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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books

Title: A Treatise on the Artificial Propagation of Certain Kinds of Fish ....
Author: Garlick, Theodatus
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Good with some modest chipping to the cloth and moderate foxing.
Description: Cleveland: Tho. Brown ... Ohio Farmer Office, 1857. First Edition.. Original publisher's blind stamped cloth.. Good with some modest chipping to the cloth and moderate foxing.. 8vo, 142, [2 - adverts] pp. + 4 lithographic plates on tinted paper and text illustrations throughout. Garlick worked as a stone mason and blacksmith to support himself and eventually study medicine to become a surgeon. He was noted for his particular skill in nascent the field of plastic surgery (!). He also manufactured surgical tools specifically designed for his operations. The book offered here was based on years of experimentation. It is the first book in the USA on aquaculture, utilizing American species. The binding design has a large blind stamped impression of a large mouth or black bass on the front cover (did the author manufacture the plates for impressing it?). DAB VII, 152-153; Tucher, Natural Hist., #288.

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Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co.

Title: The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales.
Author: Bullen, Frank T.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: First American,
Description: New York: D. Appleton, 1899. First American, "Authorized" edition of a classic whaling novel which takes second place only to "Moby Dick." Like Melville, Bullen, drew on his own experience, having shipped on the "Splendid" of New Bedford on a whaling trip to the South Pacific. Jenkins, p. 85. Forster 329. Very good condition in publisher's illustrated cloth binding.. 20 cm., 379 pp. b/w plates, ills., map.

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Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc.

Title: A Passion For Chocolate - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Allardice, Pamela
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN: 9780207185953
Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description: Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0207185956 . A very handsome first printing of this True first edition in Near Fine/Fine condition; remainder-marked. A most beautiful collectible for the chocolate lover; "How to turn your love affair with chocolate into a lasting relationship. From Raspberry Fantasy to A Slice of Heaven, and from Featherlight Gateau to The Ultimate Hot Chocolate, chocolate in all its forms is presented in this gorgeous book. " (from the dust-jacket); 8vo; FSA .