Storia naturale

SOUND AS A DIRECTING INFLUENCE IN THE MOVEMENTS OF FISHES

PARKER, G. H. · 1912 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Washington, DC Government Printing Office pp. 99 to 104. 8vo. Worn stapled pamphlet, partially detached & very edge-worn: good. An offprint from The Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, vol. XXX, 1910. wrappers

[TWO WARTIME GOVERNMENT PAMPHLETS ON TOMATO PRODUCTION]

1940 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Ottawa, ON 8vo. Both pamphlets show some wear and light soiling, but are intact and perfectly readable. The two titles are: 'Tomato Diseases', by G. H. Berkeley and J. K. Richardson; and 'Tomato Culture', by the Agricultural Services Board. black-&-white illustrations

TROPICAL SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA: SOME NEGLECTED ASPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS

CRIST, Raymond E. · 1964 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Washington, DC Smithsonian Institution 8vo. Very good condition in original stapled card covers. An offprint from the Smithsonian Report for 1963, pages 503-519 (with 8 plates). Univ. of Manitoba rubber stamps to front cover. black-and-white photographs

LIME IN AGRICULTURE

SHUTT, Frank T. · 1922 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Ottawa Minister of Agriculture revised ed pp. 14. 8vo. Pamphlet - a bit soiled & edge-worn; else vg condition. Inserted in loose is a two-page printed article on NITRATE OF SODA Irs Nature and Use in Agriculture. wrappers

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON MANURES. From the Recent Publications of the British Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1851 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$39.59 (€25.18 | $27.76 | £21.01 | ¥4,431)

Philadelphia, PA E. S. Jones & Co pp. x, 204. 12mo. Bound in original ribbed brown cloth, blocked in blind, Cloth shows light scuffing and shelf wear, Contents foxed, but tightly bound. A good, to good plus, copy.

The Animals Among Us; How Pets Make Us Human

Bradshaw, John · 2017 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$19.47 (€12.39 | $13.65 | £10.33 | ¥2,179)

New York Basic Books pp. xiv, 366. 8vo. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good, rubbed dustjacket.

Gardening With Hardy Heathers

Small, David; Ella May T. Wulff · 2008 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$21.72 (€13.82 | $15.23 | £11.53 | ¥2,431)

Portland Timber Press pp. 296. 4to. Colour photographs. Light shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket.

The Living Stones of Marakech; Penultimate Reflections in Natural History

Gould, Stephen Jay · 2000 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$14.45 (€9.19 | $10.13 | £7.67 | ¥1,617)

New York Three Rivers Press pp. 371. 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear, previous owner's name to inside front cover; very good.

Food

Clapp, Jennifer · 2012 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$14.45 (€9.19 | $10.13 | £7.67 | ¥1,617)

Cambridge Polity pp. 218. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good.

Mémoires sur divers Sujets De L'Histoire Naturelle Des Insectes, De Géographie Ancienne et de Chronologie

Latreille, M. · 1819 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$144.45 (€91.89 | $101.28 | £76.66 | ¥16,168)

Paris Deterville pp. viii, 264. Dark brown cloth spine, marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Speckled page edges and marbled endpapers. Some scuffing to boards, some rippling to pages; very good-. Text in French.

The Great Displacement; Climate Change and the Next American Migration

Bittle, Jake · 2024 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$15.94 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

New York Simon & Schuster pp. xix, 347. 8vo. Covers bowed, ink name to dedication page; very good.

Underbug; An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology

Margonelli, Lisa; Thomas Shahan [ills.] · 2018 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$19.47 (€12.39 | $13.65 | £10.33 | ¥2,179)

New York Farrar, Straus & Giroux pp. 303. 8vo. Illustrations by Thomas Shahan. Bump to foot of spine; very good in very good+ dustjacket.

The Insect Societies

Wilson, Edward O. · 1974 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$36.17 (€23.01 | $25.36 | £19.20 | ¥4,048)

Cambridge The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Third Printing pp. 548. 4to. Replete with duotone and black line illustrations. General shelfwear and creasing to covers, sunning and crack to spine, rubber stamps and ink lettering to half title page; good+.

A Field Guide to the Butterflies: North America east of the Great Plains; The Peterson Field Guide Series

Klots, Alexander B. ; Marjorie Statham [illust.]; Florence Longworth [photo.] · 1979 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$15.94 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

Boston Houghton Mifflin Co pp. xvi, 349. 8vo. Illustrations in colour, with b&w photographs and illustrations. Covers thumbed, discolouration to extremities and page edges; very good-.

Field Guide to the Butterflies of North America East of the Great Plains

Klots, Alexander Barrett · 1973 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$15.94 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

Boston Houghton Mifflin Company pp. xvi, 349. 8vo. Map, photographs, and illustrations. Covers rubbed and discoloured, sticker to rear cover, internally clean and unmarked; very good-.

Eighteenth-Century Naturalists of Hudson Bay

Houston, Stuart, Tim Ball and Mary Houston · 2003 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$43.34 (€27.57 | $30.39 | £23.00 | ¥4,851)

Montreal McGill-Queen's University Press pp. 333. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket.

Butterflies of the World

Klots, Alexander B. · 1976 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$14.45 (€9.19 | $10.13 | £7.67 | ¥1,617)

Toronto Ridge Press Books pp. 159. 12mo. Light shelfwear and age toning, some discoloured spotting/foxing to first and last pages; very good-.

Taylor's Guide to Ground Covers, Vines and Grasses

Dewolf, Gordon P. (ed.) · 1987 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$15.94 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

Houghton Mifflin pp. 495. 8vo. "A complete guide to gardening with ground covers, fully illustrated with 454 colour photographs". Light shelfwear and rubbing, some discolouration to spine; very good-. Based on Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening.

Butterflies of Alberta

Acorn, John · 1993 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$15.94 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

Edmonton, AB Lone Pine Publishing pp. 143. 8vo. Colour photographs & b&w illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good+.

Rolf in the Woods

Seton, Ernest Thompson · 1911 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$21.72 (€13.82 | $15.23 | £11.53 | ¥2,431)

New York Grosset & Dunlap pp. 436. 8vo. Bound in lime green cloth. Illustrated by author. Light shelfwear, slant to spine, slight smoky odour. Dustjacket age toned and with nicking to edges, protected in plastic brodart sleeve; very good in very good- dustjacket.