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184501111262Concord NH: Rufus Merrill c1845. 16 pp. booklet with original yellow paper wraps with 9 woodcut illustrations. Nine 9 identified illustrations include Lyre Bird swallow Boat Bill Roseate Spoon bill Blue Jay Hoopoe Robin Belted Kingfisher and doves. Accompanied by narrative description and rhyming verse. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" chapbook. Make-do sewing repair along back strip. <br/><br/> Rufus Merrill paperback
8985<p>London Strand Publications Hastings House. HBNoDJ No Date Early 1950s Pictorial Color Oblong Boards Cover minor Rub Wear & Tiny Chips Extremities Interior Nice Tight Clean with slight soil few pgsVG/VG NODJ. Hard Cover.</p> London Strand Publications Hastings House hardcover
1950013752New York: Rand McNally 1950. Brown hardcover boards binding clean square and tight - signed by author on half-title page. Very clean and tight interior. DJ shows edgewear small chips closed tears some paper rubbed away on spine - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 'A' on copyright page. 219 pages. Fact/fiction about Rosalind a world-champion trotting Standardbred mare. Size: Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Dennis Wesley. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Rand McNally Hardcover
18637359Naples:: Napoli Presso 1863-79. First Edition. Fine. Fine original hand-colored lithograph by Raimondo Petraroja after drawing by A. di Lorenzo. Folio. Sheet: 16 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches. Image size: 10 x 9 inches. Sheet: 16 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches. Image size: 10 x 9 inches. Publisher's blind stamp lower center under caption as issued. Archivally double matted in sage green/gilt French mat sized to 16 x 20 inches. A bold presentation of a male blue-rust brown spotted Iguana set in a native vegetated plateau landscape. While little is known of the artist or lithographer the editor Giovanni Boschi 1863-79 biographer of the famed French Naturalist Georges Louis LeClerc Comte de Buffon was clearly inspired by Buffon's encyclopedic knowledge and imaginative presentation of the natural world as well as the work of artists such as John James Audubon in the creation of his own naturalists' compendium; a massive 8 volume popular zoological atlas; a work compiled from the most recent works of Italian and foreign zoology; all set in their native surroundings. Single sheet matted in rag board Napoli Presso, unknown
1920009993Boston: Little Brown and Company 1920 206 pgs. Green cloth pictorially stamped in dark green & yellow color pastedown to upper cover rubbing to spine ends and edges bookplate occasional finger soil. The third book in the Green Meadow series this about a hound dog. Illustrated with 8 color plates by Harrison Cady. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harrison Cady. 8vo. Little Brown and Company hardcover
1999052523-VSeattle WA.: Mountaineers Books 1999. Book. Illus. by Various Contriuitors . New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st. Edition 1999 2nd. Printing 2001 Black cloth hardcover with the dust jacket 142 page book. A rare hardcover copy with beautiful full page black & white plates . This book does not come to market often. Condition : NEW . Mountaineers Books Hardcover
1993005632Rio de Janeiro: Editora Index Ltda. 1993. First Thus Collectible . Hardcover. Good -/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 253pp. From the Theater of the Natural Things of Brazil Volume II. "which containeth the Pictures of Flying Creatures." Illustrated glossy boards. Beautiful full-color illustrations throughout. Ex-Library Ryerson Library The Art Institute Of Chicago; withdrawn sticker on rear pastedown. Library that owned them previously had them mislabeled with label tape to spine and front cover; beginning to peel off. English and Portugese text in juxtaposition. Pages are bright and clean no writing underlining or highlighting. Sewn binding is cracked and 1st 14 pages are coming loose; potential for other pages to detach if not careful. Boards are scuffed with rubbing to corners. Nice reading copy. <br/> <br/> Editora Index Ltda. hardcover
0121311503.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1946013307New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1946. Blue hardcover library buckram binding clean square and tight. Front pocket intact some stamps and marks but overall very clean and tight interior. a few dog-eared pages but clean copy of scarce title. 283 pages. Sisters Gay and Cherry try to make money by tutrning their Hawaiian ranch into a dude ranch giving horseack rides up Haleakala. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Brown Paul. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
1960013425Harcourt Brace and Company 1960. Light blue hadcover binidng is clean square and tight with minimal wear. DJ has chips and tears along edges but displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. Interior clean and tight - no writing tears or marks. Pages are yellowing. 190 pages. Meredith and her family arrive tot the Big Sur region along the California coast - and she is delighted to find a band of Appaloosa horses running wild. She is determined to gentle one of them. Originally published 1958 this is a 2nd printing 1960. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 2nd Printing. Illus. by Dennis Wesley jacket and frontispiece only. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Harcourt, Brace and Company Hardcover
1940004295New York: Dutton 1940 Red cloth erased marginal scrawl from one page else fine; illustrated dust jacket slightly worn. Story about a little cocker spaniel who is just discovering the world. Wonderful detailed and graphically interesting b&w artwork throughout. Uncommon dog book. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Glenna M. Latimer. 4to. Dutton hardcover
19076535London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076531London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076513London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076519London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076521London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Great Auk Eggs; property of Mr. T. G. Middlebrook sold at auction 1895 and 1897 for 180 and 280 Guineas respectively. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076510London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076514London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076518London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076511London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076538London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076532London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076529London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076530London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown
19076537London:: Hull & London 1907. First printing. Fine. Fine original Chromolithograph. Folio 9.5 x 12 inches. Large in format and tailored orderly and refined this plate was printed in colors in up to twelve stones to depict both the varying richness and subtle tones of the eggs of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Classified as an Oology or a study of eggs and here elegantly rendered by zoologist and ornithological illustrator Frederick William Frohawk English: 1861-1946 finely detailed paintings of eggs blossomed during the Victorian period to satisfy an ever increasing thirst for knowledge of the abundance of nature and for glorious depictions of the natural world. Wood. 274 Matted in Rag Board Hull & London, unknown