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Inscribed and signed illustration of Carle's Hungry Caterpillar. Framed. Fine. Please inquire for additional information. More
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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
Half Hours in the Tiny World: Wonders of Insect Life
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
The Riverside Natural History.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. 12 volumes. 3/4 red leather over marbled boards, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. Profusely illustrated by more than 2200 woodcuts in the text, 168 full page engravings, and 12 color plates, along with articles by many contributors on Lower Invertebrates; Crustacea and Insects; Fishes and Reptiles; Birds; Mammals; Man. Volume 1 has a small chip on the top of the spine; otherwise a fine set. More
A Map of the River Gambra from Eropina to Barrakunda
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
This is Biology: The Science of the Living World
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
Phrase Book
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
Microcosmos: The Invisible World of Insects
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
Insect Musicians & Cricket Champions
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
La Hormiguita Viajera (The Adventures of Hormiguita)
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
Song of the Queen Bee.
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
A Book of Beetles
Prague: Spring Books, 1964. 56 color plates by Vladimir Bohac. 149 pages, 4to, cloth, d.w.; some minor tearing to lower edge of dust wrapper. Prague: Spring Books, (1964). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
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