SOME INTERESTING NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIBLES, 2008
BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS - Large supply of all books published about John J. Audubon, Mark Catesby, Alexander Wilson. List on request.
PLATE 4 - GREAT CROW BLACKBIRD (Male and Female) - First Audubon image ever published, Alexander Wilson, octavo edition, 1823, hand-colored copper plate engraving. Drawn by Audubon and A. Rider, engraved by W. H. Lizars. $150
GEORGE CATLIN - Illustrations of the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians: by the author, two volumes, 1841 (but circa 1892-94), 313 hand-finished color plates, publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered gilt. $3,200
ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY by John J. Audubon, 1972 Abbeville press Edition, 5 volumes beautifully bound in green morocco, gilt lettering, accompanied by reprint of Fries Double Elephant Folio and volume of commentary on the 435 bird plates by Roger Tory Peterson. $950
ORIGINAL ART - Hand-colored original watercolor by Todd Telander, noted wildlife artist, of Ivory-bill Woodpecker, life-size, 18 x 22 inches, framed. This art work used to decorate stamps issued by the American Bird Conservatory. Sheet of stamps accompanies painting. $1,250
TWO EARLY AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS with articles on Audubon, The New Yorker, March 3, 1838, reprinted an article from the Boston Morning Post, and Gleason's Pictorial Boston, dated may 6, 1854, front page article and lithograph of likeness of Audubon, commemorating his birth. $125
JOHN J. AUDUBON - THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, Vol. IV, Second Edition, 1856, morocco leather binding, 70 hand-colored plates, boxed, light foxing in text of Vol. I, plates clean. Includes hummingbirds, jays, woodpeckers, parrot, others. $6,500
A GUIDE TO AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA, 1 volume, blue cloth, by Susanne M. Low. Describes all 435 plates and variants plus Bien Edition. $75
ORIGINAL PAINTINGS FOR J. J. AUDUBON'S THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, 2 volumes, brown cloth, boxed, 1966. $125
TWO VERY SCARCE BOOKS about John Bachman, Audubon's friend and collaborator: John Bachman - Letters and Memories of His Life, green cloth, 1888, Charleston, SC, edited by Rev. John Bachman Haskell, 436 pages. $350; The Christopher Happoldt Journal, blue cloth, 1960, Charleston, SC museum, edited by Claude Neuffer, reports on his European tour with the Rev. John Bachman (1838), 214 pages. $200
KARL BODMER - A Skin Lodge of an Assinboin Chief. Hand-colored copper plate engraving from Travels in the Interior of North America 1839-43, 8 x 11 inches, repaired tear, framed to museum standards. $250
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY by Alexander Wilson, Vol. 9, 1814, Philadelphia, PA, small folio. Issued by George Ord after Wilson's death. Biographical sketch of Wilson , Complete Index to 9-volume work, List of Subscribers, Plates 73-76, water birds, vultures and Great-footed Hawk, 133 pages. $2,300
RESTRIKE OF AUDUBON PLATE 64, SWAMP SPARROW - In 1968 the New York Botanical Garden issued two restrikes, the Swamp Sparrow and Plate 194, Hudson Bay Titmouse. Only 300 copies of each image were issued. They measure 23 x 30 inches and have a deep plate mark from the original copper plate. Hand colored, French mat, ready to frame. A scarce collector's item. $375
AUDUBON'S GREAT NATIONAL WORK, Ron Tyler, 1993, scarce work which gives the most complete account of the execution of Audubon's "miniature" Birds of America, the Royal Octavo Edition of 1840-44. $350
AN AUDUBON CONCORDANCE by Nancy and Robert Braun. A migration through the plate numbers for all editions, identifies plate numbers and birds' names. Printed in paperback in 1999 by the American Historical Print Collectors Society. A must for Audubon collectors. $25
GREAT BLUE HERON/SNOWY HERON/OSPREY. Full-size facsimiles of Audubon's drawings as published by M. Bernard Loates. Multi-colored lithographs using up to 53 colors, acid-free watermarked paper. $350 each
AUDUBON, WRITINGS AND DRAWINGS, 1999, Library of America, hard cover, some color plates, 942 pages, text from Ornithological Biography, letters, etc. $65
THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA, Volume 1, uncut, 1846, text by John J. Audubon and John Bachman for folio plates 1-50. $375
VIVIPAROUS QUADRUPEDS - Title pages from folio books, Vol. II and Vol. III. $75 each
THE DOUBLE ELEPHANT FOLIO - Original edition, 1973, $250. Reprint by Zenaida Publishing with update by Susanne Low, $65
JOURNAL OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON - 2 volumes, 1820-21 and 1840-43, uncut, green cloth, Boston (Club of Odd Volumes), 1929. Edited by Howard Corning, limited to 350 copies. $250
AUTOGRAPH LETTER from Maria Rebecca Audubon, John J. Audubon's granddaughter and daughter of John W. Audubon, 3 pages ALS, to Witmer Stone, noted ornithologist and editor of THE AUK, discussing the whereabouts of the stone lithographs used to produce Audubon's Royal Octavo Edition of The Birds of America. Dated December 4, 1897. Letter stamped with Audubon's turkey seal. $425
BUFFALO ENGRAVINGS - Original black and white engraving of "Buffel," 10 x 14 inches, 1600's, museum matted, silver frame. $225
NESOUAQUOIT - A Fox Chief, folio, stunning color, published by E. C. Biddle, Philadelphia, PA, 1845. Painted by C. B. King, on stone by A. Newsom, Lehman and Duval, lithographers. $1,800
GUIDE TO AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA - By Susanne Lowe. Identifies all of Audubon's Havell plates by variant, date, etc. Also valuable information on Bien Edition, 384 pages, small folio. $65