Bauer, Bruce. The Sextant Handbook. Adjustment, Repair, Use and History. Photo available. Camden. International Marine. 1995. 189 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 219944

Bauer, Dr. Max. Precious Stones. 2 Volumes. A Popular Account of Their Characters, Occurrence, and Applications, With an Introduction to Their Determination, for Mineralogists, Lapidaries, Jewelers, Etc. With an Appendix on Pearls and Coral. And With New Appendices on Synthetic Gems and the Cultured Pearl. Photo available. New York. Dover. 1968. Octavos. Soft covers. First edition. Two volumes. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine set.

Price: $30	Book ID: 231590

Baumann, Mary, Stephen Hawking. What's Out There. Images from Here to the Edge of the Universe. Photo available. London. Duncan Baird. 2005. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Foreword by Stephen Hawking. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 159758

Baumann, Mary. What's Out There. Images from the Edge of the Universe. Photo available. London. Duncan Baird Publishers. 2005. 184 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.

Price: $50	Book ID: 232279

Baumgartner, Felix & Red Bull. Felix Baumgartner and Red Bull Stratos: A Mission to the Edge of Space. Photo available. np. Red Bull. nd. c. 2012. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Postcard laid in. Rare in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $250	Book ID: 210287

Baxter, William E. & David Hathcox. America's Care of the Mentally Ill. A Photographic History. Limited Edition. Photo available. Washington. American Psychiatric Assn. 1994. 156 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $45	Book ID: 226706

Baxter, William. Jewelry, Gem Cutting and Metalcraft. A Handbook for the Craftsman. Photo available. New York. Whittlesey House. 1950. Octavo. Hardcover. Revised edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 168782

Baxter, William. Jewelry, Gem Cutting and Metalcraft. A Handbook for the Craftsman. Photo available. New York. Whittlesey House. 1942. Octavo. Hardcover. Revised edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $20	Book ID: 175819

Beahan, Virginia and Laura McPhee. No Ordinary Land. In shrinkwrap. Encounters in a Changing Environment. Photo available. New York. Aperture. 1998. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in color and black & white by Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in shrinkwrap).

Price: $30	Book ID: 164939

Beasse, Pierre. A New and Rational Treatise of Dowsing. Photo available. Mokelumne Hill. Health Research. 1975. 214 pps. + ads. Octavo. Soft cover. Comb binding. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $50	Book ID: 231717

Beaton, Kendall. Enterprise in Oil. Photo available. New York. Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1957. 815 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $30	Book ID: 137599

Beaton, Kendall. Enterprise in Oil. A History of Shell in the United States. Photo available. New York. Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1957. 815 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. Remnants of dust jacket laid in.

Price: $25	Book ID: 176379

Beauchamp, Richard. The Bichon Frise Today. Photo available. Los Angeles. Rohman Publications. 1982. 200 pps. Folio. Comb binding. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (2 comb tines broken).

Price: $45	Book ID: 229089

Bechtel, Helmut et al. The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species. Photo available. Cambridge. The MIT Press. 1986. 444 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Revised edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 214690

Bedini, Silvio. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers. Photo available. Rancho Cordova. Landmark Enterprises. 1986. 189 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $50	Book ID: 228862

Beedy, Edward et al. Discovering Sierra Birds. Western Slope. Photo available. Yosemite. Yosemite Natural History Association. 1985. 229 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 222508

Beehler, Bruce et al. Birds of New Guinea. Photo available. Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1986. 296 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 221224

Beerbower, James R. Search for the Past. An Introduction to Paleontology. Photo available. Englewood Cliffs. Prentice-Hall. 1960. 562 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (rubbed, light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $25	Book ID: 220698

Behler, John. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. Photo available. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1979. Octavo. Hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Fine copy. As new.

Price: $20	Book ID: 152048

Behrens, David W. Pacific Coast Nudibranchs. Signed, limited edition. A Guide to the Opishobranchs of the Northeastern Pacific. Photo available. Los Osos. Sea Challengers. c. 1980. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Signed and numbered "#206" by the author. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $35	Book ID: 184076

Behrman, Howard. Common Skin Diseases. Diagnosis and Treatment. Photo available. New York. Grune & Stratton. 1978. 189 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Third edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.

Price: $40	Book ID: 228043

Bell, Jim. Postcards from Mars. The First Photographer on the Red Planet. Photo available. London. Plume. 2010. 196 pps. 4to. Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color, folding plates. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $30	Book ID: 215263

Bell, Jim. Postcards from Mars. The First Photographer on the Red Planet. Photo available. New York. Dutton. 2006. 196 pps. Folio. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated in black, white and color, folding plates. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $75	Book ID: 227350

Bellairs, A. Morphology and Biology of Reptiles. Photo available. London. The Linnean Society. Academic Press. 1976. 290 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (small name on end paper) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).

Price: $85	Book ID: 235305

Bellamy, L.J. The Infra-Red Spectra of Complex Molecules. Photo available. London. Methuen & Co. 1954. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Price: $25	Book ID: 159815