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Outdoor Heritage: of the Series California, Edited by John Russell McCarthy

By: Bryant, Harold Child

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Powell Publishing Company: 1929

Seller ID: 019645

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's blue cloth binding. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2." 465 pages, complete. Fourteen black and white plates, complete. Bibliography in the back. Beige card laid-in postmarked 1947 and addressed to Fred C. Hartman in Los Angeles. Black and gold-colored illustrated endpapers. Gilt lettering and decorations on front cover and spine but very faded. Top edge gilt but also very faded. Some pages unopened. Pages and covers are clean. Binding is tight. A natural history of California with descriptions of landscapes, wildlife, and flora. Woodblock illustrations of natural scener...
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Ways of Nature

By: Burroughs, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Houghton, Mifflin and Company: 1905

Seller ID: 022198

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt facsimile signature of the author on the front cover. Top edge gilt. 5" x 7 1/4." 280 pages, complete. One black and white frontispiece, complete (WorldCat lists six plates but it is assumed the number of plates, one, is complete, given it is a frontispiece). Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Offsetting on the front and back endpapers. Front free endpaper is clipped in the top corner on the fore-edge. Slight wear at the corners and head and tail of the spine. A Near Fine copy. John ...
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Territorial Behavior and Populations of Some Small Mammals in Southern Michigan

By: Burt, William Henry

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press: 1940

Seller ID: 8465

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Wrappers. "Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, No. 45." Illustrated with charts, grafs and line drawings and four photographs on two plates. 58 pages.
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Document Signed - George Byng (6th Viscount Torrington)

By: Byng, George

Price: $100.00

Publisher: 1809

Seller ID: 019399

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Signature on beige document in brown ink by George Bynq. December 20, 1809. On board HMS Belliqueen off Prince of Wales Island (Pulau Penang (Penang Island) in the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia; Penang was ceded to the British East India Company in 1786). 7 1/2" x 10." One page. George Bynq (1768-1831) was the 6th Viscount of Torrington and became an admiral in 1821. This document certifies that the "loss of a buffaloe" provided by a contractor was not the fault of the ship's crew. (Also included is a brief biographical annotation on Georg Bynq, handwritten in brown ink on...
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Small Broadside - "Pointed Paragraphs on Fish Propagation in California"

By: California Fish and Game Commission

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Sacramento, CA, California State Printing Office: 1927

Seller ID: 021199

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original small broadside printed on beige paper. 6" x 9." One page, complete. Paper is very clean and intact. There are three horizontal fold lines and a few splits at the edges along the folds. A list of facts pertaining to the work done by the California Fish and Game Commission toward the protection of "wild life resources" in consideration of conservation, hunting, and fishing. The broadside gives a summary of raising fish in a hatchery and notes how some hatcheries specialize in rainbow, steelhead, black-spotted, or golden trout. It also mentions the State Game Farm...
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The Horses of the World : The Development of Man's Companion in War Camp, on Farm, in the Marts of Trade, and in the Field of Sports With 95 Illustrations, Including 24 Pages of Clor.

By: Carter, William H.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., National Geographic Society: 1923

Seller ID: 11213

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

118 pages; illustrations; bound in light brown cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. History of the horses in the old and new world with illustrations in color by Edward Miner. Unusual for such a clean fine copy.
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Article IX - Preliminary Descriptions of Two Apparently New Species of the Genus Hesperomys from Florida. Article X - Description of a New Sub-species of the Genus Sigmodon from Florida. Article XI - On the Habits of the Round-tailed Muskrat (Neofiberalleni True)

By: Chapman, Frank M.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Author's Edition: 1889

Seller ID: 13964

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Extracted from Bulletin of the American Museum, Volume II, Number 3 issued June 7, 1889. [6] pages; gray paper wrapper (6 x 9 1/4 inch). Group of biographical papers written by Frank M. Chapman. Very good clean copy.
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Fireside Reading: Traits and Anecdotes of Animals Illustrating Their Natural History, Habits and Instincts

By: Clarke, Rev. D.W. (editor)

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Cincinnati, Swormstedt & Poe: 1856

Seller ID: 5364

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Ribbed cloth, with pressed design in gilt on spine. Chipping at top and bottom of spine and extremities. Former owner's name on frond end paper. End papers browned. Scattered foxing throughout. 416 pages.
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Animal Life in the Sea and on the Land. a Zoology for Young People.

By: Cooper, Sarah

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, N.Y., American Book Company: 1887

Seller ID: 8886

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Clean inside and out, bound in green cloth, still tight. Title on spine with bumped corners. Lots of illustrations. 413 pages with index.
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The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization By the Baron Curvier.; The Crustacea, Arachnides and Insecta By P.A. Latreille.; Translated from the French with Notes and Additions By H. M'Murtrie, M.D. In Four Volumes with Plates

By: Cuvier, the Baron; P.A. Latreille; Translated By H. M'Murtrie, M.D.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: New York, G. & C. & H,. Carvill: 1831

Seller ID: 8352

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Full contenporary tan leather. Staining to outside of all volumes. Joints strong. Binding a bit scuffed but unworn. Internal moderate foxing. xxxiii, (1) -448, (1); 4 plates. xv, (1) -475; 10 plates. xx, (1)-575, 3 plates. xii, (1)-545, (1), 3 plates. Complete. All plates black and white only. First edition of this translation and first edition of the M'Murtrie contributions.
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. Fifth Edition, with Additions and Corrections. (Tenth Thousand.)

By: Darwin, Charles

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: London, England, John Murray: 1869

Seller ID: 022205

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Limited edition. One of 2,000 copies printed. "Fifth Edition, with Additions and Corrections." Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorative rules on the spine. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." Pages (i)-xxiii, (1)-596, complete. One black and white folding plate facing Page 132, complete. Sixteen additional pages in the back advertising other books published by "Mr. Murray." This catalog of advertised books is dated January 1871. Index included in the back preceding the ads. Tipped-in red ribbon bookmark included. Pages and covers are very clea...
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The Theory and Practice of Breeding to Type and Its Application to the Breeding of Dogs

By: Davies, C. J.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Manchester, England, "Our Dogs" Publishing Company Limited: 0

Seller ID: 020347

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's purple cloth binding. No date, circa 1928. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." Eighty-five pages, complete. Six black and white plates and illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact except for some foxing on front and back endpapers and top edge. Book explains what breeding to type is, heredity, strains, color, and other topics related to the breeding. In the back are a breeders' table and table of breeding data.
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Distribution and Variation of Pocket Gophers (Genus Geomys) in the Southwestern United States.

By: Davis, William B.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: College Station, Texas, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.: 1940

Seller ID: 11742

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

38 pages; maps, tables; bibliography; paper wrapper (6 x 9 inch) stapled with title on the cover. Biological discussion of pocket gophers and the destruction they do to range land and farms. Also methods of controlling them is included. Fine clean copy.
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Zoology Of New-York, Or The New-York Fauna; Comprising Detailed Descriptions Of All The Animals Hitherto Observed Within The State Of New-York; With Brief Notices Of Those Occasionally Found Near Its Borders, And Accompanied By Appropriate Illustrations. Part I. Mammalia.

By: De Kay, James E.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Albany N. Y., W. & A. White & J. Visscher: 1842

Seller ID: 018433

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original brown cloth binding with a gilt illustration on the front cover. The illustration shows Lady Justice on the left and Lady Liberty on the right with ships and a train in the background; an eagle is in the center with a banner that says, "Excelsior." Front and back covers have lightly impressed decorative borders. Gilt lettering and an illustration of a deer head on the spine. 9 3/4" x 11 3/4." This book is divided into two sections. The first section is titled "Introduction" and is about the history of New York. It is 188 pages and has two black and white...
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A Great Defender of the Animal Creation

By: Destler, Paul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Banning, California, The Desert Protective Council, Inc.: 1959

Seller ID: 12445

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

[3] pages; folded paper reprinting; title on the cover with portrait of Muir. Reprinted from WILDERNESS NEWS (December 1958). An account of John Muir and his life-long anti-hunting philosophy and his reaction when others around him when they tried to hunt. Fine clean copy.
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Grizzly Adams: a Memorable Mountain Man.

By: Dillon, Richard H.

Price: $17.50

Publisher: University of California, Davis: 1966

Seller ID: 9626

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

'Keepsake Number 1' issued by the Library Assoicates of the University of California, Davis. 400 copies printed by the Printing Department, University of California, Berkeley. 12 pages pamplet in an orange wrapper with title on the cover. Foreword by J. Richard Blanchard. A biographical lecture on John Adams, better known as 'Grizzly Adams' and his travels in California and the Pacific Northwest.
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Inexpensive Labor Saving Poultry Appliances.

By: Dougherty, J.E., And S.S. Gossman

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California., University of California, College of Agriculture: 1923

Seller ID: 9680

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Agricultural Experiment Station, Circular No. 268. 32 pages, illustrations, drawings. Paper wrapper. Guide to labor saving methods for a poultry operation. Design of cages, feeders, chicken catchers, sorting tables, etc. Actualy quite useful for a small operation.
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A Systematic Study of a Collection of Mammals from Southern Arizona

By: Doutt, J. Kenneth

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Annals of Carnegie Museum: 1934

Seller ID: 8464

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

"Reprinted from Annals of the Carnegie Museum Vol. XXIII, p. 241-274, 1934. Issued August 4, 1934." Photo illustrated. A nice copy in original wrappers.
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The Island Stallion Races

By: Farley, Walter

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Random House: 1955

Seller ID: 14655

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

viii, 256 pages; drawings; light green cloth binding, dust jacket under mylar. Walter Farley (1915-1989) was an American author of children's horse stories. The 'Black Stallion' was the first and most famous of his works (1941). Very good clean copy.
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Notes on a California Earthworm, Plutellus Papillifer (Eisen, 1893); No. 30

By: Gates, Gordon E.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: No City, California Academy of Sciences: 1941

Seller ID: 4326

Binding: Illustrated Wrappers

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, Vol. XXIII, No. 30, pp. 443-452, text figs. 1-4. September 30, 1941. Unopened pages. Inked stamp imprint front cover. "The worms which provided the material for this article are from a small collection forwarded by Dr. A. W. Herre of Stanford University. The author describes the worm Plutellus papillifer (Eisen) 1893.
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Category: Animals