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Subject: military history
The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late William Alexander Forbes. Edited by F. E. Beddard. With a preface by P. L. Sclater
William Alexander Forbes
/ London: R. H. Porter 1885
first edition; xiii, [1], 496 pp., frontis., color plates; contemporary gilt stamped full green leather, a.e.g., spine and corners worn, front and rear blanks foxed, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: natural history birds ornithology bck
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Item #: 1328106
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$220.50
Joseph Grinnell's Philosophy of Nature. Selected writings of a western naturalist
Joseph Grinnell
/ University of California Press 1943
237 pp., hardcover, book plate and a hand stamp to the front paste down, else very good in an edge-worn, darkened dust jacket. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: natural history bck
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Item #: 1328081
$69.18
Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880-1930
Warner, John Harley
/ Blast Books 2009
208 pp., Hardcover, very good in a very good dust jacket. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 0922233349
Subject/Keywords: photography history of medicine bck
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Item #: 1328069
$14.00
Concession to the Improbable: An Unconventional Autobiography
Simpson, George Gaylord
/ Yale University Press 1978
291 pp., hardcover, dust jacket, ex library, else text clean & binding tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 0300021437
Subject/Keywords: bck natural history
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Item #: 1328073
$18.92
William Beebe: An Annotated Bibliography
Berra, Tim M.
/ Shoe String Pr Inc 1977
157 pp., hardcover, previous owner's name to title page, else very good in rubbed dust jacket. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 0208016082
Subject/Keywords: bck natural history
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Item #: 1327982
$9.00
The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods Volume 2: Mammals
Benton, Michael J., editor
/ Oxford University Press 1988
340 pp., hardcover, edges foxed, else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 0198577125
Subject/Keywords: natural history bck
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Item #: 1328053
$28.00
A life of invertebrates
Russell-Hunter, W. D
/ Macmillan 1979
650 pp., HARDCOVER, hand stamp to the bottom edge, previous owner's name to the front free endpaper, else very good in an edge-rubbed dust jacket. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 0024046205
Subject/Keywords: natural history bck
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Item #: 1327935
$21.65
The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod. Edited, with a biographical memoir of the author, by W. A. Forbes. In Memoriam
Alfred Henry Garrod
/ London: R. H. Porter 1881
first edition; xxv, 537 pp., frontis., plates, some of which are in color; rebound in mid-20th century blue cloth (hardcover), small hand stamp to the front free endpaper, foxing to early and late leaves, else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: natural history fauna bck
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Item #: 1327934
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$147.00
Chopsticks: A Cultural and Culinary History
Wang, Q. Edward
/ Cambridge University Press 2015
210 pp., hardcover, new. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 1107023963
Subject/Keywords: vnh food history chopsticks
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Item #: 1327416
$20.00
Natural history and the American mind, (Columbia studies in American culture)
W. M . Smallwood
/ Columbia University Press 1941
first edition; 445 pp., original green cloth (hardcover), very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: natural history bck
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Item #: 1327929
$18.00
Acoustic Communication in Birds, Volume 1: Production, Perception & Design Features of Sounds
Donald Kroodsma, Edward A. Miller, Henri Ouellet, editors
/ Academic Press 1983
360 pp., Hardcover, top edge foxed, else fine in a very good dust jacket. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 0124268013
Subject/Keywords: birds natural history bck
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Item #: 1327942
$32.00
Acoustic Communication in Birds, Volume 2: Song Learning & Its Consequences
Donald Kroodsma, Edward H. Miller, Henri Ouellet, editors
/ Academic Press 1983
392 pp., Hardcover, top edge foxed, else very good in a very good dust jacket. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 0124268021
Subject/Keywords: birds natural history bck
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Item #: 1327943
$26.35
Dear Lord Rothschild: Birds, butterflies, and history
Miriam Rothschild
/ Balaban Publishers 1983
398 pp., Hardcover, very good in a very good dust jacket. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 086689019X
Subject/Keywords: natural history lepidoptery birds bck
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Item #: 1328052
$22.14
Issues in Military Ethics: To Support and Defend the Constitution
Cook, Martin L.
/ State University of New York Press 2014
280 pp., paperback, fine. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 143844690X
Subject/Keywords: vnh military ethics
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Item #: 1326788
$25.38
Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Studies in selected pivotal ideas. 5 volumes
Philip P Wiener
/ Macmillan Pub Co 1973
5 vols., softcovers, previous owner's hand stamp to top and bottom page edges, front free endpapers, half-title pages and titles pages, else text clean & bindings tight in a fragmentary slipcase that is missing it's top panel. Volumes
Included: 5
ISBN: 0684164183
Subject/Keywords: history office philosophy tpf
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Item #: 1326990
$32.92
Women's History and Ancient History
Pomeroy, Sarah B.
/ The University of North Carolina Press 1991
336 pp., paperback, a bookplate to verso of front cover else fine. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 0807843105
Subject/Keywords: Women's History tpf
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Item #: 1326919
$16.19
The Lucubrations of Humphrey Ravelin, Esq. Late major in the ** Regiment of Infantry. Second edition
George Proctor
/ London: G. & W. B. Whittaker 1824
2nd edition; 332 pp., mid-19th century quarter leather & marbled boards, covers worn, spine rubbed clean of the gilt stamping, scant remnants of a book plate to the front paste down, previous owner's name to a front blank, two small hand stamps to the title page, a few marginal smudge marks, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: military history samn15
Item #: 1326676
$66.96
History of the Rebellion in Ireland, in the Year 1798, &c.
James Gordon
/ Dublin: Printed by William Porter 1801
first edition; 302, 94, [10] (index), [1] (ad) pp., mid-19th century quarter leather & marbled boards, corners worn, now lacking most of the leather spine covering, old repairs and two small hand stamps to the title page, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: ireland irish history sam15
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Item #: 1326675
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$669.59
The History of Ireland, from the earliest period to the present time, etc. In two volumes
Stephen Barlow
/ London: Sherwood, Neely, & Jones 1814
first edition; 2 vols., xvi, 476 + xii, 524 pp., folding map frontis., engraved half-title in the first volume, portrait frontis., engraved half-title, portrait plate of Grattan and folding plate of of Dublin Quays in the second volume; contemporary quarter leather & marbled boards, bindings dry, worn and chipped, small hand stamp to each title page, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 2
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: ireland irish history sam15
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Item #: 1326669
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$143.48
Histoire de la Vie Privée des François, depuis l'Origine de la Nation jusqu'à nos Jours. Nouvelle edition, avec des notes, corrections et additions, par J. B. B. de Roquefort (Trois Tomes)
Le Grand d'Aussy, J. B. B. de Roquefort
/ Paris: Simonet 1815
3 vols., vi, 448 + 431 + 481 pp., contemporary full leather, bindings dry, worn and lacking all of the leather spine coverings; remnants of book plates to the front paste downs, some light foxing, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 3
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: france french history sam15
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Item #: 1326660
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$334.80