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Sea Routes to the Gold FieldsBuild and Access the Collection – $250 This book is a reprint of the original, so many of the black-and-white images are fuzzy. Nevertheless, it is a very exciting read. Many people assume that the prospectors who participated in the California Gold Rush traveled there overland from the eastern states. But it was actually a worldwide...Read More |
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Secrets of Ancient GoldBuild and Access the Collection – $250 Published in 1989 by Trio, Secrets of Ancient Gold is a translation of Christiane Eluère’s Secrets de l’or Antique. Rich in color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations, Secrets is an accessible introduction which delves into the history of art created in gold, the artists who worked...Read More |
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Seedlings of Barro Colorado IslandBuild and Access the Collection – $300 One of the first comprehensive guides to juvenile plants in the American tropics, this book stands out as a rarity in botanical literature. Plant guides for tropical ecosystems are already scarce, but those dedicated to seedlings are even more exceptional. This work fills that gap with remarkable...Read More |
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Shrimps, Lobsters, and CrabsBuild and Access the Collection – $320 Many of us may think of Old Bay and/or butter when we think of shrimp, lobster, and crabs, but for the scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), these creatures are viewed as part of food webs, as ecological invaders, or as proxies for understanding ecosystem dynamics...Read More |
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Sonoran Desert SummerBuild and Access the Collection – $300 John Alcock is a behavioral ecologist and professor at Arizona State University. He writes in a very approachable style (similar to more popular and famous biologists like Stephen Jay Gould and E.O. Wilson) that splendidly reveals his passion and appreciation of desert life as a naturalist to...Read More |
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SpiralBuild and Access the Collection – $500 In the lead up to 1963’s March on Washington, several of the decade’s most prominent African American artists joined together in a collective called Spiral. Their efforts culminated in a two-day exhibition in June of 1965. This catalogue is the record of that exhibition; it features an illustrated...Read More |
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The Story of MetalsBuild and Access the Collection – $250 Searching for a book on the history of metals? Then look no further than John Wadsworth William Sullivan’s The Story of Metals. Published in 1951 by the American Society of Metals as part of the Series for Self-Education, The Story of Metals offers an accessible glimpse into the evolution of the...Read More |
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Svenska Lafvarnas FärghistoriaBuild and Access the Collection – $3,175 Johan Peter Westring (1753-1833), a Swedish physician and lichenologist, studied under Linnaeus at the University of Uppsala and continued his botanical interests while practicing as a medical doctor. This book of his explored lichens’ potential usefulness as dyes for textiles, and the hand-colored...Read More |
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Svenska SpindlarBuild and Access the Collection – $3,150 A member of the minor Swedish nobility, Clerck was a friend and correspondent of Linnaeus. He studied spiders, publishing his identifications and analyses in the present work along with observations on their behavior. In Swedish and Latin, it describes and illustrates 70 species and is a classic of...Read More |
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Synopsis Methodica Stirpium BritannicarumBuild and Access the Collection – $1,750 Englishman John Ray (1627-1705) is considered by many to be the greatest naturalist of his day, and his works in the fields of botany and zoology are classics of pre-Linnean classification. The Synopsis methodica stirpium brittannicarum, in particular, was the standard botanical authority for many...Read More |
