Allan, Douglas A.

The Volcanic History of Southern Fife

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Andrew Reid and Company, Ltd, 1926. Wraps. Printed wraps. 11 pp. With a few black and white photos. Offprint from the Proceedings of the University of Durham Philosophical Society, Vol. VII, part 2. A short work on volcanic activity in the Southern Fife region Scotland, with a focus on the geology of the region and what it indicated in regard to volcanic activity. GOOD condition. Heavy foxing and toning along the extremities. Minor soiling, general browning and a few small areas of spotting. Ink note on the upper front cover. Several pages unopened in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 014564

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn Geology

Borror, Arthur C.; Holmes, David W.

Breeding Birds of the Isles of Shoals

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. Shoals Marine Laboratory, 1990. Spiral Bound. A revised, expanded and updated version of the 1980 issue. Spiral bound trade paperback. 76 pages. With a few small illustrations. A small study of breeding birds on the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire, giving species types and amount of breeding pairs where known. In GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling and scuffing to the covers. Noticeable diagonal crease present on the front and rear cover. Faint crease present to the pages. Interior otherwise clean and solid. Good .

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Book number: 002105

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Isles of Shoal Breeding Birds Ornithology Ornithology

No author given

Animate Creation. A Popular Edition of Our Living World. Part Twenty-Five

New York, Selmar Hess, Publisher. Wraps. no date, presumed 1880s. Blue printed wraps. Pagination runs 103-134, with text ending mid-sentence on the last page, and presumably beginning mid-passage at the beginning. Color plate of Titmice at the front, with black and white illustrations of the Brazilian Motmot, a Trogon, and other birds. A single part (#25) of this work that is often found as a complete bound volume, presumably originally issued in parts as this. With sections on the klecho swallow, various trogons, kingfishers and swallows. GOOD condition. Offsetting along the wrappers' extremities. Minor soiling, fading and toning. Faint owner's stamp on the lower front cover. Minor toning in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 010766

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn Animals

No author given

Animate Creation. A Popular Edition of Our Living World. Part Twenty-Four

New York, Selmar Hess, Publisher. Wraps. no date, presumed 1880s. Blue printed wraps. Pagination runs 71-102, with text beginning mid-sentence on the first page, and presumably ending mid-passage at the rear. Black and white plates of the Osprey and Sea Eagle at the front, with black and white illustrations of the chanting falcon and various owls throughout. A single part (#24) of this work that is often found as a complete bound volume, presumably originally issued in parts as this. With sections on the Virginian Eared Owl, the Carolina Goat-sucker, the secretary bird and others. GOOD condition. Offsetting along the wrappers' extremities. Minor soiling, fading and toning. Faint owner's stamp on the lower front cover. Minor toning in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 010819

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn Ornithology

No author given

Animate Creation. A Popular Edition of Our Living World. Part Twenty-Three

New York, Selmar Hess, Publisher. Wraps. no date, presumed 1880s. Blue printed wraps. Pagination runs 39-70, with text ending mid-sentence on the last page, and beginning mid-sentence at the beginning. Color plate of a Respledent Trogon at the front, with black and white illustrations of the Bald Eagle, Red Throated Falcon and others. A single part (#23) of this work that is often found as a complete bound volume, presumably originally issued in parts as this. With sections on eagles, falcons, kites and buzzards. GOOD condition. Offsetting along the wrappers' extremities. Minor soiling, fading and toning. Some chipping and minor tearing along the extremities, with a 2 inch tear at the top of the front wrapper. Good .

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Book number: 010820

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn Ornithology

No author given

Animate Creation. A Popular Edition of Our Living World. Part Twenty

New York, Selmar Hess, Publisher. Wraps. no date, presumed 1880s. Blue printed wraps. Pagination runs 597-628. Black and white plate of an elephant at the front, with black and white illustrations of tapirs, varks, and other animals throughout. A single part (#20) of this work that is often found as a complete bound volume, presumably originally issued in parts as this. With sections on the elephant, rhinoceros, vark and tapirs, etc. GOOD condition. Heavy offsetting along the wrappers' extremities, with dampstaining along the spine and top edge. Wrappers splitting along the spine. Minor soiling, fading and toning. Faint owner's stamp on the lower front cover. Minor toning in the interior, with faint dampstaining at the top. Good .

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Book number: 011434

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn

No author Given

Animate Creation. A Popular Edition of Our Living World. Part Nineteen

New York, Selmar Hess, Publisher. Wraps. no date, presumed 1880s. Blue printed wraps. Pagination runs 565-596, with text presumably beginning mid-passage at the beginning. Color plate of a rhinoceros at the front, with black and white illustrations of various deer, the camel, llama, race horses including mustangs and Arab horses, donkeys and zebras. A single part (#19) of this work that is often found as a complete bound volume, presumably originally issued in parts as this. With sections on deer, the camel, llama, race horses such as mustangs and Arab horses, the zebra, etc. GOOD condition. Offsetting along the wrappers' extremities. Minor soiling, fading and toning. Faint owner's stamp on the lower front cover. Minor toning in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 011435

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn

No author Given

Animate Creation. A Popular Edition of Our Living World. Part Twenty-Seven

New York, Selmar Hess. Wraps. no date, presumed 1880s. Blue printed wraps. Pagination runs 167-198, with text presumably beginning mid-passage at the beginning. Color plate of Dippers, Wagtails and Wrens at the front, with black and white illustrations of various birds throughout. A single part (#27) of this work that is often found as a complete bound volume, presumably originally issued in parts as this. With sections on the copper-bellied puff-leg hummingbird, among other birds. GOOD condition. Offsetting along the wrappers' extremities. Minor soiling, fading and toning. Heavy chipping and tearing along the fore edge. Faint owner's stamp on the lower front cover. Minor toning in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 012022

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn Ornithology

No Author Given

Flowers from Mt. Washington N.H.

Boston, Geo. E. Damon, Publisher. Wraps. no date, perhaps late 1800s, early 1900s. Wraps, tied with silk ribbon. 6 by 4 inches. 12 leaves of pressed plants and flowers, with a poem at the front and a poem at the rear. Samples include Mountain Sandwort, Mountain Avens, Black Crowberry and others. GOOD+ condition. Wrappers browned, with minor staining and soiling. Minor staining to the inside covers. Offsetting from samples on the facing blank pages. Good .

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Book number: 011506

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn New Hampshire History

No author Given

Year Book New England Gladiolus Society. 1933

No Place, New England Gladiolus Society, Publisher. Wraps. No place or date, presumed 1933. Wraps. 192 pp. including ads. Illustrations throughout, including two color photos (printed in Holland), presumably promoting gladiolus for sale by a Dutch company. A yearbook containing a variety of articles and discussions on gardening and subjects related to the growing of gladiolus. GOOD condition. Some soiling, foxing and staining to the covers. Some browning. Covers a bit wrinkled, with creasing at the corners and spine. Light toning in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 014769

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn Gardening

Harting, James Edmund

British Animals Extinct Within Historic Times. With Some Account of British Wild White Cattle

London, Trubner and Co, 1880. Half Leather. Red half leather with marbled paper covered boards. 250 pp. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A natural history of several species of animals that had existed in Great Britain/Ireland, looking at written records and fossil evidence. This includes chapters on the bear, beaver, wolf, reindeer, wild boar and wild white cattle. GOOD condition. Spine rather darkened, with uneven darkening to the leather on the covers. Minor scuffing, soiling and edgewear. Decorative bookplate present. Scattered foxing in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 017793

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn

Hiratsuka, Naohide

A Monograph of the Pucciniastreae

Tottori, Japan, Tottori Agricultural College, Publisher, 1936. Wraps. Printed wraps. 374 pp. plus several black and white photo plates in the rear. A technical study of Pucciniastreae (Puccinia) a genus of fungi known as rusts. GOOD condition. Dampstaining to the covers along the extremities, with pink staining to the upper rear cover. Some scuffing, creasing and edgewear to the covers. Small split to the lower front hinge. Good .

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Book number: 018517

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn

Littlefield, Ethel F. (editor)

Nature's Gazette. Bound Volume. Volume 1, Numbers 1-12. April 1894-March 1895

Braintree, MA, J.F. Littlefield and Co. Cloth. 1894-1895. Cursory search of OCLC turned up no records of this publication for these years. Pamphlets, bound together, lacking any wrappers that may have been issued. Once bound in blue cloth, now separated from that binding (cloth binding and covers still present). Each number 4 pages each. One issue with a color illustration of a flower, although no other illustrations present. A magazine devoted to nature, focusing primarily on plants and insects, with natural histories as well as tips on preserving and crystallizing plants, etc. GOOD condition. Cloth covers faded, scuffed, stained and soiled. Magazines themselves are toned, with minor scattered soiling and staining. Owners' inscriptions on the first page. Good .

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Book number: 012052

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn

Maynard, C.J.

The Butterflies of New England; with Original Descriptions of One Hundred and Six Species, Accompanied by Ten Lithographic Plates, in Which Are Given at Least Two Hand-Colored Figures of Each Species

Newtonville, MA, C.J. Maynard, Publisher. Cloth. Folio. no date, circa 1886. Brown cloth. Folio. iv, 78 pp. plus 10 plates with color illustrations, all present as called for. A description of the various species of butterflies found in New England, accompanied by color illustrations. With discussion of their dimensions, habits, etc. GOOD condition, ex-library. Perhaps not in original cloth binding, as a presentation/dedication to the library from the donor is printed in gilt on the front cover. Remains of label at the lower spine. Library stamp and notation on the title page, with a stamp on the inside rear cover. General fading, some scuffing and soiling to the covers. Cloth scuffed and frayed along the extremities. Paper rather toned in the interior. Some ghosting of images/ink to the opposite pages of a few illustrations. Minor soiling in the interior. Small stain to the top fore edge of one page. Good .

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Book number: 012676

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn

Price, Vincent (Narrator)

Wonders of the Pacific Shore Colorslide Nature and Science Program

New York, Columbia Record Club, 1961. Hard Cover. Glossy paper covered boards. No jacket. Unpaginated. Black and white photos throughout. Set of slides in front pouch, in unopened plastic baggie, with a 45 rpm record in the rear pouch, featuring the recording of Hans Conried. A narrated survey of various animals found along the Pacific coast. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor rubbing and toning. Record appears unworn. Very Good .

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Book number: 016396

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Noisbn