New York: E. P. Dutton [1979], 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xxiv, [2], 3-198, [2] pp. Quarter white cloth over green paper boards with green lettering on the spine. Price of $9.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 013b. A Near Fine book slightly askew in a...... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company [1968], 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xiv, [2], 1-269, [3] pp. Brown cloth with white and brown lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Dust jacket design and in-text drawings by Peter Parnall. Ahearn APG 004b..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company [1988], 1988. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], xi-xii, [2], 225, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over red paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $17.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by a frontispiece and a couple in-text illustrations. Ahearn 020b..... More
Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [6], vii-xii, 1-159, [1], [5] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [1] pp. Green cloth with gold and black decorations and gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $1 on the front flap of the dust jacket..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xxi, [4], 2-364, [2] pp. Half contemporary calf over marbled boards with the spine in six compartments, gold decorations and a red morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound without the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 1-250 pp. Green cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With a color frontispiece and with 142 additional illustrations, on several plates throughout the book..... More
n.p. [C.E. Thomas] [1906], 1906. First edition thus. Hardcover. 4to. [2], 7-464 pp. Red publisher's cloth with gold and black lettering, a black decoration (the Grim Reaper) and a black and white inset photograph on the front board, black lettering and a black decoration on the spine. Illustrated with a...... More
New York: Rinehart & Company [1949], 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [16], 7-592, [4] pp. Grey cloth with the series seal in blind on the front board, gold lettering blocked in blue on the spine; grey topstain. Title page printed in black and blue. Illustrated with several maps, and in-text..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x-xvi, [4] 3-190 pp. Quarter pink cloth over purple paper boards with gold lettering on the front board. Beige endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $21.95 on the front flap. Most of the gold lettering on the spine rubbed away, else..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin/ Seymour Lawrence, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 2-162, [2] pp. Quarter white cloth over grey paper boards with orange lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $18.95 on front flap of jacket. With a few in-text illustrations. More
New York: Rinehart & Co., Inc. [1952], 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [18], 5-239, [3] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering blocked in grey on the spine; grey topstain. Title page in yellow and black. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with full-page drawings..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1972], 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xvii, [5], 1-294, [4] pp. Yellow cloth with gold lettering blocked in orange on the spine, orange lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Winston Potter..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-x, [2], 1-369, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and a gilt decoration on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with a design on..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. [1943], 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-x, [4], 3-324 pp. White cloth with gold lettering blocked in blue on the spine; light blue topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Title page in blue and black, illustrated. Blue..... More
n.p. Published exclusively for The Interstate Company, n.d. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. 29.5 c.m. x 23.5 c.m. [3], a full-page map, [25] plates. Tan wrappers printed in black and gold with a color illustration inset on the front, decorations in gold and black. Staple-bound with ties. Price of $1.50 on the..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated [1941], 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xi, [5], 3-285, [1] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering blocked in red on the spine; brown topstain. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. With full-page and in-text illustrations in black and white done by Andrew Wyeth. Part of..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated [1939], 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xii, [2], 3-434, [18] pp. Blue cloth with the series device stamped on the front board, gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; light blue topstain. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $2.50 on the front..... More
New York: Rinehart & Co. [1955], 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xiii, [3], 3-493, [5] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; blue topstain. Title page in blue and black. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with double-page..... More
[Lexington, Kentucky]: The University Press of Kentucky [1992], 1992. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-458 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with in-text and full-page designs by John A. Spelman III. The Bicentennial edition with a new chapter by the author. Part of the Rivers of..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated [1942], 1942. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-x, [2], 3-431, [7] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering blocked in brown on the spine; green topstain. Green illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Title page printed in green and black. Illustrated with double-page and full-page images by..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1963), 1963. Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [15], 6-338, [4] pp. Tan cloth with silver and grey lettering (silver lettering blocked grey on the spine). Price of $6.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with full-page drawings by Douglas Gorsline. Part of..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated [1937], 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-x, [2], 3-292 pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; grey topstain. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Title page in blue and black. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc. [1951], 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [18], 5-402 pp. Yellow cloth with gold lettering blocked in maroon and with maroon lettering on the spine; brown topstain. Title page done in red and black. Price of $4.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-x, 1-188, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with several in-text and a few full-page black and white photographs, mostly of plants. With a contemporary name on the front..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated [1939], 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 3-294, [14] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; light blue topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Title page in yellow and black, illustrated. Blue illustrated..... More