Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1973. Hardcover. Gold paper boards with light turquoise cloth, gilt letters on inlaid black title block on spine, gilt decoration on covers, engraving printed on front cover; in matching gold paper slipcase with title page copy laid on; 150 pp., BW & color illus.; weighs 3..... More
G. H. Buek & Co., 1894. Hardcover. Purple embossed cloth spine with no title, color embossed cream boards with design and title. 288 color plates, two-to-a-page, accompanying text but no page numbers. Index at rear refers to the plate number. Apparently published weekly beginning on May 15-Sept. 11, 1894. At..... More
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1936. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with tan spine. Gilt lettering on front cover. xv pages, 83 pages : illustrations. selected and arranged by Cecil Aldin ; with a memoir and descriptive notes by "Sabretache." More
Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 1935, June. Softbound. Stapled illustrated wraps. 42 pp. some bw illustrations. Previous owner's inked ownership stamp on cover, filing tape on spine. Solid. More
Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt lettering and design; 309, 255 pp.; color frontispieces, plates (some color). "In its first form, William Beebe's Monograph was published ... in four folio volumes at a cost of two hundred and fifty dollars for each set..... More
New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1936. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; 735 pp. (vol. II) ,637 pp. (vol. III); Profusely illustrated with bw figures. Volumes II and III only. More
New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1936. Second, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; 735 pp. (vol. II) ,637 pp. (vol. III); Profusely illustrated with bw figures. Volume I only - Ophioglossaceae to Polygonaceae, Ferns to Buckwheat. More
Paris: Bibliothèque de l'image, 1995. Softcover. White wraps with large color illustrations, black and green lettering, French flaps, 126 pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in French. "We taste them, but do we know them? Here, amateurs will be able to admire them in images, but also to better understand..... More
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2000. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, tan and white dust jacket with color illustrations, color illustrated end pages, 143 pp, richly illustrated throughout in mostly color. "Botanical illustration and flower painting are perhaps two of the most skilled..... More
New York, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. Second. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, with gilt titling and black line illustrations; 427 pp.; 20 bw and color plates, 115 bw figures. The full title continues on: "with Keys to the Species and Descriptions of Their Plumages, Nests, and Eggs..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1900, 1904, and 1915. Hardcover. Green library buckram. BW line illustrations. Part 1: The Plumularidae (285 pp with 124 textual figures and 34 full page plates). Part 2: The Sertularidae (325 pp with 139 figures and 41 full page plates). Part 3: The Campanularidae and..... More
1982. Softcover. Wraps. appx. 200 pp. 28 color, 407 bw plates. The prints in this sale derived from a set which was given by Francis V. duPont to the Delaware Art Museum. All prices realized are written in. An excellent reference. Includes a lengthy essay on Audubon and the circumstances..... More
Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1875. Hardcover. Green cloth, library binding, 756 pp., 26 plates. Number 268 in the series Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. James Henry Coffin (1806-1873) was a mathematician, meteorologist, and college professor. Series Title is on spine. Additional credits on title page: The tables completed, on the..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893. Second Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Rust colored cloth with stamped plant motif, gilt letters on spine, 208 pp. plus ads, BW illus. Work that Darwin originally released five years after his "Origin of Species." "The Essay first appeared in the ninth volume of the..... More
London: J. Johnson, 1806. Softcover. Missing front and rear covers; marble illustrated end papers, bw illustrated frontispiece, XVI (2), 282 pp, color and bw illustrations. Volume 2 only of a 3 volume set, this being The loves of the plants. More
London: Chatto & Windus, Circa 1840. Hardcover. Quarter-bound boards with light-brown spine and brown covers; spine has gilt design and a blue mounted title card with gilt lettering; frontispiece; 229 pp.; richly illustrated (primarily in color). This is a rare copy of this beautifully illustrated book -- only one held..... More
Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1900. Hardcover. Brick red buckram. 337 pp. BW illustrations. A book on ice caves. More
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. Hardcover. Blue green library buckram. 96 pp plus 49 pp of plates. More
Harrisburg, PA: Board of Commissioners for The Second Geological Survey, 1880. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 black leather and red marble boards; gilt lettering on spine; color tinted text block; marble end papers; bw map frontispiece; ix, 143, 4, followed by xxxviii double paged plates. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: Report..... More
New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 159 pp.; 104 plates and figures, 49 bw and 55 color. A wonderful look at Audubon's life and work; Extensive text; Nicely illustrated with many full-page plates. More
Trenton, NJ: MacCrellish & Quigley, 1906. Softbound. Original printed wraps. 477 pp. followed by 103 bw plates. This 430+ page repport is part 2 of the Annual Report of The New Jersey State Museum, including a list of specimens received during the year; Financial Report. A rare and important reference..... More
Bronx, New York: The New York Botanical Garden / Yale University Press, 2014. Hardcover. Light gray cloth, white & color illus. dust jacket, 296 pp., many color illus. "The renowned LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden counts among its holdings many of the most beautiful and..... More
London: B. T. Batsford, 1903. Hardcover. Green library buckram. Title page, advert, table of contents, and 25 bw plates. Oversize. Fantastic plates depicting floral ornamentation in an Arts and Crafts/ Art Nouveau style. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1897. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt letters on spine and front cover and green and silver decoration on front cover; 264 pp., many BW illus. An early illustrated collection of nature observations, penned and illustrated by American illustrator and naturalist William Hamilton Gibson (1850-1896)..... More
New York, New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 2002. Softcover. Sage & black & color illus. wraps. 56 pp. 34 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 2002 exhibition exploring the professional relationship between American naturalist and painter John James Audubon (1785-1851) and the printer/engraver of his four-volume set, "The..... More
