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Kingdom of the Seashell

By: Abbott, R. Tucker

Price: $21.95

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers: 1972

Seller ID: 009894

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling; Still Gift Quality. Only flaw is that the Dust Jacket is price-clipped. --- This is the first truly comprehensive survey of seashells. It delves into all of the shells' intriguing facets - from their biology and their influence upon art, medicine, religion, archeology and commerce to the practical aspects of shell fisheries and to the fascinating, rewarding aspects of shell collecting. Over 250 illustrations, 94 in full color.
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Seeing Gardens

By: Abell, Sam

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., National Geographic Books: 2000

Seller ID: 010541

ISBN: 0792279565

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal handling; Still Gift Quality. Oblong; 208 pages with color photography. ------ Seeing Gardens lets its 150 pictures speak for themselves with a spare text that offers context rather than commentary. The book is at once thoughtful and elegant, and the anecdotes, recollections and aesthetic philosophy amount to a brief but telling memoir of Abell's three decades of interpreting gardens.
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Hawaii's Seabirds Turtles & Seals

By: Balazs, George H.

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Honolulu, Worlds Wide Distributors: 1976

Seller ID: 010873

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Stapled wraps decorated with color photography. 8vo; 32 pages. 9 inches tall. 69 full-color photographs with accompanying text. Rare photos from the uninhabited Islands of Hawaii [from the cover]

Tight and clean; light handling on the spine and edges.

No copies located WorldCat/OCLC
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Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl. Ducks Geese & Swans

By: Bent, Arthur Cleveland

Price: $14.95

Publisher: USA, Dover Publications, Inc.: 1961

Seller ID: 010668

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has mild toning with small losses at spine tips. 8vo; 244 pages with index. Illustrated with b/w photographs
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Hawaiian Birdlife

By: Berger, Andrew J.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii: 1972

Seller ID: 012473

ISBN: 0824802136

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A comprehensive study, including the Leeward Islands the highly regarded reference, encompasses all aspects of Hawaiian birdlife with an emphasis on habits, biological relationships with the environment, and the place of birds in the Hawaiian ecosystem. *

Blue buckram mild age-fading. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Previous owner's name on the front paste-down. Dust jacket now in a protective Mylar sleeve has much handling wear but is still largely intact. 4to; 11 inches tall; 270 pages with index and appendices. Illustrated wi...
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Eels. A Biological Study

By: Bertin, Leon

Price: $21.95

Publisher: London, Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd.,: 1956

Seller ID: 008231

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minor handling wear. Illustrated with 55 figures and 8 plates. 8.5 inches tall. 191 pages with index. A magazine article has been attached to the front and read gutters from "The Field", Sept 20, 1962. ---- A detailed study of the biology and migrations of eels. First published as Les Anguilles (in French) by Payot, Paris, in 1942. Second edition, same publisher, 1951. This translation by Betty Roquerbe, revised and augmented under the supervision of Maurice Burton, D.Sc. from the second edition of Les Anguilles.
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Beautiful Flowers of Kashmir [Volume II]

By: Blatter, Ethelbert

Price: $24.95

Publisher: London / India, Staples and Staples Limited, / Bishen Singh Mehendra Pal Singh: 1994

Seller ID: 009462

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Publisher's black cloth; Stamped gilt titles, Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. 22cm tall; 204 pages with index; some b/w illustration. Illustrations: Mrs. G. A. Wathen & Haldar Joo Walli REF: Gupta, 2604
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The Life of the Salmon: With Reference More Especially to the Fish in Scotland

By: Calderwood, W. L.

Price: $90.00

Publisher: London, Edward Arnold.: 1907

Seller ID: 007365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, First Printing. 160 pages with index. Plus 16 page publisher's advertisements.

Blue cloth covered boards with stamped silt titles and decoration of a salmon on the front. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece and 7 B/W plates. Bindings firm. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear with rubs at corners and spine edges.
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Jacques Cousteau: The Ocean World

By: Cousteau, Jacques-Yves

Price: $28.00

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams: 1985

Seller ID: 010206

ISBN: 0810980681

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. ------ Virtually an encyclopedia of the undersea world, this magnificent and comprehensive volume covers all aspects of life in the oceans. It is illustrated throughout with over 385 photographs, plus maps and diagrams. 9 1/2" x 11 3/4".
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Falconry and Art

By: De Chamerlat, Christian Antoine

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet Pubns: 1987

Seller ID: 010441

ISBN: 0856673382

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing. Square folio; 260 x 284mm; 255 pages. Lavishly illustrated, mostly in colour, bibliography, silk marker ribbon. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Dust Jacket has wear on top edge.
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The Complete Encyclopedia of Bulbs & Tubers: An Expert Guide to the Most Beautiful Bulbous and Tuberous Plants

By: Dijk, Hanneke Van; Kurpershoek, Mineke

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Lisse, The Netherlands, Rebo Intl: 2001

Seller ID: 006314

ISBN: 9036615828

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. --- Illustrated. --- The Complete Encyclopedia of Bulbs and Tubers shows you a collection of many different plants that cannot be found in other books, making this encyclopedia a must-have.
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Swamp Screamer: At Large with the Florida Panther

By: Fergus, Charles

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Gainesville, University Press of Florida: 1998

Seller ID: 005445

ISBN: 081301560X

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. --- "Whether the panther survives or perishes, Fergus has written a book that does it full justice. His narrative is lively and full of anecdotes, some of them eye-openers."--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
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A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago. A Narrative of Travel and Exploration From 1878 to 1883.

By: Forbes, Henry O[gg]

Price: $395.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1885

Seller ID: 010740

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First American edition. Publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; xix, 536, 4 pp.; 3 folding maps, 2 full-page maps, 1 in-text map, color frontispiece, plates, in-text illustrations, publisher's advertisements. Color tissue guarded frontispiece by J.B. Gibbs. Bindings are tight and square. Minor shelf lean. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Light wear to extremities, lightly and evenly toned throughout. Collectible condition. 6 maps in total all present. ----------- The book is in six parts: In the Cocos-Keeling Islands; In Java; In Sumatra; In ...
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A Naturalist in Southern Florida

By: Gantz, Charlotte Orr

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami Press: 1972

Seller ID: 007660

ISBN: 0870241729

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Second Printing. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Minimal handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has wear with minor loss to edges, some hand soiling. ------- The natural scenery and wildlife of Southern Florida, which has the only tropical wilderness in the mainland United States as well as a wealth of beaches, parks...are described by a writer whose sensitivity and wonderment are contagious.
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In the Land of the Musk-Ox

By: Giaever, John

Price: $34.95

Publisher: London, Jarrolds Publishers Ltd.: 1958

Seller ID: 009789

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First English translated Edition, First Printing. Publisher's green cloth; Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Moderate handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has minor edge rubbing and some closed chipping. 8vo; 22 cm.; 191 pages with photo illustrations. ------ John Schjelderup Giaever (1901 - 1970) was a Norwegian author and polar researcher. This narrative closely looks at the surprising abundant flora and fauna of East Greenland. --- REF: Trove; TPL
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Albino Animals

By: Halls, Kelly Milner

Price: $49.95

Publisher: USA, Darby Creek Publishing: 2004

Seller ID: 010893

ISBN: 1581960123

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

SIGNED by the Author on the title page with no inscription. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. --------- Discover more about the special challenges faced by albino animals that exist in virtually every species on Earth. Vivid photography of unusual albino animals gives this book strong appeal.
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Bird Families of the World

By: Harrison, C. J. O. - Editor

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Boston, Harry N Abrams Inc: 1978

Seller ID: 003578

ISBN: 0810907062

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Over 500 illustrations in full color. Bird families of the world presents in realistic illustrations and readable text not only every living bird family but every extinct bird family as well.-------- No flaws or blemishes but minimal retail handling. Still Gift Quality. Dust jacket in new clear protective Mylar sleeve.
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Birds of Delaware (Pitt Series in Nature and Natural History)

By: Hess, Gene ; West, Richard ; Barnhill, Maurice V.; Fleming, Lorraine M.

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press: 2000

Seller ID: 010390

ISBN: 0822940698

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Moderate handling wear. 4to; 11.25 inches tall; 635 pages with index and extensive bibliography. Illustrated. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Moderate handling wear. No Dust Jacket as Issued. ------- The first comprehensive book on birds in the state, containing accounts of 418 species, includes innovative graphic presentations on breeding and seasonal distribution, relative abundance of species, nesting season, and winter population changes. Primarily concerned with species accounts for breeding birds, migrants, and rare visitors.
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Seashore Life of Southern California

By: Hinton, Sam

Price: $14.95

Publisher: California, Univ of California Press: 1969

Seller ID: 007999

ISBN: 0520029933

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling; Still Gift Quality. Illustrated with color and b/w photographs.
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Big Game Fishes of the United States [American Sportsman's Library]

By: Holder, Charles F. ; Edited by Caspar Whitney

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1903

Seller ID: 010734

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Publisher's light green buckram, gilt spine titling, ornate gilt front board with vertical panel of brook flowing between trees, top edge gilt, 8vo; 20.5cm; 8 inches tall; xiv, [ii], 435, [1], [2, ads]. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal handling wear. 41 illustrations including the tissue-guarded frontispiece. Charles F. W. Mielatz and others are the illustrators. -------- Referencing the major oceanic fishes: tarpon, tuna, black sea bass and others. ------ REF: Bruns H-226; Biscotti 77-78
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