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The Snow Goose
by Gallico, Paul
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1942
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$97.50
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1942. 58pp Gold colored dustjacket with maroon lettering and white snow goose on front cover. Clipped dustjacket in very good condition for its age; lightly rubbed along the edges; small tear on back cover; a little shelf worn. Green boards in very nice shape. Interior clean and tight. inscribed on ffep by someone signing as… Read more about this item Item Price
$97.50
The Shell: Five Hundred Million Years of Inspired Design
by Stix, Hugh and Marguerite
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$115.00
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New York: New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968, 1968. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (folio). 200 pages with over 203 illustrations, including 82 hand-tipped color plates. Most beautiful story of sea shells presented. Light fading to spine. Text clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over… Read more about this item Item Price
$115.00
Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science
by KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1916
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$995.00
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1916. 527pp w/2 folding plates ans 2 folding maps - profusely illustrated throughout on plates and in the text; original cream buckram with pictorial paste-down on upper cover and pictorial label on spine (a small chip at the top). The scarcest of Kunz's major works along with his treatise on pearls.… Read more about this item Item Price
$995.00
Bird Islands of Peru : The Record of a Sojourn on the West Coast (1925)
by Murphy, Robert C
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1925
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$97.50
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. 362pp/illus. Green cloth binding lettered in gilt, t.e.g., pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's name stamped on ffep and hal-title. Book is otherwise clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$97.50
Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat
by Whitney, Casper & G.B. Grinnell & Own Wister
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1904
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$64.50
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. first trade edition, 284, [2]p., ads., with 28 plates and illustrations, in the original full green linen, gilt spine and cover titles, gilt pictorial decoration. Includes chapters on the mush ox and its hunting by Whitney, an opening section on the Barren Grounds and hunting procedures, description of the musk ox, it's… Read more about this item Item Price
$64.50
Woodcock Ways
by Hall, Henry Marion
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1946
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$37.50
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. 84pp/illus. with 8 colour plates and 10 drawings. Light waterstaining along bottom edge - doesn't affect artwork.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
$37.50
Robert Bateman: An Artist in Nature (autographed)
by Bateman, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394587004
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$295.00
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1990. Inscription by Robert Bateman, dated 1990, upon half-title page. Over 175 pages. Focuses upon Bateman the painter and the conservationist. 120 all-new paintings are showcased in stunning full-colour plates. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear to attractive maroon cloth-covered boards. Light rubbing to dj. Text clean.. Inscribed by the Author.… Read more about this item Item Price
$295.00
Homes and Habits of Wild Animals North American Mammals
by Schmidt Karl Patterson; Illustrated By Walter Alois Weber
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1934
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$47.50
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Chicago, IL: M A Donohue & Co, 1934. 64 pgs. Cloth backed boards with pictorial pastedown, A large and wonderful book all about different mammals found in North America. 12 stunning and detailed color plates by famed wildlife artist Weber.Corners bumped edges have light wear. Clean and tight.. 1st Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" -… Read more about this item Item Price
$47.50
The Art of Falconry: Being the De Arte Venandi cum Avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Emperor of Germany, 1194-1250
by Frederick Second of Hohenstau
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good++
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780804703741
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$275.00
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Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ Pr, 1961. 637pp/illus. A scholarly, monumental work, enhanced by numerous facsimiles of manuscripts, and photographs of falcon-related objects from coins and medals to buildings and tombs, not to mention the birds themselves (FALCONRY) Reprint of 1943 first edition. Light wear to dj. Text clean. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
The Sporting Art of Frank W. Benson
by Bedford, Faith Andrews
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781567921113
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$97.50
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Jaffrey, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: David R Godine Pub, 2000. 272 p.: ill. (chiefly col. Subjects: Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951--Artists--United States--Biography--Waterfowl in art. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong). Item Price
$97.50
On Climbing
by Evans, Charles
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1956
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$29.50
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Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1956. 191 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs and line drawings. Blue cloth. Light soiling to cover. Gift inscription on ffep.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$29.50
The Natural History of Ants. From an Unpublished Manuscript in the Archived of the Academy of Sciences of Paris
by deReaumur. Rene Antoine
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1926
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$74.50
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1926. 280pp/illus. French and English texts of a pre-1860 manuscript translated by William Morton Wheeler. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$74.50
Wild Flowers of the United States. Complete 6 Volume Set in 14 Parts. Northeastern, Southeastern, Texas, Southwestern, Northwestern and The Central Mountains and Plains States (1st Edition)
by Rickett, Harold William
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$975.00
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. 6 Volumes set in14 books, all volumes are stated First Editions. Volume 1: The Northeastern States, Two volumes. x, 230pp + vi, (231)-559pp.; Volume 2: The Southeastern States, Two volumes. x, 322pp + vi, (323)-688pp.; Volume 3: Texas, Two volumes. xii, 274pp + v, (275)-555pp.; Volume 4: The Southwestern States, Three volumes. xii,241pp +… Read more about this item Item Price
$975.00
Game Bird Carving
by Burk, Bruce
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780832935916
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$32.50
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Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Winchester Press, 1982. 291pp/illus.with black and white and coloured photos, diagrams, drawings and charts. Clean. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
$32.50
The Tiger in the House
by Van Vechten, Carl
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$37.50
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1968. 367pp/illus. Comprehensive study of cats and their depiction in Law, theatre, Art, Folklore, music, fiction, the occult etc. Illustrated together with a superb bibliography. DJ hasl ight chipping. Text clean.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$37.50
The Dog Observed: Photographs, 1844-1983
by Silverman, Ruth
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394535968
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$49.50
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1984. 165 pages, including 108 duotone and b&w plates. DJ lightly worn. Text clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
$49.50
A Fragile Beauty: John Nichols' Milagro Country
by Nichols, John
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780879052829
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$97.50
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Layton, Utah, U.S.A.: Gibbs Smith, 1987. Photographs by Nichols of New Mexico, with introductory text by him and excerpts from several of his previously published books. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Item Price
$97.50
Birds of Colorado. 2 Volumes
by Bailey, Alfred M. Niedrach
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (+)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$175.00
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Denver, CO: Denver Museum of Natural History, 1965. 895pp/illus. end-paper maps. Illustrated with 124 plates depicting in full color 420 species and over 400 photographis in black and white. DJs have light edge-wear/chipping. Text clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good (+). Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall. Item Price
$175.00
The Book of the Fly-Rod
by SHERINGHAM Hugh, MOORE John C.edt
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$175.00
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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. 173 pages, coloured frontis and 3 other full page colour plates + 8 black and white plates by George Sheringham. Clean with light sunning along edge of covers.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
$175.00
The Tropical World: Aspects of Man and Nature in the Equatorial Regions of the Globe
by Hartwig, Dr. G
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Published
- 1873
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, USA
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$164.50
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London: Longman, Green, and Co, 1873. 556pp/illus. Publisher's blind and gilt embossed cloth covered boards. Illustrated with eight chromooxylographic plates and numerous woodcuts. A popular scientific acount of the natural history of the animal and vegetable kingdoms in the equatorial regions. The binding is firm, though beginning to show the wear in places, both covers are attached. There is… Read more about this item Item Price
$164.50