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Michael Joseph, London, 1981, first edtion. 206 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0718120396 Charming b&w illustrations. "There is a growing need for the 'quiet fields' in this noisy, restless world. Mercifully, they can still be found by the country-lover and naturalist. This book tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, beginning when the year is young, when trees and hedges are bare to the winter winds, and on through the spring, summer and autumn, to winter once again. Whatever the season of the year there is always something to see in the countryside, even when the 'quiet fields' are sheeted with snow. There are the winter migrants - the wildfowl of the wet places, the delicate fieldfares and redwings - who come to Britain to escape the bitter temperatures of their native lands. 'BB' also describes the advent of the spring migrants, which bring such intense joy to the naturalist that he even had to surrender his studio to a swallow…
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A Flora of Ulster and Botanist's Guide to the North of Ireland
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THE QUIET FIELDS.
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Some milestones in aviation.
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by Ellington, George
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New York: New York Book Company, 1870. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 650pp. 42 plates of engravings. illus. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine titles. Hinges broken, front end paper missing, old masking tape connecting front paste down and frontispiece verso, mostly mild/ some moderate foxing to interior, light wear to board edges and spine ends, spine mildly cocked. This is an apparent reissue with a twist of original title by the publisher of the 1869 Women of New York or the Under-world of a Great City by Ellington - a pseudonym according to OCLC, possibly for James Dabney McCabe in the opinion of one scholar (citation on request). The contents: Women of Fashion, Women of Pleasure, Married Women, Wicked Women, Female Artistes, Life in a Female Seminary, Other Women, Female institutions. The last paragraph of the preface sums up the book's general premise: " There are doubtless many true and noble women among the fashion and…
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London: Printed for W. Bristow in St Paul's Churchyard and T. Slack in Newcastle, 1764 Book. Good. Full leather. [viii], 13-262 pages + 2 pages of adverts at the rear. ESTC T203962 where the pagination matches - also another entry at N32423 which seems very similar. Staining to the margins throughout. Ink owner's name to the front free end paper and also the second page of text. Another name scribbled out in ink to the ffep. The outer tip of page 113/4 has been torn away and this affects a couple of lines of numbers. Light browning throughout, some spotting. Ink and pencil writing to the rear end papers. In old unlettered full leather which has some wear..
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An Act for prohibiting the planting, setting, or sowing of tobacco in England and Ireland. Anno XII Carol, II Regis.
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London: John Bill, Printer to the Lings most excellent Majesty, 1660 Book. Fair. Disbound. [ii], 125-128 pages. An act which has been removed from a larger volume, in this case rather crudely with tears to the inner margins. The title page is detached. Pages browned. Some pinhole worming to the margins. ESTC R475122.
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New York: Merrill & Baker, 1874. THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT- (Salesman's Sample Dummy)- William H. Prescott- Illustrated- Merrill & Baker- New York, 1874- 1st Edition- Softcover:-12mo-VG++/ no dj as issued- brown flexible leather with marbled endpapers-slight rubbing, 3 tiny perforations on hinge, otherwise tight and square- A saleman's sample/dummy copy of the Complete Works of William H. Prescott in 16 Volumes of the Artist's Edition, limited to 26 Lettered Sets and 500 numbered sets- Contents: Frontis gravure of Montezuma, Title page for The Conquest of Peru, copyright page, Title page for The Life Of William H. Prescott by George Ticknor, copyright page- 15 engraved plates, 8pp of excerpts from some volumes, extra extended inner flap which shows leather binding available-SEE PHOTOS- Highly collectible and scarce!!- Non-fiction-literature-saleman's-sample-dummy-illustrated (2618). 1st Edition. Leather. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo…
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London- UK: Bell and Daldy, 1858. LEGENDARY TALES- Mrs. Alfred Gatty (Margaret Scott Gatty)- Illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne)- Bell and Daldy- London-UK- 1858- 1st Edition-Per World Cat:- Author Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873. Title Legendary tales / by Mrs. Alfred Gatty ; with illustrations by Phiz. Imprint London : Bell and Daldy, 1858. Description 297 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.-Contents A legend of Sologne.--The hundredth birthday.--The treasure-seeker. Alternate Author Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. Hardcover:-12mo-VG+/ no dj as issued- original publishers pebble green cloth with gilt titles on spine-very light wear at extremities, otherwise square, tight and clean- A superlative copy of a Scarce book!- Illustrations by Phiz of Charles Dickens renown- 297pp + 36pp Bell and Daldy Catalogue for books- Fiction-tales-legends-collection-athology-clasic-illustrated (2972) . 1st Edition. Cloth. VG+/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). 12mo - over 6¾" -…
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Tan leather spine with black title plate and gilt title. Red and brown marbled boards. Very scarce early work containing much ephemera relating to this great man Ebenezer Elliott (17 March 1781 – 1 December 1849) was an English poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer for his leading the fight to repeal the Corn Laws, which were causing hardship and starvation among the poor. Though a factory owner himself, his single-minded devotion to the welfare of the labouring classes won him a sympathetic reputation long after his poetry ceased to be read. Elliott's poems often seem naive or archaic to the modern reader who gets the impression that Elliott is struggling to write verse - the more he wrestles, the worse he becomes! In a fragment of autobiography printed in The Athenaeum (12 January 1850) he says that he was entirely self-taught, and attributes his poetic development to long country walks undertaken in search of wildflowers, and to a collection of books, including the works of Young, Barrow, Shenstone… Read More
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Black leather spine. Navy cloth board with white title plate and black lettering on the front board.A limited hand printed rare edition
Hilda (or Hild) of Whitby (c. 614 – 680) was a Christian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664. An important figure in the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England, she was abbess at several monasteries and recognised for the wisdom that drew kings to her for advice.
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The Footpaths of Britain.
by Michael Marriott
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In the original dustsheet. Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.The book is a classic and is no longer published. This copy is a collectors edition fit to grace the most distinguished of libraries. A great reference.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe
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London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Winter - Notes from Montana
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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Houghton, Michigan: Isle Royale Natural History Association, [1979]. Softcover book with pictorial wraps. 160p. B&W photos throughout text. This is the original printing, later reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press. Book has been well read and is in very good - condition with wear to the cover image along the edge and reading crease to front cover, corners bumped and shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with light staining on the edge of a few pages. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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