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Printed by Edward Walker, Newcastle : for T. Bewick: Sold by him, and Longman and Rees, London: ., 1804 Two Volumes. Volume I. History and Description of Land Birds; Volume II. History and Description of Water Birds. pp. 386; 400. Text and vignette illustrations by Bewick throughout. 8vo. 230 mm. Half morocco leather binding by Root & Son. Spine lettered… Read more about this item

Printed Adam Islip, London: ., 1634 Two Volumes. 614 + (42); 632 + (86) pp. Large printer's device on the title pages. First title page age stained and chipped at fore edge and detached. Large 4to sewn in sixes. 330 x 220 mm. Disbound. Pliny the Elder was born 23 CE, at Novum Comum, Transpadane Gaul [now in Italy]. He… Read more about this item

University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia: 1933, 1933 Np. There is a plate on the front cover (loose from it's glued back). The portfolio contains six leaves which include five aquatone plates showing the beautiful Wissahickon in various seasons. Thin folio. Original stiff wraps. Herman Miller (1874-1946) was best known as an architect. He was responsible for over 300 buildings in… Read more about this item

Printed by R. Wright for H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia: -1828., 1826 Three Volumes. Engraved title pages in all three volumes. 49 full page plates. Offsetting from plates. Foxed. Early pencil manuscript ownership of William Slovis? Port Carbon, PA on rear paste downs. 8vo. 215 mm. Original full leather bindings. Volume 2 & 3 have original leather labels. Bindings… Read more about this item

John Grigg, Philadelphia: ., 1832 pp. (1), (12), (13)-189. Nine of twelve color plates. Top corners of many signatures cut with loss of text. Some signatures loose. 12mo. 170 mm. Sold as an example of early American color printing. Disbound. Poor. S&S/AI 11374. PAIMP 23.

(Printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins for) Grigg & Elliot, Philadelphia: ., 1845 Four Volumes bound in two. Illustrated with Eighty-Five full page copperplates. Early manuscript ownership of Sarah B. Roger, 1847 on title pages of Volume One and Volume Three. Light age stain in volumes one and two. Mild damp stain on bottom corner margins of volume three and… Read more about this item

Printed by R. Carr for Birch & Small, Philadelphia: ., 1807 pp. (8), (1)-496, xiv [Index] + five full page plates. Mildly browned. NOTE: Bookplate of Edward D. Mansfield on front paste down. Early manuscript ownership of Edward D. Mansfield, 1810 on first fly leaf. 24mo. 150 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Boards detached. Original leather spine label. Small… Read more about this item

Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge, Philadelphia: ., 1859 124 p. Minor foxing. Early Quaker manuscript inscription 'Mary Metz from her friend Z. McHaul 9th month, 29th 1870' on first fly leaf. 12mo. 175 mm. Original green cloth binding, lightly darkened. Hardbound. Good. The Author was an anatomist, naturalist, editor of first medical journal west… Read more about this item

Printed by R. Carr for Birch & Small, Philadelphia: ., 1807 pp. (8), (1)-496, xiv [Index] + Five full page plates. Mildly browned. Bookplate of Edward D. Mansfield on front paste down. Early manuscript ownership of Edward D. Mansfield, 1810 on first fly leaf. 24mo. 150 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Boards detached. Original leather spine label. Small loss… Read more about this item

J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia: ., 1858 pp. xxvii, 586 + Color chromolithographed frontispiece + 23 tinted scenic plates + eight monochrome geologic sections and profiles (some folding); and 136 in-text figures + Errata slip. Large 4to. 310 mm. Original full cloth binding decorated in blind, with a gold gilt seal of the state on the front board. Front board… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Page, & Co., New York: ., 1902 pp. xii, 359 + Publisher's ad (2). + 48 Halftone color plates. 4to. 265 mm. Original full cloth binding, lettered in silver/white (now somewhat faded). Hardbound. Very Good. Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday (1865-1918) was an American scientific historian and nature writer who published several books on wildflowers and birds under the… Read more about this item

(Printed by P. Canfield for) B. B. Barber, Hartford, CT: ., 1832 343 p. Illustrated with nearly two hundred wood cuts. Age stain. 12mo. 185 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Front board detached. Second edition. S&S/AI 11936. Hardbound. PA 64 0.0. Hardcover.

Chas. S. Fee, Northern Pacific Railway, St. Paul: ., 1895 108 p. + Frontis and Full page map. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. 235 mm. Softcover. Original color pictorial wraps. Covers worn with loss. Title continues: "A Land of Rolling Plains, Boundless Grain Fields, Sculptured Lands, Alpine Lakes, Mining Camps, Indian Life, Dancing Rivers, Thriving Villages, Trackless Forests, Growing… Read more about this item

University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh: ., 1953 38 p. + Three illustrations and a facsimile of William Penn's letter from "A Collection of the Works of William Penn" Volume II, printed 1726. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, lettered in gilt. Limited edition of only 999 copies. Manuscript Christmas presentation signed by the author on first fly leaf. PA SHELF… Read more about this item

The Henry Bill Publishing Company, Norwich, CT: ., 1891 pp. xxxvi, 715, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Illustrated with over three hundred and fifty text engravings and maps. All edges marbled. Small 4to. 245 mm. Disbound [leather boards detached, lacks spine]. Title continues: "Comprising Marvels Of Nature, Marvels Of Race, Marvels Of Enterprise, Marvels Of Mining, Marvels Of Stock-Raising, And Marvels Of… Read more about this item

David Steel, Portland, OR: ., 1890 112 p. + Portrait Frontis of the Alpine Club, one gentleman with a crutch, and full page plates with original tissue guards. Front inner hinge cracked. Paper fault on margin of page 15. Old newspaper stain on pages 12 and 13. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. Tall 8vo. 230 mm. Original full… Read more about this item

Published for the Folk Lore Society by Elliot Stock, London: 1886., 1886 pp. viii, 243. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. Inner hinges taped. 8vo. 225mm. Original Folk Lore Society red cloth binding. Boards stamped Mercantile Library in blind. Spine very worn with loss. Library paper label call numbers on spine. Folk Lore Society Volume XVII (1885). Scarce. ENGLAND… Read more about this item

C. E. Auchinbaugh, Printer to the State, Harrisburg: 1909., 1909 151 p. + Illustrations. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Hardbound. Very Good. This report concentrates on the activities and statistics of the various fish hatcheries; as well as cases in waterway law. PA 51 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

David R. Godine, Boston: ., 1981 142 p. 8vo. 240 mm. Original binding of beige linen, front board decorated with a berried branch, printed in two colors upon silky green cloth Spine lettered in gilt. Limited Edition, No. 146 of 150 copies signed by the author. Designed by Richard Bartlett. Printed and Bound by Hadden Craftsmen. The initials opening each… Read more about this item

(The Loeb Classical Library) Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA; William Heinemann, London: 1945., 1945 pp. vi, 556, 10 [Loeb Classical Library catalogue]. Title page ruled in green with publisher's device. Text in Greek and English on opposite pages. 170mm. Original full green cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold gilt. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CLASSICS BX 3 Language:… Read more about this item