Poole, Lynn & Gray. Fireflies. In Nature and the Laboratory. Photo available. New York. Thomas Y. Crowell. 1965. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Christine Sapieha. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 184472 |
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Pope, Willis T. Manual of Wayside Plants of Hawaii. Including Illustrations, Descriptions, Habits, Uses and Methods of Control of such Plants as have a Wild Nature of Growth, Exclusive of Ferns. Photo available. Rutland. Charles E. Tuttle. 1968. 289 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 195541 |
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Porcellino, Michael R. Through the Telescope. A Guide for the Amateur Astronomer. Photo available. Blue Ridge. TAB Books. 1989. 342 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (very light wear at spine tips) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 218758 |
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Porcellino, Michael. Through the Telescope. A Guide for the Amateur Astronomer. Photo available. New York. TAB. 1989. Octavo. Soft cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 134227 |
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Porter, Eliot. Vanishing Songbirds. The Sixth Order, Wood Warblers and other Passerine Birds. Photo available. Boston. Bulfinch. Little, Brown Co. 1996. 4to. Hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 172660 |
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Porter, Professor Roy. The Timechart History of Medicine. Tracing the History of Medical Practice from 10,000 BC to Modern Micro-Surgery. Photo available. Rickmansorth. The Timechart Company. 1999. Folio. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Folding plates. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 188473 |
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Porter, Roy (ed). Medicine. A History of Healing. Ancient Traditions to Modern Practices. Photo available. New York. Barnes & Noble. 1997. Folio. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 165206 |
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Porter, Stephen. The Great Plague. Photo available. Stroud. Sutton. 1999. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 171557 |
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Posin, Dr. Dan Q. Out of This World. Photo available. Chicago. Popular Mechanics Press. 1959. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 174442 |
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Pott, Percivall, F.R.S. The Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott, F.R.S. and Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Photo available. Birmingham. The Classics of Medicine Library. 1985 [1778]. Octavo. Full leather. Gilt decorated hard cover. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. First edition thus. Limited edition, number 1957. Related material laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Fine, beautiful copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 186312 |
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Potter, Jonathan. Collecting Antique Maps. An Introduction to the History of Cartography. Photo available. London. Jonathan Potter. 1999. 219 pps. 4to. Hardcover. 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: $30 |
Book ID: 198078 |
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Powell, J.H. Bring Out Your Dead. The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793. Photo available. New York. Time. 1965. Octavo. Soft cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 165378 |
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Powell, Jerry. California Insects. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1979. Octavo. Soft cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 188286 |
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Powledge, Fred. Water. The Nature, Uses and Future of Our Most Precious and Abused Resource. Photo available. New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1982. 423 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 110428 |
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Prater, S.H. The Book of Indian Animals. Photo available. Bombay. Bombay Natural History Society. 1980. 324 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 198334 |
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Pratt, Verna E. Wildflowers Along the Alaska Highway. A Roadside Guide. From - Dawson Creek, B.C. to - Delta Junction, AK and on to Fairbanks, AK. Photo available. Anchorage. AlaskaKrafts. 2002. 230 pps. Octavo. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 215045 |
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Presley, Bruce & Ted Deckel. A Beginner's Guide to Apple. Photo available. New York. Lawrenceville Press. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1984. Folio. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 201046 |
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Preston, James. The Association of American Geographers. The First Seventy-Five Years. 1904-1979. AAG. Photo available. np. np. 1978. 279 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $25 |
Book ID: 100137 |
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Preston-Mafham, Rod & Ken. Cacti. The Illustrated Dictionary. Photo available. Portland. Timber Press. 1997. 224 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 197095 |
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Preston-Mafham, Rod & Ken. Spiders of the World. Photo available. New York. Facts on File. 1988. 191 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. Reprint. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 222630 |
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Preston-Mafham, Rod and Ken. Primates of the World. Photo available. New York. Facts on File. 1992. 191 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. 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).
Price: $20 |
Book ID: 195680 |
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Price, Fred W. The Planet Observer's Handbook. Photo available. Cambridge. Cambridge University. 2000. 429 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new.
Price: $40 |
Book ID: 226452 |
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Price, Jonathan. Igneous Geology of Trans-Pecos Texas. Field Trip Guide and Research Articles. Photo available. Austin. University of Texas. 1986. 4to. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Errata slip laid in. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Price: $30 |
Book ID: 195371 |
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Prince, Jack. Comparative Anatomy of the Eye. Photo available. Springfield. Charles C. Tuttle. 1956. 419 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (names stamped on end paper) in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Price: $75 |
Book ID: 214609 |
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Pritikin, Roland. Essentials of Ophthalmology. Photo available. Durham. Moore Publishing Company. 1970. 561 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (small owner name on end paper) copy.
Price: $50 |
Book ID: 228262 |
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