Leipzig: Hermann Costenoble, 1861. With 16 plates by Emil Rittmeyer. Extra illustrated title page. 441pp., 8vo, finely bound in blue diced calf with gilt pictorial decorations, dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers (contemporary ink inscription on flyleaf; scattered foxing). Leipzig: Hermann Costenoble, 1861. Near Fine. More
Newcastle: 1811. 225 copper engraved figures of quadrupeds, 111 vignettes. Small 8vo. x, 525, 1 pages. Early rebinding in 3/4 brown morocco, all edges gilt. Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1811. Sixth Edition. Binding is well worn with joints and hinges reinforced, corner removed from fly leaf. Overall still about very good. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) English wood-engraver and natural history author. 302 descriptions of quadrupeds, including animals from Adive to Zorilla. It is particularly thorough on some of the domestic animals... More
Wellington: Department of Education, New Zealand, 1958. Many Illus. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. lightly soiled and crudely taped. Wellington: Islands Education Division, Department of Education, N.Z., 1958. Ex libris Islands Education Division Library with their rubberstamp. More
New York: barnes & Boble, 1997. Essays by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., et al. Color frontispiece and numerous full-page color plates throughout. 382 pages. Thick folio, green cloth, d.w. New York: Barnes & Noble, (1997). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
London: Hogarth, 1929. Small 8vo, orange cloth (some light foxing, and light toning to end papers). London: Hogarth Press, 1929. First Edition. Hogarth Lectures, No. 9. More
Paris: Martiniere, 2007. Numerous color photographs of nature by Bourseiller and text by Sally Zalewsky. Slim oblong 4to, pictorial boards. (Paris): Martiniere, (2007). First Edition. Fine. More
Illus. 350pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. More
illus. 465pp. tall 8vo, cloth. Los Angeles, (1929). More
New York: Appleton, 1872. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. 2 volumes. Frontispiece and extra illustrated title pages in each volume. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of steel and wood engravings by eminent American artists. Short thick folios, contemporary 3/4 red morocco with ornate gilt-stamped spines (edgeworn but still very firm and attractive); marbled endpapers, a.e.g. New York: Appleton, (1872-1874). Very good. A...... More
Paris: Bureau de la Societe des Publications Illustrees, 1839. 6 volumes. Frontispiece portrait in first volume and small vignettes on all title pages. Profusely illustrated with 121 fine hand-colored plates and maps, tissue guards (Scattered foxing and some age-browning). Short 4to, attractively bound in contemporary brown leather-backed boards with gilt-decorated spines (evenly faded to tan); marbled endpapers. Paris: Bureau de la Societe des Publications Illustrees, 1839. Text in French. A very good(+) set. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1946. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. 184pp., 8vo, red, pictorial cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped with some tears. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. First edition. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Many photo illus., some in color. 150pp. 4to, cloth; (upper front cover soiled, else vg). N.Y.:McGraw-Hill, 1967. dup-Many photo illus., 150pp., 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, (1967). Near fine with slightly yellowed d.w. & small private library stamp on front end-paper. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904. 23 volumes. Frontispiece portrait, numerous illustrations in color and black and white on Japan vellum with tissue guards. Short 8vos, beautifully bound in 3/4 green morocco with elaborate gilt-decorated floral designs on spine, top edges gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904-1923. Fine. The Riverby edition. Signed by Burroughs on the title page of volume 1. Volumes 18-23 are similarly bound, but in light brown leather. Volume 18 is additionally inscribed by Burroughs on the flyleaf... More
Baltimore: F. Lucas. The text is interspersed with blank sheets of colored paper, possibly for owner's notations or where plates were to have been inserted (clearly nothing has been removed). Small 4to, contemporary 3/4 leather (edges well-rubbed but sound; some light foxing). Baltimore: F. Lucas, no date [1830]. Errata slip for second edition is laid-in and with a very neat owner's inscription dated 1830. A charming dictionary of flowers as mentioned in poetry and literature of the past... More
New York: Viking, 1981. Color and black and white plates. 180pp. Large 4to, green cloth, in board slipcase with color pictorial label (case just a bit edgeworn). N.Y. & Washington, DC: National Park Foundation and Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Fine. Signed by Ketchum and with an additional signed gift card tipped-in. National parks in the work of America's greatest nature photographers, including Wm. Henry Jackson, Eadweard Muybrige, Edw. Weston, Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter, Minor White, and others... More
New York: Viking, 1972. Profusely illus. with photos., some color. Small 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Viking, (1972). Second Printing. Very good. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. torn, otherwise very good). N.Y.: Knopf, (1970). More
Many illustrations, some in color. 118 pages. Short thin 4to, black cloth-backed boards (some discoloration on end papers from d.w. flaps. New York: McCall, (1971). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper, price-clipped and edgeworn. More
Philadelphia: Key & Simpson, 1796. 8vo, xx,360, 20pp. list of subscribers. Handsomely rebound in full blind stamped polished brown calf with red spine labels. A fine copy. First Edition. Howes C-215. Graff 622. More
New York: Harper Collins, 2005. Illustrated with full-bleed color photographs. 320 pages, square 4to, orange cloth, dust wrapper (lightly rubbed). First U.S. edition. New York: Harper Collins, (2005). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Paris: Hermann, 1949. Illus. 179pp. 4to, 1/2 brown cloth, spine lightly sunned, some pages creased in upper right corner margins, edges of corners lightly rubbed, one plate lightly soiled in margin. Paris: Hermann, 1949. First French Edition Essays on life in the United States from 1780 to 1800. More
Lausanne: Guilde Du Livre, 1953. Illustrated with handsome b/w photogravures by Isiz-Bidermanas. 128 pages. Slim 4to, photographic wrappers; very minor edgewear. Lausanne: Guilde Du Livre, (1953). A near fine copy. Limited edition -- one of 15000 copies. More
illus. 8vo, cloth. Rutgers UP, 1957. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1937. 8 black-and-white plates, 10 text illustrations and four maps, 2 folding. 215 pages, 8vo, turquoise cloth; some toning to endpapers and title page. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1937. A very good(+) copy. More
Topsfield: Salem House Publishers, 1987. Introduction by John Le Carre. Text by Gareth Huw Davies. Beautifully and profusely illustrated. 168pp., 4to, cloth, d.w. Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1987. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
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