Baird John Lawrence (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First edition. 80 pp frontispiece of a Castle Liner and a few further half-tone illustrations. 8vo lacks folding map.

Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Two volumes, with first being text, and second containing 100 hand colored lithographs. Rebound, retaining original boards. Dark burgundy leather over spines, with gold lettering. Edges of original covers are worn. Scattered light wear and aging. Lightly inked name, date (1872), and notations in blank space near top of title page. Tissue guards between plates have been affixed, in three small points along outside edges, to the blank versos of the preceding plate. Many guards have torn and loosened, though this does not affect plate images. There is very light soiling affecting upper edge of first 25 plates, though remaining outside of borders. Images remain bright and clean. Due to size and weight, extra postage will be required for priority or international mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. 80 pages of text. Dark blue green hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear; protected in stiff custom archival mylar. Published on the occasion of the assembling in London of the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography of 1891, whom the Managers of the Castle Mail Packets Company ar eto have the honour of receiving to luncheon on board the South African Royal Mail Steamer "Drummond Castle." Contains a chapter on the South African Railway system. Illustrated with a frontis of a Castle Liner, a color map illustrating South Africa's distribution of rainfall in the year, and a large fold-out map at rear of text in color, measuring 16+1/4 (width) x 13" (height) by Ruddiman Johnston & Co, Limited; torn at fold with minor loss. Text is affected by foxing. Several stamps of Moses Buchanan of Glasgow, Ocean Passenger Immigration Office and Foreign shipping and insurance agent. Health and Medicine. Includes an appendix listing guide books, books of travel, etc. of interest that were deemed relevant and in print (various publishers). First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1005pp; contents unmarked; no library stamps. Weak front hinge; damaged spine; loose front endpapers. Large, heavy volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable.

Revised Draft script for the 28th episode of season one of the 1956-1959 television series, originally aired on April 5, 1957. Copy belonging to actor Johnny Crawford, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, and his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. A Mexican boy travels with his ailing mother across the border and arrives at a ranch house seeking help. After the mother dies, the ranch owners seek the assistance of a local priest in adopting the boy, but discover that he will be deported unless they can produce evidence of his US citizenship. Set in Cochise County, Arizona. Green titled wrappers, noted as REVISED on the front wrapper, dated Nov. 14, 1956. Title page present, dated Nov. 14, 1956, noted as REVISED, with credits for screenwriter Lawrence Resner. 44 leaves, with last page of text numbered 42. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 66 pages. Articles: Designs for Touring - Salt Water, Salubrity and Sin - Attractions of Mississippi's Gulf Coast - The Poor Man's Riviera; Strife Among the Roses - Rose Bowl Preview - with financial details; For Landings' Sake - a study of the causes of airline accidents; The Truth in Russian Eyes - an interview with the editor of Pravda; The People's Life Preservers - the FDA; Veni, Vidi Valli - Little lady Valli is Italy's gift to Hollywood; Facts and Figures - the last word in foundation garments (corsets, bras and girdles); Old Ties for Old - men can now swap unwanted gift neckwear; Here a City Died - a visit to Machu-Picchu - article with great color photos. Fiction: Cocktails at Blindman's Lake; This is the Night; Four Alarm; Oh, Lovely Land; Previous Date; The First Foot. Includes these nostalgic ads: Boris Karloff in a Tums ad; Pontiac cars; Talon Dresses (featuring wedding gown); "Night Song" movie (full-page); Spam; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring ballerina Kathryn Lee. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, January 3, 1948 Designs for Touring - Salt Water, Salubrity and Sin - Attractions of Mississippi's Gulf Coast - The Poor Man's Riviera; Strife Among the Roses - Rose Bowl Preview - with financial details; For Land. Illustrated by Mechling, John (cover photo); Burns, Paul C.; Darling,Gilbert; Blossom, Earl; Lofman, Jacob; Baumgartner, Warren; Shook, Euclid;Derujinsky; Kling, Wendell; (illustrator).…

Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, two volumes. Good condition. Bound in embossed pebbled light brown cloth, rebacked with spines preserved. Gilt to spine faded. The board hinges have been reinforced with tape and glue. Both volumes have the Explanation of Plates, pages vii to xii, included. Text - lvi, 1005 pages. Owners autographed bookplate is on the inside front cover. The front free end paper has a series of handwritten notes in pencil and ink from various time frames/owners. Text block has tanned edges with many of the pages showing foxing. Atlas - xii, 100 numbered plates. Owners autographed bookplate is on the inside front cover. The front free end paper has a series of handwritten notes in pencil and ink from various time frames/owners. text block has tanned edges. Plate XXXIX has tattered edges and is partially glued to Plate XV. Shelved in Room A Oversized. Sabin 2809: "Some portions of this work have also been issued separately: Birds of the United States and Mexican Boundary. Washington, 1859. 4to. 25 Colored Plates. Birds coll. on an explor. exped. from the Missouri to Utah lake. [Washington, 1859.] 4to. 7 Colored Plates. See also Gillis (J. M.)" 1414226. Special Collections - Upstairs. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1860. First edition. Atlas Volume Only. Quarto ( 11 1/2" x 9", 290mm x 225mm) With 100 lithpgraphic plates. Bound in purple cloth decorated in blind. Faded spine. Extremities worn. Head and tail of spine starting. Several chips to the hinges. Heavy foxing to the first text pages. Tissue guards. Plates bright. Bookplate, A. B. Farn, and tab, H. Reeks, Newfoundland, on the front pastedown. Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologoist, herpetologist, and museum curator. He was the first curator at the Smithsonian Institution. He later served as assistant secretary to the Smithsonian from 1850-1878, and secretary from 1878-1887. He dedicated himself to expanding the collection and wrote widely. John Cassin (1813-1869) was an American ornithologist. He worked as curator and vice president of the Pennsylvania Academy of Natural Sciences. He focused on building the collection of bird specimens, rather than working in the field. George Newbold Lawrence (1806-1895) was a businessman, author and amateur ornithologist. He conducted bird surveys and contributed to The Birds of North America. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second edition. ATLAS VOLUME ONLY. Quarto. Disbound. 100 lithographic plates on varying grades of paper; five of the plates are hand-colored. Some foxing which is largely confined to the margins, good or better.

2 vols. With an Atlas of 100 fine hand-colored plates. Folio, publisher's blind-embossed pebbled cloth. First edition. Volume I is lacking pp. vii-xvi, consisting of the "Explanation of Plates," which was never bound into this volume, but does appear in Vol. II of this set (pp. vii-xii); and "Systematic List of Illustrations (pp. xiii-xvi), which does not appear in this set at all. Bookplate in each volume; spines slightly sunned; minor use at corners; a beautiful set, the plates absolutely clean and bright.…

Hardcover. Saint Petersburg: S. E. Cassino, 1870. 2 volumes, bound in 3/4 green leather, marbled endpapers, TEG, raised bands, gilt lettering. 100 hand-colored plates with tissue guards, 1005pp. Small quarter-moon water stain on edge of preliminary pages in vol.1. Wear on the corners but not much on spine ends. No fraying. Evidence of sticker removal on spines, but no ex-lib markings inside. Scan available on request. Three-Quarter Leather. 4to.…

4to [29 x 23 cm]; 2 volumes, lvi, 1,005; vii pp, 100 fine hand-colored lithographed plates, index and tables in text volume. plate volume in contemporary half calf, spine gilt, front internal hinge re-enforced, spine foot with large chip, marbled edges; text volume in newer black cloth and light staining and foxing, plates clean and bright. The text volume is from the Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Volume IX, and was later reprinted verbatim as the text volume in Baird and Cassin's The Birds of North America, and is identical in all respects except for the title page. The text volume in this set is an actual Volume IX from the Pacific railroad set. Many of the plates were also first printed in the Pacific railroad set or in the US & Mexican Boundary Survey of 1859. About half of the plates were prepared for the present work. Nissen 62. Anker (Bird Books and Bird Art) 22: "All of the plates are said to have been carefully retouched with this edition in view; several of them were redrawn entirely from better and more characteristic specimens of the birds. . . the work was re-issued in 1870 in an almost unaltered form". Wood 217. Bennett 7: "This is the first separate and complete edition, being a reissue, retitled of Vol. 9, Pacific Railroad Reports, 1858". The plates are quite attractive, many of the birds shown with backgrounds, others perched on branches. Fine Bird Books 58. The 148 birds illustrated were unknown to Audubon. A picture of this book is available on request.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1922 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 44 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 36 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.09 inches. This item is printed on demand.

The sepia-toned gelatin silver photograph (image size 188 × 137 mm) is mounted on light-brown textured card, set within a slightly larger impressed area, with a single lead pencil line ruled around the edges of the print itself (we suggest to mask trifling amounts of excess glue). The mounted photograph is then tipped in to a plain folder made from a lighter grade of the same light-brown textured stock. The folder is a little worn along its hinge, lightly chipped along the rear leading edge, and a little bumped at the corners; the mount is lightly bumped at the corners; the photograph is in very fine condition, signed clearly in ink 'Stonehaven' in the bottom right-hand corner. Lord Stonehaven was Governor-General from October 1925 to October 1930. He is depicted, standing smartly dressed in Boy Scout uniform, in the garden at (presumably) his official residence, Admiralty House at Kirribilli, with the recently-commenced southern arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge unmistakenly making an impression in the rear. Arch construction began, from the south, in late October 1928; the limited progress shown in the photograph suggests it was taken in the early months of 1929. The photographer is not credited, but we would be surprised if May Moore was not on the short list of possibilities. New Zealand-born May Moore (1881-1931) emigrated to Australia in 1910 and opened her first studio the following year in Sydney. Working initially together with her sister Mina (who ran her own studio in Melbourne from 1916), her excellent portrait photography attracted a large clientele, especially among artistic circles. May in particular photographed many Sydney celebrities. 'They pioneered sepia tonings, bromide paper and limp mounting-boards. Illness forced her to retire about 1928, but she continued to paint landscapes' before her death from cancer on 10 June 1931 ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). However, even if the photographer's identity remains unknown, this superb image survives on its own merits as a fitting tribute to both parties involved. Signed by Author(s).…