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Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 1332886302ISBN 13: 9781332886302
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. Excerpt from Alaska. About the Publisher, Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2010
ISBN 10: 1166485102ISBN 13: 9781166485108
Seller: ALLBOOKS1, Salisbury Plain, SA, Australia
Book
Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2009
ISBN 10: 1120199034ISBN 13: 9781120199034
Seller: ALLBOOKS1, Salisbury Plain, SA, Australia
Book
Published by Bussey Institution, Harvard University, 1924
Seller: Katsumi-san Co., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, originally the gift of Charles T. Brues, who is the author of several of the works in this collection; Wheeler's Panama guest-ant article has a few manuscript corrections; spine labels are black morocco leather with gilt lettering; binding has light wear and minor soil; spine is sunned; several margins have chip(s); tight, text clean. Includes: trumpeter in bumblebee colonies / plath -- misc. biological observations on bumblebees / plath -- winged females in ant genus leptogenys roger / wheeler -- do anesthetized bees lose their memory? / plath -- bee-eating proclivity of the skunk / plath -- ants of genera myopias and acanthoponera / wheeler -- triungulins of meloid beetle borne by xylocopa / brues -- notes on egg-eating habit of bumblebees / plath -- food plants in evolution of phytophagous insects / brues -- new england phoridae / brues -- phoridae from south africa; snow phorid / brues -- bumblebees and pollination of cultivated plants / plath -- animal life in thermal waters of yellowstone park / brues -- new species of phoridae / brues -- additions to phoridae of formosa / brues -- new guest ant from barro colorado island, panama / wheeler -- european corn borer in new england / barber -- termitaphididae / myers -- queen of army ant eciton hamatum / wheeler -- arachnocoris albomaculatus / myers -- leucospis / brues -- bremidae / plath -- birds destroying larvae of european corn borer in new england / barber -- trilobite larvae / mjoberg -- neotropical onycophora / brues -- pleuropodia of belostoma flumineum and ranatra fusca / hussey -- neotropical phoridae; japanese dohrniphora / brues -- cistelid beetle / brues -- arsenic in silkworm / campbell -- rhopalosomatidae / brues -- arsenic tolerance by insects / campbell -- how vishnu moth deposits eggs / mjoberg -- gabritschevsky on color varieties in volucella bombylans / keeler -- ethiopian braconidae / brues -- arsenic and instars of the silkworm / campbell -- actedium bembidion in north america / darlington -- arsenic and silkworm heart pulsations / campbell -- australasian cicadas, with notes on songs / j.g. and iris myers. Article nos. 240 and 253 were "omitted," according to the printed table of contents; article no. 263 (ants of the balearic islands, by wheeler, 6 p.) was omitted as well, although that is not indicated in the table of contents. This volume is most notable for its works by Sylvia Plath's father Otto. Huge, heavy volume. [otob: 50].
Published by William Doxey, San Francisco, 1894
Seller: Bucolusa Books, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. William Keith & Louise Mapes Keeler (illustrator). 1st Edition. Light brown buckram cloth over boards with double rule, title, depiction of ship at sea, and author on front cover in dark brown. Illustrated with five photogravures of paintings by William Keith and drawings by Louise Mapes Keeler. Sunning to spine and covers otherwise a near fine, tight, clean, copy. Harlan 16. 159 pgs.
Seller: N. Fagin Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
1901. Exploration. Doubleday, Page & Co. NY. Harriman Alaska Expedition with cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Very good to good+ original green cloth, good green dust jacket - dj has mottling from old exposure (?), 185- 383p.plus plates. Slight old wave to text, can send photos on request.
1901. Exploration. Doubleday, Page & Co. NY. Harriman Alaska Expedition with cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Very good to good+ original green cloth, good green dust jacket - dj has mottling from old exposure (?), 185- 383p.plus plates. Slight old wave to text, can send photos on request.
Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. John Burroughs, John Muir and George Bird Grinnell: Alaska : Harriman Alaska Expedition with Cooperation of Washington Acadamey of Science. Two volumes 1901 New York Doubleday Page and Company. Ex libarary copies with library notations. Vol 1. Narrative, Glaciers, Natives 183 pages : Vol 2 History, Geography, Resources 198 pages illustrated throughout with maps, plates and drawings some in color. d53 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.
Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, NY, 1901
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 383 pages, 4to. Volume II only: History, Geography, Resources. Very Scarce First Edition, c.1901. No DJ. Volume is of note for the 85 photogravure plates after Edward Curtis, C. Hart Merriam, and others. Also includes 5 maps and numerous text figures. The first editions of volumes one and two feature a large set of photogravures after Curtis, printed with a quality found in no later editions. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine, gilt decoration of seal and iceberg on front cover, gilt top page edge. Title page printed in black and red, with black and red vignette of Harriman Alaska Expedition banner and color frontis opposite. Shelfwear: moderate scuffing along cloth board edges, some light scuffs on cover boards. Tightly bound, no marks. All tissue guards are present. Volume is in Very Good condition.
Published by Doubleday, Page, & Company, New York, 1901
Seller: White Raven Books, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2 Volumes; Many tissued illustrations; Fresh green cloth, gilt spine titles, & gilt cover device, top edges gilt & others untrimmed; A good+ set of textblocks lacking 2 maps in front vol. 1, & with library marks on the title pages; Rebound in facsimile with new endpapers/pastedowns by John Buller of Bessenberg Bindery; 383 pages. Size: 7"x10".
Published by Doubleday, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1901
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. In 1899, wealthy railroad magnate Edward Harriman arranged for a maritime expedition to Alaska. Harriman brought with him an elite community of scientists, artists, photographers, and naturalists to explore and document the Alaskan coast. The Harriman Alaska expedition explored the coast of Alaska for two months, from Seattle to Siberia and back again. Two volume set. 39 chromo-lithographs, 85 photogravure plates, including 45 by Edward S. Curtis, 240 figures, 5 maps. Original gilt-stamped green cloth. No dustjackets. Vol 1, 183 pp; Vol 2, 383 pp. All pages, maps and illustrations present; all protected by tissue guards. Bit of shelf wear to the bottom edges of the text block. Two previous owners' book plates present in both volumes, Steve Fossett Collection of Adventure & Exploration, Ladies Library Association, Port Huron (Mi). No library stamps or any indication that the books were circulated. This is a beautiful first edition set of an important book in the history of travel and exploration and has an association with James Stephen "Steve" Fossett (April 22, 1944 ? September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and was best known for many world records, including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot.
Published by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO, NY, 1901
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
HARD BACK GREEN. Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: GOOD DJ. FIRST ED. Tall thick 8vo. xxxvii, [3], 183, [1]; [2], 185-383, [1] pp. Colour frontisps. both vols., 37 colour plates (some chromolithographs), 85 photogravure plates, 1 large folding colour map, numerous text illusts. & maps. Vol. III does not have a dj, and the hinge is somewhat loose. The dj's on Vol. I-II are cloth and the edges are slightly fraying, gold gilt on spines, deckled fore edges, rubbed extremeties. Vol. III is somewhat more worn than the other books. Vol I - Narratives, Glaciers, Natives with dustjacket Vol II - History, Geography, Resources with dustjacket Vol. III - Glaciers and Glaciation volume I, narrative of glaciers and natives, volume II, history, geography and resources, frontispieces in color, twelve color plates of landscapes, twenty-five color plates of birds, mammals, and flowers, eighty-five photogravure plates, 240 text figures, one sketch map, one color plate map, one color folding map, green cloth, gilt lettering with green dust wraps. Gravures of landscapes and native dwellings by the then studio photographer Edward Curtis DATE PUBLISHED: 1901 EDITION: FIRST ED.