A Biology of Dragonflies.
London: Witherby, 1962. Colored frontispiece and many pother black & white illustrations. 8vo, tan cloth. London: Witherby, (1962). First Edition. Very good (+). More
London: Witherby, 1962. Colored frontispiece and many pother black & white illustrations. 8vo, tan cloth. London: Witherby, (1962). First Edition. Very good (+). More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. More than 80 illustrations. xi + 311 pages, pages toned. Small 12mo, decorative red cloth, spine and edges darkened and covers dust soiled. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, n.d. A very good copy. More
London: Thomas Kitchin, 1732. Pictogram map. Published in London, 1732. Image measures 8" x 12.75". Beautifully illustrated map of the Gambra (Gambia River), with surrounding settlements, roads, tributaries, and topography. The map, engraved in 1765, is based on Captain John Leach's journals from his voyages in West Africa in 1732. On behalf of the Royal Company of Africa, Leach and Thomas Harrison explored the region for trading opportunities. Trading rights in the region were sold by Portugal to England in..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 2003. Text in French. Full-page color photographic illustrations. 167 pages. Large 4to, red cloth with gilt lettering at the front cover and spine, pictorial d.w. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Editions/Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (2003). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Leipzig: Im Insel, 1925. 13 original etchings in sepia by Marcus Behmer, including full page frontispiece and title page. Small 8vo, cream boards with printed label, parchment spine. Leipzig: Im Insel, 1925. Limited Edition -- Number 131 of 300 copies. Concerning the Oriental flea. Ownership bookplate and some light foxing, still near fine in remnants of the original glassine wrapper. More
Paris: L'Artisan du Livre, 1930. 3 volumes, 8vo, pale gray paperback, covers printed in red and black, housed in publisher's orange board slipcase (lightly worn). 32 original engravings by J.-E. Plowman (10 for The Life of Bees, 12 for The Life of Termites, 10 for The Life of Ants), including 3 frontispieces. Paris: L'Artisan du Livre, 1930. A fine set in a very good slipcase. Limited edition of 750 numbered copies. More
Paris: L'Artisan du Livre, 1930. 32 original engravings by J.E. Laboureur. 3 volumes, handsomely bound in full brown calf bindings by J. Anthoine Legrain, each with a different abstract design in gilt & blind-stamp, wide gilt stamped dentelles, doublures and end-leaves of watered silk, gilt tops, original covers bound in. Paris: LArtisan du LIvre, 1930. Limited Editions. Fine in unique artistic bindings. One of 680 sets printed on papier velin teinte de Rives expressly manufactured for this edition... More
London: The Belknap Press, 1997. xv, 327 pages. 8vo, green cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1997. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875. 368 pages. 140 black & white illustrations by Giacomelli. Tall 8vo, contemporary full black morocco, ornately gilt covers, spine and inner dentelles, all edges gilt (spine lightly rubbed with tiny chip at the base). London: T. Nelson, 1875. Light scattered foxing throughout, still a very good(+) copy. More
New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum, 2000. Beautifully illustrated with one color etching printed at Harlan & Weaver, 3 relief prints done at the Grenfell Press, and 6 offset lithographs, 1 double-page, by Stamperia Valdonega Verona. New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum, (2000). Limited first edition. Very small area of damage on rear endpapers, otherwise a fine copy, but lacking the original wooden box. The 18th publication of Whitney's Artists and Writers series. Number 54 of..... More
New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum, 2000. Beautifully illustrated with one color etching printed at Harlan & Weaver, 3 relief prints done at the Grenfell Press, and 6 offset lithographs, 1 double-page, by Stamperia Valdonega Verona. New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum, (2000). Limited first edition. Fine. The 18th publication of Whitney's Artists and Writers series. Number 29 of 150 copies (only 60 copies were for sale at $1800 each), signed by Tomaselli & Moody. Fine..... More
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1997. Illustrated with color photographs. 159 pages, square 4to, yellow cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (1996). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. A companion volume to the award-winning full-length feature film Microcosms. More
San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, Inc., 1996. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 72 pages, slim square 8vo, pictorial boards, dust wrapper. San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, Inc., (1996). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Ile de la Jatte: Michel Lafon, 2008. Text in French. Beautiful full-page color photographic illustrations throughout. 191 pages. Small folio, pictorial boards, pictorial d.w. Ile de la Jatte: Editions Michel Lafon, (2008). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Forest Hills: Las Americas, 1943. Translated into English by Gilda Massa. Illustrated with b/w cartoons by Chilean artist Federico Ribas. 49 pages with text in Spanish and English on facing pages. Slim 8vo, brown pictorial wrappers. Forest Hills NY: Las Americas Publishing, (1943). First edition thus. Some light foxing on 1st and last several pages, still a very good copy of this scarce book -- the Ulysses of the insect world. More
Acuin Society, 1969. Broadside poem, 13 x 20 inches, in red & black calligraphic print. Alcuin Society, 1969. Issued as a keepsake, reprinting a poem which originally appeared in the New Yorker. More
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