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1 - Methyladenosine Hydrolase of Starfish (Pisaster ochraceous

By: TARR, H.L.A Journal Fisheries Research Board of Canada

Price: $15.00

Publisher: 1973,

Seller ID: 79923

TARR, H.L.A. 1-Methyladenosine Hydrolase of Starfish (Pisaster ochraceous).Offprint from Journal Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Vol. 30, No. 12, Pt. 1, 1973, pp. 1861-1866. 4to, stapled self-wraps. Very good. 15.00
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150 Years of Canadian Railroads. First Canadian Edition in dustjacket

By: FITZSIMONS, Bernard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Royce Publications, Toronto, 1984, ISBN:0774035366

Seller ID: 98690

FITZSIMONS, Bernard. 150 Years of Canadian Railroads. (Toronto): Royce Publications, (1984). First Canadian Edition. Pp (6),[7]-155,(5). Large 8vo [240 x 310 mm], maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "Behind the modern railways map of Canada, with its great transcontinental routes, its network of grain lines in the Prairies, its northern extensions tapping the mineral riches of Labrador and the Northwest Territories, lie 150 years of colourful and exciting history. The first short lines, built to bypass obstacles in the waterways that formed the natural routes of settlement, were followe...
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17 Doors to Prince Edward Island and a Window on Cathay. First Edition

By: MacINTYRE, Wendell

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Friends of St. Andrew's Press, 1983,

Seller ID: 101281

MacINTYRE, Wendell. 17 Doors to Prince Edward Island, and a Window on Cathay. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: "Published under the aegis of the Friends of St. Andrew's Press", Fall 1994. Printed by Kwik-Kopy Printing. First Printing. Pp (14),v-x,1-122,(2), including a photo-section in the early pages. 8vo, cream cardcovers, lettered in red to front and spine. A collection of piecesby MacIntyre, many of which had appeared as magazine articles. "Whither Go es Prince Edward Island?"; "Seaman's Beverages Limited: 1939-1994"; "Banking Comes to Prince Edward Island"; "An E...
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19th Century Journals & Paintings of William Pope. in dj

By: POPE, William) BARRETT, Harry B. BARRETT, Harry B LANSDOWNE, J. Fenwick

Price: $50.00

Publisher: M. F. Feheley, 1967,

Seller ID: 34613

(POPE, William) BARRETT, Harry B. The 19th Century Journals & Paintings of William Pope. Introduction and commentary by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Toronto:M. H. Feheley Ltd. (1967). Pp 175, with colour and black and white illustr ations. 4to, grey cloth. Vg in lightly rubbed dj (half-inch tear to front panel crease at flap). 50.00
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20 Favourite Birds of Nova Scotia. First Edition

By: TUFTS, Robie W.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Lancelot Press 1975, : 1975

Seller ID: 7195

TUFTS, Robie W. 20 Favourite Birds of Nova Scotia. Windsor, Nova Scotia : Lancelot Press, (1975). First Edition. Pp (6),7-47,(1). Illustrated in monochrome, one for each bird, most in b&w. 8vo (173 x 173 mm), stapled matte, textured art-illustrated white card covers. Robie Wilfrid Tufts (b. August 11, 1884, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - d. November 7, 1982). There is a b&w photo of him on the rear cover. Foreword. 1. Robin. 2. Tree Swallow. 3. Black-Capped Chickadee. 4. Yellow Warbler. 5. Song Sparrow. 6. Blue Jay. 7. White-Throated Sparrow. 8. Loon. 9. Herring Gull. 10. Canada ...
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A Dune Adrift: The Strange Origins and Curious History of Sable Island. First Edition in dust jacket, Signed.

By: DE VILLIERS, Marq and Sheila HIRTLE

Price: $75.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart : 2004

Seller ID: 85131

ISBN-13: 9780771026423

DE VILLIERS, Marq and Sheila HIRTLE. A Dune Adrift : The Strange Origins and Curious History of Sable Island. (Toronto, Ontario) : McClelland & Stewart, (2004). First Printing. "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp (12),1-276. Illustrated with [1] pp map to text. 8vo (161 x 235 mm), grey cloth, with metallic red lettering to spine. Marq de Villers, C.M. (b. October 22, 1940, Bloemfontein, South Africa). He and Sheila Hirtle were living near Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia at the time of publication. There is a b&w photo of them on the rear jacket flap. "Now, with A Dune Adrift, th...
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A Flora of the Marshes of California. First Edition

By: MASON, Herbert T.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1957, : 1957

Seller ID: 62375

MASON, Herbert L. A Flora of the Marshes of California . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1957. First Edition. Pp (6),v-viii,(2),1-878,(6). Illustrated with drawings throughout. Large 8vo (163 x 239 mm), decorated green cloth, with dark green lettering to spine. Herbert Louis, né Lewis Mason (b. January 3, 1896, Fond du Lac, Wisconson - d. March 26, 1994, Bellingham, Washington). An extensive and copiously illustrated volume detailing the various plant life found in California's marshes. Preface. Introduction. Taxonomy. With glossary and index. Head of...
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A la Mer : Des Abimes au Rivage Chasses et Pêches. Seventh Edition

By: EPRY, Ch CASSAS, M. RAPIN, M.H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Plon, Paris, 1922,

Seller ID: 27762

EPRY, Ch. A la Mer : Des Abimes au Rivage Chasses et Pêches. 198 dessins deM. Cassas et photographies de l'auteur; couverture de M.H. Rapin. Septième Édition. Paris : Plon, 1922. Pp 531. Ilustrated. 8vo, ilustrated wraps. Oc eanography and natural history of coastal France, Mediterranean and Atlantic. With delightful drawings by Cassas. Wraps chipped, slight foxing. Binding copy. 25.00
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A Little Thing I Tied Myself : Stories of Atlantic Canadian Fly Tiers. First Edition, Signed

By: MacLEAN, Don

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing : 2006

Seller ID: 70770

ISBN-13: 9781551095370

MacLEAN, Don. A Little Thing I Tied Myself : Stories of Atlantic Canadian Fly Tiers . (Halifax, NS) : Nimbus Publishing, (2006). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp (6),[1]-138, + 8 pages of colour photos of flies at rear. With 100 b&w photos as well as some other illustrations in the text. 8vo (158 x 222 mm), photo-illustrated glossy card covers, with black lettering to rear cover & spine, with black, red, & white lettering to front cover. .. Don MacLean (b. 1954) was living in Nova Scotia at the time of publication. There is a colour photo of him on the rear cover. .. ...
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A Naturalist's Notebook : Yarmouth County. First Edition

By: ALLEN, C.R.K.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited : 1987

Seller ID: 1558

ISBN-13: 9780920852767

ALLEN, C[harles].R.K. A Naturalist's Notebook : Yarmouth County. (Halifax, N.S.) : Nimbus Publishing Limited, (1987). First Edition. "Printing and Binding : Seaboard Printing". Pp (8),1-120. With some illustrations in the text. 8vo (139 x 215 mm), yellow matte, textured art-illustrated card covers, with green cursive-style lettering to spine. C.R.K. Allen = Charles 'Charlie' R. K. Allen (b.1907, Yarmouth - d. 1998) was living in Tusket at the time of publication. A guide through the seasons and habitats of Yarmouth County, illustrated by Kathy Kaulbach. "With a musician's ear, a...
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A Nature and Hiking Guide to Cape Breton's Cabot Trail. Second Printing

By: LAWLEY, David

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, 1997 : 1997

Seller ID: 42441

ISBN-13: 9781551091051

LAWLEY, David. A Nature and Hiking Guide to Cape Breton's Cabot Trail. (Halifax, NS) : Nimbus Publishing, (1997). Second Printing. "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp (10),i-iv,1-195,(3). Illustrated with drawings throughout. Maps. 8vo (134 x 228 mm), blue photo-illustrated glossy card covers with red lettering to spine. David Lawley (b. February 8, 1945, Vanport, Oregon – d. September 15, 2005, Margaree, Nova Scotia), after serving as a sailor in Vietnam with the US Navy, first went to British Columbia and eventually settled in Cape Breton. He became an interpretive naturalist, back co...
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A Preliminary Atlas of the Butterflies of New Brunswick. First Edition

By: THOMAS, Anthony W. Publications in Natural History, No. 11

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Saint John, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Museum : 1996

Seller ID: 115488

ISBN-13: 9780919326514

THOMAS, Anthony W. A Preliminary Atlas of the Butterflies of New Brunswick. (Saint John, New Brunswick) : New Brunswick Museum, 1996. First Edition. Pp 1-41,(3). Maps. Large 8vo (8½ x 11 inches), white stapled card covers, lettered in green. Publications in Natural History, No. 11. Anthony W. Thomas (b. 1942). "A checklist and distribution maps for the 77 species of butterflies known to complete their life-cycles in New Brunswick. Brief notes on the biology of each species are given. References to text books containing colour plates, more complete biological notes, and the N...
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A Sand County Almanc. First Edition in dust jacket

By: LEOPOLD, Aldo

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 1949

Seller ID: 116708

LEOPOLD, Aldo. The Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There. Illustrated by Charles W. Schwartz. New York : Oxford University Press, 1949. First Edition. "Printed in the United States of America". Pp (6),vii–xiii,3–226. 8vo (145 x 220 mm), mid-green cloth boards, with black lettering to front & spine, with birds on front. Aldo Leopold (b. January 11, 1887, Burlington, Iowa – d. April 21, 1948, Baraboo, Wisconsin) was an American author, philosopher, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best ...
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A Very Fine Class of Immigrants : Prince Edward Island's Scottish Pioneers, 1770-1850. First Edition

By: CAMPEY, Lucille H.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Natural Heritage Books, Toronto, 2001, : 2001

Seller ID: 49734

ISBN-13: 9781896219103

CAMPEY, Lucille H. "A Very Fine Class of Immigrants" : Prince Edward Island's Scottish Pioneers, 1770-1850. Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, (2001). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada by Hignell Printing Limited". Pp (),[ix]-xv,(5),[3]-184,(2). Illustrated with numerous 11 b&w photos, diagrams, tables, maps in text. 8vo (152 x 228 mm), art-illustrated glossy card covers, with yellow & blue lettering to green spine, with black lettering to rear cover. Lucille H. Campey (b. August 24, 1941 Ottawa) was living in Britain at the time of publication. There is a b&w photo of her on p...
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A Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America. First Edition thus in dustjacket

By: FRANCHERE, Gabriel

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Citadel Press, New York, 1969, : 1969

Seller ID: 106077

FRANCHÈRE, Gabriel. A Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. New York : The Citadel Press, (1968). Pp. (6),ix-liii,(3),3-318,(2) + 3 maps + 3 illustrations [including "View of the Falkland Isles" opp. p.22]. 8vo, black cloth, silver lettering to spine. A reprint of the Lakeside Classics edition of 1954. For Gabriel Franchère (b. November 3, 1786, Montreal - d. April 12, 1863 in St Paul, Minnesota) see DCB Volume 9. Milo Milton Quaife (b. October 6, 1880, Nashua, Iowa - d. 1959, Michigan) . "An early nineteenth-century journal of an astonishing voya...
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Above-ground Production of Marsh Cordgrass (Sartina alterniflora) Near the Northern End of Its Range

By: HATCHER, B.G. MANN, K.H. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Volume 32:1

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Dalhousie University, Halifax, 1975,

Seller ID: 69558

HATCHER, B.G.. Above-ground Production of Marsh Cordgrass (Sartina alterniflora) Near the Northern End of Its Range. Halifax: Dalhousie University, (1975). Pp. 83-87. Reprint from Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Volume 32, no. 1. Large 8vo, stapled green card covers. Vg. 5.00
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Abraham Trembley of Geneva, Scientist and Philosopher, 1710-1784. First Edition in dustjacket

By: BAKER, John R. TREMBLEY, Abraham

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1952,

Seller ID: 110442

BAKER, John R. Abraham Trembley of Geneva, Scientist and Philosopher, 1710-1784. London : Edward Arnold & Co., (1952). First Edition. Pp (6),vii-xix,(1),1-259,(1). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, red cloth, black lettering to spine."This is the first full-scale biography of Abraham Trembley of Geneva that has ever been published. It is strange that so little has been written abo ut him until now, for he must rank with the greatest discoverers in biology. Trembley's outlook was essentially dynamic. He was a student of processes, especially those of growth and reproduction, Hewas the first person t...
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Academic Bestiary. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: ARMOUR, Richard Darrow, Paul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, New York, 1974,

Seller ID: 2408

ARMOUR, Richard. The Academic Bestiary. Illustrated by Paul Darrow. New York : William Morrow & Co., 1974. First Printing. Pp (6),1-153,(1). 8vo. red cloth spine, beige paper-covered boards. A natural history of the strange species of Academe - The Full Professor, The Dissertation, The Tenure, The Activist, and many others. "Here is a highly original satire of colleges anduniversities in which wit, parody, and wild wordplay join with shrewd anal ysis and irreverent erudition. Writing of the strange land of Academe and its inhabitants, Armour twists Voltaire's famous words and finds this 't...
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Acadian Scientist : Published in the Interests of the Acadian Science Club.Vol. I, No. V, May, 1883.

By: PINEO, A.J. (ed.).

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Acadian Science Club, Wolfville, N.S., 1883,

Seller ID: 86609

PINEO, A.J. (ed.). The Acadian Scientist : Published in the Interests of the Acadian Science Club. Vol. I, No. V, May, 1883. Wolfville, N.S.: Acadian Science Club, 1883. Pp [1]-8. Double Column. 8vo, tan stitched wrappers. Contents : An Excursion to Blomidon (to be continued); Natural History Lessons; Floral Formulae (by A.H. McKay); Botanical Notes; Zoology; Notes; Literary Notices; Exchange Department. Centre portion detached, covers rubbed andnicked, creased, else good. As is. 125.00
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Acadiensis : Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region. Vol. 36, No. 2,Spring 2007

By: PARENTEAU, Bill (ed.). FRANK, David McNAIRN, Jeffrey L. HILLER, James K.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Department of History, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., 2007,

Seller ID: 93831

PARENTEAU, Bill (ed.). Acadiensis : Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region. Vol. XXXVI, No. 2, Spring 2007. Fredericton, N.B.: Department of History, University of New Brunswick, 2007. Pp [1]-154,(2). 8vo, blue and white card covers. Articles : David Frank's “Minto 1932: The Origins and Significance of a New Brunswick Labour Landmark”; Jeffrey L. McNairn's “Everything was new, yet familier"; British Travellers, Halifax and the Ambiguities of Empire”; Caroline-Isabelle Caron's “Se souvenir de l'Acadie d'antan : Représentation du passé historique dans le cadre de célébrations commémor...
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