Category: Animals & Nature

ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.2, November/Nov. 1943

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick : 1943

Seller ID: 018011

Condition: Very Good

Contains articles on flora introduced to the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the history of plum culture in New Brunswick, Part I of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, the golden-winged woodpecker, lead-zinc-silver ore in Reserve Brook, and more. Red wraps, pages 51-86, illustrated w/2 figures. Light general wear. Internally tight.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.4, November/Nov. 1944

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick : 1944

Seller ID: 018013

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains articles on the spread of the beech scale (an insect introduced into the Maritimes), a list of flora introduced into the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the birds found in a small area of Fredericton, N.B., the use of Fucus Vesiculosis and Fucus Nodosus as fertilizer, a Japanese beetle outbreak in Halifax, Part III of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, and more. Red wraps, pages 137-194, two in-text maps. Faded wraps, light general wear. Internally tight.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.5, May 1945

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick : 1945

Seller ID: 018014

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains articles on forest insects of Newfoundland, plutonic rocks of the Musquash area, wild plants as a source of carotene, skunk removal, repairing fractured deer bones, Part IV of a four-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, lepidoptera taken in-and-near Fredericton, the James S. Lord collection of birds' eggs, and more. Red wraps, pages 1-80, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 2 No.6, January/Jan. 1946

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick : 1946

Seller ID: 018015

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

Contains articles on the biological reconnaissance of ponds in the P.E.I. national park, green-gilled clams and bivalves on P.E.I., using flight traps in studying aphid movement, the rock vole in New Brunswick, Jefferson's salamander on P.E.I., and more. Contributors include M.W. Smith, C.J. Kerswill, R.P. Gorham, F.C. Hirtle, C.C. Smith, Blythe Hurst, and Herbert Habeeb. Red wraps, pages 81-122, illustrated. Faded wraps (although every copy of this issue I've ever seen has been the same colour, so perhaps it isn't really faded at all), light general wear. Internally tight.
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Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Horse Show Programme (Program), November 9th-17th, 1962

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Royal Winter Fair : 1962

Seller ID: 015722

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The programme for the 1962 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, held in Toronto. In addition to listing the times of events and the competitors, this contains an article on Arthur Godfrey and his horse Goldie, a fold-out detailing the 10 courses and jumps, messages from various dignitaries, information on the terminology of horse shows, a multitude of advertisements, and more. 212 pages (including indices), blank notes pages, copiously illustrated. Some edgewear, handling wear, 3/8" tear to top edge of back cover. Internally tight and clean, with no previous owner's markings. Uncommon.
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A History of Botany in West Virginia

By: Boone, Weldon

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Parsons, McClain Printing Company : 1965

Seller ID: 016084

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Boone gives "an account of the development of botany in West Virginia, with its beginning years before the State was formed and continuing up to the present." Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 196 pages (including index), illustrated.
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Image for THE INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS OF CANADA, 5 volumes: 1.) Part 2, The Bark Beetles of Canada and Alaska, Coleoptera: Scolytidae; 2.) Part 10, The Spittlebugs of Canada, Homoptera: Cercopidae; 3.) Part 11, The Genera of Larval Midges of Canada, Diptera: Chironomidae; 4.) Part 12, The Families and Subfamilies of Canadian Chalcidoid Wasps, Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea; and Part 13, The Carrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska, Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae

THE INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS OF CANADA, 5 volumes: 1.) Part 2, The Bark Beetles of Canada and Alaska, Coleoptera: Scolytidae; 2.) Part 10, The Spittlebugs of Canada, Homoptera: Cercopidae; 3.) Part 11, The Genera of Larval Midges of Canada, Diptera: Chironomidae; 4.) Part 12, The Families and Subfamilies of Canadian Chalcidoid Wasps, Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea; and Part 13, The Carrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska, Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae

By: Bright, Donald E.; Andrew K.G. Hamilton; Donald R. Oliver & Mary E. Roussel; Carl M. Yashimoto; Robert S. Anderso & Stewart B. Peck

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 019209

ISBN-13: 9780660013206

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A five-item lot from a series of 22 titles published by Agriculture Canada. Each volume offers bilingual identification keys, and some provide sections dealing with natural history, biology and tips on specimen collection and preservation. 241, 102, 263, 149, and 121 pages, respectively, each volume with indices and illustrations (mainly black and white, but with some colour). All five internally tight and clean, w/surface wear. Volume 10 has largish surface loss to bottom left corner of front cover.
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Goat-Keeping

By: Capstick, Margaret

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Rupert Hart-Davis : 1957

Seller ID: 012907

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

No. 13 in the publisher's Countryman Library series. Capstick "demonstrates how goats may profitably be kept, in large or small numbers, in spite of the steadily rising cost of traditional foodstuffs." She offers advice on housing, management, feeding, breeding, recording, and more. Red cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 109 pages (including index), illustrated. A bit cocked, edgewear, bumped/worn corners/spine ends, tanned/lightly soiled edges, bookseller's stamp to bottom edge of front end paper, short tears to fore-edges of several pages (text unaffected), in price-clipped dust jacket w/...
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Prehistoric Animals

By: Cox, Barry

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Bantam R6801 : 1971

Seller ID: 006964

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

A title from the Knowledge Through Color series, this one telling the story of prehistoric vertebrates. 159 pages (including index), illustrated. Rubbing, impressions, edgewear all around, thin scratches. internally tight.
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The Effect of Induced Arousal on Organization in Memory

By: Craft, Reginald D.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Printed : 1976

Seller ID: 019067

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Psychology." Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 76 pages (including appendices). Pages 53 through 55, 57 through 63, and 65 and 66 (folded charts) contained in three manila envelopes bound in at the appropriate spots in the text. Unused library card in pocket attached to front pastedown, moderate general wear.
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A BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF LAKE OPINICON, Progress Report

By: Curran, H. Wesley, with John Bardach, Robert I. Bowman, Herbert G. Lawler

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Kingston, Queen's University : 1947

Seller ID: 019212

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

48 pages, illustrated, one-page fold-out. Previous owner's name/course/date to top of title page. Uncommon.
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Spatial Memory in Pigeons

By: Earls, Christopher Earls

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Printed : 1977

Seller ID: 019112

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Psychology." Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 117 pages (including appendices) + vita. A bit of spotting to covers/edges, gently bumped corners/spine ends, mildly cocked, light tanning.
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ANNIE (Short for Hootenanny), A Thief's Best Friend is My Dog (signed insert)

By: Flick, Don

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, Flick Printing Limited : 1971

Seller ID: 012828

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

Flick writes lovingly about his dog. Flick has written "To Dalton Camp" on the Compliments of the Author card, and signed his name diagonally beneath it. Camp (September 11, 1920 -- March 18, 2002) was a political strategist who, as a journalist, politician, and commentator, was a decades-long influence in Canadian politics. 92 pages, illustrated. A bit cocked, reading crease, impressions/scratches, moderate general wear. Scarce.
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An Extension of Honig's Advance Key Procedure to the Investigation of Short Term Memory in Squirrel Monkeys

By: Forestell, Paul Henry

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Printed : 1976

Seller ID: 019047

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Psychology." Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 97 pages + vita, illustrated w/charts/graphs. Moderate general wear.
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Strategy and Tactics of Control of Migrant Pests

By: Gunn, D.L., and R.C. Rainey (organizers)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, The Royal Society : 1979

Seller ID: 013444

ISBN-13: 9780854031177

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"First published in 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London', series B, volume 287 (no. 1022), pages 245-488." Publishes the results of a two-day discussion meeting on the subject of controlling by various means a wide variety of insects and other pests, said discussions featuring a number of participants from many countries. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 240 pages (including postscripts), illustrated (frontispiece, 1 plate, 2 fold-outs, in-text maps and charts). Some scuffing to cloth, mild general wear, in lightly worn dust jacket.
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Birds Of The Atlantic Provinces

By: Hancock, David, and Woodford, James

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Don Mills, General Publishing : 1973

Seller ID: an.00003

ISBN-13: 9780773600263

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial boards, 68 pages (including index), illustrated w/colour and b&w photographs. Wear to corners and spine ends, small flower sticker to top right corner of title page.
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THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF, Living With Wildlife (inscribed & signed)

By: Lawrence, Joan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Peter Owen : 1989

Seller ID: 019123

ISBN-13: 9780720607635

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

In her late '60s, Lawrence "left her London flat for a remote coastguard's house in the north of Scotland," where she wrote this "very personal book, full of beguiling creatures and fresh insights." Gift inscription to previous owner, w/additional inscription by Lawrence, at bottom of front end paper. Interestingly, the non-authorial gift inscription is signed by "Cecil & Pat," the couple to whom the book is dedicated. Pine cloth w/gilt spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, 144 pages. Bumped corners/spine ends, diagonal/mainly horizontal impressions/creases across covers (since these mat...
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BRITISH KNAPWEEDS, A Study in Synthetic Taxonomy

By: Marsden-Jones, E.M., and W.B. Turrill

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, The Ray Society : 1954

Seller ID: 014268

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Ray Society volume No. 138, issued to members for the year 1952. Contains a general introduction to the subject, and chapters on taxonomic history, vegetative characters, wild populations, genetical experiments, compatibility/incompatibility, and much else. Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 201 pages (including glossary, indexes) + 27 plates (one of which is a colour frontispiece). A hint of wear to corners/spine ends, tanned edges, one turned corner, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/sun-darkened spine. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve.
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The Five Circles

By: May, Barbara

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Toronto, Thomas Allen : 1958

Seller ID: 019246

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

This one "tells the true story of Cilroy, a Canadian half-bred hunter, who accomplished what most of the world's greatest horsemen believed impossible, and in doing so helped bring a coveted award to Canada." May takes a bit of liberty with the story, telling it in the horse's voice. Yellow covers w/blue lettering to front cover/spine, 160 pages (including glossary). Gently bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, tanned/lightly soiled edges, a couple of turned corners, rust stains (from paper clips) to top of front pastedown/first end paper and, in varying degrees, to tops of several pages,...
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Positive Conditioned Suppression in the Hooded Rat

By: McCormack, Peter Ross

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Printed : 1975

Seller ID: 019132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Psychology" (good for Mr. McCormack on having his thesis accepted, but I'm wondering what that noted super-villain, the Hooded Rat, would think of it). Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 84 pages (including appendix, tables) + vita. Light soil to back cover, a faint stain to top of front end papers.
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A PRACTICAL CAT BOOK for Amateurs and Professionals

By: Mellen, Ida M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1939

Seller ID: 018601

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

A book "written for everyone who owns a cat and desires to understand it better and give it the most intelligent care," while covering "all cat breeds found in the United States," and detailing "everything about cats, their breeds, their care, their sicknesses, their foods -- including many important facts that have never been published before." Dark green cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 230 pages (including bibliography, index), illustrated. Bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, lightly soiled/stained/moderately covers, previous owner's name/animal hospital stamp to front en...
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GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN FOREST TREES, Genetic Basis and Application of Knowledge in Silviculture (signed)

By: Morgenstern, E. Kristian

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Vancouver, UBC Press / University of British Columbia : 1996

Seller ID: 017231

ISBN-13: 9780774805797

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

From the back cover: "Following a historical review, the author discusses population genetic theory and genetic systems of tree species and how these species interact with environments in the major climatic regions in the world. He then demonstrates how this knowledge is used to guide seed zoning and seed transfer in silviculture, basing much of his discussion on models developed in Scandinavia and North America. In the final chapter, the author addresses the issue of genetic conservation -- a subject of great concern in the face of accelerated forest destruction, industrial pollution, and cli...
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Never Cry Wolf

By: Mowat, Farley

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Toronto & Montreal, McClelland & Stewart : 1963

Seller ID: 018870

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

In 1948-49 Mowat spent some time in the Canadian subarctic, on the Dominion Wildlife Service's dime, observing wolves in an effort to determine if they were responsible for declining caribou populations (spoiler alert: Mowat claims that they weren't). His writing about this project has been both scorned and lauded. This copy comes with both dust jackets, the first state an amusing illustration featuring a wolf with its left leg around Mowat's shoulder in a friendly embrace, the second state featuring a somewhat blandly generic photograph of Mowat. Apparently someone at M&S didn't think muc...
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Protection of Animals in Italy

By: Philipp, Feliciano

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Rome, National Fascist Organization for the Protection of Animals : 1938

Seller ID: 017043

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Foreword by Giuseppe Orlando. Details Italian efforts to protect animals. Illustrated grey boards, 54 pages. Foxing/soil/smudging to covers, light internal soil, general wear.
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GOLDEN DICKY, The Story of a Canary and His Friends

By: Saunders, Marshall

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes : 1919

Seller ID: 019175

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

The author of the classic 'Beautiful Joe' presents another animal story, this one "the story of a valiant little canary and the other pets belonging to a delightful family of animal lovers." Juniper cloth w/tipped-on illustration (same illustration as dust jacket and frontispiece), gilt spine lettering, 280 pages. A bit cocked, moderately worn corners/spine ends, back cover cloth a bit scuffed, dusty/tanned/lightly soiled edges, previous owner's name/address to front end paper, in edgeworn dust jacket w/scrapes to folds, longish tears to folds, large chunks from top and bottom spine, creasin...
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RAILWAY ROMANCE and other essays

By: Scott, James

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton : 1913

Seller ID: 019135

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

No date (1913). A collection of 23 essays, divided into four sections: Railway Romance, Meanderings With Mother Nature, Stepping-Stones o'er Troubled Waters, and Threads through the Maze. Green cloth w/gilt lettering/rule to spine, 291 pages. Bumped/worn corners/spine ends, wear to spine edges, a bit of cover soil/wear, dusty/moderately soiled edges, tanning.
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The Mammals of New Brunswick

By: Squires, W. Austin

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Saint John, The New Brunswick Museum : 1968

Seller ID: 018630

Binding: Side-stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good

No. 5 in the museum's Monographic Series, being a classification by species of the various mammals found in New Brunswick, Canada. 57 pages (including bibliography, index), illustrated. Light scuffing, sunned edges at spine. Internally tight and clean.
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WINGS ALONG THE WINNIPEG, The Birds of the Pinawa -- Lac du Bonnet Region (inscribed and signed)

By: Taylor, Peter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba Naturalists Society : 1983

Seller ID: 010465

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

No. 2 in the publisher's Eco Series. In his preface the author states his aims as providing a) a useful reference work for local residents; b) a detailed guide for visiting birders, enabling them to observe as many species as possible; and c) assistance in the detection of future changes in bird distribution. 216 pages (including appendices, index), illustrated. Rubbing, impressions/scratches, mild dampstain to right edge of front cover, light soil, general wear. Internally tight.
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ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE BULLETIN, Volume 6 Number 2, White-tailed Deer of the Adirondacks

By: Townsend, M.T., M.W. Smith, Chas. J. Spiker

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Syracuse, Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station : 1933

Seller ID: 018338

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

General contents include "Preliminary Survey of the White-tailed Deer of the Adirondacks," and "Ecology of the White-tailed Deer in Summer with Special Reference to the Adirondacks," both by M.T. Townsend and M.W. Smith, as well "Some Late Winter and Early Spring Observations on the White-tailed Deer of the Adirondacks," by Chas. J. Spiker. 385 pages (including references), illustrated w/many photographs and two drawings, one in-text map, six fold-out maps at rear, cover illustration by Ernest Thompson Seton. Sunned covers, sun-darkened spine, edgewear, turned corners, previous owner's sticker...
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Las/The Forest/Der Wald

By: Wieliczko, Mieczyslaw (photography), Jacek Wozniakowski (foreword)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Bielsko-Biala, Buffi : 1997

Seller ID: 014976

ISBN-13: 9788390655413

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A collection of superior photographs detailing the stunning beauty of a variety of Polish forests and woodlands. This one weighs more than the average book, so depending on its ultimate destination, additional postage may be required. Spruce cloth, unpaginated. Bumped corners, moderate general wear, in rubbed/scuffed dust jacket w/moderate general wear.
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Category: Animals & Nature