1979Book is in excellent condition with lightly bumped corners. Binding, in light brown cloth is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind and filled with full color, full page illustrations on R. page with description and map on L. Dust jacket shows scuffing, light shelf wear, edge wear, no tears.

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Harris, James T.MareMagnum

The Peregrine Falcon in Greenland: Observing an Endangered Species

1979Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, light sunning, no tears. Chapters include The first encounter, The tundra for a home, Peregrine days and nights, Uneasy neighbors Eyasses. With b&w photos, map.

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Smith, David EugeneMareMagnum

The Wonderful Wonders of One-Two-Three

1937A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 48 pages. 6 1/8"w x 8 3/4"h. Full gray-blue cloth boards. Previous owner's name inside. Blurb from dust jacket cut out and pasted to front endpapers. "Here is the story of how numbers grew from notches on a stick to figures in a row. After you have read it you may see why numbers are such fun to play with and why they cannot be shut up between the covers of your arithmetic book. Watch them surprise you every time you cut an orange for your breakfast or catch a snowflake." Lovely line drawings throughout.

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Bateman, RobertMareMagnum

Natural Worlds

1996A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. 11 7/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Slight edge wear. 130 paintings reproduced in full-color plates, as well as lithographs and color sketches.

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Livingston, John A.MareMagnum

Birds of the Northern Forest

1977A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 248 pages. 9 3/4"w x 13"h. Full blue cloth boards with gilt bird decoration. "A series of brief profiles and magnificent portraits of fifty-six of the most characteristic birds of this area." Text by John A. Livingston, full color reproductions of the paintings of J.F. Lansdowne. Printed on glossy paper.

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Orians, Gordon H.MareMagnum

Blackbirds of the Americas

1985A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 163 pages. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. Full black cloth boards. Edge wear to dust jacket. Beautiful black and white drawings by Tony Angell.

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Sinclair, J. CMareMagnum

Ian Sinclair's Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa

1984A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 368 pages. 6 1/8"w x 8 1/2"h. Full color photographs, identifying more than 900 species. Also gives scientific, English and Afrikaans common names, each species' length, habitat and call. Relative abundance within the region is indicated and whether the species in endemic, while a tow-color distribution map clearly showes where the bird is likely to be found.

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Gruenberg, Sidonie MatsnerMareMagnum

The Wonderful Story of How You Were Born

1953A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover. Previous owner's name stamp inside. 39 pages. 6 5/8"w x 8 1/2"h. Beautiful color illustrations by Hildegard Woodward. A children's sex education book from the fifties - sperm, eggs, mother, father, pregnancy, babies.

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De Schweinitz, KarlMareMagnum

Growing Up: The Story of How We Become Alive, Are born, and Grow Up

1956A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. A children's sex education book from the fifties - sperm, eggs, mother, father, pregnancy, babies. Full blue cloth boards. 5"w x 7 1/2"h. 73 pages. Small tears to dust jacket. Black and white photos.

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Stein, Sara BonnettMareMagnum

Making Babies: An Open Family Book For Parents and Children Together

1974A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 48 pages. 9 1/8"w x 9 "h. A children's sex education book from the seventies - sperm, eggs, mother, father, pregnancy, babies. Black and white photographs.

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Finlay, J.CamMareMagnum

A Bird-Finding Guide to Canada

2000A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Label inside covering previous owner's name. 449 pages.

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Zimmerman, Dale A.; David J. Pearson; Donald A. TurnerMareMagnum

Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania (Helm Field Guides)

2001A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 576 pages. 5 1/4"w x 8 1/2"h. Many color illustrations.

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Ber van PerloMareMagnum

Birds of Southern Africa.

2001Book is brand new and in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.

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Graham PizzeyMareMagnum

A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia.

1983Book shows some wear to covers text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 460 pages with many pages of full color prints showing examples of male and female species of numerous birds. very detailed, large section of distribution maps, fine print.

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Donald S HeintzelmanMareMagnum

Guide to Owl Watching in North America

1984Book shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 193 pages with a great many b&w photos of owls from around the country, descriptions of habitat, pellets, etc.

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Jeremy MelvinMareMagnum

Young British Architects

2000Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 128 pages with a great many color photos, architectural drawings, landscapes, elevations. Sections include: Alford Hall Monaghan Morris, Bauman Lyons, Birds Portchmouth Russum, Caruso St. John, patrick Davies, FAT, Foreign Office Architects, Haworth Tompkins, Stephen Hodder, Niall McLaughlin, Richard Murphy, Eric Parry, Shed KM, Weston Williamson.

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Mayor, A. HyattMareMagnum

Hokusai

1985A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 48 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. Staple-bound. Essay by Yasuko Betchaku.

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Pierre Wittmer and Sylvie DannaudMareMagnum

My Summer in Caillebotte's Garden

1995Book is in excellent condition, a little scuffing/shelf wear to covers, sticker residue to back; otherwise as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. "in this charming book, young readers are invited on a rascinating tour of the garden of Custave Caillebotte - the gifted French painter and early spporter of the Impressionists. using elements that can be easily found in a garden or in the countryside and incorporating thirty different activities, My SuMmer in Caillebotte's Garden takes children on a voyage of discovery, involving them not only in the work of a wonderful artist but also encouraging them to read and to think about the natural world and their place in it. In the process they can create their very own gardens. 88 pages, large color plates.

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Milan, Manuel; William KeaneMareMagnum

Fact and Fancy in American Wildlife

1969A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full oatmeal colored cloth boards with wildlife design at bottom edge. Small tears and edge wear on price-clipped dust jacket. 110 pages. Sepia toned line drawings by Manuel Milan. This explores humans' conceptions and myths, and beliefs about animals.

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Matthiessen, PeterMareMagnum

Shadows of Africa

1992A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark green cloth boards show slightly bumped corners. 120 pages. 10 1/2"w x 10"h, 71 reproductions of artist Mary Frank's work, including 23 plates in full color. Essays by Peter Matthiessen.

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Buchner, AlexanderMareMagnum

Mechanical Musical Instruments

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Fryaing to edges and corners of full black cloth boards. Faded spine. 9 3/4"w x 13 1/4"h. 174 pages. No date of publication shown; circa 1960's. Many b&w illustrations interpsersed with the text, plus 174 plates, many with full-page photos. Beautiful decorative endpapers. Topics include: Chimes, Carillons, Comb Mechanisms, Free metal Reeds, Organ Mechanisms, Flute-Playing Clocks, Barrel Organs, Orchestrions, Mechanical Singing Birds, Androides, and Stringed Instruments

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Aitchison, Catherine J. (ed.)MareMagnum

The Birder's Guide to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland

2001Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 240 pages, maps, lots of color photos.

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George W. Scotter; Tom J. Ulrich; Edgar T. JonesMareMagnum

Birds of the Canadian Rockies

1999Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 170 pages with three large full color photos per page on R. page with descriptions on L. page featuring birds from the following families: Loon, Grebe, Pelican, Heron, Waterfowl, Hawk, Falcon, Grouse, Rail, Crane, Plover, Avocet, Sandpiper, Gull etc. etc. -- at least 25 more listed in the contents. Map at front.

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Avril, FrancoisMareMagnum

Manuscript Painting at the Court of France: The Fourteenth Century, 1310-1380 (English and French Edition)

1978A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 120 pages. 8"w x 11"h. Many b&w and color illustrations. Selected bibliography, plates and commentaries.