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The Naturalist's Library; Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions of Man, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects; Compiled From The Works of Cuvier, Griffith, Richardson, Geoffrey, Lacepede, Buffon, Goldsmith, Shaw, Montague, Wilson, Lewis and Clarke, Audubon, and Other Writers On Natural History.

By: N/A

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Boston, Phillips, Sampson and Company: 1849

Seller ID: 018147

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Original blue cloth with impressed designs on both covers. 6 1/4 X 10 inches. 880 pages. From the title page, "with four hundred engravings" of black and white illustrations throughout copy. Contents include information on Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta and Vermes. Foxing on many pages. A corner is missing from a page. Text and illustrations are not affected. Dampstain spots on covers. Corners and edges slightly worn. Despite foxing, pages are clean and complete. Binding is complete.
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Canaries: Their Varieties and Management

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Newark, New Jersey, Spratt's Patent Limited: 0

Seller ID: 019440

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's multicolored wrapper with an illustration of canaries on front. No date, circa 1920s -1930s. 5 1/4" x 7 1/4." Forty pages, complete. Insides of front and back covers have advertisements for Spratt's bird food. Pages 38-40 are dedicated to some tips on Common Goldfish and tropical fish care and include advertisements for Spratt's fish food. Pages are clean. Tiny stain on lower edge of spine. A very clean copy overall. This is a concise bird care guide for current and prospective canary pet owners. The guide provides a brief history of the canary and how it...
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Original Advertisement - The Squirrel by T. C. Bridges

By: Adam and Charles Black?

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, England?, Adam and Charles Black?: 0

Seller ID: 021658

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original brochure on beige paper containing an advertisement for a book published by Adam & Charles Black. No date, circa 1923. 5 1/2" x 8." Four pages, complete. One leaf folded in half and printed on all sides. Brochure is very clean and intact overall. Slight wrinkling in lower-right and upper-right corners not affecting text. A Near Fine copy. This brochure is an advertisement for The Squirrel by T. C. Bridges. Excerpt from Publisher's Note reprinted on first page: "The last addition of the popular series of Animal Autobiographies is the Life of the Squirrel, the winso...
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California Farm Tenancy and Methods of Leasing.

By: Adams, R.L.

Price: $15.00

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

Seller ID: 9684

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Agricultureal Experiment Station, Circular No. 272. 48 pages, map, paper wrapper. Covers status of farm tenancy in California; leasing practices for farming, dairies, livestock ranges, poultry plants, various crops; legal requirements and framework; provisions for various types of leases. Discusses leasing methods of Sacramento and San Joaquin Deltas.
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The Structure of Animal Life. Six Lectures Delivered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in January and February, 1862.

By: Agassiz, Louis

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner and Company: 1866

Seller ID: 022232

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. 6" x 9." 128 pages, complete. Former owner's bookplate tipped in on the front pastedown: "No. 122; Charles Mosher, Grass Valley, Nevada County, California." Inscription in black ink by Mosher on a front flyleaf: "Charles Mosher, Grass Valley, Cal, Sept 16th 1868." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight sunning on the spine and edges of the covers. Slight wear to the head and tail of spine. A small part of the fore-edge on the covers is bumped. A Very Good copy. A collection ...
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The American Museum Congo Expedition Collection of Insectivora

By: Allen J.A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: American Museum of Natural History: 1922

Seller ID: 8468

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

"Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural history, Vol. XLVII, Art 1, pp. 1-38, New York, Issued July 20, 1922.: Original wrappers. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology stamp and ink withdrawal notation on front cover. Illustrated with one text figure and four photos, one in color.
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American Birds: Winged World; Sights and Sounds of the Winged World, Study of Birds to Make National Geographic Color Photographs Yields Rich Scientific Knowledge of Their Habits and Behavior. Volume 87, Pages 721-744. June 1945. An Article from the National Geographic Magazine.

By: Allen, Arthur A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., National Geographic Society: 1945

Seller ID: 021268

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 721-744, complete. Sixteen color plates, one black and white plate, and two black and white illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. In the upper-left corner of the front cover are numbers handwritten in red pencil. "South Sacramento School" stamp in the lower-left corner of the front cover. Very slight rippling near the top edge. Back c...
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List of Mammals and Birds Collected in Northeastern Sonora and Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, on the Lumholtz Archaeological Expedition, 1890-1892

By: Allen, J. A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, American Museum of Natural History: 1893

Seller ID: 016713

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Paper wrapper, moderate chipping, stamp and pencil notes on front, not affecting text. Fold line in back cover. Paginated 27 - 42. Reprint of an article first published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol V, Article III. Carl Lumholtz (1851-1922) was a Norwegian explorer and ethnographer who conducted several expeditions to Mexico from 1890-1910 for the American Museum of Natural History. This booklet lists the birds and mammals collected on one of these expeditions.
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A Preliminary Study of the North American Opossums of the Genus Didelphis.

By: Allen, J.A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, The Knickerbocker Press: 1901

Seller ID: 11431

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Pages 149-188; tables, plates; paper wrapper with title on the cover. Author's Edition, extracted from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, XV, article XI (June 15, 1901). unopened copy with very slight discoloration along the edges.
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List of Mammals Collected By Mr. J.H. Batty in New Mexico and Durango, with Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies.

By: Allen, J.A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, The Knickerbocker Press: 1903

Seller ID: 11432

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Pages 587-612; bound in paper wrapper with title on the cover (6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inch). Author's Edition, extracted from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XIX, article XXIV (November 12, 1903). Unopened copy. Very slight discoloration along the edges, otherwise a clean copy. Concerned with a collection of mammals collected in New Mexico with descriptions.
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A New Bear from the Alaska Peninsula.

By: Allen, J.A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, The Knickerbocker Press: 1902

Seller ID: 11433

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Pages 141-143; plates; paper wrapper with title on the cover (6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inch). Author's Edition, extracted from Bulletin American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XVI, article XIII (April 12, 1902). Unopened copy with stamp of J. Grinnell, the noted ornithologist and Director of Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, on the top of the cover with a UC-Museum of Vertebrate Zoology stamp and the word 'dup' in pencil. The bear is Ursus merriami, named after Dr. C. Hart Merriam.
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Nomenclaturial Notes on American Mammals.

By: Allen, J.A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, The Knickerbocker Press: 1902

Seller ID: 11739

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

"Author's Edition, extracted from BULLETIN of the American Museum of Natural History, XVI (July 1902)". Pages 159-168; gray paper wrapper (6 x 10 inch) with title on the cover. Discussion of various latin names for mammals in North America in an attempt to settle on proper names. Fine clean copy.
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The Taxidermist's Guide. A Complete Instructor in the Art of Collecting, Preparing, Mounting and Preserving All Kinds of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects. Adapted for the Use of Amateurs, Travellers and Practical Workers.

By: Anonymous

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Published for the Trade:

Seller ID: 6127

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

No date, ca. 1860s-1880s? (ii, 7-) 100 pages, illustrations, blue printed front wrapper, 6.5 x 4.5". Corners of front wrapper lightly chipped, rear wrapper lacking. Interesting drawing on page 10 of "Manner of inserting the wires in mounting a Cat."
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Original Stereocard Photograph: "Splendid Hereford Cattle in Kansas Feeding Pen Showing Open Air Feeding Shed, Manhattan, Kansas"

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Keystone View Company:

Seller ID: 7643

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

3 1/4 by 7 inches. Numbered 185-16710 by the publisher. Two columns of text explaining the photo and cattle raising on back. Circa 1915. Letter "B" written on back.
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Original Stereocard Photograph. "Sheep on the Range, Queensland, Australia."

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Meadville, PA, Keystone View Company:

Seller ID: 9174

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

#15986 (589). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the back side. View of a great drove of Merino sheep roaming at will on the natural pastorage. Nice clean copy.
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Original Stereocard Photograph. "Eskimo Dog Team on Trail, Hopedale, Labrador."

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Meadville, PA, Keystone View Company:

Seller ID: 9221

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

# 16318 (279). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about Labrador and its people. Nice view of a man with his eskimo dog team along the side of a mountain in the snow.
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Original Stereocard Photograph. "Ayrshire Type of Dairy Cattle, Scotland."

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Meadville, PA, Keystone View Company:

Seller ID: 9223

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

# 21502 (371). Stereograph on gray board (7 3 1/2 inch) with commentary about the Ayrshire dairy cow which is a heavy producer of milk (11 tons a year) and has been around since 1850s. Nice view of of a dairy farmer looking over his cow.
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Original Stereocard Photograph. "A Russian Peasant Plowing."

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Meadville, PA, Keystone View Company:

Seller ID: 9241

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

# 18101 (488). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the back side about the life of peasants and Russia. View of the peasant plowing a field with his child helping. Nice clean image.
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Original Stereocard Photograph. "The Majestic Pyramid of the Alps, the Matterhorn, Switzerland."

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Meadville, PA, Keystone View Company:

Seller ID: 9246

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

# W33427 (592). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the Matterhorn of the Zermatt Valley and comments on Switzerland. Nice view of the mountain Matterhorn rising up in the background with cows in the foreground. Iconic images of Switzerland.
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Original Stereocard Photograph. "White Faced Beef Cattle (Hereford) of World Wide Fame."

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Meadville, PA, Keystone View Company:

Seller ID: 9255

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

# 21561 (358). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about Herefords. Developed, at the end of the 18th century for beef. Nice view of a small herd of herefords with their handlers in Hereford, England. Clean copy.
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Category: Animals