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Brazilian Adventure
by Peter Fleming
Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for the Lost City of Z in 1925. Fleming was working as literary editor for The Times when he answered a small ad asking for volunteers to join an expedition to find out what had happened to Fawcett. The story of Fleming's 1932 expedition is told in Brazilian Adventure.
The Crystal Desert
by David G Campbell
THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists who are deciphering its mysteries. In beautiful, lucid prose, David G. Campbell chronicles the desperately short summers on the Antarctic Peninsula. He presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution of life in Antarctica and also of the evolution of the continent itself.
Natural Sciences Books & Ephemera
More Letters of Charles Darwin: A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters Volume I
by Darwin, Charles; Darwin, Francis
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903 494pp. Front board and spine are heavily damp stained, includes a large portion of the gilt lettering on the front board. Rear board has many small stains. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Rear hinge has a 1/2" opening at the spine heel. Inside boards and endpapers have light to moderate foxing. Top edge gilt has many small scratches. Boards have a slight bend. Text is clean and unmarked. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket.
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A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF NINETEENTH CENTURY BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR S OF SOUTH AFRICAN HEATHERS (ERICA SPP.)
by Unknown
United Kingdom, 1840. Book. Very Good. Leather. Original. 24 x 29.5 Cm. A collection of 43 very fine, early/mid 19th century, comparatively large (approximately 285 x 235 mm), original watercolour studies of different species of South African Ericas, each autographed with the species name. Housed in a red straight-grained morocco case with closing flap and the words "In Memoriam Madre Mia" (in memory of my mother). While there is no reference to the originator of these studies, they are...
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Mockel's Desert Flower Notebook - SIGNED Copy
by MOCKEL, Henry R. with Beverly Mockel
California: Twentynine Palms, 1971. First Thus. Printed coated wrappers. Very Good. Henry R. and Beverly Mockel. 16mo. Pp. 314. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white drawings of plants by Henry R. and Beverly Mockel. One of an edition limited to 5000 copies. Bound in wraps with green lettering and illustration printed on cover and green lettering printed on spine. Some stains on cover; spine a touch wrinkled as a result of binding process, decal shadow on front cover, else clean. Signed...
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CA$138.30
RACCOLTA DI 62 FASCICOLI DI MISCELLANEA APPARTENUTTI AL BOTANICO RODOLFO PICHI SERMOLLI
Raccolta unica di 62 pubblicazioni ed estratti di botanica appartenuti al celebre botanico Rodolfo PichiSermolli (Florence 1912-2005). Rodolfo Pichi Sermolli fu un grande botanico specializzato nelle felci Pterodofite. Viaggiò per tutto il mondo in cerca di campioni da utilizzare per il suo erbario: in Africa (Libia, Lagon Tana in Etiopia) Messico, Hawai, Nuova Zelanda, Polinesia ecc… Le più prestigiose istituzioni come il British Museum o il Smithsonian Institution di Washington...
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Genetics of the Potato - Solanum Tuberosum
by HOWARD, H. W
(London): Logos Press Limited, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Agriculture. 8vo. Pp. x; 126. Indices include author index; index of gene symbols; index of solanum species; index of varieties; subject index. Illustrated with tables and b&w drawings. Bound in black cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. Ownership signature on ffep, else a lovely copy. Uncommon.
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CA$41.49
New Oriental Reptiles
by TAYLOR, Edward H
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1962. First Edition. Printed Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 209 - 263. A handsome copy, with the number "170" discreetly written on top right of cover, and cloth reinforcement tape to spine, else in Fine condition. A farily uncommon title in the Taylor oeuvre.
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CA$69.15
Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire ; Or, a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains of the Yorkshire Coast, Accompanied by a Geological Map, Sections and Plates of the Fossil Plants and Animals
by Phillips, John
York, Yorkshire, UK: Printed for the Author by Thomas Wilson and Sons, 1829. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition (a second part, published by John Murray, followed in 1835/6). xvi, 192pp plus ten maps and charts, all but one of which are hand-coloured, and 14 further plates of monochrome line drawings. Slip bound in giving additional subscribers. In a later library binding of green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Rubbed...
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Contribution the Herpetology of Thailand
by TAYLOR, Edward H. and Robert E. Elbel
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1958. First Edition. Printed Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 1033 - 1189. A handsome copy, with cloth tape reinforcement to spine (see photo) and the number "163" discreetly written on top right of cover, and some slight offsetting to front cover, else in Fine condition. One of the scarcest titles in Taylor's body of work, if not rarest.
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CA$103.72
Silton Seasons: From the Diary of a Countryman
by Symons, R. D
Doubleday, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Doubleday, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1975. Brown Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-Unclipped ($6.95) DJ . First Edition Thus. Frontis by author ('65) The village of Silton was Symons' retirement home. He tells of the simple joys of this new home and writes about the land he loved so dearly. 193 pp. plus:Bibliography, Notes. Shiny light brown cloth has...
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A New Dictionary of Natural History; or, Compleat Universal Display of Animated Nature with accurate representations of the most curious and beautiful animals, elegantly coloured
by William Frederic Martyn
London : Harrison and Co , 1785 A rare and beautiful introduction to natural history. In 2 folio volumes with 99 (of 100) hand coloured plates by Moses Harris and others after his style. Martyn is a pseudonym for William Fordyce Mavor, who authored a wide range of works. The books are set out alphabetically, with the plates reflecting this classification, so they can portray lizards and lynx side by side on the same plate. The pages are double column and unpaginated. The text for each animal is...
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Rhododendrons and the various Hybrids
by Millais, John Guille
Millais, John Guille Rhododendrons and the various Hybrids.Rare Complete 2 volume matching set (series 1 and series 2) of thislimited (only 550 copies of this book have been printed) and numbered first edition.1th Series;The first series is numbered 381London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1917, folio (42 x 32 cm)Original maroon red cloth, rebacked retaining original spine, gilt letters on front and spine, protective tissue guard on every plate.xi + 268 pp, frontispiece coloured plate, title page, with 17 (fs...
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The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri
by Husam al-Dawlah Taymur Mirza
(Persian) Falconry.Husam al-Dawlah Taymur Mirza. The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri. A Persian Treatise on Falconry, translated by D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott, 1st edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1908, One of 500 copies.Description: halftone illustrations in the text, original publisher's green pictorial cloth with gilt reproduction of ancient Persian ms. with falconer on horseback, gilt-lettered spine, one minor worm hole through bottom margin first few pages, 8vo 25.5 x 17 cm. Kept in, and comes with, non adhesive...
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The Hoard's Dairyman Feed Guide: Dairy Cattle, Poultry, Horses, Swine
by W. D. Hoard & Sons Co
Fort Atkinson, WI: Self Published, 1943 124pp. Stapled Wraps. Staples are rusty. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Wraps have assorted stains. Lower tip of last page has a small diagonal crease. Book has signs of biopredation in the form of bookworming at lower edge of first 46 pages. Pages are toning. Edges of text block are dust stained. Inside rear wrap has a stain. Text is unmarked. . Fourth Printing. Paperback. Fair.
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CA$27.59
North Atlantic Biota and Their History
by LOVE, Askell and Doris Love (eds.)
Oxford London New York Paris: Pergamon Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Pp. xii; 430. Foreword, introduction, appendix, index. Presents some 25 papers. Blue cloth stamped with gilt lettering on spine. A lovely copy in desirable condition. From the foreword: "Although the subject matter of the symposium, North Atlantic biota and their history, has been much discussed for almost a century, this is the first attempt to present in one volume a reasonably many-sided evaluation of the...
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ECOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS AND ESTUARIES
by George Kell Reid
Pictorial Hardcover, no DJ.
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CA$13.83
Results of the Archbold Expeditions 16 Some Marsupials of New Guinea and Celebes
by TATE, G. H. H. and Richard Archbold
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1937. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. [145]. With plates of drawings of marsupial skulls, other figures. Printed paper wraps. Minor snag to tail of spine , else a lovely copy of this uncommon title.
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CA$41.49
Plants of the Fiji Islands
by PARHAM, J. W
Suva, Fiji: By Authority of the Government Printer, 1972. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated throughout with color and b&w photographs. 8vo. Pp. x, 462, xxix. Color frontispiece. Four color plates. With b/w illus., including some photo reproductions. With a section on Fijian orthography and a couple-page biography of Berthold Seemann. In addition, a brief history of botanical explorations in Fiji. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Full green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. This copy in...
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New Asiatic and African Caecilians with Redescriptions of Certain and Other Species
by TAYLOR, Edward H
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1965. First Edition. Printed Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 253 - 302. A handsome copy, with a trifle staining to front cover (see photo), else in Fine condition. An uncommon title in Taylor's massive body of work.
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CA$48.40
Purpleleaf Plums
by JACOBSON, Arthur Lee
Portland (OR): Timber Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. 183. Appendices. Indices (People; Subject; Species; Varieties). Glossary. Chapters on identification, cultivation, classification, etc. With 12pp. of color photos. Plum-colored paper-covered boards with silver stamped lettering on spine. Bottom edge of front cover with a gouge, else an attractive copy in a perfect dust jacket. Another worthy and informed title from the Seattle writer and plant expert. This copy in...
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Birds Collected and Observed During the Cruise of the Thiepval in the North Pacific, 1924
by LAING, Hamilton M
Ottowa: Victoria Memorial Museum, 1925. First Edition. Printed wraps. Very Good+. 8vo. Pp. 46. Frontispiece. Bibliography. With two other plates with b&w photographic reproductions. Printed paper wrappers with wear to head of spine. The cruise visited the Aleutians, Prince Rupert, Kamchatka, etc. This copy was owned by esteemed ornithologist Leverett Mills Loomis, with his ownership name on the front cover.
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CA$34.58
Ravenna Park Seattle
by [SEATTLE]
[Seattle]: NP, ND. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Very Good+. Small oblong 4to. Pp. [20]. Illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photo reproductions. Original stapled gray wraps with titles and illustration in brown on the front cover. Light wear to spine. A handsome photo-tribute to a crown jewel in the Seattle Parks Department, one of the few pockets of forest that escaped logging in the late 1800s. That was probably owing to its incarnation as Ravenna Springs Park, a private wonderland that...
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Snakes The Evolution of Mystery in Nature; With Photographs by Michael and Patricia Fogden
by GREENE, Henry W
Berkeley Los Angeles London: University of California Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Michael and Patricia Fogden. 4to. Pp. xiii, 351. Lavishly illustrated with color photography by Michael and Patricia Fogden. With a list of references. Index. Bound in full black cloth with purple lettering on spine. A seemingly comprehensive study of snakes with substantial photographic support for their evolutionary development. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear, archival sleeve.
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CA$55.32
Technical Methods of Ore Analysis for Chemists and Colleges
by Weinig, Arthur J. And William P. Schoder
London: John Wiley and Sons, 1939 325pp. Spine is a bit shaken. Tips and spine ends are rubbed. Spine ends are bumped. Boards have light scuffs. Large former owner book stamp inside front board. Former owner notations on front endpaper. Edges have light dust staining. Pages are toning. Text is unmarked.. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Dust Jacket.
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CA$27.59
An Almanac for Moderns
by PEATTIE, Donald Culross
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Lynd Ward. 8vo. Pp. 396. Tan cloth, titles stamped in black on the cover and spine, dark green rules on the spine, head edge dyed green: edges very lightly soiled, leaves and boards crisp and bright. In the two color illustrated dust jacket, price $3.00 intact on the front flap: Slightly chipped with short closed tears,rear flap upper corner clipped. "An essay on biology in 365 parts" from the great...
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The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas
U.S.A.: The Viking Press, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. An Excellent Reading Copy - Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have The Tiniest Bit Of Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Has Been Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy..
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