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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. An introductory survey of the whole conceptual scheme of natural history, from the classification, distribution and interrelationship of living things to evolution and behaviorism. 309 pp. with index. Dust jacket in Poor condition with tears to edges, including one large tear at top front cover that has been taped. Front cover rubbed, corners bent, and price-clipped. Green cloth covers have minor stains to top edges, and spine edges are rubbed. Interior is tight and clean. Book in Good condition.. Revised Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Natural History.

St. Louis: St. Louis Public Schools, 1908. "The purpose of Nature Study in the elementary grades is to awaken in the child a love for the beautiful in nature, to cultivate his powers of observation and to stimulate in him a desire for investigation." Table listing of one lesson per week for each grade from first to eighth, with suggestions on topics including Health Lessons, Plants, Animals and Inorganic Nature. 11 pp. Paper covers. Cover edges and corners are worn, edges are faded/discolored, covers smudged and dirty. Minor creasing to interior pages, otherwise clean. Pamphlet in Good to Good+ condition.. Paper Covers. Good. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Education.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Part C of Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 39. 11pp. some pages uncut. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. covers faded. tears at spine barely attached. two pages at side protude and therefore are chipped, otherwise interior is clean, tight, and VG. . Wraps. Good. Illus. by Figures(drawings). Natural History.

Boston: Press of A. A. Kingman, 1871. From the proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. XIV, Oct. 18, 1871. 7 pp. Plate depicting early stages of ascidian. Ex. museum with stamp and reference information on front cover. Covers have dirt smudges, slightly bent corners. Grammar edit on both front cover and front page to the word Pyriformis indicating the 'p' should have been lowercase. Interior is tight and clean. Document in Very Good condition.. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Plate. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Natural History.

1951. spine and cover edges faded, otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. . Paper Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Illustrated by Susan T. Richert . Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". Anthropology.

Washington: U.S. National Museum, 1891. Report of the National Museum, 1889. From the Smithsonian annual report board of regents report, June 30, 1889. "The Puma is the only large, unspotted, native American cat." Frederick W. True was the curator of the Department of Mammals. Plate image of Puma. pp. 591-608. Disbound. Plate was slightly adhered to front page and caused some very minor blemishes to the plate image. Otherwise document is in Very Good condition.. Paperbound. Very Good. Illus. by Plate. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Animals.

1894. Read before the Michigan Academy of Science, December 27, 1894. "Barring a few scattering descriptions by European naturalists of such species as were brought home by the early travellers in this country, the history of North American conchology may be said to have begun where Thomas Say, in 1817, wrote the article on "Conchology" for the first American edition of Nicholson's Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences." 27 pp. Includes Catalogue of the Mollusca of Michigan, Notes and Literature. Mildly soiled covers. Faint stamp "W. A. Bryan" on front cover. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Dr. Bryant Walker of Detroit was one of the leading malacologists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wraps. Very Good-. Illus. by Tables. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Michigan.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1982. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Volume 173, Article 3. 336 pp. 33 tables, and 50 illustrations. Exterior has light wear to edges, corners are bent. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine.. Softcover. Very Good+. Illus. by Figures (drawings),Photographs, Maps, Tables. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Rats.

Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co., 1883. A monthly journal of Notes and News in all departments of Science. 3 issues: Dec.15,1883 (Vol. 11, No.2); Jan.15, 1884 (Vol.II, No. 3) and Oct.15,1884 (Vol.II, No.12). Articles include: A NEW MICROSCOPE SLIDE CABINET, RESEARCHES ON BACTERIA, MICROSCOPY, SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS IN EASTERN UNITED STATES, BATS, CALIFORNIA SPIDERS, BIRDS, CRUSTACEA, ROCK SECTIONS, WINES, and HARMONY OF THE SPHERES. Jan.1884 issue pages mainly uncut. Illustrations, including publisher advertisements. Paper covers mildly soiled, string-tied. Oct.1884 issue's covers detached from text with tears, still intact. Overall exteriors are Good. Interiors are clean, tight and Very Good. . Wraps. Good. Illus. by Figures (line drawings). Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 3/4". Science.

Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Some articles include: "Official Scrutiny of the U.S. Coast-Survey"; "The British Museum of Natural History" by Frederick W. True with a full page illustration of the Main Facade of the Museum on Cromwell Road; "Immortality in modern thought" by Joseph Le Conte; "Vegetable Morphology a Century Ago-Goethe" by T.H. McBride; and "An Attempt to Photograph the Solar Corona Without an Eclipse" by Wm. H. Pickering. Also included Letters to the Editor and Notes and News. Famous Americans in publication: Frederick William True; and Joseph LeConte. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edge. Overall covers are Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG.. Wraps. Good to Good+. Illus. by Etching. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Science.

Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Articles about/or by Famous Americans: In Letters to the Editor:R.P. WHITFIELD "An American Silurian scorpion"with illustration; CHAS. A. ASHBURNER "The geology of natural gas"; and R. W. SHUFELDT "Probable period of gestation in the 'horned-toad'. Other articles: " The Lick Observatory" with 5 illustrations; and "The Development of the Eye" with 2 illustrations. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Covers detached. Front cover is Good to Good+. Back cover with tears and missing pieces, Good-. Crease down middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. . Wraps. Good-. Illus. by Etchings. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Science.

New York: The Science Company, 1886. With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: L. P.GRATACAP: An Archeological Fraud with 2 illustrations; and O. T. MASON: The Guadalajara Pottery with 14 illustrations. In Supplement: Cable Street-Railways with 10 illustrations and The physical basis of aesthetics. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. numberson front. light vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at side edge. small yellow musuem label on front cover. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. pp.401-422.. Wraps. Good to Good+. Illus. by Etchings. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Science.

New York: American Museum Natural History, 1927. New School Service Series Number Two. "In the Palisade Interstate Park, near its Bear Mountain Headquarters, there is now a Trailside Museum from which radiate about one mile and a half of Nature Trails." 28 pp. plus a map drawing of Bear Mountain Nature Trails and Museum. Tan covers are Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. Filled with photographs. . Paper Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Photographs By LeRoy Davies. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Natural History.

New York: J. C. Derby, 1855. 359 pp. Brown cloth covers with blindstamped image on front and back, and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are rubbed to boards, joints are broken and exposed, spine ends are broken and partially removed. Broken hinges and spine. Light foxing/browning throughout interior. Book in Good condition.. Cloth. Good. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Letters.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. 322 pp. including Index. Soiling to covers/spine. Corners bumped /rubbed. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Wear/rubbing to spine ends.Gilted top edge. Overall covers are Good. ex-mus. bookplate on front endpaper and ex.mus. stamp and numbers on title page.Tissue guard protecting frontis illustration. Nature sketches on every page. printed on heavy paper. pp.160-161 hinge breaking. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. . Cloth. Good. Illus. by by Author. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 ". Natural History.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. "The long road I have in mind is the long road of evolution..." 279 pages with index. Frontispiece photograph of Burroughs with tissue guard. Olive cloth covers with gilt signature on front and gilt title on spine. Cover covers are bumped and rubbed, particularly the lower front corner. Spine tips are bent and rubbed. Gilt top page edge. Many interior pages are uncut. Some light foxing to page edges and endpapers, but text is not affected. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. Cloth. Very Good. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4". Natural History.

Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom: Horizon Handmade Books, 1982. "Of all that has been written about the English rural scene, the essays and novels of Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) are among the best loved." Printed in a standard edition on Glastonbury Antique Laid paper, and also in a hand bound limited edition printed on Van Gelder Mould Made paper. Both editions are letterpress printed and contain six hand-tipped colour plates. This book is Number 291 of an Edition Limited to 650 copies, signed by Peter Cholerton. 128 pp. with short bibliography. DJ in Good+ condition with shelf wear to edges and corners, rubbing to spine edges, large chip/tear to lower spine end, pen edit marks to word printed on back flap. Book with minor rubbing/bumping to cover corners and edges, spine ends rubbed and bent. Previous owner's initials and date written on half title page, part of Jefferies poem written in previous owner's handwriting on top of title page. Interior pages clean, tight. Book in… Leer más

New York: The Century Co., 1901. 357 pp. with illustrations throughout. Ex. mus. with gift book plate on front inside cover, and museum stamp/identification numbers on title page. Red covers with handsome illustration on front. Covers in Good condition with corners and edges rubbed, and top/bottom spine worn. Brown top page edge, rest of page edges uncut. Interior page edges are browning, but rest is Good+.. Cloth. Good+. Illus. by Bruce Horsfall. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". Novel.

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1898. Illustrated by 180 pictures from photographs by Cherry Kearton. 368 pp. Four pages of advertisements at conclusion of text. Olive cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, and image of author rappeling down cliff in gilt on front. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, significant rubbing/scuffing on back cover, fading to cover edges. Spine is faded from sun exposure, stains on bottom of spine, spine ends are bent. Gilt top page edge. Hinges broken. Cocked spine. Endpapers have foxing/mold and are browning. Interior pages have some light foxing and some stains to edges. Book in Good- condition.. Cloth. Good-. Illus. by Photographs by Cherry Kearton. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Nature.