London: Printed by T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789. First edition. Frank Hogan Copy of the... Read More about The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the Country of Southampton
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Great South Beach, Long Island, N.Y: 1911. Early Original Watercolor by Edgar Burke. A fine early watercolor drawing of the Turnstone, an American shore bird, by sportsman, artist and physician Edgar Burke Edgar Burke, MD (1889-1950) successfully combined the vocation of medicine (he was a member of the American College..... Read More about "Turnstone"
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New York: Macmillan, 1938. First American Edition from English sheets. Read More about Plant Hunter's Paradise
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Vp: 1902-1920. Typescripts Typescript by Burroughs, corrected in holograph by Fisher, titled in pencil by Fisher, "Fuss & Feathers". 5pp. See The Writings of John Burroughs, vol. XX, chap. IV. Typescript poem attributed to Burroughs with a holograph pencil correction, apparently unpublished, a love poem titled The Eternal Feminine, beginning..... Read More about Archive of letters, typescripts, photographs and other material relating to Burroughs and Dr. G....
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Roxbury, NY: Sept. 7th [1919]. To the Famous Female Mountain Climber. "Yours recd. Of course I know of you & your wonderful mountain climbing feats, but I have not yet had a chance to read your books. But I shall, as I am expecially interested in that kind of literature..... Read More about Autograph letter signed to mountaineer Annie S. Peck, thanking her for her letter and advising...
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Np: Sept. 29, 1887. "I sit here amid the junipers of the Hudson with purpose every year to go to Florida, or to the West Indies, or to the Pacific Coast, yet the seasons pass & I am still loitering, with a half defined suspicion perhaps, that if I remain..... Read More about Autograph quotation signed, a passage from Signs and Season beginning "I sit here amid the...
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906. First edition. Read More about Bird and Bough
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [n.d., c. 1904-1913]. Riverby edition. Attractive group of the works of the noted American naturalist (published over many years and eventually running to 23 volumes). Read More about The Writings of …
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904-1922. Autograph edition, no. 266 of 750 copies, signed by the author and publisher, with EACH VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. THE ULTIMATE SET. WITH MANUSCRIPT. Complete in 23 volumes with an extra volume 19 with inlaid manuscripts for "The Hungry Sheep," c. 24 pages in pencil..... Read More about The Writings of …
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London: Caxton Publishing Company, Clun House, Surrey Street, Strand, [1907-1908]. Read More about Birds of Great Britain and Ireland Order Passeres
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London: 56 Regents Park Road, 16 September 1875. Writing to Youmans that he is sending the last corrected revise of his lecture as asking for the earliest insertion into the magazine, continuing that he will be giving his lecture on Human Automatism at Belfast on the 27th “which wil be..... Read More about Autograph letter signed "William B. Carpenter" to E[dward] L.Youmans, the Editor of...
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1862. Second edition. The second edition, after the first of 1853-56, with the same content, of this important American color plate and ornithological work. Cassin intended his work to supplement that of Audubon. He had originally suggested to Audubon's sons a plan for extending the..... Read More about Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America
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Boston: Little Brown, 1891. First Edition. Read More about A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada. Based on Nuttall's Manual
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Charleston, South Carolina: [c. 31 August 1886]. An album of 120 vintage albumen photographs showing the devastation to the city of Charleston, South Carolina, following the earthquake of August 31, 1886. Estimated to have reached a magnitude of between 6.6 and 7.3 on the Richter scale, the earthquake left 60..... Read More about Album of 120 photographs of the aftermath of the Charleston earthquake of 1886
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New York: J. Q. Premble, [1860s]. First edition. Hand-Colored. A scarce publication: OCLC locates only a single holding, at New York State Library. J. Q. Premble also published, 'Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories About The Camel'. Read More about Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories about Birds
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[1928]. One of 67 copies done. Read More about Etching "Last Round."
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New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. Clark, Roland. First edition, one of 535 copies. A lovely copy of a scarce volume that is less a book than a work of art. Roland Clark's matchless drypoints, printed from the plates on fine watermarked deckle edge paper, are luminous — one doesn't..... Read More about Stray Shots
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Albany: D. & S. Whiting, 1803. Second American edition. Read More about A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees:...To which are added, an Introduction...
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Wellington: John Mackay, GPO, 1906. Inscribed on upper cover, "Dr. --Pranseau with L. Cockayne's Compliments." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography sums up Cockayne's achievements: He "was one of the most influential of New Zealand's scientists. Although lacking formal training, he made important and original contributions to botany, stimulating research..... Read More about On a Specific Case of Leaf-Variation in Coprosma Baueri
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Bismarck, N. D: The Tribune Co., Printers, 1900. Only edition. ‘The wolf is the enemy of civilization, and I want to exterminate him’. Scarce polemical guide to wolf hunting by Benjamin Corbin (1835-1912), Civil War soldier, trapper, hunter, stockman and frontier land promoter, who called himself the “boss wolf hunter.”..... Read More about Corbin's Advice or The Wolf Hunter's Guide. Tells How to Catch 'Em and All about the Science of...
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824. First edition. Read More about A View of the Present State of the Salmon and Channel-Fisheries
Price: $125
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, [1884-1885]. First edition, one of 300 copies. Comprises 18 plates of birds, and 1 plate of a nest, only (without any of the text, the map or the three plates of bird heads). Read More about The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo
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