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COMING OF AGE: AMERICAN ART 1850S TO 1950S
Written by William C. Agee; Susan C. Faxon.
Stock no. 1814273
Published by The American Federation of Arts; Yale University Press. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Addison Gallery of American Art, Massachusetts. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 136 pages. ISBN: 1885444338.

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SOUTH CAROLINA BIRD LIFE
Written by Alexander Sprunt; E. Burnham Chamberlain. Illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques; John Henry Dick; Roger Tory Peterson; et al..
Stock no. 2118321
Published by University of South Carolina Press. 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream +cloth boards, gilt titles. Revised edition with a supplement. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0872491234. Tape marks to endpapers. Browning to some pages. Wrapper is unevenly browned/faded with some grubby marks; tear hole to rear panel.

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THE AUDUBON SOCIETY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS
Written by John K. Terres.
Stock no. 1607455
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st thus 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pale cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. 1109 pages. ISBN: 0394466519. Spine and corners bumped. Wrapper edge creased.

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THE BIRDS OF INDIANA
Written by Russell E. Mumford; Charles E. Keller. Illustrated by William Zimmerman.
Stock no. 1811191
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A celebration of birds that live in the heartland of America. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and pictorial onlay of Northern Cardinals to front. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. xviii and 376 pages including index. ISBN: 0253107369. Tape marks to endpapers else contents fine. Dustwrapper is possibly lightly faded to spine.

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OKLAHOMA BIRD LIFE
Written by Frederick M. Baumgartner; A. Marguerite Baumgartner. Illustrated by Wallace Hughes.
Stock no. 1811187
Published by University of Oklahoma Press. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From water birds to birds of prey to the complex order of perching birds, Oklahoma is remarkable for the variety and extent of its bird life. Large format. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos and colour plates. xxxv and 443 pages including index. ISBN: 0806117923. Corners lightly bumped, contents fine. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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KENTUCKY BIRDS A FINDING GUIDE
Written by Roger W. Barbour; Clell T. Peterson; Delbert Rust; Herbert E. Shadowden; A.L. Whitt.
Stock no. 1811083
Published by University Press of Kentucky. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete guide to Kentucky birds containing a description of every species - 321 in all - that has been reliably recorded within the state. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0813112818. Browning to endpapers. Light browning to top edge of text block. Else contents fine. White dustwrapper is faded at spine (title has faded from green to blue) and is a little scuffed.

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CURRIER & IVES PRINTMAKERS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Written by Harry T. Peters.
Stock no. 1606049
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co Inc.. 1942. Very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth boards, onlay to front. Colour and sepia illustrations. Covers foxed and browned, especially to spine which is also bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to outer page edges.

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SOME TRAINS IN AMERICA
Written by Andrew Crosse.
Stock no. 1809449
Published by Prestel. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Short, wide, oblong format. Celebrating the imagery and myth of the railroad. White boards, brown title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 3791326791. Edges of boards rubbed. One or two minor marks to endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with a 0.5" closed tear (no loss) to top front and rear edge.

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ELIEL SAARINEN: FINNISH-AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND EDUCATOR
Written by Albert Christ-Janer.
Stock no. 1809327
Published by University of Chicago Press. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Revised Edition. A biography. Large format. Grey cloth boards with grey titles. B/w photos and illustrations. xviii and 169 pages. ISBN: 0226104648. Light rubbing to spine and corners. Boards clean. Contents fine.

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SOME VEGETATION TYPES OF TROPICAL AUSTRALIA IN RELATION TO THOSE OF AFRICA & AMERICA
Written by J.S. Beard.
Stock no. 1809078
1967. Slightly better than very good condition.

Journal of Ecology 1967. Blue cardwraps. Pages 271-290. B/w photos. Light creasing to covers. Contents fine.

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UNIFORMS OF THE ARMY
Written by Robert H. Rankin.
Stock no. 1807731
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fascinating story of what American soldiers have worn from the Revolution to the present day. The How and the Why. Blue pictorial cloth boards. Library binding. 126 pages including index. Colour & b/w illustrations. Corners rubbed and bumped. Large relevant cut-out neatly stuck to front endpaper. Contents clean.Pictorial wrapper is rubbed at corners and edge-worn, scuffed and chipped.

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RAILROADS IN THE U.S.A.
No author listed.
Stock no. 1604590
Published by Organisation For Economic Co-Operation. 1952. Good condition.

Card wraps. technical Assistance Mission No. 14. Report by a group of European experts. 445 pages. Covers scuffed at edges with some surface damage. Old tapemarks to endpapers, name in ink to title page. Some foxing. Contents generally very good.

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