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First Edition, Title Page Dated 1852, of Anne Pratt's Beautiful Colour Botanical Illustrations. 96 Colour Plates.Frontis illus. Wild Hyacinth. Period Green cloth cover with blind-embossed decoration on front & back & horizontal divisions on spine. Yellow endpapers. Closed tear to cloth down right side and partway down left side of spine. Inges cracked. Old penciled price on ffep, No other inscriptions. Pages and Plates in very nice condition.
The Way Of The Wilderness. by Martha Reben - 1955
by Martha Reben
The Way Of The Wilderness.
by Martha Reben
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Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York., 1955. First Edition.. Hardcover.. Fine/VG. 8 1/4 W x 5 3/4 H x 1 1/8.. AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR. Very gently read. Book Interior FINE / Dust Jacket Very Good. Book has ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH in ink. Boards and spine are green cloth, lettering black. Dust jacket is white/green, lettering white/yellow/black, black/green photo front and black/white photo back. Dust jacket is NOT PRICE CLIPPED, has some age darkening on back cover and folds of flaps, spine is a bit sunned. The two flaps are white and bright, have miniscule edge wear original price is intact. Front of dust jacket is flat clean, bright, has chips in colour on front fold at flap, has a rip in front fold 2 1/8 inch H with paper in place except 1/4 inch piece at very bottom, has a 1/4 x 1/16 inch hole in fold of flap, has a small chip at top of flap fold. Bottom edge of dust jacket front is unmarred, top edge has a few small creases and three chips, largest is 1 1/2 x 3/16 inches, a thin line of colour is off on front about 1 inch long. Spine has pieces off bottom, largest is 1/2 W x 3/8 H inch and two pieces off top edge, largest is 3/4 W x 1 H inch. Back dust jacket is age darkened and more so around edges, has three outlines of stain largest is 1/2 W x 1 1/4 inches H, has a 1/4 inch rip on bottom edge and a piece missing out of top edge 1 W x 5/8 inches H with a 1/2 inch rip at centre, back dj has no edge wear, has 2 chips and a 5/8 inch rip at back flap fold. The book itself has front cover is clean, flat, no rips, no stains, has two slightly rubbed corner tips, has no edge wear except at top and bottom left corners where they join spine. Spine is clean, bright, no rips, no stains, has a bit of edge wear on top and bottom edges. Back cover is clean, flat, no rips, no stains, has a little bit of edge wear on both corner tips, a few dots on bottom board edge and no other edge wear except at top and bottom right corners where they join spine. Page edges very slightly sunned and a few dots of dirt on bottom edges. Inner end papers are white and ffep has ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. Inside of book is tight, clean, bright, clear, flat. One or two dog ears. Small bit of age darkening inside covers at binding. Owner’s name, address, date, ink on ffep. Original AUTOGRAPH by Author “Martha Reben” in black ink. Black/white photo plate at title page, “The Author With Mr. Rice”. No other photos, diagrams, or illustrations. An Adventure In Self-Discovery.
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- Edition First Edition.
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- Publisher Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York.
- Date Published 1955
- Pages 276 Pages.
- Size 8 1/4 W x 5 3/4 H x 1 1/8.
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Wild Flowers ( First Edition 1852 )
by Pratt, Anne
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780394856438 / 0394856430
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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
by John B. Wyeth
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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
by Alwyne Wheeler
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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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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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
by Simon Seymour
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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 Natural History of Selborne; With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and The Naturalist's Calendar
by WHITE, Rev. Gilbert
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.
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Winter - Notes from Montana
by Bass, Rick
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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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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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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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The Silence Of The North
by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East
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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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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
by Peter Oikarinen
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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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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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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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