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Bella incisione del 1831 che rappresenta una tartaruga della specie Malaclemys terrapin tratta dal Dizionario di scienze naturali edito da Battelli. Quest'opera imponente era composta da 29 volumi ed era corredata da centinaia di incisioni che rappresentavano tutto il mondo animale e vegetale. L'opera deriva da un eccellente lavoro di luminari del XVIII secolo supportati dal Re francese Louis XV in seguito guidati dallo stesso Turpin, considerato al tempo il più grande incisore di botanica. La maggior parte delle incisioni sono firmate Turpin & Pretre. Le incisioni sono veramente eccezionali con una grande dovizia di particolari e dipinte a mano. Carta bianchissima e resistente di ottima qualità. In buone condizioni. Gora d'umidità al margine superiore. TECNICA: Incisione su acciaio colorata a mano AUTORE: Stanghi su disegno di Pretre DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 25,5x17 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 15x9 EPOCA: 1831 In buone condizioni, qualche fioritura. Gora d'umidità al margine superiore Ncie print of 1831 representing a turtle of the species Malaclemys terrapin taken from Dictionary of natural sciences edited by Battelli. This imponent work was made up by 29 volumes and contained hundreds of prints that represented all the plant and animal kingdom. This work derives from an excellent work of luminaries of the 18th century supported by the french King Louis XV and then directed by the same Turpin that was considered as the greatest botanical engraver of his time. The most of his engravings are signed Turpin & Pretre. The engravings are made in an excellent way with fine details and coloured by hand. Very white strong paper of good quality. In good conditions. Humidity stain in the upper edge. TECHNIQUE: steel engraving coloured by hand AUTHOR: Stanghi after Pretre LEAF SIZE: cm 25,5x17 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 15x9 PERIOD: 1831
Bella incisione colorata del 1860 circa che mostra due specie di tartarughe una delle quali è la tartaruga alligatore TECNICA: Incisione su acciaio colorata DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 23,5x14 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 19x10 EPOCA: 1860 circa In buone condizioni, qualche fioritura. T. fimbria or fimbriated tortoise T. imbricata or imbricated hawsbill turtle Nice print of 1860 circa showing two species of turtles, one of them is alligator snapping tutrtle In good conditions, foxings. TECHNIQUE: steel coloured engraving LEAF SIZE: cm 23,5x14 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 19x10 PERIOD: 1860 circa
Bella incisione colorata del 1890 circa che rappresenta una scena naturale con un gruppo di tartarughe dal guscio molle. L'incisione è montata su elegante passepartout. Planche estratta da libro. TECNICA: Incisione su acciaio colorata AUTORE: P. G. Smit DIMENSIONI PASSEPARTOUT: cm 35x27 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 20x15 EPOCA: 1890 circa In buone condizioni, qualche fioritura. Nice coloured engraving of 1890 circa representing a natural scene with a group of soft river tortoises. The print is mounted in an elegant passepartout. Planche removed from a book In good conditions, foxings. TECHNIQUE: coloured steel engraving AUTHOR: P. G. Smit PASSEPARTOUT SIZE: cm 35x27 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 20x15 PERIOD: 1890 circa
1992Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish with an English summary. [vi], 55 p., color and b/w plts. Türkiye deniz kaplumbagalari biyolojileri ve korunmalari.= Biology and conservation of Turkish sea turtles.
1952Milano, 1952, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 167/174 con 4 fotografie e 2 tavole fotografiche. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
19901st edition. Near Fine hbk bound in glazed pictorial boards. Illustrated by Clic Publishing. ISBN 0001932136. 20327. eng
1992aa.vv Verso il luogo delle origini. , La Tartaruga (Milano) 1992-05-26, Piatti e dorso leggermente ingialliti. Tagli bruniti. Interno brunito, complessivamente in buono stato. Buono (Good) . Copertina flessibile 264 8877381027
1993George Sand Storia della mia vita. , La Tartaruga 1993, Libro usato in buone condizioni. Pagine brunite ai margini. Tagli regolari impolverati. Copertina flessibile cartonata con alette informative. Sguardi con firma a penna. Buono (Good) . 258
1984A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 102 pages. 5 3/8"w x 7 1/4"h. "The authors describe 16 species of reptiles native to B.C.: 4 turtles, 3 lizards, and 9 snakes. They also discuss introduced species, feeding habits, senses, diversity, and much more." Black and white illustrations.
1936Book shows light wear to blue cloth covers, some edge wear with illustration by George Herriman at cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking except for front endpaper with prev. owner's name in pen and glued plate. Illustrated red endpapers, 296 pages with Mr. Harriman's illustrations throughout. Chapters include: a radical flea, archy revolts, archy climbs everest, archy flies, kidding the boss, becoming a low brow, mehitabel meets her mate, mehitabel pulls a party, mehitabel joins the navy, what is a lady, what the ants are saying.
1985Includes the February, March, May, June, August, September, November, December issues. Bonus: includes the following additional issues: November 1984, December 1984, June 1982 and the Diver Magazine 1985 Travel Annual. Topics include: Diving with the Astronauts, Goose Barnacles, Shipwrecks of Lake Superior, Spring Break with the Manotees, 'Drumrock' - dream shipwreck; Snorkel-Buying Buide; Wreck Diver's Nirvana - Bermuda; Down a Saskatchewan Crater; Turtles and Tourism on Australia's Famous Heron Island; Historic Wreck discovered in Canada; Santa Barbara Island, Victoria's Popular Breakwater, The Life of a Divemaster, Curacao, Selecting your Bottom Timer, San Juan Islands, Bonaire by Night, Lake Superior Storm, Seafood Sauces, Hunting for Shipwrecks in BC's Nootka Sound, Isle Royale Mystery - the freighter Kamloops, The Striped Seaperch, Bonaire, Profile of Sylvia Earle, Pennekamp Park - Florada's Coral Jewel, Monterey's Otters, Index to Volumes 1-7. Clean with moderate wear. Quality condition. Book
1981Features: The Gannet Sanctuary at Cape Kidnappers; Waves of Energy; Living Color on the Rocky Shore; Basking Green Sea Turtles; Protecting the Southern Ocean; Galveston's Killer Hurricane of 1900; Bikini Atoll - Radioactivity and the Marine Environment; The Oyster Toadfish - a voice in Long Island Sound. Sound copy. Book
1982Features: Dry Tortugas - Products of Time; Budding Anemone; The Awesome Basking Shark; Fighting oil-platform fires at sea; Sand bars - when the waters ebb; beachfront roulette; the lowly blue bloods. Sound copy. Book
1983Features: Ice Scooters of Bellport Bay; A surfeit of turtles; Life in the high marsh; Ice Station CESAR - the Alpha Ridge enigma; Plight of the Jackass Penguin; Law of the Sea Treaty - What does it mean to nonsigners (like the US)?; Mysterious Mola mola. Sound copy. Book
1979Features: Bowman Island Expedition 1978 - a return to Ellesmere Island; Turtles from the age of Dinosaurs; U.S. Revenue Cutter Tahoma - pride of the Bering Sea Patrol; The Wary Bongo - escaped notice over a wide range; Iceland's Natural Energy Resources - its potential evaluated; Up North in Kenya; William Crawford Gorgas - mankind is in debt to his genius; Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion - its time has come; Ladakh Journey - a flag report; A Leopard named Harriet. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1972347 pages. Index. Massive bibliography. Glossary. "The first comprehensive work in its field... offers a survey of current knowledge concerning the life histories of the forty-nine species of turtles native to the United States and Canada. A series of striking colour photographs shows each turtle in its natural setting,k and black and white photographs depict the skulls and details of physical structure... More than 500 illustrations... Maps indicate the range of each species in the United States." - from dust jacket. Heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. A worthy reading copy of this excellent reference. Book
193748 pages. Cover illustration by Eric Aldwinckle shows dapper tourist inspecting totem pole. Contents: Short article with photo on North American drought - photo shows sand drifts two to five feet high on the road allowance at Kisbey, Saskatchewan, 4 June, 1937; Uncommon full-page ad for Nesbitt, Thomson & Company - Gold Prospecting Theme; Parcker Vacumatic Pen Ad; The Man Who Was Careful - story by Elmer Davis; Via the North Pole - Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon on what Russia's trans-polar flights mean to the future of aviation - with photos and map; The Road Never Dies, story by Bruce Hutchison; Television Broadcast, by Thomas Wayling - a layman's description of how the new wonder of the air works its miracle - with photos; Beverley Baxter on What's Happening in Europe; - with photos of Von Ribbentrop and The Leipzig; Yellow Cargo - story by Gordon Carroll; How's Your I.Q., by R.E. Knowles, Jr.; No More Bad Men - Dink Carroll writes about Rabbit Maranville, Manager of the Montreal Royals - with photo; Murder in Amber - story by Colver Harris; Animal Anecdotes - Fighting Turtles, by Phil H. Moore; Cigarettes, by Frederick Edwards - article with many great photos of cigarette production; Palmolive Soap ad features the Dionne Quintuplets; Full-page black and white Maxwell House Coffee ad bears the caption "What a Gay Dog You Are!" - as a woman dressed as Cleopatra chides her sullen husband dressed as a clown; Page of wonderful ads for thirteen private schools, including photo-illustrated ad for Ontario Ladies' College; Quarter-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition's Coronation Year; Lovely half-page four-photo ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat featuring Shirley Temple; Article on How to Ice a Cake, by Helen G. Campbell; Lovely colour ad for Westinghouse radios on back cover features violin-maker Antonio Stradivari; Many more vintage ads. Moderately above-average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great issue. Book
196566 pages. Loaded with reproductions of great black and white photos. This issue features: The Beach Boys; Herman & Suzanne; Sonny & Cher; Bruce Scott & John Leyton; The Kinks; The Rolling Stones; Jane Asher; Herman; The Hermits; Roby Rey & the Turtles; The Dave Clark 5; Donovan; "The Beatles & Me"; Paul Revere and the Raiders; McCallum & Vaugh; Dino, Desi & Billy Contest; Bob Dylan; Ian Whitcomb; Marianne Faithful; The Byrds; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Bit of writing on front cover. Centerfold/pin-up not included. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
195186p., illus. Newbery Honor Hardcover Good condition
2002La Tartaruga Edizioni, ottobre 2002. Traduzione di Rosi Dossena. Titolo originale: The Christmas Tree. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Ordinarie tracce d'uso. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
1999La Tartaruga, febbraio 1999. Traduzione dallo svedese di Carmen Giorgetti Cima. Titolo originale: En Vinter i Stockholm. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Ordinarie tracce d'uso. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
2012La Tartaruga Edizioni, maggio 2012. Brossura con bandelle. Libro in ottime condizioni. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
1998La Tartaruga Edizioni, agosto 1998. Traduzione di Edmonda Bruscella. Titolo originale: Animal Husbandry. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.