New York: Norton, [1985]. First edition. Inscribed to Ashley Montagu. Signed by Ashley Montagu on fly-leaf and on inscribed by the author on half-title, "To Ashley with respect and affection, Steve" Read More about The Flamingo's Smile. Reflections in Natural History
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New York: Norton, [1983]. First edition. With reviews annotrated by Ashley Montagu laid in. Read More about Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
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New York: Norton, [1980]. First edition, erratum laid in. Ashley Montagu's copy, with his tearsheet of his review in Nature (4 December 1980) loosely inserted, with other clippings of reviews. Read More about The Panda's Thumb
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Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, (1960). First edition. Number 353 of 500 copies signed by the author. A notable breakthrough in high-speed photography made it possible for the first time to record hummingbirds in flight in their native environments; this book is the result. Read More about Hummingbirds
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London: Published and Sold by the Author, 1883. "Third Edition, Enlarged, Illustrated, and Revised" Read More about Choice Stove and Greenhouse Flowering Plants, comprising Descriptions of upwards of Thirteen...
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Chicago: American Greenhouse Mfg. Corp. Sucessors, [c. 1928]. First edition, but with new publisher's label pasted over bottom of title page. Read More about American Greenhouses. Pronounced Agemco. AGMCo. Everyhouse a Gem
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New Bedford: The Darwin Press, 1937. First Edition. Read More about In Quest of Gorillas
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Langensalza: Schulbuchhandlung des Thuringer Lehrerververeine, 1853, 1855. A study of the Earth, interior and exterior, its peoples, animals, the Moon and Planets. Read More about Die Erde, ihr kleid, ihre Kinde und ihr Inneres durch karten und Zeichnungen [bound with] Die...
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San Francisco: High Times Press/Golden State Publishing, 1976. First edition, fourth printing. Read More about Growing the Hallucinogens: How to Cultivate and Harvest Legal Psychoactive Plants
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Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1967. First edition. The curious and facinating last book by scholar, diplomat, and novelist Robert H. van Gulik, who kept gibbons and in whose fictions they sometimes appear. The substantial introduction is illustrated from the author’s photographs of gibbons he knew. Read More about The Gibbon in China. An Essay in Chinese Animal Lore
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London: Witherby, 1953. First edition, no. 83 of 485 copies. The essential and comprehensive reference work on the Dodo of Mauritius and the Solitaires of Réunion and Rodriguez. Read More about The Dodo and Kindred Birds or The Extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands
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New York: Harper & Row, [1978]. First American Edition. Authoritative, fully illustrated discussion of these most majestic and graceful birds, one of the most easily distinguishable and widely dispersed avian species in the world. Includes information on the classification, distribution, behavior, migration, and habitat for each of the 61 recognized..... Read More about The Herons of the World. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson
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Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, State Printers, 1911. Beautiful Colored Plates. State of New York, Department of Agricultural Eighteenth Annual Report, Vol. 3-Part II. Read More about The Plums of New York. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Staion for the year 1910
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San Diego: 1881. Scarce catalogue of fossil mollusks for sale by the noted California collector. Hemphill's collection of land, freshwater, and marine mollusks became the holdings of the California Academy of Sciences and Stanford University. Read More about A List of Fossil Mollusks from the Tertiary Beds of California. Collected & For Sale by Henry...
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Troy, N.Y: Nims and Knight, 1888. Sprague, Isaac. First edition. Read More about Flowers of the Field and Forest. From Original water-color drawings after nature
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Paris: Claude Prudhomme, 1713. Second edition. Revised second edition, corrected with additional observations on the serin, a small European finch related to the canary. Hervieux de Chanteloup (1683-1747) composed this treatise in his capacity as "gouverneur des serins de madame la princess …." With wood engraved plates of bird cages..... Read More about Nouveau Traité des Serins de Canarie, contenant la manière de les élever, les apparier pour en...
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Various places: 1744-50. Parthenogenesis, Virginal Births and Plays. The Hill piece relates to parthenogenesis in humans and animals and is a translation of "Lucina sine Concubitu. A Letter...to the Royal Society in which is proved...that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commerce with man." The..... Read More about A bound volume of 5 works including... Antoine Houdar de la Motte's "Le Magnifique,...
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London: H.F. & G. Witherby 326 High Holborn, W.C, 1923. First edition. Read More about A Naturalist in Hindustan
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Paris: Chez Gabriel Martin. Jean Bapiste Coignard, fils, 1732. Article on shellfish by Reamur entitled "Du Mouvement Progressif et de quelques autres mouvements de diverses especes de Coquillage, Orties & Etoiles de mer" on pp. 439-490 with 4 folding plates. Read More about Histoire de L'Académie Royale des Sciences, Année 1710 avec les Mémoires de Mathématique...
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London: Whittaker, Treacher and Co, [1832]. Fifth edition, with Additions. First published in 1820. A charming book by the famed 19th century florist of Paddington Green, Middlesex. Read More about A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula,...
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New York: Virtue & Yorston, n.d. First edition. Read More about History of the American Fauna … and A General Natural History of the World …
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London: W.H. Allen, 1978. First edition. Inscribed and Extra-Illustrated. Inscribed by Bill Woodley, Ruth Hales Woodley, "Bongo" (Bill Jr.) Woodley, and Dennis Holman, to Iris and Don Hunt, co-founders of the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. Bill Woodley (1929-1995) was warden of Kenya's Mountain National Parks, a leader in the movement..... Read More about Elephants at Sundown: The Story of Bill Woodley
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nd. Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew. Read More about Autograph, Letter, Signed. To W.C. Trevelyan
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London: Macmillan, 1926. First Edition. DJ. Signed Ashley Montagu. Read More about Natural Man. A Record from Borneo...With a Preface by Professor G. Elloit Smith
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[London: The World Pheasant Association, 1996]. First edition, Number 19 of 50 special leather-bound edition. Read More about Introduction to Ornamental Pheasants
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