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148 pages. Features: The law of the sea; microprogramming; the script of the Indus Valley civilization; mitochondrial DNA; the future of the universe; memory in food-hoarding birds; oscillating chemical reactions; autopsy; and more. Small initials atop front cover. Many nostalgic color photo ads. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
140 pages. Features: Glorious Peacocks; The Skeletal System; Creating a Mixed Aviary; A Clutch of charming plumheads resulted from an arranged marriage; Cockatiels - personality plus!; A spirited conure trains its owners well; Ingenious ways to feed birds well; A Professionsl Trainer reveals what really happens at bird shows; Sometimes a persistent bird must create a bird lover out of its housemate ; Beaupre Parrot School in Toronto, Ontario; Exotic Birds on Stamps. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Belfort, Imprimerie de la Frontière, 1977. Classeur de plus de 300 pages regroupant des fiches descriptives de différentes races de pigeons, avec planches couleurs et photos de chaque espèce décrite. Très bon état.
P., Plon, collection Durel Le monde merveilleux des bêtes, 1954. In-4 broché, 234 pages. Illustré par l'auteur. Bon exemplaire.
622p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition
Three volume set in excellent condition. Books are absolutely clean with heavy, strong bindings, appear unused. Each book about 700 pages with a few color plates, a great many b&w line drawings and about 30 pages of b&w photos with detailed descriptions of each subject. Vol. I: Mammals, Vol. II: Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Vol III: Fishes, Invertebrates, Insects, Index, Bindings are solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes but slightly faded spines, texts/interiors are clean and free of marking of any kind. Slip case shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers a trifle age-marked else a sound, clean copy. Published as a companion to the bird volumes of 'The Fauna of British India' . Scarce
pp. xxx, 591 + 43 Color Plates. Text photographs and maps. Minor foxing to first and last leaves. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. "With detailed descriptions of the 352 species of birds known in Alabama, supplemented by color illustrations from paintings, photographs of habitats and nests, maps showing distribution and banding records, and accounts of nesting and food habits, range of species, and records of Alabama occurrence." A very nice copy. NH8
Nathan 1998, grand et très fort In-8 relié cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée. 871 pages. Plus de 360 planches en couleurs et plus de 600 cartes de répartition. Bon état
Paris, Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique, S. d. (vers 1900). In-12 (19 x 12 cm), reliure à la bradel en demi-percaline verte, dos à pièce de titre rouge. 2 ff. n. ch., 208 p. Bel exemplaire. Historique - Ornithologie - Elevage - Repeuplement - Maladies - Destruction des animaux nuisibles (renard, faucon, autour, blaireau...) - Chasse, etc. Edition originale. Thiébaud, 885.
Quarto in pale blue color illus jacket; xvii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmbibliographical references (pages 207-215). Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Handsome full-colro frontis plate. Birds. gamebirds. Woodcock, American. Scolopax. BÈcasses. BÈcasse d'AmÈrique. Scolopax.
Two volumes. pp. 257; 309 + Colored Plates. Foxed in some places as usual. Original full cloth bindings, decorated and lettered in gold. A very good set. A great classic that would make a wonderful gift for any hunter or naturalist. W146
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 95 pages. Technical Report Series No. 43. Contents: Abstract; List of Tables; List of Figures; Introduction and methods; Survey results by island; Survey results - species summaries; conclusions. Literature cited.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 276 pages. Technical Report Series No. 50. Contents: Abstract; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Appendices; Colony Accounts by island; Methodological considerations and recommendations; Literature cited; Appendices. Previous owner's name blacked out inside.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured plates, monochrome plates and maps in the text; brown cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
82 pages. Features: Embodying Cosmic Patterns - Foundations of an Art of Calligraphy in China; Silencing the Cry of Cold Insects - Meaning and Design in the Exile Calligraphy of Huang Tingjian and Su Shi; The Early Aesthetic Values of Writing and Calligraphy; Tradition and Authorial Identity in Chinese Calligraphy - Three Works from the Elliott Collection; Private Lives - Public Faces - Relics of Calligraphy by Zhao Mengfu, Guan Daosheng and Their Children; Severed Heads - Demarcating Conceptual Space in Mughal Painting; The Symbolism of Flowers and Birds in Chinese Painting; An Repositioning of a Medieval Painting Monument - the Ten Kings at the Seikado Library; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy of this beautiful issue. Book
16 pages. Contents: Ascot Toilettes - cover illustrations; Between Husband and Wife; Women and Men - who shall fix the value?; Family Living on $500 a Year - XXXIV; New York Fashions - autumn dress goods, pin-striped woollens, braid stripes, pomponettes, beaded corded and velvet stripes, plain wools and black stuffs, silk velvets, plaids and cross-bars, cloakings, dress trimmings; Personal; British Water Birds - illustration; British Land Birds - illustration; Open-air preaching by the sea-side - article and super centerfold illustration; The Woodlanders - continued; Paston Carew, Millionaire and Miserj - continued; Summer Beverages; A Lover of Flowers, by Mary Wilkins; Decorative hints from Mount Desert and the Adirondacks; Unwritten Laws; Quiet Obsequies; Watering-place Toilettes; Table Mat - canvas embroidery and plush; a bit of ancient court gossip; chair back with embroidered band; summer toilettes; corsages; some German sweetmeats; humor. Average wear and soiling Book
16 pages. Contents: Ball and Evening Coiffures - cover illustrations; Shabby Gentility; Blot-Ting Papers - No. VIII; New York Fashions - style of making, ball dress materials, trimmings; coiffures; Personal; Infant's bib with crochet edging; trimmings for ball and evening dresses; Pelerine with hood; Britta's Christmas Gift; Sayings and Doings; Centerfold illustrations of Ball and Evening Dresses as well as seven gorgeous opera wrappings; Debenham's Vow - continued; Paris Fashions; Lovely full-page image of birds eating grain from "The Christmas Sheaf"; Two coiffures of ribbon and flowers; Low Blouse waist with peplum; blouse waist with sqauare neck; Management of plants in rooms; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
168 pages. Features: Acute respiratory failure; Amorphous-semiconductor switching; Magnetic recording; Non-Euclidean Geometry before Euclid; The Origin of the Oceanic Ridges; The Receptor site for a Bacterial Virus; How Birds Sing. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
41 pages. In 1971 these recipes using local foods were collected from fourteen native communities in B.C. Because most of the communities were coastal or near salmon streams, the majority of the foods are from the sea, but there are also recipes for wild meats, bannock and tea. By popular demand, the list was compiled into this book. Topics include: Smoked Salmon; Barbecued Salmon; Canning Salmon; Eulachons; Steelhead; Halibut; Shellfish and Sea Animals; Octopus; Sea Animals; Sea Lion; Game Animals; Wild Birds; Wild Plants; Fruits and Berries; Bannock; Fats and Oils; Teas; Seaweed; Pit Cooking; Barnacles; Deer and Moose; Tree Bark; and much more. Oblong 11"x8.5". Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this amazing reference. Book
Paris, Administration de la Librairie 1851. In-8 relié demi-basane rouge, de 476 + 424 pages ornées de 21 planches couleurs hors-texte. Revu par M. A. Richard avec la classification comparée de Cuvier, Lesson et des extraits de Daubenton. Taches angulaire sombre sur les premiers feuillets sans atteinte aux planches.
Dakar, Ifan, 1966. Fort In-8 relié pleine basane fauve, dos à nerfs, titre doré. 507 + 140 planches+ 112 pages. Nombreuses figures et cartes, 1 grande carte dépliante en fin. Collection Initiations et études africaines. Fascicule I, guide d'indentification... Fascicule 2 : Atlas de 140 planches en noir et 19 planches en couleurs. Fascicule 3 : Sources bibliographiques, notes critiques. Exemplaire bien complet. Très bon état
Paris, Curmer, 1842. In-4 relié demi-basane marron, dos lisse orné. Titre doré. XXIV + 416 pages. Planches hors-texte en noir et en couleurs, cartes et plans. Attention, la reliure est détachée, rousseurs parfois fortes hors sur les planches. En l'état
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photograps, illustrations and maps in the text; decorative wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Otter Memorial Paper, No. 3. SIGNED BY RICHARD WILLIAMSON ON HALF-TITLE. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
pp. xii, 52; xviii, 62. Illustrated with text drawings and wood engravings. Green silk moire endpapers. All edges gold gilt. Original green page ribbon. 4to. 390 mm. Original full green leather binding gold decorated in an over-all design of birds in flight. Spine with same gold design and raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, left blank. This Collector's Edition is published in advance for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W75 # 300PR.
