Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2012. Illustrated. xviii + 334 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2012). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2012. Illustrated. xviii + 334 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2012). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Boston: Hilliard, 1827. With an Introduction and Various Additions and Alterations intended to adapt it to the Present State of Knowledge by John Ware, M.D. 322pp. + 24 page catalogue, occasional foxing, untrimmed, 8vo, marbled boards. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, 1827. Second Edition. Very good (+). A translator of Buffon's Natural History, Smellie was a prominent Scottish naturalist, antiquary and printer. More
Paris: l'Auteur, 1782. 140 engraved plates. 2 vols., very thick 4to, original mottled boards; uncut, but lacking spines & disbound; internally clean and crisp. Paris: l'Auteur, Froule Nyon, Barrois, 1782. Very good. A classic of natural history and discoveries in the Far East, including China, Ceylon, Malacca, the Philippines, Burma & the Maldives. The plates, beautifully engraved by Poisson after drawings by the author, are mostly of birds, flora & fauna, but include customs, religion, sciences and arts... More
London: John Murray, 1861. 281pp. 12mo, full tan polished calf, ornately gilt spine with leather label. marbled edges. London: John Murray, 1861. New Edition. Very good (+). More
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1972. Illustrated with 80 elegant engravings from Drawings made by the Author. Folding plates. 480 pages, 4to, beige cloth, black spine and cover labels. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1972. A fine copy in a good dust wrapper. Stedman's account of the slave system in Dutch-owned Surinam helped arouse resistance to the institution of slavery, and described as well all aspects of natural life in the South American colony. More
London: J. Johnson, 1796. Engraved frontispiece in the first volume, and 2 title page vignettes, plus 79 (of 80) fine copper engravings from drawings made by the author and engraved by William Blake, Bartolozzi and others, which include 3 folding maps and 1 folding panoramic view. 2 volumes. Small 4tos, recent brown blind stamped polished calf, red spine labels. London: J. Johnson & J. Edwards, 1796. First edition. A very good (-) copy with decent margins, though title is cropped..... More
London: J. Johnson, 1813. Volume II ONLY. Illustrated with 39 fine copper engravings and 1 folding map from drawings made by the author and engraved by William Blake, Bartolozzi and others. Small 4to, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; spine lacking top segment, front inner hinge repaired. London: J. Johnson & J. Edwards, 1813. Second edition, corrected; second issue. A good copy. John Gabriel Stedman (1744-1797) was a distinguished British Dutch soldier and noted author. His first-hand account of his time in..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Illustrated. xiv + 347pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; small dampstain to foot of dust wrapper.New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. From the library of Wendell Garrett with his ownership signature. More
Glenn Falls: Chapman Historical Museum, 1983. Illustrated. vi + 204 pages, 12mo, decorative brown cloth; very light foxing to foredge. Glenn Falls: Chapman Historical Museum, (1983). A fine copy. Facsimile of the Albany, 1874 edition. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Lightly illustrated with color photos. 227 pages. 4to, navy cloth, d.w. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1997). A poor copy with considerable damage to upper edge of pages; in a very good(+) wrapper, lightly scuffed and sunned. More
Kifissia: The Goulandris Natural History Museum, 1980. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs. xxviii + 362 pages, folio green cloth, d.w.; large tear to front cover of dust wrapper, chipped at head of spine. Kifissia: The Goulandris Natural History Museum, (1980). More
Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich, 1842. Folding map of Vermont. 200 text engravings. Thick 8vo, contemporary calf, leather label, edges of corners worn, calf heavily rubbed, some pages dampstained on top or bottom margins, map lightly dampstained, scattered light foxing. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich, 1842. First Edition. Second Issue. Zadock's "...most important work...After more than ninety years it is still an indispensable book of reference on a wide variety of Vermont topics..." Dictionary of American Biography, volume XVIII, p. 480. Howes T-209... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Illustrated in color and b/w throughout. 927 pages. Short thick 4to, navy cloth, d.w. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1964). A very good copy--light staining to outer edges, light spotting to cloth spine, previous owner gift inscription to endpaper; in a good wrapper, edgeworn and sunned. More
London: Williams & Norgate, 1920. The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in the Years 1915 and 1916. 2 volumes, 8vo, black cloth (ex. lib.). London, 1920. Very good. More
Garden City: Natural History Press, 1971. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Garden City: Natural History Press, 1971. More
Washington: GOP, 1886. Prepared under the Direction of Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. W.B. Hazen. 11 chromolithographic plates of birds, 15 black-and-white plates of fish. 226 page, 4to, original black cloth (rubbed and corners bumped); Washington: GPO, 1886. Very good. No. 2 of the Arctic Series of Publications issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army. More
Washington: GOP, 1886. Prepared under the Direction of Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. W.B. Hazen. 11 chromolithographic plates of birds, 15 black-and-white plates of fish. 226 page, 4to, original cloth; spine sunned, small ownership stamp inside front cover, damp stain outer margin of a few pages--not effecting text or illustrations. Washington: GPO, 1886. Very good. No. 2 of the Arctic Series of Publications issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army. More
Folkestone: J. English, 1880. 157 pages, thin 12mo, decorative black-stamped green cloth; lightly rubbed, corners bumped, small ink stamp title page, a few instances of notes in margin. Folkestone: J. English, 1880. A very good copy. Signed by the author on the front free flyleaf. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1974. Profusely illustrated in black and white. x, 481 pages. 4to, light blue cloth with silver spine lettering. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1974). Page edges lightly spotted, internally clean and tight. A very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
New York: Random House, 2014. Illustrated. xvi + 281 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w. New York: Random House, (2014). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
The Hague: 1804. Volume 1 only, lacking title page. Illustrated with 45 + 5 beautifully hand-colored copper engraved plates. 72 pages. Short 4to, full crimson straight-grained morocco with elaborately gilt spine and covers (corners slightly bumped), inner dentelles a.e.g. La Haye (1804). A beautiful copy. Text in Latin, French and Dutch. Nissen ZBI. More
New York: Knopf, 1945. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. slightly chipped on top and bottom of spine portion, cloth lightly soiled. New York: Knopf, 1945. More
Stockholm: Forlaget Svenska Faglar, 1927. 3 volumes. Text by Einar Lonnberg. Illustrated, exceptional color lithography, 364 color plates and in-text black & white illustrations. Vol. I (1927): pp. 1-295; Vol. II (1929): pp. 296-546; Vol. III (1929): pp. 547-902. Thick folio, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, marbled edges. Stockholm: Forlaget Svenska Faglar, (1927). Limited edition no. 1250. Showing scuffing and light scratches to covers and fading to spines, in very good condition. Magnus von Wright (1805-1868) was a Swedish-Finnish painter..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Edited by Charles H. Smith. x + 551pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. A near fine copy in a very good ( ) dust jacket. More
London: The Botanical Society of the British Isles, 1961. 7 black & white plates plus text illustrations. 140pp., thin 12mo, cloth. London: The Botanical Society of the British Isles, 1961. A very good copy. More
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