Natural History, Geology, & Geography from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. Very Good. 1909. 1st ed.. 4to. Tan cloth with black lettering. [vii, 222 p. illus., pl. xli -lxvii] color frontispiece, 26 b&w plates, numerous text illustra tions. . e Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethno logy and Natural History. William Tufts Brigham (1841-1926) was c urator of the museum and wrote on… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., . 1904. 1st edition. 1st ed., 4to. 3/4 red cloth. 24 b/w plates, 62pp. of text. . prin was an American geologist who arrived in Martinique soon aft er the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902; he was the first scientis t to ascend the crater of the volcano. This work is his report on… Read more about this item

New York: Books of Wonder. 1991. First thus. Facsimile edition;first hardcover edition. 12mo, brow n illustrated cloth. Published 14 years before The Wonderful Wiza rd of Oz, this was Baum's first book -- an illustrated guide to t he breeding and raising of the many varieties of Hamburg chickens . The book displays the origins of Baum's folksy… Read more about this item

London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Fair. 1849. 1st ed. thus, 4to., (13 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches). 30 hand-colored eng raved plates. Original publisher's brown cloth, blind decorations , gilt titles. Whymper was an English wood engraver, book illustr ator and watercolor painter who specialized in riverscapes. He wa s also well known for his fine engravings of… Read more about this item

American Reforestation Association . Good. Illustrated boards. 1925. 1st edition. First and only printing. Small 4to, illustrated boards, 118 pp. i llustrated throughout with photos of film celebrities planting tr ees, decorative borders. A . forestation Association and Hollywood stars to encourage communit ies to plant and preserve the nation’s trees. Practical advice with poetic inspiration, with photo illustrations… Read more about this item

Nairobi: The East African Standard Ltd.. Good. 1932. 1st ed. 1st ed. 4to (11 x 15.5 inches). 166 pp. Library binding, orange c loth. With original pictorial covers bound in. Hundreds of period photographs and advertisements illustrate East African agricultu re, hunting, architecture, natural history, sports, etc. [Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar]. This was the second year… Read more about this item

Estes & Lauriat, Boston. Good. Hardcover. 1878. 1st. 1st ed. Folio, (10" x 12-1/2"). Vol 1 only (of two); publisher's decorated morocco leather, gilt titles, raised bands, a.e.g. Illu strated with 48 steel engraved views and hundreds of smaller wood engravings comprising mountain, lake, and river scenery, parks, palaces, cathedrals, churches, castles, abbeys, and other views. … Read more about this item

The Review of Reviews. 1914. 1st ed.. 12mo. Half leather over marbled boards. Tight, square binding. Fo ur of four volumes. Very good; some fading at extremities and spi ne, several small nicks to spine ends, end papers toned. Internal ly clean and tight. .

London: Vertue and Goadby, Stationers at the Royal Exchange. Good. Wrappers. 1750. 1st edition. One of several editions published in the year of the quake, 1750 (priority unknown.) 12mo, 16 pp. Unbound, as issued. Stitched at left margin, but stitches mostly pulled. ##### In 1750 a series of five earthquakes rocked London. This sermon by Thomas… Read more about this item

Thomas Hurst. Fair-Good. 1827. Later printing. London: Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance, & Co., 1827. 1827. Small 8vo . xi, 56 pp. Original ¼ leather over plain boards, gilt-stamped spine title. A “new edition” of a classic first printed in 16 70 as “The Shepherd's Legacy”. , Observations and predictions about weather, with aphorisms, rhymes, and folk wisdom. … Read more about this item

Sacramento: California State Dept of Education. 1956. 1st ed.. 40 single plate black & white photographs (8 1/2" x 11"), printed on stiff paper and housed in publisher's printed portfolio folde r; accompanied by three page "Teacher's Guide"). Plates are fine ; folder has some wear and a few nicks but very good overall; tit le written in… Read more about this item

New York Graphic Society. Near fine. 1979. 1st edition. Signed by Ansel Adams . 1st ed., 4to. Grey cloth with burgundy spine. 4to, oblong format. "First Printing" stated on copyright page. . Brooks. More than one hundred photographs, of Yosemite Valley an d the Sierra Nevada. SIGNED by Adams on a bookplate affixed to f ep “as… Read more about this item

Bath: Printed for Private Circulation. Good. 1873. 1st ed.. Inscribed by author . 1st ed., 8vo, original decorated green cloth, gilt decorations an d lettering. 41 [2] i-xxxiii. Tipped in photographic frontispiece of “Wordsworth’s Glen.” [See note below] A talk about the Quantock Hills area of southwest England, where Coleridge and Wo rdsworth wrote Lyrical Ballads, which… Read more about this item