1935Best.-Nr. 32669Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1935. Mild tanning to text paper covers appear somewhat trimmed covers re-glued. A good to very good copy. 32669. Small octavo cover by Frederick Blakesee pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Blue Cyclone" by Robert Sidney Bowen. The Dusty Ayres series was set in the near future. The world with the exception of the United States has been conquered by an Asiatic dictator. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 194-196. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
Best.-Nr. 21369Boston: D. Lothrop 1882. unpaginated 63pp a.e.g. frontis. salmon cloth 8vo w/gilt titles & decorations: about Good/no dj hinges are cracked but holding; spine strip is age darkened with wear @ ends; endpp. show some foxing; else a clean & complete copy A charming woodland jaunt written for juvenile readers by the New Hampshire writer Amanda Bartlett Harris 1824-1917 with 14 illustrations including 12 full page sketches. Boston: D. Lothrop hardcover
Best.-Nr. Sjöberg, MånsIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1966Best.-Nr. 002611New York: Academic Press 1966. Photos illls. many maps 1 folding including endpapers biblio 424pp. Owner's signature. "An eco-geographical discusion". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Academic Press Hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 57542NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered edges foxed. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0197141048 . Index bibliography appendices. Seaside author photo with binoculars on rear jacket flap. Aberdeen University Studies Series No. 154. Numerous black and white photographs and illustrations. The author provides a comprehensive look at the sulids encompassing their breeding adaptation selection pressures taxonomy morphology and behavior. Blue cloth binding. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 1012 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. 011964Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution/GPO 1892. Ex-Library. VG. Buckram. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped little actual wear clear-coated spine panel lightly age-toned with hand-written call number on lower portion. Bound in orange buckram not retaining original wraps. ii253-383 pp. illus. w/ 46 b&w plates additional figures in text. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum. From the Report of the National Museum for 1890 to which this pagination refers. A very durable functional copy. Smithsonian Institution/GPO Hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 035154Norristown PA: Pennsylvania German Society 1945. Book. VG. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. LII. Proceedings and addresses at Philadelphia PA 22 Oct. 1943. Blue stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue. Slight shelf wear light diagonal crease to lower front cover corner. Binding firm minimally creased. xiiixi337 pp. Clean interior. Pennsylvania German Society paperback
1912Best.-Nr. 002432London: Witherby & Co 1912. 17 b&w plates teg 1 map 576 pp. Ex-library with a pocket in rear and numbers on spine.Corners bumped inside clean and tight. Included is a prospectus with sample pages and plates and the statement that the edition will be limited to 550 copies. Hard Cover. Very Good. Ex-Library. Witherby & Co Hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 013181London: Trustees of the British Museum 1899. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth ruled in blind lettered in gilt on spine panel. De-accessioned from non-circulating museum library lightly marked/stamped handwritten call label on lower clear-coated spine panel somewhat age-toned. Cloth has separated and been repaired along front joint; spine extremities are chipped and corners a bit rubbed/curled. xxi30320 pp. Volume I only. A few internal notations in pencil else clean. Mounted on front flyleaf is a lengthy contemporary review and hinged to the flyleaf is a presentation book plate from the Trustees of The British Museum; hinged to the rear flyleaf is an original mailing label addressed from The British Museum to the U.S. National Museum in Washington D.C. and the Smithsonian Institution's stamp invoice 1273. Trustees of the British Museum Hardcover
1885Best.-Nr. 066352Troy NY: Nims & Knight 1885. Book. Illus. by Hector Giacomelli. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color illus. cloth text block edged in gilt. Rubbed with exposure at corners and spine extremities cover cloth with mild tanning/dampstaining to front cover more pronounced to back cover. Mended hinges. Possibly lacking main title with half-title followed by List of Illustrations p. iii stated but pagination suggests otherwise. xvi200 pp. Publisher stated at heel of spine panel as Nims & Knight which existed under that name 1882-92 only narrowing range of publication to that decade. Exceptionally scarce with a presumed later Estes & Lauriat edition dating to 1888. Nims & Knight Hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 006818London: Collins 1953. Illustrated with 51 Photographs taken by the Author 58 Drawings & Diagrams. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. pp. xvi 255 includes Bibliography & Index. P/o name on Ffep. Faint trace of foxing to prelims and closed page edges. Price-unclipped DJ lightly worn at top end of spine 2 tiny closed tears to top edge 3mm. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by The Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Hardcover
2018Best.-Nr. 68602Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine No dust jacket as issued. Hardcover. Tight square unmarked book in clean illustrated boards.; 8.5 X 2.54 X 11 inches; 1016 pages . 2018. 1421424711 . Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 5703New York: The Macmillan Co. Fine with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Full sized dummy of the regular edition of the book. Accompanying is a letter from the manager of the trade department of MacMillan to a bookshop in Dallas Texas. The top of the letter the fep & the inside front cover are rust stained from an old staple since removed. The book contains 16 plates on 8 pages with the balance blank paper. The dummy was intended to help obtain advance orders of the book. The letter is dated 10 Aug '37 3 months before publication date. There is very slight soiling to the top of the front cover and a 1 1/2x3" area of silverfish damage to the top outer corner of the back cover. Otherwise the book is extremely tight. The corners are not bumped.; Salesman's Dummy; 9x12 1/2" . The Macmillan Co. hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 052720Philadelphia: David McKay Co 1895. 278pp index bw ills. Pictorial brown cloth. Very slight flecking to rear cover slightest of edge wear to covers light even toning to page edges. A most attractive copy. This edition with additions and a chapter on American incubators included for the first time. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. David McKay Co Hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 006386Wynnewood: Livingston Publishing Co. 1968. 40 color plates photos ills. bibliography index fold-out map 445 pages. Former owner's name. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Paul Barruel. 4to. Livingston Publishing Co. Hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 037062London: H. F. & G. Witherby 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 303 pages frontispiece plate and further b/w plates and fold out map. Cloth binding very good lightly marked gilt lettering to the spine. Contents clean and tight name and address to the front free endpaper otherwise unmarked and appears unread. A very good copy. H. F. & G. Witherby Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 46529494-nnew. unknown
2001Best.-Nr. 11935World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls 2001. Paperback. New. 96x32x140. Raptors at Risk: Proceedings of the V World Conference on Birds of Prey and Owls - South Africa August 1998. . In Africa the pioneering population monitoring of eagles in Kenya by Brown and in Zimbabwe by Gargett are noteworthy. Furthermore the consequences of habitat fragmentation and isolation on bird communities currently a deep concern have been thoroughly analyzed in temperate forests as well as in tropical forests but rarely in Africa and never specifically on a raptor community. Raptors are highly sensitive to prey availability vegetation structurem pollution and human disturbance and thus are good indicators of environmental changes. World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls paperback
1970Best.-Nr. B441Yama-To-Keikoku Sha Co 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with dust jacket. Text in Japanese. Species names in Latin and English. Color plates. Yama-To-Keikoku Sha Co hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. B440Yama-To-Keikoku Sha Co 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with dust jacket. Text in Japanese. Species names in Latin and English. Color plates. Yama-To-Keikoku Sha Co hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1390441040.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 4822AB2nd ed. Leipzig Quelle & Meyer no date. 8°. 4 leaves 186 pp 3 leaves advertising. 2 coloured plates and text ill. Ill. orig. cloth. Of the series: Naturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek für Jugend und Volk. Published by Konrad Höller und Georg Ulmer. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2O-AIC0-612YThis is the OVERSIZED softcover stated Houghton First Edition from 1966. Both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips tears markings etc.---and the pages and binding are tight see photo. Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent impossible-to-find BIRD-WATCHING COLLECTIBLE.Like New paperback
Best.-Nr. DADAX0548122636New unknown
1989Best.-Nr. 011767Oxford Univ Press 1989. Color plates photos graphs maps biblio index 551 pages. Hard Cover. New/New. Oxford Univ Press Hardcover
