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THE HAWAIIAN GOOSE: AN EXPERIMENT IN CONSERVATION
Written by Janet Kear; A. Berger.
Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 2140642
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A timely and absorbing account of the history of the Hawaiian Goose, or Nene, its descent to near extinction, its eleventh hour rescue and its restoration to the wild. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 24 b/w plates, b/w line drawings. 154 pages including index. ISBN: 0856610259. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- USA
- HAWAII
- CONSERVATION
- HAWAII
WINGS OF HONOR: AMERICAN AIRMEN IN WORLD WAR I
Written by James J. Sloan.
Stock no. 1823944
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd..
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A compilation of all United States pilots, observers, gunners and mechanics who flew against the enemy in the war of 1914-1918. Large format. Grey cloth boards, pale blue titles. Marbled endpapers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0887405770. Some light pencil annotation against lists of names. Text block browned. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at vertical edges.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- AVIATION
- USA
- GENEALOGY
THE CACTI OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Written by Lyman Benson.
Illustrated by Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton.
Stock no. 2139157
Published by Stanford University Press.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Brown cloth with black title block, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Some diagrams. ISBN: 0804708630. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- CACTI
- USA
- CANADA
NORTH AMERICAN AIRCRAFT 1934-1998 VOLUME 1
Written by Norm Avery.
Stock no. 2138706
Published by Jonathan Thompson; Narkiewicz Thompson.
Circa
1998.
Very good condition.
Oblong format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0913322059. Some browning to covers and page edges. Bump to top of spine, with small nick/split.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- USA
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
THE GASTEROMYCETES OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Written by William Chambers Coker; John Nathaniel Couch.
Stock no. 2138678
Published by Dover Publications Inc..
1974.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. Together with a supplementary article: The Gasteromycetae of Ohio: Puffballs, Birds'-Nest Fungi and Stinkhorns by Minnie May Johnson. This is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1928 by The University of North Carolina Press. Some browning.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FUNGI
- USA
- CANADA
CORVETTE: AMERICA'S SPORTS CAR
Written by Randy Leffingwell.
Stock no. 2138638
Published by Motorbooks International.
1st USA
1997.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Almost square format. Red boards, white title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0760301352. Pages 49-54 are miscut (publishing error), which means a little bit extra has been left on these page edges, with some creasing. Wrapper is covered in clear film, stuck to verso of wrapper, also stuck with sticky tape to pastedowns. Spine of wrapper is faded.
LOCKHEED
Written by Martin W. Bowman.
Stock no. 2138436
Published by Tempus.
1st
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. Images of America series. ISBN: 0752415360.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- COMPANY HISTORY
- USA
- IMAGES OF AMERICA
BIRDS OF THE SALTON SEA: STATUS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY
Written by Michael A. Pattenden; Guy McCaskie; Philip Unitt.
Stock no. 1823510
Published by University of California Press.
1st
2004.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Salton Sea, California's largest inland lake, supports a spectacular bird population that is among the most concentrated and diverse in the world. Sadly, this crucial stopover along the Pacific Flyway for migratory and wintering shorebirds, landbirds, and waterfowl is dangerously close to collapse from several environmental threats. This book describes more than 450 species and subspecies. Grey cloth boards, green title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0520235932. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ECOLOGY
- CALIFORNIA
- USA
TRANSATLANTIC INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: THE DIFFUSION OF TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES BETWEEN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1790-1830S
Written by David J. Jeremy.
Stock no. 2136384
Published by The MIT Press.
1st USA
1981.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Oblong format. Green cloth with white title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0631127852. Slight bowing to front cover. Spine bumped and rubbed, light scratch mark to front cover. Marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears/chips.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- USA
- TEXTILES
LONE BULL'S HORSE RAID
Written by Paul Goble; Dorothy Goble.
Illustrated by Paul Goble.
Stock no. 2135934
Published by Macmillan London Limited.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A young Ogala Sioux tells how he and his best friend joined a party setting out against the neighbouring Crows, and experienced their first horse raid. The pictures take their inspiration from Plains Indian paintings of the period 1860-1900 when the story takes place. Pictorial matt boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 0333147545. Foxing and browning to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- USA
- NATIVE AMERICAN
THE WESTERNERS BRAND BOOK VOLUME XXV MARCH 1968 TO FEBRUARY 1969
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134829
Published by The Chicago Corral Of The Westerners.
1969.
Good condition.
Large format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Damp staining to covers and to pages throughout book. A reading copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- USA
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- COWBOY
US ARMY AIR FORCE FIGHTERS PART 2
Written by William Green; Gordon Swanborough.
Stock no. 1320153
Published by Macdonald and Jane's.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
WW2 Aircraft Fact Files. B/w photos. 84 pages. ISBN: 0354010719. Minimal bumping to spine. Small biro doodle to title-page (possibly initials!?), foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly marked to rear panel.