmers' Bulletin No. 1668. 21 pages; illustrations; paper wrapper (5 3/4 x 9 inch). Concerned with the destruction incurred by the Red Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) in the south. Fine clean copy. View More...
Original trade card with a color illustration of a young couple sitting on a swing made of a spool of Willimantic Thread. "Willimantic Linen Co." and other lettering and decoration is printed in gilt on one side of the depicted spool. No date, circa 1880s. 3" x 4 1/2." Trade card is very clean and intact except for age toning to front and back; a small scratch limited to the back, not affecting text; and a small, light dampstain in the lower-left corner. A Very Good copy. Trade card promoting Willimantic spool thread. The text on back reads, in part, "All the Honors, Atlanta 1881." The ... View More...
From the PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 59. Pages 269-290, plate; wraps. Several new species have been found and descriptions of these, as well as records of all the known speicies contained in the collection, are given. Former owner's name in pencil on cover "R.D. Harwood" and a 'Comstock Memorial Library' stamp. View More...
Original trade card with a color illustration of a white dove and sky pictured in an oval frame surrounded by flowers. Parts of the illustration are done in light relief. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 6" x 4 1/2." The printer's name, "Bufford," is printed on front and may refer to the printing and publishing establishment of John Henry Bufford (1810-1870). Trade card is very clean and intact except for a few faint marks on front near the edges and a few small bits of paper stuck to the back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Woolson Spice Company. Printed on the occasion of Easter. T... View More...
Original trade card with a color illustration of a blue dove and sky pictured within an oval frame surrounded by flowers. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 6" x 4 1/2." The printer's name, "Bufford," is printed on front and may refer to the printing and publishing establishment of John Henry Bufford (1810-1870). Trade card is very clean and intact except for a few faint marks near the edges and a few microscopic surface chips in the margins on front. A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Woolson Spice Company. Printed on the occasion of Easter. The company was founded by Alvin and William Woo... View More...
Bulletin 518 (November 1931). 22 pages; illustrations; wrapper. Deals with the centipede, its effect in the garden and farming, and use of flooding fields to control it. Former owner's name in ink at the top of the front cover 'Calvert E. Norland.' View More...
