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Image for Worthington's Natural History: Being Stories and Histories of the Animal Kingdom at Home and Abroad; Also, Interesting Poems and Anecdotes, Profusely Illustrated with Nearly 500 Illustrations

Worthington's Natural History: Being Stories and Histories of the Animal Kingdom at Home and Abroad; Also, Interesting Poems and Anecdotes, Profusely Illustrated with Nearly 500 Illustrations

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Worthington Company: 1886

Seller ID: 2205708

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Binding shaken, hinges and frontispiece loosening, faint stain on edge of first few pages. 1886 Hard Cover. 214, [2] pp. Tall 8vo. A collection of stories and poems about animals. Includes color frontispiece and engraved illustrations throughout.
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American Wild Life, Illustrated. Compiled by the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of New York

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Wm H. Wise & Co., Inc.: 1945

Seller ID: 2264217

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, faint stain along spine and rear board, a few faint spots to top page ridge. 1945 Hard Cover. xiv, 749 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Mammals; Fishes; Reptiles; Amphibians; Birds; Index.
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Image for Wood's Stories of the Animal World. Being Stories and Histories of the Animal Kingdom at Home and Abroad; Also, Interesting Poems and Anecdotes, Profusely Illustrated with Nearly 500 Illustrations. (Young America Series)

Wood's Stories of the Animal World. Being Stories and Histories of the Animal Kingdom at Home and Abroad; Also, Interesting Poems and Anecdotes, Profusely Illustrated with Nearly 500 Illustrations. (Young America Series)

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Hurst & Company: 1895

Seller ID: 2278801

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hinges starting, board edges rubbed, ink gift note and pencil gift note on front endpapers, pages lightly toned. 1895 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. A child's book of animal stories with over 500 illustrations.
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Image for Animal Tales Library: Shelly's Shell Search; The Undersea Adventures of Digby Dolphin; Tidy Heidi; The Sculptor of Beaver Pond; Springer: The Rabbit Who Jumped Too High; Darby: The Lost and Found Puppy

Animal Tales Library: Shelly's Shell Search; The Undersea Adventures of Digby Dolphin; Tidy Heidi; The Sculptor of Beaver Pond; Springer: The Rabbit Who Jumped Too High; Darby: The Lost and Found Puppy

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Ohio, Landoll: 2000

Seller ID: 2297573

ISBN: 0517128179

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Near fine. 2000 Small Hard Cover. Five titles in slipcase. Animal Tales Library: Shelly's Shell Search, The Undersea Adventures of Digby Dolphin, Tidy Heidi, The Sculptor of Beaver Pond, Springer: The Rabbit Who Jumped Too High, Darby: The Lost and Found Puppy
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Animal ABC (Big Value Series, No. 2000)

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: U.S.A., M. A. Donohue & Co.: 1916

Seller ID: 2298799

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Fair

Wrappers loose but included, multiple creases and tears to wrappers, light stain. 1916 Stapled Binding. Vintage children's book using animals to teach the ABCs.
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Birds [and Their Nests]

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Akron, Ohio, The Saalfield Pub. Co.: 1943

Seller ID: 2306302

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

One inch tear along bottom edge of front wrapper, some creases. 1943 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Birds include: Baltimore orioles, barn swallows, yellow warblers, blue jay, robins, cardinal, kingfisher, ruby-throated hummingbirds, house wren, bobolink, bluebird, and red-headed woodpecker.
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Our Pets (042--Shape Book Series)

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Newark, N.J. & New York, Charles E. Graham & Co.:

Seller ID: 2199949

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

No copyright date. Edges rubbed, pages toned. Unpaginated. No copyright date. A story of animals found on the farm.
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Major Richardson's Dogs [World War I; Dogs][Print]

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: ., .:

Seller ID: 2296524

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matte creased with a few smudges. No chips, no tears. Matte outside to outside dimensions: 13 3/4 x 11. Inside to inside dimensions: 10 x 7 3/4. Print reproduced from photograph of Major Richardson of the British Red Cross with two Bloodhounds and an Airedale.
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Five Color Natural History Prints Depicting Seashells from the Turbo Genus [Conchology, Sea Shells, Snails, Mollusca, Turbinidae]

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: .,

Seller ID: 2066331

Binding: Single Sheet

Condition: Very Good

Each print faintly foxed. Five matted and framed color prints. Frames 8 5/8 x 11 3/8, images 5 7/8 x 8 1/4. Matted and framed by Summit Glass and Picture Frame Company on Aug. 1 1966. These were acquired as part of a large collection of books and prints on seashell collecting and conchology, and most likely came from a 19th century volume on conchology (they are labeled plates 9, 10, 21, 24, and 33), though we were unable to identify which work this might have been. Each print features shells from the Turbinidae genus, also known as turban snails or turbos.
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Draft-Book of Centennial Carriages, Displayed in Philadelphia, at the International Exhibition of 1876

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Stony Brook, New York, Suffolk Museum and Carriage House: 1964

Seller ID: 2287654

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Title paper taped to front wrapper. 1964 Large Softcover. 123 pp. A collection of centennial carriages on display at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia during 1876.
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Western Horseman: October, 1964, Vol. XXIX, No. 10

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Western Horseman, Inc.: 1964

Seller ID: 2296591

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Front wrapper creased. 1964 Stapled Binding. 160 pp. COVER: All-Breed Issue, with art by Echohawk. CONTENTS: The Haflinger; The Dodson Ranch and Training Stables; The Tennessee Walking Horse; Tevis Cup 1964; Honors for the American Indian Horse; The American Paint Stock Horse; Ysabella Horses; National Half-Arabian Championships; Breed Association and Registry Addresses; The American Paint Quarter Horse; The Quarter Horse, 1964 Report; Appaloosas Have Banner Year; The Morgan; The Arabian Horse, 1964 Report; Pinto's Rising Star; The Remount Registry; An All-Breed Family Affair; The Palomino; Pe...
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Habits of Adirondack Mammals (New York State Museum Handbook 8)

By: Adams, Charles C.; Harper, Francis and Jean Sherwood; Fraleigh, Lucy B.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Albany, The University of the State of New York: 1929

Seller ID: 2308520

Binding: Small Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly toned, ink name on front wrapper and title page. 1929 Small Softcover. 176 pp. CONTENTS: List of Illustrations; Animal Habitats in Certain Portions of the Adirondacks; Notes on Mammals of the Adirondacks; The Habits of Mammals at the Adirondack Camp.
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The Best Cat Ever

By: Amory, Cleveland

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1993

Seller ID: 2264509

ISBN: 0316037443

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Front jacket flap price-clipped and creased. Owner's stamp on front endpaper. 1993 Hard Cover. 262 pp. The author describes adventures with his cat, Polar Bear, including encounters with Cary Grant, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and other notables.
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Birds

By: Anderson, Walter [Inglis]; Pickard, Mary Anderson

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Jackson, University Press of Mississippi: 1990

Seller ID: 2306197

ISBN: 0878054596

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket spine slightly faded. 1990 Large Hardcover. xxvi, 116 pp. A collection of paintings and designs of birds by American artist and writer Walter Inglis Anderson. Includes an introductory essay by Mary Anderson Pickard, the artist's daughter. A large portion of Pickard's collection of her father's works were damaged or lost during Hurricane Katrina. Here in a volume of great beauty is a collection of Walter Anderson's bird paintings and designs. The colorful array assembled here from the hundreds that he produced conveys the skill, the feelings, and the imagination of this fa...
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Bugle, a Puppy in Old Yorktown (Tip-Top Elf Book, 8618)

By: Andrews, Mary

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNally & Company: 1958

Seller ID: 2272839

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Corners lightly rubbed, pencil name on title page, pages lightly toned. 1958 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. The story of a dog living in Colonial times in Yorktown, Virginia.
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Comanche: The Story of America's Most Heroic Horse

By: Appel, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company: 1951

Seller ID: 2308450

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Small chip to jacket spine base, jacket edges lightly rubbed. 1951 Hard Cover. 224 pp. Illustrated by James Daugherty. Comanche was a mixed-breed horse who survived General George Armstrong Custer's detachment of the United States 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (June 25, 1876).--Wikipedia
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John James Audubon: The Birds of America, Christie's New York, September 14 and 15, 1987

By: Audubon, John James

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Christie's: 1987

Seller ID: 2304782

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Spine bumped. 1987 Large Softcover. We have more books available by this author!. Christie's catalog. John James Audubon: The Birds of America, Christie's New York, September 14 and 15, 1987.
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John James Audubon: The Birds of America, Sotheby's New York, January 28 and 29, 1985

By: Audubon, John James

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Sotheby's: 1985

Seller ID: 2304783

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Light smudges on top page. 1985 Large Softcover. We have more books available by this author!. Sotheby's catalog. John James Audubon: The Birds of America, Sotheby's New York, January 28 and 29, 1985.
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Image for The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America: 431 Exact Reproductions in Full Color from the Original Collection

The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America: 431 Exact Reproductions in Full Color from the Original Collection

By: Audubon, John James; Davidson, Marshall B. (Introduction)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York / Boston, American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. / Houghton Mifflin Company: 1966

Seller ID: 2306528

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Includes publisher's slipcase. Minor wear to slipcase corners. Books clean and unmarked with tight, square bindings. 1966 Large Hardcover. 431 plates. Two hardcover volumes in original publisher's slipcase. ABOUT THE ARTIST: John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 January 27, 1851) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. He painted, cataloged, and described the birds of North America in a form far superior to what had gone before. Born in Haiti and raised in France as a youth, in his embrace of America, and his outsize personality and achievements, he represented the ...
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Selected Journals and Other Writings (Penguin Nature Classics)

By: Audubon, John James; Forkner, Ben

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin Books: 1996

Seller ID: 2195122

ISBN: 0140241264

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

First printing. Edges rubbed, pages toned. 1996 Trade Paperback. xliii, 573 pp. The fist one-volume selection of non-ornithological writings from one of America's premier naturalists and painters. Gathered here are the fruits of his [Audubon's] literary talent: journals, letters, bird biographies, a memoir of his early years, and stories of the American frontier.... His enormous efforts resulted in the finest collection of American birds ever painted by a single individual. Yet readers of this anthology of his writings will discover an equally monumental achievement--a life dedicated to the ap...
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The Art of Audubon: The Complete Birds and Mammals

By: Audubon, John James; Peterson, Roger Tory

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Times Books: 1979

Seller ID: 2281502

ISBN: 0812908414

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First thus. Jacket spine head chipped, two minor chips to jacket spine base, one-inch tear along top edge of rear jacket panel, front jacket flap price-clipped, jacket faintly toned. Page ridges very faintly foxed. 1979 Large Hardcover. xiii, 674 pp. The Art of Audubon presents for the first time all of Audubon's 655 magnificent octavo Birds and Quadrupeds, full size and in full-color, in a single volume.
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Audubon, Early Drawings

By: Audubon, John James; Rhodes, Richard; Edwards, Scott V.; Morris, Leslie A.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press: 2008

Seller ID: 2208610

ISBN: 0674031024

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Includes publisher's slipcase. 2008 Large Hardcover. xxxv, 250 pp. In 1805, Jean Jacques Audubon was a twenty-year-old itinerant Frenchman of ignoble birth and indifferent education who had fled revolutionary violence in Haiti and then France to take refuge in frontier America. Ten years later, John James Audubon was an American citizen, entrepreneur, and family man whose fervent desire to become acquainted with nature had led him to reinvent himself as a naturalist and artist whose study of birds would soon earn him international acclaim. The drawings he made during this crucia...
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Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico (The Texas Pan American series)

By: Aveni, Anthony F.; Gingerich, Owen

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Austin, University of Texas Press: 1980

Seller ID: 2305663

ISBN: 0292775571

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Half-inch tear along jacket spine head. 1980 Large Hardcover. x, 355 pp. Combining as it does the romance of space with the mistery of the past, the study of pre-colombian skywatchers of the new world has drawn increasing scientific and popular attention in recent years...--jacket
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Nellie: A Cat on Her Own

By: Babbitt, Natalie

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Michael Di Capua Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 1989

Seller ID: 2265091

ISBN: 0374355061

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Sticker on jacket rear, jacket faintly foxed. 1989 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. When the kind, old woman who made her dies, Nellie, a wooden cat marionette, must rely on the help of her friend, Big Tom, a real cat, to dance on her own.
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Handbook of Birds of the Western United States, Including the Great Plains, Great Basin, Pacific Slope, and Lower Rio Grande Valley

By: Bailey, Florence Merriam

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Boston and New York / Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press: 1902

Seller ID: 2307813

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Third edition. Ornithologist John B. May's copy, with ALS laid in, and May's name and 'Cohasset, Mass.' on front endpaper. The letter is dated October 25, 1932, and thanks May for a copy of Portraits of New England Birds which, like this volume, included illustrations by Fuertes. 1902 Hard Cover. xc, 514, [6] pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles, gold and black bird on front board. 36 plates, including a frontispiece, zone map, and illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, with 601 figures in the text. A profusely illustrated and important birding reference.
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An Introduction to Acarology

By: Baker, Edward W.; Wharton, G.W.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1952

Seller ID: 2260332

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Front hinge just starting, minor ink marks in text, pages thumb-indexed by previous owner (Robert L. Gering, a Ph.D. in the field of arachnology, from whose library this volume was acquired). 1952 Hard Cover. xiii, [1], 465 pp. 8vo. A monograph on mites and ticks, written by an entomologist and a zoologist. Color frontispiece, black-and-white illustrations in text.
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28-Volume Non-Continuous Run of Nautilus: The Pilsbry Quarterly Devoted to the Interests of Conchologists

By: Baker, Horace Burrington; Wurtz, Charles B.; Abbott, R. Tucker

Price: $10.00

Publisher: ., Pilsbry: 1963

Seller ID: 2066785

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

1963 Stapled Binding. Twenty-eight volumes of The Nautilus, with many articles on conchology and other related interests. Publication dates range from January 1963-October 1969.
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The Operculate Land Mollusks of the Family Annulariidae of the Island of Hispaniola and the Bahama Archipelago

By: Bartsch, Paul

Price: $10.00

Publisher: ., Smithsonian: 1946

Seller ID: 2066790

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

All pages uncut. Corners faintly creased. 1946 Trade Paperback. iii, [1], 264 pp. A comprehensive overview of Annulariidae of Hispaniola and the Bahamas.
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Birds of the Niagara Frontier Region: An Annotated Check-List (Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Volume 22)

By: Beardslee, Clark S.; Mitchell, Harold D.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences: 1965

Seller ID: 2263679

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Signed by Harold D. Mitchell with inscription, To Fred and Elsie Webb with my very best wishes. No jacket, ink note on second blank. 1965 Hard Cover. xix, 478 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Ornithological History of the Region: Observers, Previous Works; Territorial Outline and Life Zones: Territory Boundaries, Life Zones and Bird Distribution, Territorial Zonal Divisions--Sub-Carolinian Zone, Typical Alleghanian Zone, Sub-Canadian Zone; Territorial Localities of Special Ornithological Interest: Ontario, Huron and Erie Plains, Covering the Niagara River and Western Ne...
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Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers: Woodpecker; Flicker; Sapsucker (Dover Books on Birds)

By: Bent, Arthur Cleveland

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications, Inc.: 1964

Seller ID: 2307468

ISBN: 0486210839

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

1964 reissue of 1939 edition. We have more books available by this author!. xii, 334, 39 plates, [21] (publisher catalog). Released as part of Bent's larger work Life Histories of North American Birds, which won the John Burroughs Medal in 1940. Each volume is an exhaustive description of various species based on intense observation and studies of other great naturalists such as Audubon, Burroughs, and Brewster. Essential for anyone with a serious interest in ornithology.
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