The Flying Vet's Pigeon Health & Management : A Veterinary Guide to Health Control, Medication Use and the Development of Race Fitness for the Competitive Fancier by Colin Walker - 2000

Publication Date: 1936. Beautiful copy of the Artist's Game Bag. Amazing black and white illustrations with a handful of full color full page illustrations. Minor bumping on corners. Very minor wear. Else Fine. No DJ. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. This is a limited print edition. This particular copy is number 596 out of 1,225. Additional postage applies to mail with USPS priority and insurance.

London: Printed for the Author, 1736. First edition. 1736 MUSCOVY DRAKE, ADAPTED TO TROPICAL AND COLD CLIMATES, FROM THE FIRST BIRD BOOK TO INCLUDE COLOR PLATES HANDCOLORED BY THE AUTHOR AND HIS DAUGHTER. 9x11 1/4 inches handcolored engraving from Eleazar Albin's Natural History of Birds. Bright, bold colors, heavy paper, very good. ELEAZAR ALBIN (1690 – 1742) was an English naturalist and watercolorist illustrator who wrote and illustrated a number of books including A Natural History of English Insects (1720), A Natural History of Birds (1731–38) and The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects (1736). Nothing is known of Albin's early life, though he may have been German-born; he claimed to have been in Jamaica in 1701. In 1708 he is known to have been married and living in Piccadilly, London. Albin taught watercolor painting before being instructed in natural history by silk weaver and naturalist Joseph Dandridge. A Natural History of Birds has colored engravings by Albin and his… Read More

Albany, NY: University of the State of New York. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, foxing, waterstain to head of . volume one and to lower corners of volume two, with some stuck lower page . corners to index of volume two.. 1914. Second Edition. Hardcover. Vol. 1 published in 1910, Vol. II published in 1914. Indices. A two volume set illustrated with a total of 148 color plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, including many birds no longer found in New York or extinct, like the Passenger Pigeon. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spines. An important ornithological reference. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 1218 pages .

Thomas Bewick / Iain Bain - The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and His Workshop Apprentices - 1989Two volumes, oblong quarto (23 x 25 cm), pp. Volume 1: 233, Volume 2: 230. Reprint edition. Green cloth boards with gilt titling. Blue endpapers. Introduction and editorial notes by Iain Bain. Exhaustively illustrated with hundreds of sketches and reproductions of engravings originally created for General History of Quadrupeds, History of British Birds, Fables of Aesop and Others, History of British Fishes as well as miscellaneous book illustrations and jobbing engravings. Contains three appendices: "Apprentices and their Workshop Periods," "The Dispersal of Bewick's Workshop Drawings" and "The Present-day Collections" plus bibliography and index.A re-issue of this essential work for anyone engaged in a serious study of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the father of English wood engraving and one of the most important illustrators of his day. All the drawings and watercolors have been reproduced in… Read More

The Poison Belt. 1913 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. By Arthur Conan Doyle. "Being an account of Another Amazing Adventure of Professor Challenger" Hodder & Stoughton/ George H. Doran. States Hodder & Stoughton on the spine. RARE. Illustrated. Red Boards with gilt titling. Gilting still bright. All 16 B&W plates, including frontis, present and affixed to binding. USED. Bright pages. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. 252 pages.

Kent, Ohio: Volair Limited. Near Fine. 1979. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. REPRINTOF . Handsome black leather, raised spine bands and heavily decorated with gilt. All edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers. Limited Edition 264/1500. Stated First Edition. [xxix, 289pp]. Official publication of the National Audobon Society: Reprint of Vieillot's classic work published in 12 parts from 1805 to 1809 under the title "Histoire Naturelle des plus Beaux Oiseaux de la Zone Torride". Ornithology. ; Color Illustrations; Folio - 13" to 23" tall; 289 pages .

No Place: Villard Original publisher's promotional poster, 22 " w x 28" h, for the book published 1993, the poster was printed in Italy with same artwork as the original dust jacket. Near Fine, faint creasing. An uncommon poster, featuring Audubon's majestic portrayal of an egret. Well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1993. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 22" x 28".

No Place: Abbeville Press, 1981. A limited edition poster, no edition number stated, this poster was printed for the promotion of the book and distributed at the ABA trade show in 1981.27 1/8 w" X 21 1/2 h" , image size 22" w x 14" h. featuring a Roseate Spoonbill in a glorious landscape, an actual-size reproduction taken from the book. Near Fine, bottom right corner crease to margin. A SCARCE poster, well suited for framing. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 27 1/8" X 21 1/2".

Apache Talking Stick (hand made)
Purchased through Lincoln India Center.
Muskrat Skull and Fur. 17 inches
In good condition.The talking stick, is a tool used in many First Nations traditions when a council is called. It allows all council members to present their Point of View. The Talking Stick is passed from person to person as they speak . Only the person holding the stick is allowed to talk during that time period.

London: Printed for the Author, 1737. First edition. 1737 THE TURACO, FROM THE FIRST BIRD BOOK TO INCLUDE COLOR PLATES HANDCOLORED BY THE AUTHOR AND HIS DAUGHTER. 9x11 1/4 inches handcolored engraving from Eleazar Albin's Natural History of Birds. Bright, bold colors, heavy paper, very good. ELEAZAR ALBIN (1690 – 1742) was an English naturalist and watercolorist illustrator who wrote and illustrated a number of books including A Natural History of English Insects (1720), A Natural History of Birds (1731–38) and The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects (1736). Nothing is known of Albin's early life, though he may have been German-born; he claimed to have been in Jamaica in 1701. In 1708 he is known to have been married and living in Piccadilly, London. Albin taught watercolor painting before being instructed in natural history by silk weaver and naturalist Joseph Dandridge. A Natural History of Birds has colored engravings by Albin and his daughter Elizabeth Albin. In that book… Read More