Madagascar: Land of the Man-Eating Tree
New York: Republic, 1924. 2 folding maps, many black-and-white illustrations. xi + 442pp., 8vo, black cloth; well rubbed, spine ends worn. New York: Republic Publishing Company, 1924. A very good copy. More
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Biomimicry in Architecture
London: RIBA, 2014. Illustrated in color and black and white. vi, 130 pages. Thin 8vo, blue pictorial wrappers. London: RIBA Publishing, (2014). Some very minor bending around edges, else a fine copy. More
Green Laurels: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Naturalists.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1936. Frontispiece and illustrated in b/w, 8vo, green cloth (spine faded, covers rubbed, a few pages dog-eared on top corner). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1936). A very good(+) copy. More
Audubon's America.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Illustrated with 17 color plates, mostly folding. Short thick 4to, cream cloth, rubbed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Limited Edition signed by the author. A very good copy. More
A Celebration of Bird: The Life and Art of Louis Agassiz Fuertes
New York: Walker and Company, 1982. With color and b/w illustrations throughout. 178 pages. Narrow 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Walker and Company, (1982). First edition. A very good(+) copy with some fading to cloth spine and edges; in a near fine dust wrapper, slightly scuffed. More
History of Quadrupeds.
London: B. & J. White, 1793. Engraved title vignettes, 112 (of 113) engraved plates by Peter Mazell (lacking 107), 2 vols., 306 pp + 424pp. 4to, 8 x 10 ", full brown diced calf, gilt-bordered covers, gilt-stamped raised bands, inner dentelles; (lightly rubbed, hinge expertly repaired). London: Printed for B. & J. White, 1793. Third Edition. Pennant was a British naturalist and writer. This work was begun as a synopsis in 1771, and then expanded into the first edition of..... More
Nature Illustrated: Flowers, Plants, and Trees, 1550 - 1900, From the Collections of the New York Public Library
New York: Abrams, 1989. 44 plates in full color, 59 duotone photographs. 127 pages. 4to, white with gold vignette, dust wrapper. New York: Abrams, (1989). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. A dazzling presentation of the plant world. More
Abrege d'Histoire Naturelle pour l'Instruction de la Jeunesse.
Strasburg: Amand Koenig, 1786. Translated from the English of M. Raff by M. Perrault. 12 engraved folding plates, 509pp. + 592pp., 2 volumes, 8vo, full early leather, decoratively gilt spines with green and tan leather labels. Strasbourg and Paris: Amand Koenig and Barrois, 1786. Near Fine. An educational natural history work for children, with text in question and answer conversational form. More
The Painter as Naturalist, from Durer to Redoute.
Paris: Flammarion, 1991. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 287 pages. Short folio, green cloth, d.w., crinkled. (Paris: Flammarion, 1991). Previous owners gift inscription on endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Le Spectacle de la Nature, ou Entretiens sur les Particularites de l'Histoire Naturelle.; Qui ont paru les plus propres a rendre les Jeunes-Gens Curieux & a leur former l'esprit
Paris: Le Veuve Estienne, 1745. Frontispiece in each volume, and illustrated with a profusion (162 folding and 34 single-page) engravings. 8 volumes bound in 9. Thick 12mos, contemporary leather with gilt-decorated spines (still firm, but several volumes have cracked joints and worn ends); marbled endpapers, all edges red. Paris: Le Veuve Estienne & Jean Desaint, 1732-1755. A mixed edition in matching bindings. 2 volumes with dampstaining on fore-edge, otherwise rather clean inside. Volume I (1732) Les Animaux & Les Plantes..... More
American Places.
New York: Dutton, 1981. Text by Wallace and Page Stegner & edited by John Macrae, III. Illustrated with 89 color plate photos by Porter. 224 pages. Square 4to, beige cloth, d.w. (wrapper spine and edges are faded). New York: Dutton, (1981). First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Death Valley Handbook.
84pp. thin 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1947). More
Fire Island: The Wonders of Barrier Beach
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1971. Illustrated with 22 full page color plates. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards. Cleveland: World Publishing, 1971. Near fine. More
Nature and Historical Experience: Essays in Naturalism and in The Theory of History.
326pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; previous owner's name on front flyleaf. N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 1958. More
Organon of the Specific Healing Art.
New York: Radde, 1847. With an Essay on the Present Internal Condition of the Homoeopathic School by Charles Julius Hempel. Translated from the German. 200pp. 8vo, contemporary marbled boards with ornate gilt-stamped blacl leather spine (edges and spine ends are somewhat worn, otherwise a very clean near fine copy). N.Y.: William Radde, 1847. First edition in English. Very scarce. Despite the title, the book was published without Hempel's essay. A note to the reader explains that the essay will be..... More
Gentle Conquest: The Botanical Discovery of North America With Illustrations from the Library of Congress
Washington: Starwood, 1992. Library of Congress Classics. With b/w and color illustrations throughout. 160 pages. 4to, green cloth, d.w. Washington: Starwood, (1992). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper with sunning to spine. More
Voyage of Discovery: Three Centuries of Natural History Exploration
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1999. Illustrated in color and black and white. 335 pages. Square 4to, brown cloth, price-clipped dust wrapper. New York: Clarkson Potter, (1999). First American edition. A near fine copy. More
The Odyssey Book of American Wildflowers
New York: The Odyssey Press, 1964. Patterned endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color photographs, 252 pages, 4to, green cloth (very subtle sunning). New York: Golden Press, (1964). A near fine copy. More
Wild Flowers of the United States. Volume I (2 parts in board slipcase) - The Northeastern States.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. 2 volumes. Illustrated with 180 full-color plates. Tall 4to, green cloth. New York: McGraw-Hill & NY Botanical Garden, (1966). Near fine in worn slipcase. More
Charles Darwin and the Golden Rule.
New York: Storm Publishers, 1954. Compiled and edited by Edna Watson Bailey. Frontispiece. xxi + 400 page. 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; minor spot of fading to front cover, dust wrapper lightly worn. Washington and New York: Science Service and Storm Publishers, (1954). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. A joint publication by the Science Service in Washington and Storm Publishers in New York. More
The Haunters of the Silences.; A Book of Animal Life.
Boston: Page, 1907. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. Frontispiece plus 47 full page black & white plates. xiv, 316 pages, plus ads. 8vo, green gilt-lettered pictorial cloth; light wear at corners and spine ends. Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1907. A very good(+) copy of this handsome book. More
The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living Mollusks, and an Aid to the Identification of Shells Native and Foreign.
Boston: Branford, 1936. Illustrated in color and black and white. Small thick 4to, green cloth. Boston: Charles T. Branford Co. Publishers, 1908. Lightly rubbed and stained, internally clean. A very good(-) solid copy. More
Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008. 242 illustrations, including 232 in full color. 432 pages. Thick 4to, green cloth, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2008). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Exhibition Catalog Metropolitan Museum of Art February 12-May 11 2008. Essays by Keith Christiansen, Anna Ottani Cavina, Alain Merot, Claire Pace, Rene Demoris and Willibald Sauerlander. Catalog by Pierre Rosenberg. More
Dangerous Beauty, Life and Death in Africa: True Stories from a Safari Guide.
New York: Hyperion, 2001. Illustrated sparsely in black & white. 322pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. (small tear near spine). New York: Hyperion, (2001). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More