Allen, Grant

Vignettes From Nature (Humboldt Library No. 33)

New York: J. Fitzgerald and Company, 1880. Hard Cover. Vg softcover rebound in tan boards. The textblock has become separated from the boards. A good reading copy. Nature. NAT109051. Very Good.

Allen, Thomas B

Vanishing Wildlife of North America

National Geographic Society, 1974. Hard Cover. 8vo. Red cloth boards with silver title to spine and embossed illustration of animals to front board. Interior is very clean with many color illustrations. Tight binding. Red dj with white spine panel and black title to spine. 207 pp. NAT/012105. Near Fine in Very Good dj.

Audubon, John James

The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. Volume V

New York and Philadelphia: J.J. Audubon and J. B. Chevalier, 1842. Hard Cover. Volume V only. First octavo edition. This volume has 80 hand colored lithographic plates numbered 281 - 350 including several doves, the wild turkey, partridges, grouse, rails, cranes, plovers, and sandpipers. The lithographs are based on Audubon's elephant folio aquatint plates, which were reduced using camera lucida by the printer J.T. Bowen. Some of the resulting images have different backgrounds than the original aquatints. The compositions were also reconfigured so that only one species is shown on each plate. Wood-engraved anatomical drawings are printed within the text. The octavo edition consisting of 7 volumes was printed for subscribers between 1839 and 1844; it is a reprint of the original double elephant folio edition with the addition of 65 plates. The subscription price for this octavo edition was $100 which was quite a lot for the time; however, it was much more affordable and of a more practical size than the double-elephant folio. Many well-to-do American families purchased subscriptions and Audubon's work gained circulation and renown. Audubon was personally involved with the production of this edition. All following editions were printed after his death in 1851. Bound in attractive contemporary full leather with gilt title and volume number to spine. Elaborate gilt tooling to spine, both covers, and dentelles. Minor wear to the hinges and edges with a few pulls to the leather. Full gilt edges with glossy yellow endsheets. The text block is completely split into two sections after the first signature and there are a few smaller splits throughout. Overall the plates are in very good condition although there is light foxing to the margins of many and there is minor soiling on eight. A few of the tissue guards are missing and many of the remaining guards are foxed and/or stained. Pages 141 / 142 and 147 / 148 both have long closed tears which have been repaired; no text is missing. 346 pages. NAT/010913. Very Good.

Balog, James.

Survivors. A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1990. Hard Cover. 4to. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt silhouette of tiger to front board and gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with full color photographic illustrations of endangered animals. In near fine illustrated white dust jacket with gilt title to front and spine panels. 144 pages. Nature. NAT/5093. Fine in Near Fine DJ.

Bean, L.L.

Hunting-Fishing and Camping

Freeport: L.L. Bean and Company, 1953, Later Edition. Soft Cover. Vg in stiff red wraps/illus. Hunting and Fishing. HUNT1/2282. Very Good.

Brown, Joseph E.; Smith, Bradley, ed.

The Golden Sea. Man's Underwater Adventures.

New York: Playboy Press, 1974. Hard Cover. Very good blue linen 4to., in VG price-clipped pictorial d.j. Insides are in lovely condition, clean and bright w/no yellowing. Many full-color photographs. Ink inscription to previous owner opposite title page. Index, 214 pp. Nature. NAT/5093. Very Good.

Cansdale, G.S.

Animals and Man

New York: Frederick A. Praege, Inc. 1953. Hard Cover. VG cloth boards in VG- colorful Dj (chipping, spotting); pages yellowed; b&w photos; index; 200 pp. Natural Sciences. NAT/10172. Very Good.

Chapin, L.D.

The Vegetable Kingdom; or, hand-book of Plants and Fruits

New York: Jerome Lott, 1843. Hard Cover. with 140 illustrations and a copious glossary. Very good in brown cloth boards with gilt title and decoration to spine. The spine has faded to light brown and is chipped along the head with light fraying. Antiquated paper label with number to foot of spine. The interior is foxed throughout with small dampstain to margin / fore edge of most pages. 227 pages. NAT/011713. Very Good.

Conn, Herbert William

A Preliminary Report on the Algae of the Fresh Waters of Connecticut

Hartford: State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1908. Paperback. Vg in wraps Nature. NAT109261. Very Good.

Crisler, Lois

Arctic Wild (1st Edition)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hard Cover. very good in very good dj/ some edgewear to dj/ teal cloth cover/ adventures of photographing arctic wolves/ photos/ 301 pp. Arctic. ARC/6062. Very Good.

Curry-Lindahl, Kai

Europe: A Natural History

New York: Random House, 1964. Hard Cover. Vg/Vg Dj/4to./illus. Nature. NAT110231. Very Good.

D'Homergue, John and Peter Stephen Duponceau

D'Homergue Upon American Silk: Report of the Committee on Agriculture on the Growth and Manufacture of Silk; Essays on American Silk with Directions to Farmers for Raising Silk Worms. May 24, 1830

Washington: Duff Green, 1830. Paperback. Presentation copy from John Taliafero to his granddaughter Lucy Taliafero. Good in marbled wraps. Spine chipped, front cover starting to come loose, dampstaining to lower half of pages through about half the text. Agriculture. AGR1/4061. Good.