Nature from Attic Books

Seattle: Homestead Book Company, 1982. Second printing 7,500 copies Aug. 1982. Softcover. Good. 160 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations and colour plates. Paperback. Moderate wear to exterior. Small marks to lower edge. Signature on first leaf. An authoritative guide to the psilocybin-containing mushrooms and their relatives, this book provides detailed information about the dark-spored agarics, a group of gilled mushrooms… Read more about this item

Columbia, SC: Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research by the U. of South Carolina Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. ex library-good. The Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science No. 5. xii, 461 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Ex library with labels on spine and front endpapers. Ink stamps on text block edges. Gilt… Read more about this item

Wilderness Productions, 1971. Soft cover. Good. 2 vols.: 44; 64 p. 19 cm. Dozens of b&w drawings. Pictorial softcovers. Inscribed by author on last leaf of vol. II. Small mark on Contents of p. 1. The author was star of the "Red Fisher Show" and had a newspaper column called "Outdoor Topics." On top of that, he… Read more about this item

Boston: Science Books International, 1981. Hardcover. Good. xv, 448 p. 29 cm. Mainly b&w illustrations with a few colour plates. Brown cloth. Some light dampstains to cloth and a scratch on front. Top corners are wrinkled but not actually stained. Small stain on text block edge.

1969. 1500 copies printed of which this is no 971. Hardcover. Very good. 99 p. 24 cm. Quarter cream cloth with green paper boards. Slipcase has a little shelf wear and a few marks. Some brown marks to cream cloth on hinges.

[London]: [Cassell and Company], [1912]. One-vol. edition. Hardcover. ex library-poor. xvi, 624 p. 28 cm. 19 colour plates present. B&w illustrations. Brown cloth with brown print, gold impressing. Taped spine. Ex library with title, author and call number written on spine, labels and ink stamps on endpapers. Hinges tape repaired internally. Edges worn and corners worn. Title… Read more about this item

Albany,NY: State Printer, 1894. Hardcover. Good. 388 p. 23 cm. 4 folded maps in front pocket: Economic and Geologic Map of the State of New York; Map of the State of New York Showing the Surface Configuration and Catchments; Map of the Tracts, Patents, Land Grants of Northern New York; Topography map by State Museum. B&w plates throughout.… Read more about this item

McClelland & Stewart, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 191 p. 22 cm. Blue cloth in dustjacket. Jacket has light wear and creasing, a few small tears, small hole along rear hinge. Front flap price clipped. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1857. Hardcover. Good. vi, 330 p. 21 cm. Purple cloth with blank impressing. Spine and parts of boards faded. Upper spine chipped and spine tail torn. Foxing to endpapers. Toics include weather signs, colours and fragrance of flowers, bird songs, the sea shore, music of insects, Indian summer, picturesque animals, etc.

1817. Fair. One 16 x 24 cm colour illustration of a Llama Puntera and Llamero in his Poncho, with inscription "Colonial Journal Nol VI." Followed by pages 297-302 of the journal with description of plate. In section entitled "Colonial Zoology" from Vol. III No. VI. Chips and tears in edges. Text pages have some foxing or soiling. Part… Read more about this item

Livonia, MI: Michigan Orchid Society, 1983. Softcover. Good. vii, 9-143 p. 28 cm. 25 b&w figures. 12 p. of colour illustrations. Creases in covers. Light soiling to white rear cover. Lectures and symposium presented by Michigan Orchid Society, host for the American Orchid Society & Mid-America Congress Meetings, Southfield, Michigan.

Almonte, ON: Algrove Publishing Limited, 2002. Softcover. Very good +. 143 p. 23 x 34 cm. Colour illustrations. Spine is discoloured and slightly worn.

Mexico City: Summer Institute of Linguistics; Instituto Linguistico de Verano, 1988. Hardcover. Good. vii, [5], 647 p. 23 cm. B&w line drawings. Discoloured spine and board edges. Some marks, rubbing, scuffing.

Urumqi: Xinjiang People's Publishing House, August 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 154 p. 276 photos, mainly colour. Two small maps at front. Beige cloth in dustjacket. Light wear to jacket edges.

New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1992. Hardcover. Good/Good +. xx, 558 p. 24 cm. B&w figures. Black hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has tear in top of front hinge and there are smaller tears to edges elsewhere. Pencil underlining, inscriptions, marginalia, mainly in first hundred pages

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Life of the Past series. xv, 619 p. 29 cm. B&w illustrations. Blue hardcover in pictorial dustjacket. Jjacket has a few scratches on the rear panel.

St. Thomas, ON: Heritage Tree Committee, 1994; 2002; 1984?. Near fine. Three 23 cm leaflets fold out into maps. B&w drawings and colour illustrations. 1) A Guide to Heritage Trees in St. Thomas, Ontario. 2) A Guide to Heritage Trees in West Elgin, Ontario. 3) A Guide to Heritage Trees in East Elgin, Ontario. Ink signature at top… Read more about this item

Quincy, Ill., 1884. Good. xxvi, [1], 404-642 p. 24 cm. Blue cloth with gold print. Spine faded with lettering wearing off a little. Corners bumped, some light stains. Blind stamps on title and page after. Title continues: "Containing Entries from No. 1864 to No. 3000, and Complete Index to Vols. I, II, and III. With Articles of… Read more about this item

London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 246, [2] p. 21 cm. Frontispiece and 15 other illustrations. Blue cloth with gold and black impressing. From our As Is shelf. Corners worn. Spine darkened with tears in ends, holes in rear hinge. Some rubbing, stains and discolouration to rear board. Front board and spine separating from… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1993; 1993; 1997. Hardcover. Fine. First 3 vols. of a 27 vol. set: xxi, 372; xvi, 475; xxiii, 590 p. 29 cm. B&w maps and illustrations. Green cloth.