Original publisher's white paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front of a person fishing along a creek with a kingfisher and his catch in the foreground. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2." Pages 65-128, complete. Replete with black-and-white printed photographs and illustrations. Several advertisements, some of which have black-and-white illustrations, are printed in front and back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Front cover is almost completely separated along spine. Front cover and the first several pages have a small chip limited to bottom margin. Covers h... View More...
ix, 284 pages [3 pages ads in back]; illustrations; bound in brown cloth with black lettering and pastedown photo on the cover. Covers bats, boles, birds, shrews, toads and frogs, mice, hedgehog, reptiles, and others. View More...
Publication 502, Farmers' Bulletin 6. 8 pages; illustrations; wraps. Concerned with scabies in Foxes and other animals. Former owner's names in ink on the cover "Calbert E. Norland, Raymond J. Hock." View More...
First edition. Illustrated cloth. Illustrations. Page tops are gilt. Gilt decoration on front cover. Ink notation front end paper. Page sides and bottoms are uncut. The author describes the history of the domesticated cat, through the dark ages, per secution of the cat, renaissance (return to favor), the cat in art, some cats in France, and cats to-day. View More...
Original publisher's blue cloth binding with beige dust wrapper. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." 189 pages, complete. Black and white photographs, diagrams, and illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean. Binding is tight. Dust wrapper is sunned on the spine with slight chipping but is otherwise intact. Not price-clipped. This book provides an overview of growth in humans, plants, and animals. Introduction by Professor William Jacob Robbins. Essays by Professors Samuel Brody ("An Analysis of the Course of Growth and Senescence"), Albert Garland Hogan ("Some Relations Between Growth an... View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1930-1950. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Imprint of "Robinson" in the lower-right corner of the image. The style of Eastman Kodak Company ("EKC") stamp box on the back was used from 1930-1950. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact except for a minuscule dent at the top edge and two pinholes at the top. A Near Fine copy. This postcard shows a dog sledding team in a snowy landscape with nine huskies (or similar dog breed) and two people riding on the sled. Mountains are in the b... View More...
Limited Edition. No. 15 of 100 copies. Original publisher's beige paper-covered boards backed with green cloth. 4 1/4" x 4 1/4." Unpaginated, twenty-five pages, complete. Ten black-and-white illustrations by Andrew Rottner, complete. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. Signed in black ink by Andrew Rottner on a back flyleaf facing the colophon: "#15 of 100, Andrew Rottner [?], 2015." A whimsical book about bookbinding. In ten words and ten illustrations, Rottner concisely summarizes the process of bookbinding with the help of an anthropomorphic g... View More...
Original publisher's beige wrapper with staple binding. 6" x 9 1/4." Ninety-four pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations, complete. Two pages in the back list other bulletins and circulars that pertain to farming, animal husbandry, and the agricultural industry. Staples are slightly rusted, there are a few small rust marks on front and back covers, and Pages 43 and 44 have a slight tear in the side margin. Pages and covers are otherwise very clean and intact. A Near Fine copy. From the Preface is the following: "The purpose of this bulletin is (1) to familiarize stockmen wi... View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1930s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. "Sawyers" imprint in lower-right corner of the image. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. This postcard shows a group of sea lions in the eponymous Sea Lion Caves off of the Oregon Coast Highway. The Sea Lion Caves are one of the longest networks of sea caves in the world. The caves and caverns are home to many animals including the Stellar's sea lion, the California sea lion, a variety of seabirds, and the occasional hawk o... View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. Postmarked August 10 [or 18], 1948. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Imprint of "Sawyer's" in the lower-right corner of the image. A green, one-cent 1938 George Washington stamp is tipped in on the back. Postcard is used. Postcard is very clean and intact except for a small fold in the lower-right corner. A Near Fine copy. There is handwriting on the back in black ink. The writer checks in with someone living in Portland, Oregon and briefly mentions the aquarium. This postcard shows a group of sea anenomes on view a... View More...
Leaflet No. 234. 32 pages; paper wrapper. Lecture on the proper care of horses and prevention of Equine Encephalomyelitis. Also its spread of the disease by mosquitoes from birds to the horses. View More...
First Impression. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gilt border decoration on front cover. Green and brown illustrations on coves and spine. Front-cover illustration shows the silhouettes of animals spaced between a row of trees. Illustration on back shows two sparrows. 6" x 8." 360 pages, complete. Thirty-one black-and-white plates and many black-and-white in-text illustrations, complete. Illustrations by the author. Former owner's inscription in black ink on front free endpaper dated 1901. Pages and covers are clean and intact o... View More...
Original notes handwritten in black ink on light beige paper by George Shaw. No date, circa 1770s-1813. 4" x 7 1/4." Two pages (one leaf with writing on front and back). Notes are virtually pristine and intact except for slight age toning to the paper and a few small spots of discoloration in the corners. A Fine copy. Original scientific notes handwritten by George Kearsley Shaw (1751-1813), an English naturalist, botanist, and zoologist. His notes are on John Ellis's An Essay Towards the Natural History of the Corallines (1755). The notes are numbered and appear to be mostly, if not e... View More...
Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Black lettering on front cover and spine. Small black-and-white illustration on front cover and title page. Front cover and title page are virtually identical. 5" x 7 1/2." 103 pages, complete. Forty black-and-white illustrations (Figures), complete. Bibliography follows the first part. Index in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for a browned title page and minuscule age toning on the remaining pages. Covers are very clean and intact except for browning, a small colored pencil mark or streak in upper-left corner on front, ... View More...
Original publisher's illustrated wrapper. Catalog No. 15. Illustration of an Ancona chicken in a landscape on front and back covers. 6" x 9." Ninety-six pages, complete. Order form in the back. Covers, spine, and pages are very clean. This catalog provides information on the Ancona chicken breed and how to take care of them. Sheppard advertises his strain of Anconas and lists prices of the chickens for ordering. View More...
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, pp. 79-81, August 12, 1936. 4-page brochure. Inked stamp imprint front cover. "Included in a collection of snakes made by the author. is a new species of Trimetopon", found in Guatemala. Includes chart of "Scale Counts of the Paratypes." View More...
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 11, pp. 175-190. December 30, 1937. Unopened pages. Page edges are uncut. The author provides brief descriptions of the various species found on the Japanese islands including toads, woodfrogs, Gekko japonicus; Takydromus tachydromoides; snakes; Elaphe quadrivirgata; etc. View More...
Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover showing people riding show horses. No date, circa 1940. 11" x 6." Sixty-pages, complete. Black-and-white advertisements, some of which are illustrated, throughout the booklet, complete. Ads promote a variety of businesses, products, and services. "Compliments of Smith Brothers Pharmacy." Pages are very clean and intact except for age toning. Covers are clean and intact overall but have a few closed tears at top edge (front cover has some tape repair) and rubbing, wrinkling, and a fe... View More...
Right half of original stereocard on yellow board. Board measures 3 1/2" x 3 3/8"; photograph measures 3 1/8" x 3 1/8." A clean copy. Tiny tear on left edge that barely affects image. Image shows a few people training three horses at a circus. One horse performs a trick by standing on a pedestal. A circus tent is in the background. Title is printed below the image. "John P. Soule, 199 Washington St., Boston. Entered, according to act of Congress in the year 1870, by John P. Soule, to the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts." is printed on the right ... View More...
Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 6 X 9 1/2 inches. 450 pages with 20 pages of advertisements. This copy is about John Splan, a veteran horse trainer and his life a horse trotter. Covers and spine are slightly rubbed. Head and tail are slightly bumped and corners are lightly worn. A number is written in black ink on the lower part of the spine. On several pages a previous owner, Dr. J. S. Johnson, rubber stamped his name. Light foxing on the edges. Pages are clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
