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THE ART OF FALCONRY
Written by Frederick Ii Of Hohenstaufen; Casey A. Wood; F. Marjorie Fyfe.
Stock no. 1827708
Published by Stanford University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Art of Falconry Being the De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen translated and edited by Wood and Fyfe. De Arte Venandi cum Avibus was originally written shortly before the year 1250. This is a reissue of the 1943 edition. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title and tooling to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. cx + 637 pages. Boards clean. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Gift inscription in ink to first blank page else contents clean. Dustwrapper has some foxing, loss to spine (affecting title) and rear panel flap edge caused by insect/snail damage. Edges slightly worn. Overall, a decent copy.

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SEALS, SEA LIONS AND WALRUSES: A REVIEW OF THE PINNIPEDIA
Written by Victor B. Scheffer.
Stock no. 1823755
Published by Stanford University Press. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Terracotta cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0804705445. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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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.

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MEDUSA'S GAZE: CASUISTRY AND CONSCIENCE IN THE RENAISSANCE
Written by Lowell Gallagher.
Stock no. 1819661
Published by Stanford University Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Examining the central role of casuistry in Elizabethan religions, political, and literary culture. Black cloth boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. ISBN: 0804718598. Some mottling to boards. Text block slightly grubby, contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel and some foxing to verso.

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THE VOYAGE OF THE FROLIC
Written by Thomas N. Leyton.
Stock no. 1207255
Published by Stanford University Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

New England Merchants and the Opium Trade. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 227 pages. ISBN: 0804738491. SIGNED by author.

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