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1. <x-tab> </x-tab>[Dezallier d'Argenville,
Antione Joseph]. L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE ECLAIRCIE DANS DEUX DE SES
PARTIES PRINCIPALES. LA LITHOLOGIE ET LA CONCHYLIOLOGIE... Paris: De
Bure, 1742. First edition. . [viii], 492p. Illustrated with 33 full-page
copper-engraved plates. 4to. Bound in full contemporary mottled calf with
marbled endpapers, the spine with extensive gilt panel ornaments.
Endpapers and flyleaves heavily stained, probably from improper leather
treatment, edges and corners worn, some cracks to hinges, but holding
nicely, contents and plates clean. Actually not a bad copy.
Nissen 144.
(12772)<x-tab> </x-tab>$2750.00<br><br>
2. <x-tab> </x-tab>Hudson, W. H. ADVENTURES
AMONG BIRDS. London: Hutchinson, 1913. First edition. . viii, 316p.
Gilt-titled green cloth. About fine.
(12479)<x-tab> </x-tab>$100.00<br><br>
3. <x-tab> </x-tab>Hudson, W. H. FAR AWAY
AND LONG AGO, A HISTORY OF MY EARLY LIFE. London & Toronto: Dent,
1918. First edition. . xii, 332p. Green cloth with titles and design in
gilt and black. Slightest rub to spine foot. else fine in bright dust
jacket that has separated at the front joint and has chips at three
corners.
(12476)<x-tab> </x-tab>$300.00<br><br>
4. <x-tab> </x-tab>Morris, F.O. A HISTORY OF
BRITISH BIRDS. London: Groombridge, 1851-57. First edition. . Six
volumes. Illustrated with 358 hand-colored plates. Small 4to. Original
publisher's green cloth with elaborate gilt spines including pictorial
vignettes and with large vignettes of birds in gilt on the upper covers
and in blind on the lower covers. Bindings have wear to extremes, but
they are in very nice bright condition, contents mostly clean and bright,
some moderate foxing. A most desirable set.
(11766)<x-tab> </x-tab>$2500.00<br><br>
5. <x-tab> </x-tab>Ripley, S. Dillon and
Scribner, Lynette L. ORNITHOLOGICAL BOOKS IN THE YALE UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY INCLUDING THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM ROBERTSON COE. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1961. First edition. Green-titled tan cloth. Fine in
VG+ d.j.
(13106)<x-tab> </x-tab>$125.00<br><br>
6. <x-tab> </x-tab>Walcott, Mary Vaux. NORTH
AMERICAN WILD FLOWERS. Washington DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1925.
First edition, limited to 500 copies signed by Mary Vaux Walcott (this
copy 412). Five volumes folio. Illustrated with 400 color plates, each
plate accompanied by a sheet of text. Plates laid loose in portfolios.
Portfolios of quarter dark blue morocco gilt, with linen boards and silk
ties, the covers with a metal Smithsonian medallion inset on each, each
portfolio housed in a heavy card box. Library accession number on the
table of contents in each volume, else fine. Nissen 2094.
(13966)<x-tab> </x-tab>$1250.00<br><br>
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