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Foreign finches in captivity

Foreign finches in captivity by BUTLER, Arthur G.

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
Foreign finches in captivity
Author
BUTLER, Arthur G.
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Hull and London: Brumby and Clarke, 1899. SECOND EDITION. Complete with 60 hand-colored plates after Frederick William Frohawk, including the beautiful frontispiece. Contemporary half-cloth and buckram, gilt lettering on spine; other than some wearing to head of spine and corners, an excellent uncut copy with all tissue guards in tact from the collection of Dr. James M. Dolan Jr with his blind stamp on title page. Second edition of a magnificent work on finches. First published a few years earlier, it covers “eighty foreign cage-birds dealing with their distribution, appearance, song and behavior in captivity that on that account alone the work acquires a special importance, though it is not otherwise planes on strictly scientific lines.” This work shed light on over fifty species of finches that are usually kept in home aviaries. Butler (1844-1925) was one of the most prolific British authors on bird keeping. He worked at the British Museum as an expert on the taxonomy of birds, insects and spiders. Frohawk (1861-1946) was one of the leading British ornithological artists of his time. He was very prolific, producing over one thousand illustrations for various books including Aves Hawaiiensis and Birds of Laysan for Lord Rothschild. Anker, 90; Casey Wood, p. 274.
Wisdom in Miniature: or, the Youth's Pleasing Instructor, Being a Collection of Sentences, Divine, Moral, and Historical, Selected from the Writings of Many Pious and Learned Authors, Both Ancient and Modern. Intended not only for the use of schools, but as a pocket companion for the youth of both sexes in America.

Wisdom in Miniature: or, the Youth's Pleasing Instructor, Being a Collection of Sentences, Divine, Moral, and Historical, Selected from the Writings of Many Pious and Learned Authors, Both Ancient and Modern. Intended not only for the use of schools, but as a pocket companion for the youth of both sexes in America.

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Wisdom in Miniature: or, the Youth's Pleasing Instructor, Being a Collection of Sentences, Divine, Moral, and Historical, Selected from the Writings of Many Pious and Learned Authors, Both Ancient and Modern. Intended not only for the use of schools, but as a pocket companion for the youth of both sexes in America.
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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New York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day, 1822 First edition. Quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine. Edges stained yellow. Sixteenmo. Binding extremities lightly rubbed with some wear. Marbled paper and pastedowns very slightly curling at the edges and corners. Light foxing and intermittent light toning. Minor creasing to lower gutter margins and two small holes to pp. 203-206 with partial loss of text. Bookplate on front pastedown. A good copy of a scarce work In the preface to the present work, the anonymous author writes, "This little book…it is hoped will be found, on perusal, in some measure to answer its title, as the religious, moral and divine maxims therein contained, are selected from a great number of authors, both ancient and modern, who are famed, in different ages of the world, for their wisdom and prudence" (p. iii). Notable persons referenced in the text include Pericles (495-429 BC) and Aristotle (384-322 BC) with a section containing "Miscellaneous Reflections Extracted from the Works of Late Samuel Johnson."
Where the Sun Began: Poems.

Where the Sun Began: Poems. by ABBOTT, Kathleen.

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Title
Where the Sun Began: Poems.
Author
ABBOTT, Kathleen.
Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Enitharmon Press,, 1970.. First edition.. 20 pp. Fine in full green cloth with gilt stamping to spine. One of 50 numbered copies “for the use of the author, the publisher, and the Revd. Hugh Sargent” SIGNED by Abbott. Halliwell 15a.
Oscar and Lucinda (Plus Bonus Book!)

Oscar and Lucinda (Plus Bonus Book!) by Peter Carey

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Oscar and Lucinda (Plus Bonus Book!)
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Peter Carey
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780060159085
Condition
Fine
Description
First Edition/First Printing with the correct number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no significant flaws. An outstanding example of this novel by the multiple Booker Prize nominated author. Not remaindered, not ex-library, not price clipped. Also included is a Fine/Fine first edition of "Jack Maggs"; both books will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box.
The Greeks The Dilemma of Past and Present

The Greeks The Dilemma of Past and Present by ZOTOS, Stephanos

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The Greeks The Dilemma of Past and Present
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ZOTOS, Stephanos
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a like dust jacket.

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