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THE NURSERYMAN'S SPECIMEN BOOK OF AMERICAN FRUITS, FLOWERS, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, & c
- Condition
- Used - Plates bright and clean with occasional smudge. Slight looseness of covers. Near Fine with lovely plates
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- First Edition
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- [@1900]
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$2,187.50
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[Rochester, NY]: Rochester Lithographing Company Successors to D. M. Dewey's, [@1900]. First Edition. Hardcover. Plates bright and clean with occasional smudge. Slight looseness of covers. Near Fine with lovely plates. Oblong octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2") in black leather with a color plate of an apple pasted on the front cover. Illustrated with 71 chromolithographs, printed on rectos only… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,187.50
THE CIVIL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF JAMAICA...
by BROWNE, Patrick
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- Used - A clean, fresh copy in an excellent binding. About Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1756
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$6,250.00
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London: T. Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756. First Edition. Hardcover. A clean, fresh copy in an excellent binding. About Fine. Folio (9" x 14-1/4") in modern calf-backed marbled boards with gilt decorations on the spine and a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; [vi], viii, 503 pages. Complete with half-title page and list of subscribers. Illustrated with 2 large… Read more about this item Item Price
$6,250.00
HARRIMAN ALASKA EXPEDITION WITH COOPERATION OF WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. ALASKA
by BURROUGHS, John; MUIR, John; GRINNELL, George Bird
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- Used - Fine, bright copies in Near Fine, complete dustwrappers and quite scarce in this condition
- Edition
- First American Edition
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- 1901
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,125.00
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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine, bright copies in Near Fine, complete dustwrappers and quite scarce in this condition. Edward Curtis. Two volumes in publisher's decorated green cloth with the scarce gilt-lettered green cloth dustwrappers. The first volume covers Narrative Glaciers, and Natives; the second History, Geography, and Resources with contributions by… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,125.00
THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU [WORKS] with a leaf of manuscript
by THOREAU, Henry David
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- Used - Manuscript leaf detached and laid in loosely. Spines of 19 volumes evenly sunned to a light tan; very minor wear. Near Fine
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- Manuscript Edition
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18,750.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906. Manuscript Edition. Hardcover. Manuscript leaf detached and laid in loosely. Spines of 19 volumes evenly sunned to a light tan; very minor wear. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 8-3/4"), 20 volumes, the first volume in publisher's 3/4 green morocco leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spine, the remaining 19 volumes in 3/4… Read more about this item Item Price
$18,750.00
REPORT OF THE FISH COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF PENNYSLVANIA FOR THE YEAR 1903
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- Used - Contents quite clean with some smudges here and there; covers rubbed with wear and tear to the spine. Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1903
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$312.50
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[Harrisburg, PA]: Wm. Stanley Ray, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents quite clean with some smudges here and there; covers rubbed with wear and tear to the spine. Very Good. Publisher's red cloth (6" x 9-1/4"); 124 pages. Illustrated with 18 color plates and numerous B&W plates. Sticker of an assemblyman of the PA House of Representatives on the… Read more about this item Item Price
$312.50
HOW TO KNOW THE WILD FLOWERS. A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our Common Wild Flowers
by DANA, Mrs. William Starr
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- Used - Contemporary owner inscription on blank; clipping pasted to rear blank. Fine
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- Reprint
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- 1900
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$187.50
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Reprint. Hardcover. Contemporary owner inscription on blank; clipping pasted to rear blank. Fine. Full dark green morocco leather by Weitz with thick decorative gilt border, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; xxxix, 346 pages.
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THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA
by AUDUBON, John James and BACHMAN, Rev. John
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- Used - Some generally minor toning and spotting to the text, as usual, a few plate imprints slightly shaved; the tissue guards are occa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1851-1851-1854
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18,750.00
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New York: V. G. Audubon, 1851-1851-1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Some generally minor toning and spotting to the text, as usual, a few plate imprints slightly shaved; the tissue guards are occasionally a bit foxed and discolored, but the plates are bright and free from foxing and other defects. Tears with slight loss to lower margin of pages 3-6 and… Read more about this item Item Price
$18,750.00
THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA
by AUDUBON, John James and BACHMAN, Rev. John
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- Used - Owner name dated 1876 on first blank of each volume. Toning, foxing, and darkening, sometimes heavy, to the text and a bit less
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- Early Edition
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- (1849)-1856
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$7,500.00
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New York: V. G. Audubon, (1849)-1856. Early Edition. Hardcover. Owner name dated 1876 on first blank of each volume. Toning, foxing, and darkening, sometimes heavy, to the text and a bit less so to the plates. Binding quite nice. Overall Very Good. Early Octavo Edition of the first two volumes, lacking the third volume. Two volumes in publisher's… Read more about this item Item Price
$7,500.00
PETITS ET GRANDS SEIGNEURS DE BROUSSE
by PFLIEGER, Robert P
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- Used - Light foxing on plates, mostly in margins. Unidentified inscription dated April 1939 on front endpaper. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- (1939)
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$56.30
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Bruxelles: Raymond Dupriez, (1939). First Edition. Softcover. Light foxing on plates, mostly in margins. Unidentified inscription dated April 1939 on front endpaper. Very Good. Folio (8-3/4" x 11-1/4") in stiff wraps with pictorial self dustwrapper. Copy #144 of 510 numbered copies with French text. Illustrated with photographs by the author and drawings by Paul de Masy of… Read more about this item Item Price
$56.30
LIFE-HISTORIES OF NORTHERN ANIMALS. An Account of the Mammals of Manitoba
by SETON, Ernest Thompson
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- Used - Paper splitting to the front joint of the second volume; rubbing to spine labels. Near Fine with a superb inscription
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1909
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,250.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First Edition. hardcover. Paper splitting to the front joint of the second volume; rubbing to spine labels. Near Fine with a superb inscription. Two quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/4") volumes in brown buckram with decorations on the front covers and gilt-lettered leather spine labels. The first volume is about Grass Eaters and the… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
[NURSERY SPECIMEN BOOK FOR NORTH JERSEY NURSERIES. Millburn, NJ]
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- Used - Plates bright and clean. Slight looseness of covers. A Near Fine example of an attractive nursery specimen book
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1911
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,875.00
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Rochester, NY: Stecher Lithographic Co., 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Plates bright and clean. Slight looseness of covers. A Near Fine example of an attractive nursery specimen book. Oblong octavo (9-1/4" x 6-1/4") in black cloth lettered in red. A handsome nursery specimen book with 85 chromolithographs, printed on both sides of the sheet, of trees, flowers, and fruit.… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,875.00
THE FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF AMERICA; OR, THE CULTURE, PROPAGATION, AND MANAGEMENT, IN THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD, OF FRUIT TREES GENERALLY; WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE FINEST VARIETIES OF FRUIT, NATIVE AND FOREIGN, CULTIVATED IN THIS COUNTRY
by DOWNING, A[ndrew] J[ackson]
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- Used - The text is lightly to moderately foxed throughout, a bit less so to the color plates. Paper split to the front hinge but the co
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1850
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$7,500.00
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New York: John Wiley, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. The text is lightly to moderately foxed throughout, a bit less so to the color plates. Paper split to the front hinge but the covers are very tight. Rebacked with most of the original spine laid down. Very Good. Quarto in 6s (6" x 9-3-16") bound in contemporary half morocco… Read more about this item Item Price
$7,500.00
AN ALMANAC FOR MODERNS
by PEATTIE, Donald Culross
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- Used - Spine a little darkened. Very Good, lacking the slipcase
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- 1938
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$56.30
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Washington: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Spine a little darkened. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Asa Cheffetz. Large octavo (7-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full spring-green linen with a tree stamped in black at the center of the front cover and gilt decorations surrounding it, 340 pages. A beautiful edition of this famous work with a new introduction… Read more about this item Item Price
$56.30
THE FEATHERED TRIBES OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS
by MUDIE, Robert
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- Used - Faint dampstains to the lower portions of and foxing to the title pages, text and plates generally clean. Light wear to the bind
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- Second Edition
- Published
- 1835
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$437.50
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London: Whittaker & Co., 1835. Second Edition. Hardcover. Faint dampstains to the lower portions of and foxing to the title pages, text and plates generally clean. Light wear to the bindings. Near Fine. Two duodecimo (4-3/4" x 7-3/4") volumes in later 19th Century green half morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards and matching endpapers as… Read more about this item Item Price
$437.50
JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY & GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE...
by DARWIN, Charles (Robert GIBBINGS)
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- Used - Foxing to bulked text fore-edge and mostly to first and last few pages; slight soiling to the spine of the book. Very Good in a
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$187.50
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Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1956. Hardcover. Foxing to bulked text fore-edge and mostly to first and last few pages; slight soiling to the spine of the book. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Robert Gibbings. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12") bound in full sailcloth stamped in brown with a native tapa design; 490 pages. Introduction by Sir… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DESCENT OF MAN & SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX
by DARWIN, Charles
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- Used - Sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$162.50
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Adelaide: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Quarto (8" x 10-3/4") bound in red oasis morocco-backed genuine wood veneer boards with a spine decorated and lettered in pure gold leaf; 384 pages. Edited with an introduction by Ashley Montagu. Type set, printed, and bound by… Read more about this item Item Price
$162.50
THE HISTORY OF JAPAN: GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIENT AND PRESENT STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THAT EMPIRE ... TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE KINGDOM OF SIAM
by [JAPAN] KAEMPFER, Engelbert
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- Used - Light dampstaining in second volume. Generally clean and bright, Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1728
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$9,375.00
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London: for the Publisher, and Thomas Woodward and Charles Davis, 1728. First Edition. Hardcover. Light dampstaining in second volume. Generally clean and bright, Near Fine. Two folio (8-1/2" x 13-3/4) volumes in contemporary calf leather, neatly rebacked preserving the original gilt spine labels. First edition in English, second issue (with the additional appendix in volume 2), translated from… Read more about this item Item Price
$9,375.00
COMMENTARII SECUNDO AUCTI, IN LIBROS SEX PEDACII DIOSCORIDIS ANAZARBEI DE MEDICA MATERIA [with APOLOGIA ADVERSUS AMATHUM LUSITANUM]
by MATTIOLI, Pietro Andrea
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- Used - Old partly scored inscriptions on title page, occasionally heavy marginal soiling and stains, scattered early underscoring, clea
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- Third Edition in Latin
- Published
- 1559
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5,625.00
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Venice: Officina Valgrisiana, 1559. Third Edition in Latin. Hardcover. Old partly scored inscriptions on title page, occasionally heavy marginal soiling and stains, scattered early underscoring, clean tear in 2G6, crude marginal restoration on last two leaves. Scratch to front cover. Very Good example of this important and well-illustrated early herbal. Folio in sixes (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") in modern… Read more about this item Item Price
$5,625.00
REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASEDON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS
by WARREN, B. H
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1890
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$375.00
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Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original publisher's green cloth. Illustrated with 99 color plates and one B&W plate. The preferred edition because of the additional color plates after Audubon not in the First Edition.
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$375.00
PARROTS IN CAPTIVITY
by GREENE, W. T
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- Used - A few plates with light foxing in the margins and a bent corner here or there, some plates trimmed closer than others, but overa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1884
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5,625.00
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London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. A few plates with light foxing in the margins and a bent corner here or there, some plates trimmed closer than others, but overall bright and clean and quite scarce in this format. A portfolio containing the title page and 79 lovely color xylographic plates (6-3/4" x 10") with… Read more about this item Item Price
$5,625.00