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Best.-Nr. 1333103018.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1945Best.-Nr. 060287Norristown PA: Pennsylvania German Society 1945. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. LII 52. Proceedings and addresses at Philadelphia PA 22 Oct. 1943. Blue stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue. Minor handling wear. Binding square and firm with several light stress creases. Minor dampstain along a portion of back cover fore-edge. xiiixi337 pp. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
1961Best.-Nr. 059909Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light green cloth lettered/illus. in brown. 2nd revised/enlarged edition 28th ptg. thus: Jan. 1961. Slight tanning along cover edges and text block edges otherwise nearly as issued. Gift inscription inked on verso of front flyleaf. Inscribed by author on main title full signature with generic "With best wishes" salutation undated but accompanied by 21 Mar. 1962 news clipping detailing the event at which Peterson inscribed this copy. Color illus. dust jacket rubbed along edges and flap folds with minor loss at several corners and shallow loss at head of spine now in mylar. Houghton Mifflin Co. Hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 056976Norristown PA: Pennsylvania German Society 1945. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. LII 52. Proceedings and addresses at Philadelphia PA 22 Oct. 1943. Blue stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue. Covers are tanning a bit otherwise nearly as issued with firm square binding. xiiixi337 pp. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
1934Best.-Nr. 052998Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1934. Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark green pebbled cloth lettered and with front cover mallard device stamped in silver. Mildly rubbed spine extremities and front joint text block edges typically a bit tanned by age. Former owner's signature inked on upper front flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Firm square binding contents clean slightly thumbed. xxi167 pp. illus. w/ 4 color plates with captioned guards 32 monochrome plates. Scarce 1st edition 1st state with matching dates "1934" on lower main title uncorrected "Bob-pumper" in index p. 155; illus. of snowy egret and whistling goose both w/ gray plumage common to 1st and 2nd states. On p. 67 under the Ruff section the letter "l" is missing from the word "loose" in the 2nd line apparently common to some but not all first printings. Limited to 2000 copies as Peterson's editor Paul Brooks reports in his memoir Two Park Street p. 63 while also suggesting that Peterson's innovative influential guide "would make field recognition of birds for the first time into a science." Solid VG likely Near Fine in many estimates with only minor faults but alas no dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin Co. Hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 050770Norristown PA: Pennsylvania German Society 1945. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. 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. Minor fading toward edges and along spine panel. Binding square and uncreased contents clean and unmarked unopened uncut along top edges. xiiixi337 pp. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
1996Best.-Nr. 051346Wetlands International 1996. Book. VG. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Slight wear to corners slightly handled former owner's name stamp on upper front flyleaf text block fore-edge and top edge. Square firm binding with one light stress crease. viii336 pp. maps. Wetlands International Paperback
1975Best.-Nr. 051347New York: Dept. of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History 1975. Book. Near Fine. Pamphlet Binder. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Copied typescript in pamphlet binder. x2072 pp. Light wear to binder. Contents clean and unmarked. Dept. of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History Paperback
1951Best.-Nr. 049865Philadelphia PA: American Philosophical Society 1951. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. SIGNED/INSCRIBED. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society New Series Vol. 41 Pt. 3 1951. Original edition custom-bound in red-orange buckram lettered in gilt on black title panel on spine. Former owner's name in gilt stamped on lower front cover. Cloth slightly spotted text block edges a bit toned otherwise essentially as issued. ii387-591 pp. illus. in b&w. Signed by author on lower main title beneath printed name additionally inscribed and signed again at top corner of main title personalized to a Mr. De Loach. American Philosophical Society Hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 040390Norristown 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. Light handling wear with a bit of rubbing to edges sunning to spine panel and to a portion of front cover along joint. Binding firm and square minimally creased. xiiixi337 pp. Clean interior partially unopened. Pennsylvania German Society paperback
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
1910Best.-Nr. 011044Charleston SC: The Charleston Museum 1910. Ex-Library. VG. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum research library nominally marked/stamped clear-coated spine panel slightly toned. Light shelf wear. Neatly rebound in brown cloth lettered in gilt. Originally issued in wraps no longer present. xxi254 pp. double-page map at front bibliography index. Firm binding exceptionally clean text block. Scarce. The Charleston Museum Hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 011966Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd 1935. Ex-Library. VG. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped clear-coated spine panel lightly age-toned with hand-written call number on lower portion. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt with deckled edges top edge in gilt. lv397 pp. illus. with 18 b&w plates foldout color map at rear. Only slight shelf wear. Complimentary publisher's slip laid in. Oliver and Boyd Hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 011994Sao Paulo Brazil: Museu Paulista/Typographia do Diario Official 1907. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library nominally marked/stamped little actual wear clear-coated spine panel slightly age-toned with handwritten call number on lower portion. Dark red cloth lettered in gilt not original to issue. Lightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities. xxxviii485 pp. color map at rear labeled Est. II one of 2 originally accompanying maps the other now lacking. Museu Paulista/Typographia do Diario Official Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0365811017.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0366424424.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0332473082.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 83331882. Alnwick: Printed by C. E. Moore. 12mo 11 pp. Stitched and unbound. First and last leaves loose otherwise in fair condition on lightly-aged paper with grubby title. The section of 'Eggs of the Farne Islands' consists of fifteen entries on pp.8-9 from '1. Eider or St. Cuthbert's Duck Somateria mollissima' to '15. Rock Pipit Anthus aquaticus Case of Puffins and Young.' This section is followed by a curious 'Miscellaneous Collection' including 'Ivy Leaves from Thorwaldsen's Grave Copenhagen' 'Cegars from Coomassie Ashantee 1874' and ' "A Duel" made from the claws etc. of Crayfish Astacus fluviatilus at Strasbourg 26th July 1879 and given to exhibitor'. Item 30 is a ' "Knuckle Duster" ' first recorded use of the term. Final section includes oil paintings by T. H. Gibb Percy Forster and F. Melville. The only copy on COPAC at Newcastle. See Image. 1882. Alnwick: Printed by C. E. Moore. unknown
Best.-Nr. 1142999165.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1934Best.-Nr. 22-009Please see photos for Contents & condition. The Derrydale Press hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 051024Austin: University of Texas Press 1994. HEAVY. xii 814pp index bibliography appendix col ills distribution maps endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Slight thumb soiling to bottom corner-an excellent copy. Includes overnbirds woodcreepers antbirds gnateaters tapaculos tyrant flycatchers manakins and cotingas. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Tudor Guy. 4to. University of Texas Press Hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 055895Sydney: Angus & Robertson Publishers 1987. VERY HEAVY. 295 x 220 mm 692pp illustrated throughout with colour photographs distribution maps bibliography index. Blackcloth boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket minor rubbing to bottom of boards light foxing to page edges. Fourth in the series of 10 books in the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife this volume covers all species of bird inhabiting the shores of Australia. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Angus & Robertson Publishers
2008Best.-Nr. 055028Melbourne: CSIRO 2008. HEAVY. 240pp index further reading glossary 400 col photographs maps pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth in jacket. As new. Featuring over 400 photographs in a breathtaking celebration of the albatross as well as a series of essays by leading experts and a factual natural history section with detailed information on each species including range maps population estimates behavior and distribution. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio. CSIRO Hardcover
1901Best.-Nr. 055037London: R.H. Porter. 1901. xiv 212pp index 92 bw ills. Black cloth no jacket. Lacking frontispiece prev owner name on front free endpaper otherwise a noce copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. R.H. Porter. Hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 055323South Tweed Heads: ABK Publications 2002. 152pp tables bibliography num col ills. Pictorial card. Crease to top front corner otherwise light edge wear. Genuses covered include Chalcopsitta Eos Pseudos Trichoglossas Psitteuteles Lorius Charmosyna Glossopsitta and Neopsittacus. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. ABK Publications Paperback
