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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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Travels in a Tree-Top

By: Abbott, Charles C.

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, J.B. Lippincott Co.: 1898

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 13970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

215 pages; illustrations; index; green cloth binding with gilt lettering and design. Abbott (1843-1919) was an American natural history writer. The book is an account of the bird life among the tree tops. Very good clean copy.
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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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The Museum of Birds.

By: Anonymous

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Kiggins & Kellogg:

Seller ID: 6142

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

No date. ca. 1850s? 8 pages, illustrations of the owl, quail, dove, robin, sparrow, and crane, printed wrapper, small booklet measuring 3 1/4 x 2". Very good, paper darkened, no chipping or creasing.
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The Illustrated Book of Natural History: In Four Parts (Part One)

By: Ashmead, Henry B.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Henry B. Ashmead: 1858

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 019492

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's green cloth binding with new spine and corners. Part One only. Eight colored bird prints. 10 1/4" x 12 7/8." Thirty-one pages, complete. Gilt and impressed decorations on front cover. Impressed decorations on back cover. Pages have light foxing and dampstaining. Printed for the American Sunday-School Union. Contents of Part One are the following: "Turkey," "Eagle," "Hen," "Skylark," "Nightingale," "Partridge," "Swallow," and "Robin." Brief descriptions of each bird are included. (Parts Two,...
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Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Vol. 39, No. 8, p. 279-382, pl. 43-45. A List of Birds Recorded from the Bermudas.

By: Bradlee, Thomas S.; Mowbray, Louis L.; Eaton, Warren F.; Mark, E. L. (Foreword)

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Boston, MA, William Brewster Fund: 1931

Seller ID: 019856

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's green wrapper. 6 1/8" x 9 1/4." 104 pages, complete. Three black and white plates, complete. Former ownership stamp of "William F. Fennell" on top of front cover. On the back cover is a former ownership inscription in blue pen at the top. Covers are slightly browned along the edges but are otherwise clean and intact. Pages are very clean and intact. No internal remainder marks. A book about birds on the Bermuda islands. Three plates in the back show the western, central, and eastern sections of Bermuda. Contents of book: "Foreword," "...
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Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Vol. 39, No. 8, p. 279-382, pl. 43-45. A List of Birds Recorded from the Bermudas.

By: Bradlee, Thomas S.; Mowbray, Louis L.; Eaton, Warren F.; Mark, E. L. (Foreword)

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Boston, MA, William Brewster Fund: 1931

Seller ID: 019866

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Original wrapper bound in. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering. 6 1/8" x 9 1/4." 104 pages (Pages 279-382), complete. Three black and white plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. A book about birds on the Bermuda islands. Three plates in the back show the western, central, and eastern sections of Bermuda. Contents of book: "Foreword," "Introduction," "List of localities," "List of species," "Hypothetical list," "Some general conclusions," "Literature cited," and "Index."
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Insects, Injurious and Beneficial, Their Natural History and Classification; For the Use of Fruit Growers, Vine Growers, Farmers, Gardeners and Schools

By: Cooke, Matthew

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Sacramento, H. S. Crocker & Co.: 1883

Seller ID: 2474

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Cloth. Illustrations. Some white spots front cover. Some water stain back cover. Wear to cover edges. Water stain to edges of several pages. Tear at spine pages 67-78. The author writes about: The Egg, Larva, Pupa and Imago State; Internal Anatomy of Insects; The Seven Orders of Insects; Classification of Insects into Families; Scale Insects; Collecting and Preserving Insects; etc.
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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

Edition: 1st Edition

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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The House Sparrow at Home and Abroad, with Some Concluding Remarks upon Its Usefulness, and Copious References to the Literature of the Subject.

By: Gentry, Thomas G.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger: 1878

Edition: 1st Edition

Inscription: Inscribed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 022114

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. 6" x 9." 128 pages, complete. Former owner's bookplate tipped in on front pastedown: "Ex-Libris G. T. Fernald." The owner of the bookplate is named in the author's inscription. The author has inscribed the book on a front flyleaf in black ink: "To Prof. Fernald, with Compliments of Author. March 1, 1886." Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Covers have rubbing. Spine is sunned. A Very Good copy. Contents of this book: "Introduction," "The Sparrow...
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Check-List of Birds of Grand Canyon National Park, Natural History Bulletin No. 8

By: Grater, Russell K.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Grand Canyon Natural History Association: 1937

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 8494

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original wrappers. Illustrated with a map and sporadic black and white photos. 55 pages.
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1997 Keepsake; Twelve Treasures from the Library of the Book Club of California

By: Land, Barbara, Editor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The Book Club of California. 1997. San Francisco.: 1997

Seller ID: 1545

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Paper folding slip case containing 13 folders. The first folder is the Introduction to this Keepsake which explains: "This year's Keepsake is a selection of twelve unusual and interesting items from the library which reflect the breadth of the library's holdings." Each folder is illustrated. The folders describe: "The Book of Common Prayer of 1717"; "The Natural History of Birds"; etc.
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The Bird

By: Michelet, Jules; E., A. (Translator)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, England, T. Nelson and Sons: 1869

Seller ID: 020801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Contemporary red leather binding with beautiful gilt border decorations on front and back covers. Gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Raised band. All edges gilt. 6 3/4" x 10." 340 pages, complete. 210 black and white illustrations, complete. Former ownership inscription in blue ink on a front flyleaf: "Carrie's[?] Christmas 1868, From Ovando[?]." Introduction in the front; Illustrative Notes in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Front hinge slightly worn. A Fine copy. This book is replete with beautiful illustrations of b...
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Biological Investigations in Alaska and Yukon Territory

By: Osgood, Wilfred H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office: 1909

Seller ID: 016617

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Paper wrapper, moderate chipping. Some notes in ink on front. Body and binding in excellent condition. 96 pages with index, 3 maps and 8 black and white photographs on plates, complete. North American Fauna No. 30. William Hudson Osgood (1875-1947) was an American zoologist who spent his career at the United States Bureau of Biological Survey, then as curator of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. This survey of birds and mammals in Alaska concentrated on three areas: I. East Central Alaska II. The Ogilvie Range, Yukon III. The Macmillan River, Yukon.
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The Clerk of the Woods

By: Torrey, Bradford

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Houghton, Miffin and Company: 1925

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 021984

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Illustration of a tree on the front cover. 4 3/4" x 7." 274 pages, complete. Former owner's inscription in pencil on the front pastedown: "D. D. Bruce, Nov. 6th, 1903." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Slight rubbing on the front and back covers and slight wear at the corners and head and tail of spine. Bradford Torrey (1843-1912) was an American ornithologist and author. A book with observations about plants, animals, and nature. Index in the back. ...
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Keyword:NATURAL HISTORY; BIRDS