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Published by Wayne State University Press, 1975
ISBN 10: 0814315488ISBN 13: 9780814315484
Seller: Ahab Books, Glencoe, CA, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.
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Published by Wayne State University Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0814315704ISBN 13: 9780814315705
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing.
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Published by Wayne State Univ., Detroit, 1976
Seller: Terra Firma Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Like new condition with dust jacket, 212pp., indexed.
Published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1975
Seller: Classic Book Shop, Royal Oak, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Schoenman, Theodore and Helen Benedek - Translators and Editors (illustrator). First Thus. dust jacket is price clipped.
Published by University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1986
ISBN 10: 0816509417ISBN 13: 9780816509416
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a very near fine (slightly sun faded along the spine) dust jacket.
Published by Wayne State University Press,, Detroit:, 1976
ISBN 10: 0814315704ISBN 13: 9780814315705
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Translated from the Hungarian and edited by Theodore Schoenman and Helen Benedek Schoenman. First edition thus. Very good in a very good (minor shelf wear) dust jacket.
Published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI, 1975
ISBN 10: 0814315488ISBN 13: 9780814315484
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good condition. First Edition.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1976
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. 212 pages, maps, illustrations, frontis, slight edge wear to jacket. Xantus came to America as a refuge from Hungary, where he had participated in the 1848 revolution. In the mid-1850's he traveled across America to california.
Published by Detroit:Wayne State University Press. 1975. Hardcover., 1975
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
North America 19th Century 1st. ed.not read or opened. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Published by Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1986. dj, 1986
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. Previously unpublished letters of this Hungarian immigrant who joined the US Army under an assumed name, a charlatan who managed to alienate most of the people he met, and yet one of the Smithsonian's most successful collectors of natural history specimens in the mid-19th century. From his station at Ft Tejon in California's Tehachapi Mountains, Xantus carried on a lengthy correspondence with Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, notes, index. 255 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.).
Published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1975
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Full Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Full cloth with copper lettering on spine. Jacket has mild shelf wear and one half inch closed tear to the back panel at the spine. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a GOOD PLUS jacket. John Xantus de Vesey (born János Xántus) (October 5, 1825 - December 13, 1894) was a Hungarian-born exile and American zoologist. Trained as a lawyer, John Xantus (the aristocratic title de Vesey was an affectation, of which he had several variations) served as an officer in the nationalist uprisings of 1848 in the Hungarian Army. He was captured and exiled to Prague, arrested again, and escaped to the United States via England. In the US he pursued a variety of occupations, including bookseller, druggist, teacher and, hospital steward in the US Army. In the army he met the surgeon Dr W.A. Hammond, who was a collector for the noted zoologist Spencer Fullerton Baird. Working under Hammond as an assistant surgeon, he soon developed an interest in natural history and became gifted collector himself. He managed to use the support of Baird and the soon to be Surgeon General Hammond, getting them to write letters of recommendation on his behalf. On the basis of these he was given a consular position in Mexico, a position he promptly lost after embarrassing the State Department by recognising a local rebelling war lord. Soon after this he returned to Hungary. For thirty years until his death in 1894 he served as the Director of the Zoological Garden of Budapest and as Curator of Ethnography at the National Museum, as well as undertaking collecting expeditions in Asia. In ornithology he is remembered as having given his name to the Xantus's Murrelet and Xantus's Hummingbird, he also left his name to several fish species. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Published by Detroit: Wayne University Press, 1976., 1976
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first printing. Originally published in the author's native Hungarian language in 1859. Illustrated with eighteen drawings and maps on b&w plates. The detailed account of the surveyor's experiences, observed cultures, Native Americans, working people, animals and plant life, and more in the 1850s while traveling through California, Baja California, Mexico, and in a caravan from Los Angeles via the Sierra Nevada to Fort Tejon. Fine and fresh in brown linen with bronze embossed titles to the spine, brown-and-yellow headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $12.95 price still intact to the front inner flap Octavo; 213 pages; index.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1859 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 10 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1859 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 8 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1975
ISBN 10: 0814315488ISBN 13: 9780814315484
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 198 pages, frontis, illustrations.
Published by Wayne State University, Detroit, 1976
Seller: O'Connell's Bookshop Est. 1957, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Originally published 1859. Couple of tiny closed edge tears on DJ. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide to check availaiblity etc. Size: 24 x 15cm.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop., Los Angeles., 1986
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 500 copies. Fine copy. 422 pps. Gilt decorated hard cover. Blue cloth.
Published by Dawsons Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1986
ISBN 10: 0870932489ISBN 13: 9780870932489
Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Inc., Kent, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Ann Zwinger (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed by Editor. Ltd to 500 copies. Signed by Zwinger Illustrator: Ann Zwinger. Quantity Available: 1. Category: California; Signed by Editor. ISBN: 0870932489. ISBN/EAN: 9780870932489. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 14655.
Published by Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1859
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Self titled cover; 8vo; 12pp; stapled twice, reinforced with binder's tape; not illustrated. Xantus, a Hungarian naturalist, was commissioned to collect and name many previously unrecognized animals and plants in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. Most notably, Xantus's hummingbird, "Hylocharis Xantusii" plus numerous lizards and plants were collected for the Smithsonian under the tutelage of Spencer Baird. This copy is in fair condition with edge tears and chips, general soiling to both covers and mild vertical fold. Most uncommon and seldom encountered.