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I have landed : the end of a beginning in natural history
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
Explains why the diversity of the Burgess Shale is important in understanding our past and evolution.
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Image of a proof sheet of 24 album cards of leaf shapes from Prang's Natural History Series; issued in two sets of 12 cards; each card lists the common and botanical name for each kind of leaf along with the name of the specific plant illustrated.
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Image of a proof sheet of 24 album cards of poisonous plants from Prang's Natural History Series; issued in two sets of 12 cards; each card lists the common and botanical name for each plant along with a description of its poisonous elements.
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Image of a proof sheet of 24 album cards of flowers from Prang's Natural History Series; issued in two sets of 12 cards; each card lists the name for each kind of pink or lily along with the months it blooms.
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Image of a proof sheet of 24 album cards of flowers from Prang's Natural History Series; issued in two sets of 12 cards; Rose Family cards include the name for each kind of rose along with the months it blooms; Shapes of Flowers cards list the common and botanical name for each kind of flower along with the name of the specific plant illustrated.
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Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Freehand Drawing number one. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Freehand Drawing number two. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Geometrical Drawing number two. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Freehand Drawing number four. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text Books of Art Education: Freehand Drawing number five. (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1875) Smith, Walter. American Text-Books of Art Education Revised Edition. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1879) Clark, John S., Mary Dana Hicks, and Walter S. Perry. No. 8 Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing. (Boston: The Prang Educational Company, 1894) Clark, John S., Mary Dana Hicks, and Walter S. Perry. No. 10 Prang's Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing. (Boston: The Prang Educational Company, 1892) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Birds of Prey. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Birds of Prey. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Swimming Birds. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Wading Birds. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Cat Family. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Cat Family. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Calkins, Norman A. and Mrs. A. M. Diaz. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. Cat Family. (Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Wayside Flowers. Series I. being a description of American wild flowers that bloom in April, May, and Early June. (Boston & Springfield, MA: Taber-Prang Art Co., 1898) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Wayside Flowers Series II. being a description of American wild flowers that bloom in late May, June, July and early August. (Boston & Springfield, MA: Taber-Prang Art Co., 1898) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Wayside Flowers Series III. being a description of American wild flowers that bloom in July, August and September. (Boston & Springfield, MA: Taber-Prang Art Co., 1898) Mathews, F. Schuyler. Wayside Flowers. Series IV. being a description of American wild flowers that bloom in August, September, October, and June to October. (Boston & Springfield, MA: Taber-Prang Art Co., 1898)
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