Pilgrims of the Wild : First Edition by Owl, Grey (Wa-sha-quoin-asin) - 1971

New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?

London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press and British Museum. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; A few small dots of foxing on verso of . jacket.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801416884 . vii, 425 pp, systematic index, geographical index, bibliography Many black and white photos and illustrations and 12 color plates plus color frontispiece photo. The amazing migration champion monarch butterfly is the best known milkweed butterfly and this scholarly volume describes its biology and that of its danaine family members in detail. The book provides a revised cladistic classification of all 157 species, and includes chapters on mimicry, migration, reproduction and ecology. A valuable lepidoptery reference. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

NY: F. R. Niglutsch. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and lightly soiled, spines . sunned and stained, faint foxing to endpapers, but otherwise clean and . bright interiors.. 1894. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint of 1890 edition. In four volumes, uniformly bound in brown gilt-blocked cloth. All edges gilt. Each volume contains hundreds of black and white plates and small engravings, as well as some chromolithograph plates. Tight bindings. Vol. I - Invertebrates, Crustacea, and Insects. Color plates of Mayflies, Starfish & Worms, and Hercules Beetle. Vol. II - Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds. Color plates of Grey Kingfisher, Paradise Fish, Crocodiles, Cranes, and Birds of Paradise. Vol. III - Mammals and The Natural History of Man, Part One. Color plates of Lion, Chimpanzee, Arabs. Vol. IV - The Natural History of Man, Part Two. Color plate of Eskimos. A handsome, if heavy, set. The black and white plates of the invertebrates are particularly lovely. A good example of the Victorian… Read More

Quarto (12 by 8 1/4 inches) London: "Printed by Joseph Streater, and are to be Sold by T. Basset, at the George in Fleet-Street. J Robinson, at the Golden Lyon in St. Paul's Church-Yard. B. Ayimer, at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal-Exchange. Job. Southby at the Harrow in Cornhil. And by W. Canning, in the Temple." 1688. (16) 267 (12) & (3) 40 pages.

TWO works bound together, as published, in original full mottled calf, with raised bands and gilt ornaments on spine.
Good condition, with some chipping along outside hinges, but holding; and normal wear to corners. Title page of first part printed in red and black. Lower right corner of title page to second part torn and missing, but not affecting text; and minor old insect damage to lower portion of same; date and other particulars still very readable. Engraved bookplate of Henry Maister (of an early English mercantile family).

There are thirty-one full page engravings of animals in the first part; and five full page engravings of scientific… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?

London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.

1785 Buffon Natural History SCIENCE Color Illustrated Evolution Microbiology 5v

"Virtually all the well-known writers of the Enlightenment were 'Buffonians'"
― Ernst Mayer

The monumental work by Comte de Buffon, "Histoire Naturelle," was fascinating 18th-century collection of articles and encyclopedia entries on material sciences, physics, chemistry, technology, as well as the history of animals. Buffon wrote the volumes with the intent of addressing all-natural history, but after realizing the grandeur of the work, he focused on the individual orders of living things. The DSB mentions that
"Buffon's order is formed by a philosophical bias rather than by science."
This beautiful five-volume German example features 17 impressive hand-colored engravings depicting the development of humankind and the human form!
Item number: #11178
Price: $795
BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec
Herrn von Buffons allgemeine Naturgeschichte
Troppau : Joseph Georg Trassler, 1785.

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1838 Jardine BIRDS Ornithology Ireland & Britain Illustrated Falcons Owls Merlin
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
Item number: #13233
Price: $499
JARDINE, Sir William
The naturalist's library: Ornithology… FLYCATCHERS
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; S. Highley, London, 1838.

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xiv, 256
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33 hand-colored engraved plates
· References: Lowndes 1192;
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in X 5in (18cm x 13cm)
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .