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CHAPIN, J. P. BIRDS OF THE BELGIAN CONGO. 1932-54: Chapin, James P. * THE BIRDS OF THE BELGIAN CONGO. 4 volumes. New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1932; 1939; 1953, 1954. x, 756; vii, 632; 821; ix, 846 pp. 4 quartos in uniform binding.

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[EASTON PRESS]. A group of 18 titles. Including:: [EASTON PRESS]. A group of 18 titles. Including: several volumes on American history and politics; literary classics; and children’s related works from the 1990s and 2000s. All folio and 8vo, al

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1836 AMERICAN NATURAL HISTORY by JOHN GODMAN antique: 1836 AMERICAN NATURAL HISTORY by JOHN GODMAN Volume I (of 2) Philadelphia, 1836 345 pages, illustrated with engravings. Leather bound. Size 5 /2 by 8 3/4" Binding worn, some occasional foxing. Reserve

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Original Print - Ornithology - The King of The Vultures - History of the Earth: Print from "A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature" is a work of natural history by Oliver Goldsmith. First published in 1774 in eight volumes, it attempted to bring together a history of the ear

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Natural History - British Fossil Collection: Carboniferous-Cretaceous Period, circa 305-113 million years B.P.. Comprising a mixed group of eight fossils in eight card trays, different species and types including: Rugose Coral from Toddington, D

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Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Section Group: A group of eight agate geode sections. 3.5 kg total, 85-96 mm (3 3/8 - 3 3/4 in.). Mineral Imports, London, UK.Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). [8, No Reserve]

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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite: Cretaceous Period, Albian Stage, 113-100 million years BP. A group of eight small A-grade cut and polished Cleoniceras sp. ammonites from Madagascar, with the distinctive pattern of the cross-section

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Natural History - Historic Fossil Brachiopod Group: Ordovician-Permian, 488-252 million years BP. A group of eight brachiopods, including one spirifer and seven terebratulids, in old white card trays with A.B. Cotterill Collection, Wollaton, Nottingham

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19th Century American Books: A Group of Early American Books, Including A) First Book of Natural History, by A. Ackerman, New York, Cady and Burgess, 1846, 286pp. B) The American Preceptor, early 19th Century book on manners, fro

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Cassell's Popular Natural History Vol. I & II: Cassell's Popular Natural History Volume I & II Illustrated with approx. eight-hundred (800) engravings. Publisher: London, Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, E.C. Each me

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A Group of Four 19th Century Books on Natural History: Lot includes the following; The Royal Natural History Volume IV, W.J. Holland The Butterfly Book, R. Hamilton Naturalist library Volume VI Insects & Volume II Fishes. Complete with hand colored en

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1885 ANIMATE CREATION NATURAL HISTORY AMERICAN ZOOLOGY antique ILLUSTRATED: ANIMATE CREATION; POPULAR EDITION OF "OUR LIVING WORLD A NATURAL HISTORY by The Rev. J.G. Wood Volume I New York; copyright 1885 by Selmar Hess Illustrated with steel engravings in color and b/w Origi

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[BINDINGS]. A group of 11 works in 96 volumes, most in fine half leather bindings, including works: [BINDINGS]. A group of 96 volumes, most in fine half leather bindings, including works relating to American history and law. Together, 11 works in 96 volumes, various sizes, most in half morocco or le

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1808 ANIMATE CREATION NATURAL HISTORY antique AMERICAN ZOOLOGY ILLUSTRATED BIRDS: ANIMATE CREATION; POPULAR EDITION OF "OUR LIVING WORLD," A NATURAL HISTORY by The Rev. J.G. Wood Volume III New York; copyright 1808 by Selmar Hess Illustrated with steel engravings in color and b/w O

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[AMERICANA]. A group of 8 works relating to American history in 9 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo: [AMERICANA]. A group of 8 works relating to American history, including: BEVERLEY, Robert. Histoire de la Virginie. Amsterdam, 1712. Howes B410. -- MARSHALL, Humphrey. The History of Kentucky. Frankfo

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1751 9 VOLUMES LETTERS to AMERICAN history of Monsieur: (LeLarge de Lignac, JA). Letters to an American, on the natural, general and particular history of Monsieur de Buffon. Hambourg, Duchesne, 1751-1756 9 volumes Original uniformed mottled calf with gilt

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Group of Eight Volumes on American Natural History and Travel. History of Florida (1871); Fishing in American Waters (1869), frontis., copiously illustrated; The Golden State: A History of the Region West of the Rocky Mountains (1876), frontis.; Forty Years on the Rail (1887); In the Heart of the Sierras (1886); Tales of the Sierras (1905); The Louisiana Purchase and Our Title West of the Rocky Mountains (1898), three folding maps; and Lost Maramech and Earliest Chicago (1903). Ex-library copies, bookplates and annotations, uneven wear.