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Tropical Storm Agnes!

By: N/A

Price: $9.00

Publisher: ., United States Army Corps of Engineers: 1972

Seller ID: 2005575

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

First printing. 1972 Large Softcover. Unpaginated. Oblong. Stapled binding. An account of Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972, with color and black & white photographs throughout.
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Modern Mechanix and Inventions, April 1935, Volume XIII, Number 6

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: ., Modern Mechanix: 1935

Seller ID: 2204987

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

One inch tear to spine head, ink name, pages toned. 1935 Stapled Binding. 154 pp. CONTENTS: Building Stratosphere Air-Liners, by Allan Lockheed; Knock Down Monuments with Feathers, by Nic Sprank in Oddities of Science; American Railroads Challenge Speed Records; Racing Time for News Scoops, by Robert L. Frey; How I Judge Championship Fights, by General J.V. Clinnin; Get Cash for Puzzle Solutions - Furniture Contest Winners Get $125.00; Electrical City Built Without Chimneys, by Grace Kirkpatrick; How to Stain Your Microscope Slides, by Julian D. Corrington; Clipping Dollars from Auto Running E...
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Technical Manual Electrical Fundamentals (War Department TM 1-455)

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1941

Seller ID: 2287626

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Ink name on front wrapper, minor water damage. 1941 Soft Cover. 155 pp. CONTENTS: Electrical Energy; Batteries; Solution of Circuits; Magnetism; Alternating Current; Inductance; Capacitance; Power Equipment; Electrical Measuring Instruments; Appendix I. Electrical Symbols; Appendix II. Summary of Formulas; Appendix III. Mathematical Table of Squares and Square Roots; Appendix IV. Glossary.
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Technical Manual Hand, Measuring, and Power Tools, May 26, 1941 (War Department TM 10-590)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., War Department: 1941

Seller ID: 2287627

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Minor water damage. 1941 Soft Cover. 120 pp. CONTENTS: Section I. General: Employment. Section II. Use and Care of Hand Tools: Hammers; Screw Drivers; Shears, Pliers, and Nippers; Wrenches; Holding Devices; Files and Filing; Hacksaws; Punches and Punching; Chisels and Chipping; Drills and Drilling; Grinding and Sharpening Drills; Counterboring and Counterskinking; Reamers and Reaming; Threads, Taps, and Dies; Threads; Use of Taps; Tapping; Use of Dies; Cutting and Threading Pipe; Driving Rivets; Scrapers. Section III. Use and Care of Measuring Tools: Rules and Scales; Scribers; Squares; Calipe...
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LIFE: The Atom, a Primer for Laymen

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: ., Time: 1949

Seller ID: 2296532

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

A reprint from the May 16, 1949 issue of LIFE. A few light creases and light smudges. No chips, no tears. Wrappers intact. 16 pp. COVER: Uranium atom. LIFE: The Atom, a Primer for Laymen. A reprint from the May 16, 1949 issue of LIFE.
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Analog: September, 1963, Vol. LXXII, No. 1

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.: 1963

Seller ID: 2296544

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Light stain, light general wear. 1963 Magazine. 98 pp. COVER: Chemical industry in space. September 1963. Cover art by Nat White illustrating Industrial Revolution by Poul Anderson [as by Winston P. Sanders]. ALSO: Chrono-Control by Frank A. Javor; plus stories by William J. Smith, Rick Raphael, and James R. Hall. FEATURES: Editorial by John W. Campbell; Brass Tacks (letters); Which Polaris Do You Mean? (science essay) by R. S. Richardson; The Reference Library (book reviews) and more. Interior artwork by: Leo Summers, George Schelling. Editor: John W. Campbell.
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Floods and High Water, 1936: Pennsylvania's Greatest Flood Disaster in Pictures

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Harrisburg, PA, The Telegraph Press: 1936

Seller ID: 2265079

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Front wrapper creased, edges lightly rubbed. 1936 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. A collection of black-and-white photographs of the Pittsburgh flood of 1936. On March 17 and 18, 1936, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania witnessed the worst flood in its history when flood levels peaked at 46 feet (14 m). This flood became known as The Great St. Patricks Day flood, and also affected other areas of the Mid-Atlantic on both sides of the Eastern Continental Divide.
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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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The Nature Calendar: Wild Flowers

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Barse & Hopkins: 1913

Seller ID: 2201036

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Includes original box. Tears to box corners. 1913 Large Softcover. A mixture of scientific information on various flowers, beautiful verse, and tipped in chromolithographs.
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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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Tales of the Great Lakes: Stories from Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Castle Books: 1986

Seller ID: 2207850

ISBN: 1555211208

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A fine copy. Near Fine. 1986 Hard Cover. 474 pp. They can be as still as a millpond, as angry as any storm swept ocean. The Great Lakes and the major states bordering themIllinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesotaare the heartland of America. The land supplies the goods: grain, meat, timber, and steel. The Lakes provide passage for those goods around the world. The twoland and waterare inseparable, their destiny interlocked. Tales of the Great Lakesencompasses the stories of the men who built the Midwestthe giants of industry, builders of cities, intrepid seafarers, writers who chronicled the ri...
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Sunshine at Home: Sparkling Pages for the Child, the Youth, the Parent. A Family Portfolio of Natural History, Biography, and Bible Scenes. One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations.

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Michigan, Review and Harold: 1883

Seller ID: 2266774

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edges rubbed, stain on rear wrapper. 1883 Large Hardcover. 112 pp. Sparkling Pages for the Child, the Youth, the Parent. A Family Portfolio of Natural History, Biography, and Bible Scenes. One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations.
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The Hudson River

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Hudson River Day Line:

Seller ID: 2280087

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

stain to bottom corner of front wrapper, pencil note on rear wrapper and on front wrapper verso. Postcards have not been written on. Unpaginated. A bound collection of postcards of the Hudson River, with perforated edges.
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Mushroom, The Journal of Wild Mushrooming: Spring 1989, Issue 23, Vol. 7, No. 2

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Moscow, ID, Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming: 1989

Seller ID: 2296542

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Very minor wear. 1989 Stapled Binding. 38 pp. FEATURES: Morel Hell; Where are the Tame Morels?; Near Yosemite, One More Time?; After the Yellowstone Fires; Are They Raking Our Truffles to Death?; Train Your Own Tuber Hound; Mushrooming Around North America; Save Those Mushrooms (by Drying); Poisoning in Oregon; No More Melzer's?; Rot-Nots Strikes Again; The Truth about Midwest Mushrooms; A Strange Encounter.
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Mushroom, The Journal of Wild Mushrooming: Fall 1989, Issue 25, Vol. 7, No. 4

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Moscow, ID, Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming: 1989

Seller ID: 2296543

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Light stain, two creases to rear wrapper. 1989 Stapled Binding. 38 pp. FEATURES: The Latest Morel News: Another Patent, Some High Finance, and More Kits; What if Morels Were Easy?; Truffle Essence is Criticized; The Picture Quiz (Especially for Lumpers); Roundup of 1989 Mushrooming--the Survey of North America; Some Gilled Woorotters Have Pale Spores; Chuch Barrows Dies; Spreading the Word at Puyallup.
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Sissinghurst Castle Garden

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: UK, The National Trust: 1989

Seller ID: 2300663

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Three color postcards laid in. A very nice copy. 1989 Stapled Binding. 30 pp. A brief history and visitors' guidebook to the famed site. Sissinghurst Castle Garden, at Sissinghurst in the Weald of Kent in England, was created by Vita Sackville-West, poet and writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, author and diplomat. It is among the most famous gardens in England and is designated Grade I on Historic England's register of historic parks and gardens. It was bought by Sackville-West in 1930, and over the next thirty years, working with, and later succeeded by, a series of notable head gardener...
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The Finger Lakes of Central New York (Nufolo Road Guide)

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Rochester, New York, United States Survey Company:

Seller ID: 2301165

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

No publisher date. Top page ridge faintly foxed, top corner very lightly creased. The Lakes--topography, points of interest and every road with improved highways indicated. Includes large fold-out map.
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Niagara in Summer and Winter

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Niagara Falls, N.Y., The Nicklis Company:

Seller ID: 2305251

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Light general wear. Unpaginated. A black-and-white photograph collection of Niagara Falls.
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The New Book of Niagara: Scenes in Summer and Winter

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y., Robert Allan Reid: 1901

Seller ID: 2305252

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Smudge on rear wrapper. 1901 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. A black-and-white photograph collection of Niagara Falls.
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American Agriculturist, for the Farm, Garden and Household, January, 1877, Vol. XXXVI, Number I [Volume 36, No. 1]

By: N/A

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New York, Orange Judd Company: 1877

Seller ID: 2278802

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Board edges rubbed, general wear. 1877 Large Hardcover. 488 pp. American Agriculturist, for the Farm, Garden and Household, January, 1877, Vol. XXXVI, Number I.
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Farm (My Little Carry Books)

By: N/A

Price: $3.00

Publisher: New York, DK: 2012

Seller ID: 2300004

ISBN: 0756690005

Binding: Board Book

Condition: Very Good

Edges lightly rubbed. 2012 Board Book. Fun first books to pick up and carry around, for toddlers on the go! Featuring easy-grip, die-cut handles, these all-new board books are just the right size for toddlers' hands. Innovative carry handle promotes book-handling skills and manual dexterity; Informative rhyming text builds language and encourages reading readiness; Educational subjects enhance early learning.
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Western New York Ledger and Scrapbook, Circa 1918 [NY]

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: ., 1918

Seller ID: 2300434

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

No publisher date (circa 1918). Boards lightly soiled, ghosting to some pages. Western New York ledger and scrapbook. Includes tabbed double entry ledger, used as a diary and includes entries from March 30th, 1918 through December 31st, 1918. Entries note chores and tasks complete around the house and farm, as well as other day to day activities and weather. Also includes family records, newspaper clippings and agricultural articles. Some pages blank.
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The Famous Parks and Gardens of the World, Described and Illustrated.

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, T. Nelson and Sons: 1880

Seller ID: 2200409

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Good

Deaccessioned Reynolds Library copy, usual marks, ink stamps on some of the engravings. Boards rubbed, endpapers and margins of a few pages lightly stained. 1880 Large Hardcover. 230 pp. Tall 8vo. Leather spine, gilt titles and rules, marbled paper over boards, marbled endpapers. A popular description of Remarkable Parks and Gardens, public and private, ancient and modern, interspersed with illustrative anecdotes and notes on the history of Gardening. Engraved illustrations throughout.
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Seein' Stars: 250 Luminous Stars, The Moon and Four Planets for the Ceiling of Your Den, Family Room, Bar or Bedroom

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Laguna Hills, CA, Walter & Astrid Reynolds: 1960

Seller ID: 2305275

Binding: Single Sheet

Condition: Very Good

Sheet stained, tear along opening of outer envelope previously mended with tape, smudges on outer envelope. 1960 Single Sheet. Seein' Stars: Luminous Stars, The Moon and Four Planets for the Celing of Your Den, Family Room, Bar or Bedroom. Have fun in the dark. Stars shine with amazing brilliance after you turn out the lights, just like being outdoors. Complete with chart and instructions for a thousand nights of enjoyment! Large envelope contains single sheet chart and four smaller envelopes containing 75 large dots, 75 small dots, 100 stars, the moon and 4 planets.
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The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Research

By: Abrahams, Marc

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Dutton: 2003

Seller ID: 2267894

ISBN: 0525947531

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Lightly rubbed. 2003 Hard Cover. A tribute to a range of tongue-in-cheek contributions to the scientific community honors a professor who theorized that toast always falls butter-side down, a southern Baptist church that identified the number of Alabama residents going to hell, and the Australian who successfully patented the wheel.
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A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poinsons. Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy. And Methods of Detecting Them. (From the Mallinckrodt Collection of Food Classics, Volume II)

By: Accum, F.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: N/A, Mallinckrodt: 1966

Seller ID: 2259852

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Modern reissue of very early (1820) culinary work. Good copy in good slipcase. Slipcase edges rubbed. Pages foxed. 1966 Trade Paperback. xii, 269 pp. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poinsons. Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy. And Methods of Detecting Them. (From the Mallinckrodt Collection of Food Classics, Volume II)
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A Natural History of Love

By: Ackerman, Diane

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1994

Seller ID: 2268725

ISBN: 0679403477

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A very nice copy. 1994 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxiii, 358 pp. The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love (Washington Post Book World) is the next best thing to love itself.
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Molecular Biology of the Cell: 5th Edition

By: Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Garland Science: 2007

Seller ID: 2308181

ISBN: 0815341059

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Fifth edition. Includes DVD. An exceptional copy. 2007 Large Hardcover. For nearly a quarter century Molecular Biology of the Cell has been the leading cell biology textbook. This tradition continues with the new Fifth Edition, which has been completely revised and updated to describe our current, rapidly advancing understanding of cell biology. To list but a few examples, a large amount of new material is presented on epigenetics; stem cells; RNAi; comparative genomics; the latest cancer therapies; apoptosis (now its own separate chapter); and cell cycle control and the mechanics of M phase (...
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The Microscope

By: Allen, R.M.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, D. Van Nostrand Company: 1940

Seller ID: 2303267

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket. Spine head and spine base lightly rubbed, ink name on front paste-down endpaper. 1940 Hard Cover. viii, 286 pp. CONTENTS: Historical Introduction; Optical Principles of the Microscope; Modern Instruments; Illumination; Testing of Microscope Objectives; Getting the Most Out of the Microscope; Preparation of Material for Microscopical Examination; Plates; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.
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The Diamonds Are Dancing: A History of Conesus Lake

By: Anderson, Helen Traver; Meeken, Jean; Morris, Eleanor; et al

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Rochester, New York, The Conesus Lake Association, Inc. / DPI of Rochester, LLC: 2007

Seller ID: 2299510

ISBN: 1424336112

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Fine

75th anniversary special edition. 2007 Large Hardcover. iii, [1], 80 pp. A pictorial history of Conesus Lake, compiled by a local historian and genealogist. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and several maps.
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