Precious Stones: Their History and Mystery1880
Every famous gem with its legend attached.
The Books, Shelf by Shelf
54 books in this collection — 22 here now, another 32 coming soon — shelved the way a good bookshop would do it. The book's cover is the door; you are invited to walk in anywhere.
The Gem Vault (9 books)·The Jeweler's Bench (8 books)·Birds (6 books)·The Insect World (8 books)·The Lost Worlds (3 books)·The Naturalist's Library (5 books)·Learning Nature (4 books)·Field & Stream (4 books)·Flowers & Trees (7 books)
The Gem Vault
Famous stones, their curses and their legends.
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones1913
Tiffany's expert on every superstition a stone ever carried.
The Great Diamonds of the World1882
The Koh-i-Noor and its rivals, theft by theft.
The Magic of Jewels and Charms1915
Meteorites, bezoars and amulets from every age.
The Crown Jewels of England1919
England's crown jewels, stone by stone.
Stories About Famous Precious Stones
The famous stones and the stories they trail.
Finger-Ring Lore1877
Every ring with a story, from signets to charms.
Ancient Jewelry
The jewelry of the ancients, piece by piece.
Natal Stones1912
Your birth month's stone, and what it promises.
The Jeweler's Bench
Gems as the trade knows them.
A Book of Precious Stones1909
A working jeweler's tour of gems — cut, priced and myth-checked.
A Text Book of Precious Stones
Gemstones for the student and the trade.
Hand-Book of Precious Stones
A pocket handbook to the precious stones.
Precious Stones
The precious stones, plainly described.
Album of the World's Gems
The world's great gems, gathered in an album.
Diamonds and Precious Stones
The diamond and its kin, from mine to setting.
Diamonds, Pearls and Precious Stones
Diamonds, pearls and the stones worth knowing.
Gems of the United States National Museum
The nation's own gem collection, catalogued.
Birds
Field guides and camera hunts.
Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America1895
Chapman's classic that taught America its birds.
Camera Studies with Wild Birds
Wild birds stalked with a camera instead of a gun.
The Second Book of Birds
More birds for young readers, nest by nest.
Birds of Eastern North America
The birds of the eastern woods and shores, in full.
Birds Worth Knowing (Blanchan)
The birds most worth an acquaintance.
Wild Birds in Their Home
Wild birds at the nest, watched close.
The Insect World
Butterflies, bees and everything that hums.
How to Know the Butterflies1904
The Comstocks' guide to the butterflies, plates and all.
Grasshopper Land
The grasshopper's world, observed up close.
Insects
The insect world, introduced species by species.
The Honey Makers1899
The honey bee's whole world, from hive to clover.
The Insect Folk1903
The insect folk introduce themselves to children.
Wings and Stings
The winged and the stinging, for young readers.
New York State Museum Memoir: Insects and Trees
A state museum's deep study of insects and trees.
Butterflies Worth Knowing (Weed)
The butterflies most worth an acquaintance.
The Lost Worlds
Dinosaurs and the deep past.
Animals of the Past1901
The dinosaurs as 1901 knew, guessed and got them wrong.
Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days1900
The vanished giants, restored by Victorian imagination.
Text Book of Palaeontology
The fossil record, laid out for students.
The Naturalist's Library
The great multi-volume surveys of the living world.
The Nature Library1904
Doubleday's fifteen-volume guide to the living world.
Jardine's Naturalist's Library
Jardine's forty-volume library of the living world.
A Book Of Natural History
The animal kingdom in one readable volume.
Nature's Wonderland
Four volumes of wonders from the natural world.
Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
A prairie academy's scientific proceedings.
Learning Nature
Nature study for young readers.
ABC of Animals
The animal alphabet, for the youngest naturalists.
One Hundred Lessons in Nature Study
Nature study in one hundred classroom lessons.
The Tale of Buster Bumblebee
Buster Bumblebee's adventures, for bedtime.
The Tale of Freddie Firefly
Freddie Firefly lights up the meadow, for bedtime.
Field & Stream
The sporting life outdoors.
Hunting, Shooting and Fishing
The sporting life afield, in one volume.
Lure of the Open
Why the open country calls, and how to answer.
Manual of British Rural Sport
Every British field sport, explained in full.
The Hunter's Encyclopedia
The hunter's complete reference.
Flowers & Trees
The green world, bloom by bloom.
How to Know the Wild Flowers1893
The field classic that taught botany by color.
A Year in the Wonderland of Trees1924
Twelve months in the woods, squirrel banking included.
Flowers and their Friends
Flowers and the insects that keep them company.
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing (Blanchan)
The wild flowers most worth an acquaintance.
Trees Worth Knowing (Rogers)
The trees most worth an acquaintance.
Unknown - British Trees (one file per tree)
A volume of British trees, still being identified.
The Complete Herbalist (O. Phelps Brown)
Every healing plant the herbalist knew.