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8vo., First Edition, with 270 illustrations in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. Non-institutional copies of this standard reference are scarce in this condition.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE MONOGRAPH ON ALGAE BY ONE OF THE PREEMINENT NATURALISTS OF THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. Title-page + 30 pp + 3 full-page COLOR-PRINTED stipple-engraved plates with 14 figures in all. This is a specially-printed separata from Bory's "Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle" (17 volumes 8vo, Paris, 1822), a set of which Darwin took along during his journey aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. While it was printed 16mo, EACH LEAF HAS BEEN CAREFULLY INSET INTO A LARGER LEAF IN ORDER TO PRODUCE AN 8vo VOLUME SO THE PLATES WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE FOLDED (and indeed they are not). WorldCat locates only one copy of this offprint (Basel Universit‰tsbibliothek). 8vo. Bound in contemporary leather-backed marbled boards. Binding lightly worn. Internally fine and bright but for a few old scholarly annotations on figure 5. VERY RARE.
Eccellente incisione creata dal maestro Pierre Jean Francis Turpin. Le scritte indicanti la specie e la descrizione della pianta o animale sono in italiano e/o latino, e provengono dalla prima edizione italiana del Dizionario di scienze naturali edito da Battelli nel 1831. Quest'opera imponente era composta da 29 volumi ed era corredata da centinaia di incisioni che rappresentavano tutto il mondo animale e vegetale. L'opera deriva da un eccellente lavoro di luminari del XVIII secolo supportati dal Re francese Louis XV in seguito guidati dallo stesso Turpin, considerato al tempo il più grande incisore di botanica. La maggior parte delle incisioni sono firmate Turpin & Pretre. Le incisioni sono veramente eccezionali con una grande dovizia di particolari e dipinte a mano. Carta bianchissima e resistente di ottima qualità. Formato foglio: cm 25,5x17. Formato incisione: 15,5x9 Autore: Corsi su disegno di Turpin In buone condizioni. Superb engraving made by the master Pierre Jean Francis Turpin. The engravings are written in latin and italian and come from the first italian edition of Dictionary of natural sciences edited by Battelli in 1831. This imponent work was made up by 29 volumes and contained hundreds of engravings that represented all the plant and animal kingdom. This work derives from an excellent work of luminaries of the 18th century supported by the french King Louis XV and then directed by the same Turpin that was considered as the greatest botanical engraver of his time. The most of his engravings are signed Turpin & Pretre. The engravings are made in an excellent way with fine details and coloured by hand. Very white strong paper of good quality. In good condition. Page size: cm 17x25,5. Print size: 15,5x9 Author: Corsi upon drawing of Turpin In good conditions.
52 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Great Diehl & Lord cover photo. Features: The Eye Catcher - The Diehl and Lord Story; Holy Water Bottles - article by Al Logan Smith; Jar Talk - Lots of great home food canning content; British Bottle Bits - Doan's Backache Kidney Pills, Warner's Safe Cure, Veno's Seaweed Tonic; Munyon's Liver Cure, Munyon's Kidney Cure; The Medford (Siskiyou) Bottle Show Report; Ninety Years Ago - a digging story - author unknown; Extra Special Deliveries; Messages; A Few Pictures; Up-Dates; Reprints of items from The Pontil, February, 1965; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
48 pages. With words, music, tonic, Sol-fa, Ukulele, Guitar & Piano Accordion accomp. Includes: I'm Henery the Eighth I Am!; One of "the Boys"; Seaweed; Joshu-ah; Put on Your Tat-Ta Little Girlie!; I'm Shy, Mary Ellen, I'm Shy; Every Little While; When Father Papered The Parlour; I want to Sing in Opera; My Girl's A Yorkshire Girl; I Used to Sigh for the Silvery Moon; When They Ask You What Your Name is; John Willie, Come On!; Has Anybody here seen Kelly?; I'm setting the Village on Fire; The Old Clown. Undated. Circa 1930s? Average wear. Pages a bit yellowed. A sound copy. Book
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
120 pages. Features: Our Frosty Welcome to Richard Nowalinski; International Harvester Fridge ad; Nice corn flakes ad illustrated by Norman Rockwell shows girl in pink top and hair bow; A New Senate - and why we need it; Fantastic full-page colour ad for Willards chocolate bars - Swee-Marie, Cherry Ripe, Coconut, Swell and Cheerio!; The White and the Gold, by Thomas B. Costain - part 3; I Married the Klondike, by Laura Beatrice Berton - part 1 of 3 - article and photos; How to Get Along with Older People; The Home Movies People Pay to See - The Crawley Family and Canada's biggest commercial film business; What You Should Know About the "Miracle" Fabrics; The Strange Case of the Mail-Order Prophet, short story by Antony Ferry; I Hate Dogs, by Robert Thomas Allen; Ben Kravitz' Conquest of the New World - a former Lithuanian with a passion for work and the recipe for Ben's Smoked Meats - article with photos; The Romantic story of how John McIntosh, his family and a wondering stranger saved and spread the McIntosh Apple Tree - with photo; Nature's indispensable Fall Guy - rabbits are the animal kingdom's Caspar Milquetoast; Her Garden in the Sea - Connie MacFarlane studies Nova Scotia's coast - she lives for seaweed; Gilbert Harding - The Rudest Man in England; 1954 Ford V-8 Crestline ad; Nice DeSoto car ad; centerfold ad loose but present; Nice two-colour GMC truck ad; The Sakau'wan totem pole; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows man in denim overalls talking with friend; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Book
Features: New Pioneers of an old idea - the commercial windship; A return to sail in the Pacific; Manatees of the Amazon; Seaweed with Potential; Portfolio of Dangerous Sea Creatures; Ocean-Fired Power Plants; Titanic Memorial Lighthouse; Fish Aggregating Buoys. Sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
48 pages. So many of us walk along the seashore unaware that we are surrounded by millions of small creatures hidden in the sand, under rocks or in masses of seaweed. The activities offered in this booklet will hopefully serve as guidelines for your exploration of the countless wonders along the seashore. The fragility of the environment makes it imperative that we develop the children's awareness of ecological factors and stress the importance of conservation. Many black and white illustrations and line drawings. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Book