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1981Comprehensive guide to Guernsey, Jersey, Herm, Sark and Alderney. 154p. (+ 8p. maps.) illus.index Book
1967Original vintage copy British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist and author Gerald Durrell founded the Jersey Wildlife Conservation Trust in the Channel islands. "A charming, moving and frequently very funny account of zoo-keeping and the zoo-kept" 180p. illus. [copy looks unread} Book
1991When Gerald Durrell was 6 he told his mother that he intended to have a zoo of his own. This is the story of how he achieved his ambition - and how his dream grew into the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, to become a major world force in conservation. 179p. [looks unread] Book
1984By a Canadian author. Fourteen year old Mike is taken by his father for a vacation to Guernsey in the Channel Islands and encounters not just a strange place but even more strange emotions and events connected to the prehistoric tomb in the vicinity which appear to be inexplicable, but undeniable, signs of witchcraft which seem directed at destroying his friends. Book
1976In his Zoo in Jersey Gerald Durrell has created something which is far rarer than it should be : a scientific centre for breeding and research which is also a source of entertainment and delight to all who visit it "A Warm, Wise, and Funny Account of His Struggles to Create the Perfect Zoo" 159p. + 16 pages of B & W plates. Remainder mark, else as new Book
1976In his Zoo in Jersey Gerald Durrell has created something which is far rarer than it should be : a scientific centre for breeding and research which is also a source of entertainment and delight to all who visit it 157p.illus. plates.maps om endpapers. Book
1977"A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island" Describing an expedition to Mauritius in search of endangered species and to find specimens to breed at the Jersey Wildlife Trust to help save them from extinction. 190p.+ plates.illus. Book
4to, vii, 105pp., orig. printed wrappers.
First Edition, number 39 of 100 copies, presentation copy, half calf, rubbed, lacks spine, uncut.
8vo (215 x 135 mm), [2], 37, [1]pp., with half-title, recent quarter calf, marbled paper boards, morocco title label on upper cover. Three extracts from larger works but with pagination continues: 1. Extract from the Foreign Communications to the Board of Agriculture of London. Vol. I. Of Sea Weed or Wreck in Jersey. 2. Extract from an Essay on Kelp, By the Rev. Dr. Walker, Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. History of the Plants from which the Kelp in Made. 3. Extract from a Memoir on the Art of Making Kelp, &c. By Mr. Angus Beaton, Canongate, Edinburgh. How to prepare the Shore, so as to increase the materials of which Kelp is made.
First edition, 8vo, xvi, 132pp., ex-library copy with stamps, orig. cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to spine, uncut.
Second edition, 8vo, x, 428 + 4pp., of adverts, frontispiece, 6 plates, rear hinge shaken, orig. green cloth, worn, a couple of nicks to spine.
Small folio broadside printed on one-side only (283 x 220 mm), light vertical and horizontal folds, a presumed ownership location added in a contemporary hand to lower blank "Kings Arms, Warwick Lane, Newgate Street [London]". The Common Stage Wagons were larger than the standard Stage Wagons and were used mainly to transport heavy wares rather than passengers. Not found on ESTC or JISC, nor anything else printed by Bucknell of Winton.
19021st edition. Single fold advertising booklet, including an application for membership on the backside. The Jewish Chautauqua Society was formed in 1893 by Henry Berkowitz. The first assembly was held the following year in Atlantic City. The group promoted "the dissemination of knowledge of the Jewish religion by fostering the study of its history and literature, giving popular courses of instruction, issuing publications, establishing reading-circles, holding general assemblies, and by such other means as may from time to time be found necessary and proper. It merged with the URJ in 2015. SUBJECTS: Reform Judaism. No copies in OCLC. Very good condition. Rare. (AMR-65-15)
2001A clean, unmarked copy. Tight binding. Signed by Author.
1980A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears and edge wear to dust jacket. Stated First Edition.
1973Reliure de l'éditeur. 160 pages. Jaquette.
1998Broché. 140 pages.
1888pp. 365-396, (4) [Prospectus, John F. Meginness "Historical Journal" Vol. 1] + Frontis. Tall 8vo. Original pink pictorial wraps, soiled and chipped. Advertisements of Publishers, Genealogists, Attorneys, and Stationeries on rear cover. PA PAMPH 19_9 BX1
1876pp. vi, 116 + Frontis and eleven full page engravings from original drawings by D. B. Gulick, Charles W. Knapp, and others. First few signatures loose. Slight age stain. Original errata slip. All edges red. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding. Front cover title decorated in gold. Extremities worn. Hardbound. Full title: "Sketches of the Romantic Adventures of the Pioneer Colonists; The Wonderful Origin of American Society and Civilization. And the Necessity of Religious Freedom. To Which Is Appended a Geological Description of the Shore of New Jersey. Very good copy. PA 48
185168p. + Engraved Frontis. Double column ruled in black. Call numbers stamped on Frontis. Endpapers soiled. 8vo. No wraps. Catalogue of names. PA69/MID STACK
1885138 p. + Illustrations. Text drawings. 8vo. Original brown cloth binding decorated with a gold dinosaur on the front cover. Extremities rubbed. First edition. An intelligent and observant naturalist's walk and fossil hunt through 19th century Philadelphia and New Jersey. Scarce. PA21 x2
1946142 p. Illustrations by Edward Shenton. Cloth back paper boards. Very XLib. Reading copy only.
1848pp. (8), 55, (11), 34 + Map. Early publisher's full cloth binding; decorated in blind. This is a fully lithographed facsimile (done in 1848) of the RARE 1698 first edition. This copy is from the estate of Hampton L. Carson (1852-1929), Attorney-General of PA (1903-1907), President of the PA and American Bar Associations, ETC. The book itself is a promotional for Penn's lands by an early settler. The title continues, in part as an account. The Richness of the Soil, the Sweetness of the Situation. The flourishing Condition of the City of Philadelphia with the stately Buildings, and other Improvements there. The strange Creatures, as Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Fowls, with the several sorts of Minerals, Purging Waters, and Stones, lately discovered. The Natives, Aborogines, their Language, Religion, Laws, and Customs; The first Planters, the Dutch, Swedes, and English, with the number of its Inhabitants; As also a Touch upon George Keith's New Religion, in his Second Change since he left the QUAKERS. Sabin 95396; Howes T167. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 18
1904pp. vi, 368 + Portrait frontis and full page plates. Top Edge Gold Gilt. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Spine slightly faded. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 58
