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1991OR-6AntwerpBelgium: Hermans' International Publications 1991. Classic comprehensive highly acclaimed text from the world renown pioneering expert on pidgeon racing in continental Europe. Presents detailed topics dealing with breeding and racing methods of successful lofts; a history of the modern racing pidgeon; basic tenets and principles of breeding and development; genetic disposition environmental factors and pigmentation; super dominance and hereditary resistance; breeding and racing hens on the widowhood system; the stud system; line breeding; linkage; old strains and modern lofts; etc. 480 pgs. Profusely illustrated with color and black/white plates. Dustjacket in mylar. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . Hermans' International Publications Hardcover
1986GE-54Oxford UK: Oxford University Press 1986. Comprehensive text presents an up-to-date survey of the geology of China written by three prominent Chinese scientists the first published account in forty years. Consists of data obtained from many papers and unpublished reports produced in China since 1949. The core of the book is a fourteen-chapter survey of the geological history of China from the Archaean to the Quaternary; and also features a consideration of igneous and metamorphic rock stratigraphy and a detailed description of the geotectonic development of China. 303 pgs. Illustrated. Gilt spine and front cover. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. Vinyl transparent dustjacket has a minor small scuff on the rear cover. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1894018709Gand & Paris: Ad Hoste; G. Masson 1894. French text. Illustrated with 31 fine colour chromolithographs over 300 text engravings large thick octavo pp viii 601 slight marginal age-toning slight bruising to the fore-edge very slightly affecting a few page margins and one plate bound in a sturdy green buckram probably contemporary the spine and lower cover a little sunned. Almost certainly from the library of the Kew botanist and orchid specialist Robert Allen Rolfe. There is an inscription on the half-title " A Monsieur le Dr Rolfe hommage de l'auteur". Although Rolfe never had a doctorate as far as I can tell this may have been used by the author as a mark of respect for his eminence in the orchid world. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Ad Hoste; G. Masson Hardcover
19182343Budapest 1918. In Hungarian. Folded but in good condition. In Hungarian. The president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is informs Erzherzog Joseph August von Österreich that the it has included him among its members. unknown
185459626Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons 1854. Folio. 12 x 15 in. 122 pp. all text w/in engraved ruled borders. Double-page hand-coloured steel-engraved frontisp. map 24 steel-engraved hand-coloured maps 1 text map. Contemporary half-maroon-coloured sheep over plum-coloured cloth gilt lettering on front cover & spine pale yellow clay-sized endpapers a.e.g. very slight occasional interior thumb soiling or dustsoiling minor scuffing to fore-edges wear to corners rear hinge starting still VG copy from library of Edwin Corbold 1827-1921 Independent Minister later Congregational Reverend and temperance supporter at Purley in Surrey. First “Reduced†edition of the first physical atlas ever published in England. Johnston 1804-1871 explains in his preface the four sections of Geology Hydrology Meteorology and Natural History originally Phytology & Zoology which were subsequently reduced in order to serve as a very popular educational atlas. Each section includes beautifully engraved maps and explanatory sections and the large Palaeontological map of the British Islands with extensive colouring and added notes by Edward Forbes. Johnston’s work reflected not only the increased interest in mapping geological zoological and biological distributions but also focused on the measurement of climate and environmental factors. William Blackwood & Sons, hardcover
181345481Philadelphia: Kimber & Richardson 1813. First Edition. Two volumes; octavo 21.5cm.; Vol. I bound in slightly later half calf over marbled boards black gilt spine label Vol. II in full contemporary sheep red gilt spine label; 4506; 6484pp.; engraved title pages 25 leaves of plates including eight folding. Evidence of previously removed library bookplates to Vol. 1 pastedowns some scuffing to boards more heavily so to Vol. II some light foxing one leaf trimmed close with slight loss of text a couple of closed tears to folding leaves else Very Good and sound overall. Attractive engraved pictorial bookseller ticket to rear pastedown of Vol. II. Complete first and second volumes of the New Series edited by the Anglo-American chemist Thomas Cooper. Though not a particularly brilliant scientist Cooper's "greatest service to science was undoubtedly the dissemination of information" Dictionary of Scientific Biography III p. 400. The present collection includes detailed articles on sugar from beets and grapes "Comparative Height of Mountains on the Earth the Moon and Venus" turnpike roads making "fine Cutlery" foreign and homemade wines criminals from 1805 to 1811 and "the uses of a dead horse by the editor." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 28226. Kimber & Richardson unknown
5563London printed by Richard Taylor 1832. First edition. Many of the lithographed plates show scattered foxing; a tight copy in very good condition in a period-style morocco binding. Pp. 4 2-68; 8 full page monochrome lithographed plates 15 total lithographs - many are two-page. Recent green one-half straight-grain morocco leather over English marbled boards green endpapers 4to 293 x 232 mm. According to DSB X p. 261 "The attention of the scientific community was first focused on Owen in 1832 when he published Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus. which was based on a single specimen of this delicate organism that was previously known only by its shell. In this superb piece of descriptive anatomy he also modified Cuvier's Cephalopoda and proposed two orders that were considered valid until 1894." No ownership marks and few signs of use. London, printed by Richard Taylor, 1832. First edition. hardcover
18502679Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1850. first edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen and Co. in Philadelphia America's premier lithographers of the mid-19th century and the very same company to produce John James Audubon's landmark lithographs for the first seven Royal Octavo editions of the Birds of America c. 1840-65 and both the Imperial Folio and Royal Octavo editions of the Quadrupeds of North America. c.1840-54. In essence the same artists and printers who produced Audubon masterful lithographs created this work. We classify these fabulous plates as one of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century ornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
1871031862New York: D. Appleton and Company 1871. First American Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Drawings. Vi 409; V "Postscript" 436. Brown Cloth Gilt. First Edition Later Issue Still Dated 1871 On Title Page No Indication Of Later Printing But Later Issue As The First Issue Identifies 16 Errata In Volume I. Two Volumes In Original Brown Cloth Gilt Lettering On Spine Black Border And Design On Covers Light Yellow Endpapers. Two Page Catalog Origin Of Species And A Book By T H Huxley At End Of First Volume; 12 Pp Catalog Mostly Works By Spencer But Again Including Origin Of Species At End Of Second Volume. A Very Clean Unmarked Set Possibly Unread. Edges Of Page Block Still Show Original Polish. Gilt Bright Cloth Evenly Colored Endpapers Immaculate Hinges Strong And Without Cracking Attractive. Points Of Fraying At Corners And Tips Tips With Minute Professional Repairs To Cloth And Color; Faint Dampstain In Parts Of Lower Covers Of Vol. Ii Also Professionally Refurbished And Almost Invisible With No Trace Of Dampstaining Inside. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover
18181639eLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1818. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vii 182pp plates. 86 hand-coloured plates 9 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18211639hLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1821. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vi 182pp plates. 85 hand-coloured plates 11 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18201639gLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1820. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vii 182pp plates. 85 hand-coloured plates 10 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18161639cLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1816. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vi 182pp plates. 86 hand-coloured plates 9 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18171639dLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1817. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vii 182pp plates. 86 hand-coloured plates 9 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18191639fLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1819. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". vii 182pp plates. 86 hand-coloured plates 8 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
18151639bLondon: James Ridgway. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Occasional foxing. 1815. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 150mm 9" x 6". xi 180pp plates. 90 hand-coloured plates 6 fold-out. . James Ridgway hardcover
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18398361466Lewis & Co. 1839. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Quarto leather spine cloth boards. Spine rubbed. Title and library mark in gold on spine. Nottingham Public Libraries mark embossed on cover. The binding is a 20th century binding. Maps are all present 32 in total - and generally clean with only occasional light spotting. The general map of Ireland has been rebacked with cloth. Each map has a Nottingham Free Public Lbraries small purple stamp on it. These stamps are all in blank space within the map area. Engraved title with vignette drawn by George Cruikshank & engraved by Joseph Goodyear. The key for the maps shows Railroads. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN: Lewis & Co. hardcover
9750Cape Town: Tiyan Publishers 1982. First edition. A fine copy in the original gray cloth case that is slightly edge-worn. Pp. xvi 174; 14 full page color plates from paintings by Thalia Lincoln each signed in pencil by the artist numerous other black-and-white figures and portraits. One-quarter leather over green cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt on the front board spine leather with four raised bands housed in the publishers gray cloth-covered folding case lettered in brown on the top cover elephant folio 660 x 490 mm. This printing was limited to 500 copies. The first 50 copies are presentation copies and the remaining copies are numbered 50 to 500 this being copy no. 120. Each copy of this limited edition is signed by the author John Patrick Rouke and by the artist Thalia Lincoln on the limitation page. Mimetes the pagoda is a genus of evergreen shrubs or small trees 0.56 meters 1.619.7 feet high with thirteen species assigned to the family Proteaceae. This genus as with other proteas is popular with nectivorous birds such as the Cape sugarbird and several sunbird species. All species of Mimetes are endemic to the Cape Region of South Africa from Wiki. Orothamnus or marsh rose is a monotypic fynbos genus in the family Proteaceae occurring in the Kogelberg and Kleinrivier Mountains of Hottentots-Holland in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is an erect sparsely branched shrub to 5 meter tall and was first depicted by Jean Villet a Capetonian artist and dealer in natural history specimens from Wiki. No ownership marks. This book weighs 36 pounds; it will require extra postage in the USA and worldwide. Cape Town: Tiyan Publishers, 1982. First edition. hardcover
6241Johannesburg: Aloe Books 1985. Limited edition. A fine as new copy. Pp. i-xl 2-150; frontispiece portrait of Adrian H. Haworth 120 color photographs 31 black-and-white photos and half-tones 24 distribution maps. Publisher's original dark green morocco leather spine with five raised bands red morocco title/author label in one compartment two-color map endpapers in gray cloth-covered slipcase with green marbled paper on the top side and bottom of the slipcase and dark green morocco flange at the opening of the slipcase sm 4to 11 x 8 1/4 inches. This is Sponsors' edition limited to 27 signed copies lettered A-Z signed by the author on the limitation page; this is copy letter V. The subscriber's page shows that there were sixteen sponsors to this work presumably they received letters A-Q; this left only eleven copies available for sale. The copy offered here is one of these eleven available for sale. Haworthia is a large genus of small succulent plants endemic to Southern Africa Mozambique Namibia Lesotho Swaziland South Africa. Like the Aloes they are members of the subfamily Asphodeloideae and they generally resemble miniature aloes except in their flowers which are distinctive in appearance. Horticulturally they are popular garden and container plants from Wiki. This is an important taxonomic revision of the genus Haworthia that was named after Adrian H. Haworth who was an English entomologist botanist and crustacean expert. This very rare offering is finely bound in attractive dark green morocco that is housed in a custom slipcase. Johannesburg: Aloe Books, 1985. Limited edition. hardcover
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1949035330Princeton: Princeton University Poress 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Xiv 272 Pp. Rose Cloth Gilt Lettering On Brown Background. Lightly Used Name On Front Endpaper Very Good. Dj Good Only Worn Small Losses And Tears At Edges. Front Hinge Lightly Cracked Per Wikipedia Charles-Edward Amory Winslow 1877 -1957 Was An American Bacteriologist And Public Health Expert Who Was According To The Encyclopedia Of Public Health "A Seminal Figure In Public Health Not Only In His Own Country The United States But In The Wider Western World." Winslow Was Born In Boston Massachusetts And Attended Massachusetts Institute Of Technology M.I.T. Obtaining A B.S. In 1898 And An M.S. In 1910. He Began His Career As A Bacteriologist. He Taught At The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology While Heading The Sewage Experiment Station From 1908 To 1910 Then Taught At The College Of The City Of New York From 1910 To 1914. He Was The Youngest Charter Member Of The Society Of American Bacteriologists When That Organization Was Founded In 1899.3 With Samuel Cate Prescott He Published The First American Textbook On The Elements Of Water Bacteriology. In 1915 He Founded The Yale Department Of Public Health Within The Yale Medical School And He Was Professor And Chairman Of The Department Until He Retired In 1945. The Department Became The Yale School Of Public Health After Accreditation Was Introduced In 1947. During A Time Dominated By Discoveries In Bacteriology He Emphasized A Broader Perspective On Causation Adopting A More Holistic Perspective. The Department Under His Direction Was A Catalyst For Health Reform In Connecticut. He Was The First Director Of Yale's J.B. Pierce Laboratory Serving From 1932 To 1957. Winslow Was Also Instrumental In Founding The Yale School Of Nursing. He Was The First Editor-In-Chief Of The Journal Of Bacteriology Serving In That Position From 1916 To 1944. He Was Also The Editor Of The American Journal Of Public Health From 1944 To 1954.3 He Was The Curator Of Public Health At The American Museum Of Natural History From 1910 To 1922. In 1926 He Became President Of The American Public Health AssociationAnd In The 1950S Was A Consultant To The World Health Organization. In 1920 Winslow Published A Widely-Cited Definition Of Public Health In Science Describing The Field As "The Science And The Art Of Preventing Disease Prolonging Life And Promoting Physical Health And Efficiency Through Organized Community Efforts For The Sanitation Of The Environment The Control Of Community Infections The Education Of The Individual In Principles Of Personal Hygiene The Organization Of Medical And Nursing Service For The Early Diagnosis And Preventive Treatment Of Disease And The Development Of The Social Machinery Which Will Ensure To Every Individual In The Community A Standard Of Living Adequate For The Maintenance Of Health. . I Look To See Our Health Departments In The Coming Years Organizing Diverse Forms Of Sanitary And Medical And Nursing And Social Service In Such Fashion As To Enable Every Citizen To Realize His Birthright Of Health And Longevity." The C.-E.A. Winslow Award Is Presented To A Public Health Professional That Has Demonstrated Leadership And Achievement In Practice Research And /Or Education. Among The Most Widely Quoted Health Leaders During His Lifetime Dr. Winslow Believed That Equal In Weight With Scientific Ideas About Health And Disease Was A Commitment To Social Justice - That Social Ills Must Be The First Conquest In The "Conquest Of Epidemic Disease." His Writings Full Of Useful Information In Almost Every Line Lack The Dumbed-Down Interpretations And Political Statements Of Later Ecologists And That Characteristic Together With His Impeccable Education And Genealogy Indicate Some Reasons Why He Is Avoided By Well-Publicized Ecological Activists As If He Had The Plague. . <br/> <br/> Princeton University Poress hardcover
1892ZB445183Mdison: Democrat Printing Co. etc. 1892-1900. volumes 8-13 complete volumes original paper wrappers untrimmed as issued some external wear and tears overall very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Mdison: Democrat Printing Co., etc. unknown