Ragnarok by Ignatius Donnelly 1887 VG A book ahead or perhaps out of its time - fascinating 'speculative science' - this being an 11th Edition from 1887, published by R.S. Peale & Co.; Chicago - MUST SEE PICS! Considers matters such as continental drift, cave-life theories, cosmology, legends - Science pseudo and other, proto Sci-Fi, occult, a hard one to categorize but oodles of fun. VG to VG-, wear to spine head cloth. Gilt illus. in blind to cover, spine. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions about this book by old time MN writer and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
Circa: 1887
Type: Nonfiction - Speculative Science
Publisher: R. S. Peale
Author: Ignatius Donnelly
Edition: 11  

RIVER AMAZON '14 x Paul Fountain VG +map This is a nice copy of THE RIVER AMAZON:From Its Sources To The Sea by Paul Fountain published in 1914 by Constable:London - MUST SEE PICS! Handsomely bound in a rusty saffron cloth w/ pictorial illus. front cover. Over all VERY GOOD condition w/ slight rubs to extrems., sl. bumping - very presentable, collectable copy. Beautifully illustrated w/ black/white photos, map @ back folds out (sl. tear @ attachment - see pic). Hard to find in this nice condition - l@@k at pics! Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions abou this book and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
 

Mysteries Great Deep GOSSE 1860 Oceanography THE MYSTERIES OF THE GREAT DEEP:or, The Physical, Animal, Geological, and Vegetable WONDERS OF THE OCEAN by P.H. Gosse was published in 1860 by Duane Rulison 1860 (same date TP:CP presumed FIRST) - MUST SEE PICS! Book is in GOOD PLUS condition considering age - moderate foxing throughout, less toward center, chip out of rear endpaper - see pics. Bound in origianl black cloth, spine titling/illus. stamped in gilt, decorative embossed covers - there is moderate chipping around edges and spine rebacked, but all things considered a pretty neat OLD old book on oceanography, marine biology, marine geology, etc. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions about this book and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
 

1854 FOOT-PRINTS CREATOR Miller +Agassiz Nice condition original cloth copy of FOOT-PRINTS OF THE CREATOR: or The Asterolepis Of Stromness by Hugh Miller - dated 1854 publsihed by Gould and Lincoln; NY - MUST SEE PICS! Reprinted from the Third London Edition with a Memoir of the Author by Louis Agassiz - 337 pgs + ads, yellow endpapers. VERY GOOD condition w/ some foxing, but clean cloth - some sunning to spine but otherwise presentable. Ex-lib. stamp to title page otherwise unmarked. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions about this book and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
 

Dr. LIVINGSTONE LAST Journals leather 1875 VG First Edition of THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, IN CENTRAL AFRICA Horace Waller got the tale from David Livingston's servants Chuma and Susi - published in 1875 - From Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Five to His Death - leather bound, marbled endpapers and edges - MUST SEE PICS! This African exploration this would be a handsome addition to your collection. Presumed FIRST EDITION - no additional printings. Outside a little aged, but interior is tight and bright - VERY GOOD condition. FREE SHIPPING within the USA! International buyers pay ACTUAL postage based on final boxed & packed weight. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions and THANKS FOR LOOKING!

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Circa: 1875
Condition: Used - VERY GOOD
Type: Leather De Luxe fine binding
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Harper Brothers - Harper's
Author: David Livingstone and Horace Waller
Edition: 1
Pages: 541  

TRAVELS Trads Waterfowl Hochbaum '55 1st DJ TRAVELS AND TRADITIONS OF WATERFOWL by H. Albert Hochbaum - FIRST EDITION published by the University of Minnesota Press 1955 - this is a NEAR FINE green illustrated cloth bound copy in a VERY GOOD dust jacket - MUST SEE PICS! Great book for the hunter and naturalist - black & white - illustrated beautifully by author throughout, green illustrated endpapers. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions about this book and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
Circa: 1955
Type: Nonfiction - Nature - Natural Science
Publisher: University of Minnesota - U of M
Author: H. Albert Hochbaum  

Cumming 5 Yrs So Africa Hunter's Life 1850 2v Published in 1850 by Harper and Brothers complete in two volumes FIVE YEARS OF A HUNTER'S LIFE IN THE FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA by Roualeyn Gordon Cumming, Esq. uniformly bound in ORIGINAL green patterned cloth (some sunning to spine), titled in gilt - still in VERY GOOD condition - MUST SEE PICS! Unsure of the priority of the First Edition of these, these are (if not 1sts, a very early state) but my '98 Aherns's Collected Books lists @$650 for the pair - offered for considerably less. Each contains an illustrated half-title before title page dated 1850 no addition printings listed. 8 pgs. ads @ rear of Vol.II and 1 blank leaf before rfep. Foxed to end-papers, but not very intrusive into book - o/w clean. Both come in acid-free protective covers for safe handling - Vol.I shown without for photos. Great bit of exploration and interesting study of animals in African habitat. VERY SCARCE in any state this early - feel free to e-mail w/ any questions or requests for additional photos and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
Circa: 1850
Type: Nonfiction - Exploration - Africa
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Author: Roualeyn Gordon Cumming, Esq.
Edition: 1  

Quevli ENZYME INTELLIGENCE '25 weird FUN ENZYME INTELLIGENCE by Nels Quevli is about what the title implies - a stranger title privately printed @ the Colwell Press Inc. Minneapoolis, MN 1925. This book is in VERY GOOD PLUS condition w/ a little loss to gilt on spine otherwise crisp, tightly bound in brown cloth - MUST SEE PICS! Full title reads - 'ENZYME INTELLIGENCE AND WHENCE AND WHITHER: Illustrating that enzymes and ferments are the ultimate, indestructible and invisible units of life and are conscious and intelligent... that these units produce and maintain all living things we see... that our body is a Republic established by enzymes coming from the invisible world of life to which we return when we die.' - WoW! Pretty strange but we're sure quite fun - illustrated in black and white throughout. 578 pages - seems unread, very nice clean condition. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions (except what this book is about) and THANKS FOR LOOKING! SCARCE
 

Menlo Park FRANCIS JEHL '36 1st EDISON Published by the Edison Institute in 1936 and written by Edison's former assistant Francis Jehl, this is the FIRST EDITION of MENLO PARK REMINISCENCES - issued in thick card-stock green boards w/ over 200 pictures in black and white this copy is in FINE UNREAD condition - MUST SEE PICS! This copy is exemplary and it's very seldom that we even use the highest grade of FINE. Lots of pictures of lots of cool Edison inventions and interesting history of one of our countries greatest inventors. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
Circa: 1936
Type: Nonfiction - Science - Inventions
Publisher: Edison Institue
Author: Francis Jehl  

SOUND John Tyndall leather 3rd Ed. 1898 Quarter bound in leather with marble covered boards, this is the 3rd Edition of John Tyndall's SOUND - revised and enlarged with new intro by author - MUST SEE PICS! Scientific study of sound featuring many black and white diagrams and illustrations - LOOK at pics! Published in 1898 by Appleton. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
Circa: 1898
Type: Nonfiction - Science
Publisher: Appleton
Author: John Tyndall
Edition: 3  

Herbert Spencer - '04 Leather Autobiography Posthumous release (Spencer died in '03 b.1920), seems to be a First Edition of AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY published by D. Appleton & Co. in 1904 - MUST SEE PICS! Herbert Spencer was an early endorser of evolution and applied some of it toward society - hence, social philosopher, Victorian Era biologist slash sociologist. Author of 'A System of Synthetic Philosophy' among many others - keep watching for our great SET of Spencer's works which will be coming up for sale by March of 2006! This nice two volume FIRST EDITION set is half-bound in dark brown leather with titles stamped in gilt to spine (some sunning, wear to extremities and rubs to spine, small chip to Volume I) - otherwise in VERY GOOD condition with folding plates, engraved frontispieces of Spencer - many pages in Volume II still uncut! Published in April, 1904 by Appleton (same dates on both copyright pages and NAP no additional printings).Volume I is 655 pages - Vol. II 613 pgs. + a page of ads for Letters of Darwin, Life of Charles Darwin, 'The Warfare of Science with Theology'. Marbled paper covered boards, this is a very classy, handsome set done on good paper and everything! Leather is all intact, bindings tight - both in about VERY GOOD condition - square. Late 19th Century intellectual - philosopher, thinker. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
Circa: 1904
Type: Nonfiction - Philosophy - Sociology - Biology - Autobiography
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company; NY
Author: Herbert Spencer
Edition: 1
Pages: 655 613  

BIRD NEIGHBORS Neltje Blanchan + Burroughs John Burroughs wrote the introduction for this copy of BIRD NEIGHBORS by Neltje Blanchan - MUST SEE PICS! In about GOOD PLUS condition - few short closed tears to half a dozen pages, light thumbing and some water spotting to rear (not affecting text or plates). 1909 Edition has numerous color and black and white plate - a lot of photorealistic birds. Bound in green cloth ruled and titled in white - see pics. AN INTRODUCTORY ACQUAINTANCE WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF OUR COMMON BIRDS - super bird reference/companion. Binding intact and book still displays nicely and a lot of fun to look through for the birdwatcher. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions and THANKS FOR LOOKING!
Circa: 1909
Type: Nonfiction - Science - Ornithology
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company; NY
Author: Neltje Blanchan
Pages: 234  

Creator & Cosmos ROBERT SHAW 1879 dec cloth Bound in a decorative gilt embossed green cloth, this is combined 2 in 1 EARLY edition of CREATOR AND COSMOS by Robert Shaw - MUST SEE PICS! Touches on astronomy, cosmology and creation - early edition: the 1st dates (copyright page is 1877) a few years earlier, but this would most likely be the First Edition thus. being combined as a sort of omnibus. Illustrated in black and white throughout book - one shows Halley's Comet! Green cloth bound thick book is in VERY GOOD condition - there's a little sagging to the text block (typical) and wear to extremities, but otherwise the gilt embossed work is still bright and the rather thick binding tight & intact. Came from an extensive arts & sciences collection that was very well taken care of & lovingly conserved. Keep checking back as we slowly upload the multitude of volumes we've recently taken in! Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions and THANKS FOR LOOKING!

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Circa: 1879
Type: Nonfiction - Cosmology
Publisher: S. S. Scranton & Co.
Author: Robert Shaw, M.A.
Edition: 1  

deCamp's Lost Continents Gnome Press 1st "LOST CONTINENTS: The Atlantis Theme in History, Science, and Literature" by Sci-Fi author L. Sprague deCamp. 1954. First Edition stated on copyright page. Gnome Press Inc., NY. VG/VG price clip, lt. foxing to edges - o/w a nice copy of an in-depth look at Atlantis by a great Science Fiction author. Scientific -- interesting. Great publisher of vintage sci-fi.
Circa: 1954
Type: Nonfiction - Science - Speculative Science
Publisher: Gnome Press
Author: L. Sprague DeCamp  

Bonhote BIRDS of BRITAIN '17 Dresser ills. VG BIRDS OF BRITAIN by J. Lewis Bonhote was published by A & C Black, Ltd. March, 1917 bound in illustrated cloth - very nice copy - MUST SEE PICS! Contains 100 beautiful color plates by H. E. Dresser - featuring bird name on tissue guards facing - classy! Overall in VERY GOOD condition - front free endpaper removed (kind of blank anyway), but otherwise a very presentable copy bound in illustrative brown cloth, spine titling stamped in gilt. There are some light rubs to extremities and the binding is slightly shaken (probably from being oggled), but still very presentable copy that displays nicely - fun to share with your fellow bird enthusiasts. Feel free to e-mail w/ any questions and THANKS FOR LOOKING!

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