The Quadrupeds of North America
John James Audubon & John Bachman
Rare first octavo edition of Audubon’s Quadrupeds, illustrated with 155 magnificent hand-colored lithographic plates, in handsome publisher's morocco. $20,500. | More...
The Rose Garden
William Paul
Later revised and expanded edition of this popular compendium of hints on the cultivation of roses by nurseryman William Paul, with 20 lovely full-page color lithographic flower plates by Walter Hood Fitch, 16 additional full-page wood-engravings of roses and 80 in-text garden diagrams and illustrations of technique. $1800. | More...
The Dog Book
James D. Watson
First edition of this highly detailed treatment of canines by variety, "as distinct members of the large and wonderfully differing family of the dog," illustrated by numerous photographs, paintings, and rare engravings. Two volumes handsomely bound. $1685. | More...
American Herbal, or Materia Medica
Samuel Stearns
First edition of the first American herbal, in original boards. $7200. | More...
Monograph of the Pittidae [Tropical Birds]
John Gould
First edition of this lovely Gould monograph, with ten beautiful hand-colored plates, in original printed boards as issued. $22,000. | More...
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
First edition of Rachel Carson's pioneering work in environmental pollution, a lovely copy in the original dust jacket. $750. | More...
The Expression of the Emotions
Charles Darwin
First edition, second issue, of the volume that founded the study of ethology—the only one of Darwin’s books to be illustrated with photographic plates—a pioneering innovation as the first book to use the heliotype photographic process. $1600. | More...
Visions of Caliban. On Chimpanzees and People
Inscribed by Jane Goodall
First edition of co-authors Goodall and Peterson's "urgent manifesto of environmental activism," inscribed on the half title by Goodall, "For B— & N— With my best wishes Jane Goodall," with 14 pages of illustrations, a fine copy in the original dust jacket. $450. | More...
