Drunken Goldfish & Other Irrelevant Scientific Research
New York: Sterling, 1988. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. Stain to lower spine.
A collection of scientific studies that answer questions no normal person would ask.
New York: Sterling, 1988. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. Stain to lower spine.
A collection of scientific studies that answer questions no normal person would ask.
New York: Theodore Audel & Co., 1902. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Light general wear.
330 pp. 14 pages of publisher ads follow text. Comprising the elements of mechanical philosophy, mensuration, geometry, algebra, arithmetical signs, and tables. United States weights, measures and money; tables of wages with copious notes, explanations and.....
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1911. Soft Cover.
Some loss to spine base, tears to paper spine.
177 pp. State geology surveys of the United States from 1911. CONTENTS: Introduction; Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Maine; Maryland; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; New.....
Clinton, New Jersey: Amwell Press, 1983. Trimm, Wayne. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover.
Limited edition, #397 of 1000 copies. Signed by author. No jacket. Publisher slipcase near fine: Lightly faded and lightly soiled.
xix, 182 pp. Includes publisher slipcase. All edges gilt. Foreword by Ernest Schwiebert. Illustrated by Wayne Trimm. CONTENTS.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page (For Brian, Heat Moon '92). A bit smoky, page ridge lightly foxed.
624 pp. Maps on endpapers. "Eight years in the making--a new American classic from the author of Blue Highways. William.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1925. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Includes original publisher's box. Box split at seams of two corners, but otherwise in nice shape. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. An exceptional copy.
xii, 614 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1925. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. An exceptional copy.
xii, 614 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. An extensive survey of many varieties of fruit grown in New York, with stunning.....
Albany: New York Agricultural Experiment Station/J.B. Lyon Company, 1919. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Ink name on front endpaper, related newspaper article laid in. Binding tight and square, pages clean and bright. An excellent copy.
vii, 686 pp. Comprehensive survey of edible plants of the world based on the.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1908. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Boards lightly rubbed.
xv, [1], 564 pp. 12 1/8 x 9 3/4. An extensive survey of many varieties of grapes grown in New York, which as the preface points out is representative of varieties of grapes grown throughout the.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1908. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Former library copy with minor marks on spine and rear endpapers. Boards a bit rubbed, ink name on front endpaper, edges and front matter lightly foxed.
xv, [1], 564 pp. 12 1/8 x 9 3/4. An extensive survey of.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1921. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Edges faintly foxed.
xi, [1], 636 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 1/2. Original green cloth, gilt titles. Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of pears. An extensive survey of many varieties of pear grown in New York.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1917. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Boards lightly rubbed, front and end matter faintly foxed.
xiii, 541 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. An extensive survey of many varieties of peaches grown in New York, including according to the preface.....
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1910. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
Boards rubbed and smudged, front hinge weakening, owner bookplate on front endpaper. Text and plates clean and unmarked.
xii, 616 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of plums.....
N/A: Self-Published, 1978. Heitz, L. Signed Copy. Stapled Binding.
Signed by author without inscription. Minor surface tears on front wrapper, wrappers faintly toned, no publisher date (circa 1978).
Unpaginated. A collection of poetry inspired by natural history.
New York: Sterling, 2005. 5th Printing. Hard Cover.
Fifth printing. Small chip and small tear along top jacket corner.
203 pp. The number Phi, simply defined, is one plus the square root of five, all divided by two. But its myriad occurrences in art, nature, and science have been a......
Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1875. Soft Cover.
Wrappers soiled, loss from corners of rear wrapper, a few pages lightly stained, ink stamp on front wrapper and front flyleaf.
xiii, 171 pp. 21 plates follow text. The first major monograph on the subject of American spiders, by the most.....
Van Nuys, California: AH Ha Publishing, 2007. Eleventh Edition. Large Softcover.
Eleventh edition. Edge wear, laminate starting.
xi, 292 pp. In this thoroughly researched, scrupulously annotated and shockingly provocative book you'll learn: How and why cannabis prohibition began and what that has meant to America. All the uses of hemp.....
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1972. Watteau, Monique. Abridged. Trade Paperback.
Abridged edition. Front wrapper and top edge a bit foxed, sticker on rear wrapper, back corner lightly creased.
xiii, 306 pp. Translated from the French by Richard Garnett, with 78 drawings by Monique Watteau. Originally published in French as.....
Auburn, N.Y. H. & J.C. Ivison, 1845. Soft Cover.
No wrapper covers. Stained along top edge, pencil note on title page, pages soiled throughout.
39 pp. One gathering. Author was an American philosopher and professor of theology at Western Reserve College.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Publishers, 1885. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Front board spotted, endpapers lightly foxed. Binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
32 pp. A surprisingly scarce guide to the recognition of the names and positions of stars and constellations, using a method the author in his.....
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. 9th Printing. Soft Cover.
9th printing. Faint edge wear.
309 pp. "Engines of Change chronicles the American Industrial Revolution from about 1790 to 1860, specifically looking at some of the key machine inventions that drove this revolution forward. Steven Lubar examines not only the.....
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC PRess, 2015. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
x, 418 pp. Insects represent the most abundant and diverse animal group on Earth. The number of described species is more than one million and up to ten million are estimated. Insects have one of.....
New York: Ballantine Books, 1974. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
Frist edition. Pages toned.
159 pp. A treatise of 1887 dismissed hand grenades as relics; mortars, too, received small praise. yet both were to be resurrected with devasting effect. Within thirty years more hand grenades would be hurled in one week.....
New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Edges and covers rubbed, pages toned.
158 pp. An account of the use of chemical warfare during World Wars I and II, profusely illustrated with black & white photographs.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. Holden, Edith. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint. Jacket price clipped.
176, [11] pp. A facsimile reproduction of a naturalist's diary. Color illustrations throughout. In 1906, Edith Holden recorded in words and images the flora and fauna of the British countryside through the changing seasons
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