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Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Himalayan Journals: Or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas the Khasia Mountains &c
London: John Murray 1855. New edition carefully revised and condensed. Two volumes small octavo pp xvi 348; xii 345 two page publisher's catalogue dated January 1856 at rear of second volume illustrated with two frontispieces a red plate of the Dhurma Rajah's seal and wood engravings in the text. Both volumes are original green cloth and have been neatly recased and rebacked with the original spines which are lacking pieces at the head and tail laid down the original yellow endpapers retained. Volume 1 - the hinge after the frontispiece cracking but absolutely no weakness the fore-edge is a little uneven and in three places it is worn into a slight groove. Volume 2 is better throughout. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker 1817 - 1911 was a British botanist and explorer. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew succeeding his father William Jackson Hooker and was awarded the highest honours of British science. His expedition to the Himalayas lasted three years and he was the first European to collect plants there; he was among many things responsible for the introduction of many Rhododendrons toBritish gardens. New Edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018849
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McIntosh, Charles
The Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturist : containing the latest and most approved methods for the management of the kitchen fruit and flower-garden the green-house hot-house &c. &c. for every month in the year. Two volumes
London: Thomas Kelly 1828. Two volumes 1828 - 1830. Thick octavo an engraved frontispiece an extra engraved title page thirty plain engraved plates pp xxviii 1120 142 directions to the binder and an advertisement leaf a further advertisement page is placed after the second title page some foxing and age-toning throughout a bookseller's small label on each front endpaper Kempson - Chertsey later brown half calf and green cloth very slightly worn. a little faded the cloth a little marked in the second volume. One of the most important works of late Georgian horticulture. McIntosh made important contributions to the designs of Taymouth Castle Stratton Park Pengethley Claremont Laeken and Dalkeith. He never set out to emulate such figures as Lancelot Brown or Humphry Repton but remained at the cutting edge of contemporary horticultural techniques about which he wrote extensively; perhaps his greatest area of expertise being that of hot-house design and heating seen to great effect in this work . A landmark work in the history of practical horticulture. Some copies have the plates coloured - they are plain in this set. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good. Thomas Kelly Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018900
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Hill, J
Eden: or. a Compleat Body of Gardening Both in Knowledge and Practice; Directing the Gardener in His Work for Every Distinct Week in the Year in the Kitchen-Ground Flower-Garden and Nursery; and Shewing the Proprietor those Shrubs Plants and Flower
London: Printed for the author 1773. Second edition "corrected and enlarged". Folio pp iv ii 716 with an engraved frontispiece 60 engraved plates plates 66 - 80 in the appendix i.e. LACKING five plates in the appendix some age-toning internally the odd blemish here and there the frontispiece with two earlier minor repairs a partly unpressed copy which has resulted in a horizontal crease to the last sixty pages or so see illustration and a slight depression to earlier ones bound in a recent half calf with very slight signs of use with marbled endpapers. Plate 31 is bound slightly out of order and plate 59 has a small ink scribble in the margin and has the plate number corrected in ink. Blanche Henrey 805 mentioning a portrait as well as an allegorical frontispiece; the portrait is not present in our copy. Sir John Hill was an English composer actor author and botanist. He contributed to contemporary periodicals and engaged in literary battles with poets playwrights and scientists. A controversial figure John Hill's often provocative and scurrilous writings involved him in many quarrels both in the field of science and that of literature. Nevertheless his general approval of Linnaeus resulted in many of Hill's publications using the Linnean system for the first time. Second edition. Full Leather. Good. Printed for the author Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019039
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Weston, Richard
The English Flora: or a Catalogue of Trees Shrubs Plants & Fruits Natives as well as Exotics Cultivated for Use or Ornament in the English Nurseries Greenhouses and Stoves arranged according to Linnaean System; with the supplement
Whitehall New Bond Street St Paul's Churchyard : Printed for the author 1755. the title continues " with the Latin trivial and common English names and an English index referring to the Latin names. Also a general catalogue of seeds for the kitchen-garden flower-garden grass-land etc usually raised for sale and those imported from America". First edition. Latin title two-sided advertisement leaf for the author's works English title 12 259 advertisement leaf; Supplement 1780 - Latin title English title pp 8 120 octavo a little age-toning with a small marginal piece missing from page 8/9 and very slight damage to the next page also otherwise remarkably clean and firm a later binding of red cloth perhaps early twentieth century a good sound copy of a scarce and important work. Our copy includes both Latin title pages which are oftern missing; it also has the extra advertisement leaf also uncommon. BLANCHE HENREY 1483 - "Weston appears to have had an excellent knowledge of nursery gardening and nurseryman's sales catalogues. He was interested in agricultutr and all forms of horticulture and he also made a study of horticultural and botanical literature." HUNT LIBRARY 647 - "This in its time was a standard handbook used by botanists gardeners nurseries seedsmen. It lists trees and shrubs herbaceous plants greenhouse plants stove plants and seeds according to their Linnaean binomial and English names." . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Printed for the author Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019284
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Contributor)/ Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Educatio
Reproducibility and Replicability in Science
Natl Academy Pr 2020. Paperback. New. 234 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. Natl Academy Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 1-0309486165 ISBN : 0309486165 9780309486163
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Howitt, Godfrey
The Nottinghamshire Flora; containing the flowering plants ferns mosses hepaticae lichens characeae and algae
London: Hamilton Adams & Co 1839. Small slim 12mo pp 2 124 a hand-coloured frontispiece map pages age-toned but otherwise very clean and sound a little browning to the frontispiece and title page with the book label of Baronet Bron=mhead of Thurlby Hall on the front endpaper original green polished cloth with gilt decoration on upper cover showing an ornate vase of flowers slight marks and bumps the spine label appears to have been hand-written on paper but is now largely lacking. RARE AND A VERY GOOD COPY. Godfrey Howitt - 1800-1873 - was physician to the Nottingham General Hospital from 1829 to 1839 and was keenly interested in science and literature. He wrote this standard work The Flora of Nottinghamshire and discovered a new species of catchfly which grew on the Castle Rock. Professor John Wilson "Christopher North" of Edinburgh made the "Ettrick Shepherd" in Blackwoods Magazine described his as "Ane o' the best botanists in England an' a desperate beetle hunter." His ardent love for collecting accompanied him to Australia and he bequeathed his natural history collection and library to the Melbourne Museum The Howitt Collection. He also gave £1000 to found scholarships in Natural History in the University. In 1847 he became one of the first physicians to the Melbourne Hospital and had the experience of being paid his fees in gold dust by miners who consulted him professionally. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Hamilton, Adams & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014817
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Parkinson, John
Theatrum botanicum the theater of plants or An herball of large extent Containing therein a more ample and exact history and declaration of the physicall herbs and plants distributed into sundry classes or tribes for the more easie knowledge of the many
London: Thomas Cotes 1640. First edition. Large thick folio title page dedication page preface two pages author's tributes ten pages then ii 1734 but actually slightly less as there are several errors of pagination illustrated with over 2100 woodcut figures lacking the extra engraved title page the 20-page addenda at the rear and the errata leaf but otherwise complete and very sound. The contents are extremely clean and tight there is the odd crease and an occasional tiny corner missing but overall in impressive condition. The front and rear endpapers are a little browned and marked both front and rear hinges are cracked and showing a little silver-fish damage but there is no weakness at all. Full panelled calf probably eighteenth century but possibly earlier a little rubbed a little worn at the edges scuffed on the upper cover rebacked fairly recently with a leather spine and red morocco label. Blanche Henrey 286. Very heavy - extra postage will be required. John Parkinson 1567 - 1650 was both the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists. He was apothecary to James I and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617 and was later Royal Botanist to Charles I. The Theatrum was the most complete and beautifully presented English treatise on plants of its time. One of the most eminent gardeners of his day he kept a botanical garden at Long Acre in Covent Garden today close to Trafalgar Square and maintained close relations with other important English and Continental botanists herbalists and plantsmen. . First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Thomas Cotes Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015181
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Ek-Amnuay, Pisuth
A Handbook of Interesting Beetles of Thailand
Bangkok: Amarin Book Center 2002. First edition. A fine new copy. Pp. 407 46 full page color plates featuring numerous individual color photos of beetles. Color pictorial laminated boards hardcover lg 8vo. Provides detailed descriptions of 509 species of beetles found in Thailand. Features superb color photos of all species. Presents color-coded keys to each family and subfamily. This is volume 1 in the series 'Fascinated Insects.' No ownership marks and no signs of use. Bangkok: Amarin Book Center, 2002. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7082
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Mobius, Karl, Fraiche, Felix, et al
The Oyster Parts XXVII to XXXVI complete in one volume
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1880. First edition. Light tanning to some plates; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 681-1043; numerous full page plates and text-figures halftones and line-drawings. Later red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine 8vo. Extracted from: Report of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1880. This early work on oysters has ten parts on all aspects of oysters and oyster-culture. The first three titles include "The Oyster and Oyster-Culture" by Mobius "A Practical Guide to Oyster Culture and the methods of rearing and multiplying edible marine animals" by Fraiche and "Report on the Oyster and Mussel Industries of France and Italy" by M. Coste. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1880. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7391
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Fisher, Walter K
The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands.
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1903. First edition. A fine as new copy. Pp. 987-1130; 49 full page plates black-and-white photographs and halftone drawings. Later green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine sm 4to. Extracted from: Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission for 1903 Part III. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7389
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Gilbert, Charles, Jordan, David Starr et al
The Lantern-Fishes of Japan Record of Fishes obtained on Japan in 1911 Record of Fishes obtained by David Starr Jordan in Japan 1922
Pittsburgh PA: Carnegie Institute 1913-1925. First edition. There is some browning to the endpapers and light edge wear to the cloth; a tight and clean copy in very good condition. Pp. 67-107 4 full page plates line-drawings pp. 205-313 19 full page plates line-drawings 87 text-figures pp. 93-332 8 full page plates line-drawings and halftones. Early brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine original printed pale green wrappers bound in place folio 13 x 10 inches. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum volume 6 no. 2 volume 6 no. 4 volume 10 no. 2. These three monographs on the fishes of Japan are bound together here in one large volume. From the library of ichthyologist James E. Bohlke with his signature on the front endpaper. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Institute, 1913-1925. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7399
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Blache, J
Contribution a la connaissance de Poissons Anguilliformes de la cote occidentale d'Afrique Premiere note: Enchelycore nigricans Deuxieme note: Le genre Muraena Troisieme note: Le genre Echidna Quatrieme note: Le genre Lycodontis Cinquieme note: Le genre Gymnothorax Sixieme note: Les genres Ararchias Uropterygius et Channomuraena in six separate parts each in its original light red wrappers
Dakar: Institut francais d'Afrique noire 1967. First edition. A bright and clean set in near fine condition. Pp. 163-177; 178-217; 695-709; 1122-1187; 1695-1705; 1706-1731; numerous black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Original pale red wrappers 8vo. Bulletin de Institut francais d'Afrique noire volume 29 ser. A no.1 no. 2 no. 3 no. 4. This is a set of six publications that document 8 different eel genera in the family Muraenidae of the order Anguilliformes. This is a rare set of eel monographs offered together. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Dakar: Institut francais d'Afrique noire, 1967. First edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7473
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Stead, David G
General Report upon the Fisheries of British Malaya with recommendations for future development.
Federated Malay States: Issued by Authority of the Colonial Secretary 1923. First edition. Strong bumps to the top of the spine and to the top outer corner - the bending force from these bumps have extended into the text-block neat repair made to the spine wrapper near the top of the spine; aside from the obvious bumps this is a very good copy of a rare monograph. Pp. 371; 19 full page photo-plates 1 large folding map. Publisher's original tan printed wrappers lg 8vo. A detailed early review of the fisheries of colony of British Malaya. Inscribed by the author on the front wrapper. From the research library of ichthyologist James E. Bohlke with his small ink signature on the top other corner of the front wrapper. No other ownership marks. Very scarce work. Federated Malay States: Issued by Authority of the Colonial Secretary, 1923. First edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7650
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Jordan, David Starr and Evermann, Barton W
The Genera of Fishes from Linnaeus to Cuvier 1758-1920 with the Accepted Type of Each. A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific Nomenclature Jordan David Starr: A Classification of Fishes including Families and Genera as Far as Known in 5 volumes complete
Stanford: Stanford University Press 1917-1920 1939. First edition Third Printing. Gilt is uniformly dull but readable on the spine of all five volumes light edge wear to the top and bottom of the spine of all volumes; a bright and clean set in near fine condition. Pp. ii 1-161; pp. xi 163-284 xiii index; pp. ii 285-410 xv index; pp. iv 415-576 xviii index pp. ii 79-243 x index. Publisher's original red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine lg 8vo Publisher's original dark red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine lg 8vo. This is the rare first edition of this major taxonomic work in four parts 1917-1920 accompanied the third printing of Jordan's A Classification of Fishes 1939. The introductory note to A Classification of Fishes states that this volume first published in 1923 was meant to accompany the four memoirs entitled The Genera of Fishes from Linnaeus to Cuvier 1758-1920. The entire five volume set is offered here. It is seldom offered as a complete set. No ownership marks in the first four volumes; the final volume bears the name of David K. Caldwell on the front endpaper. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1917-1920 + 1939. First edition + Third Printing. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7725
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Robson, G C
A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda Based on the Collections in the British Museum Natural History - Part I: Octopodinae and Part II: The Octopoda in 2 volumes complete.
London: Trustees of the British Museum 1929-1932. First edition. The cloth on the spines is lightly sunned there is edge wear to the cloth at the top of spine of volume 2 the text and plates are very bright and clean with no signs of use; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. xi 236 7 full page black-and-white photo-plates 89 text-figures; pp. xi 359 6 full page black-and-white photo-plates 79 text-figures. Publisher's original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt motif of the British Museum seal on the front cover front and rear covers with borders ruled in blind sm 4to. A detailed monograph on the octopus and its relatives. There is a single library blind stamp on the bottom outer corner of each title page as well as a small white call number on the spine; aside from these minimal markings this volume shows no signs of use - a beautiful copy. Scarce work. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1929-1932. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7740
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Hawkins, A D (editor)
Aquarium Systems
London: Academic Press 1981. First edition. Small scratch 3/4 inch on the bottom outer corner of the front cover; overall a bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. x 453; numerous charts graphs and black-and-white photos. Publisher's original white pictorial laminated boards hardcover lettered in brown on the spine and front cover and with image of a swimming fish from Willoughby on the front cover lg 8vo. Original sales receipt is laid in at rear. No ownership marks and no signs of use. London: Academic Press, 1981. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7754
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Hamilton, Robert
The Natural History of British Fishes in 2 volumes complete
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1843. Second printing. As is usual with this set the spines and bottom edges are light sunned which has turned the cloth a golden brown with no effect to the gilt titles; a tight and clean set in near fine condition. Pp. xvi 17 - 313; xvi 17 - 424; with 68 fine hand-colored plates and two steel-engraved frontispiece portraits of Rondeletius volume 1 and Humboldt volume 2. Publisher's original purple pebble cloth lettered in gilt on the spine original green endpapers sm 8vo. Volume 1 contains a short memoir of Rondelet and volume 2 has a short memoir of Humboldt. This work is from the series 'The Naturalist's Library' volume IV and volume VI edited by Sir William Jardine. This is the second printing of the work published in 1843 just one year after the first edition in 1842. The hand-colored plates are very bright and clean. No ownership marks. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1843. Second printing. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7836
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Caddock, Nigel M W
Nishikigoi - Still Waters: A Photographic Journey of Nishikigoi Discovery
Warrington Cheshire UK: Nishikigoi International 1997. First edition. A fine new copy in a near fine slipcase. Pp. 10 310; 450 color photographs. Publisher's original full-black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover housed in the original color pictorial card slipcase lg 4to. In this large and heavy volume the author pays tribute to his love of beautiful koi. The work is the result of more than 15 years of caring for koi and taking Koi photos. There are amazing full page and double page photos of koi and koi ponds. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Warrington, Cheshire, UK: Nishikigoi International, 1997. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7887
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Berry, S Stillman
A Review of the Cephalopods of Western North America
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1912. First edition. A fine new copy. Pp. 269-336; 25 full page black-and-white plates fine halftones photographs line-drawings. Later yellow cloth lettered in black on the spine sm 4to. This work presents the cephalopods of the western shore of North America between the Bering Strait on the north and the Coronado Islands on the south. This includes the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. There are great illustrations of octopi. Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries for 1910 volume 30 document no. 761. No ownership marks. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1912. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7898
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Jordan, David Starr
A Catalog of the Fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America north of the Tropic of Cancer with notes on species discovered in in 1883 and 1884 inscribed from Albert Herre to Earl Herald
Washington: Government Printing Office 1885. First edition. The front wrapper is a little foxed and browned the remainder of the text is bright and clean; a tight copy in very good condition. Pp. 2 1-185. Later wine-red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine original printed brown wrappers bound in place lg 8vo. The front wrapper reads "Extracted from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1884." This is one of the earliest monographs by Jordan who began his publication career in 1876. This significant monograph is much cited in ichthyologic literature. This copy is from the research library of ichthyologist Albert W. Herre with his signature on the front wrapper and title page. The front wrapper is inscribed: "To Earl S. Herald from Albert W. Herre" along the top edge. According to Wiki: Earl S. Herald 1914-1973 was an American biologist geriatric diver and television advisor. His main interest was in ichthyology. Herald received his M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1939. In 1943 he received his Ph.D. from Stanford University for the dissertation "Studies on the Classification and Inter-Relationships of the American pipefishes" under George Sprague Myers. In 1946 he studied the effects of the atomic bomb tests on the reef fish of the Bikini Atoll. In 1948 Herald was appointed curator for Aquatic Biology at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco; in 1949 he became director of the aquarium. From 1952 to 1966 Herald moderated the scientific television broadcast 'Science in Action' for the California Academy of Sciences. Herald wrote two books "Living Fishes of the World" and "Fishes of North America" and 93 magazine and technical journal articles. In 1973 he died in a scuba accident in the coastal waters off Cabo San Lucas in Baja California all adapted from Wiki biography. This is a rare monograph with significant associations. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7902
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Stillwell, S B (President)
Report of the Fish Commissioners of the State of Pennsylvania for the Year 1901
Philadelphia: Wm. Stanley Ray State Printer 1902. First edition. There is a minor adhesion to page 148; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 2 178; numerous black-and-white photo-plates and fine line-drawings of fishes some diagrams color drawing of a lake trout. Later wine-red cloth lg 8vo. This work contains much information on the game fish of the state both marine and fresh water - there is much coverage of brook and lake trout. There is also a section on building fish hatcheries. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Scarce work. Philadelphia: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1902. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7901
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Goodrich, S G
Johnson's Natural History Comprehensive Scientific and Popular illustrating and describing the Animal Kingdom with its Wonders and Curiosities in two volumes complete
New York: A.J. Johnson & Son 1875. Later printing. Light edge wear to outer corners and bottom edge; a tight bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. xv i 680 2 35 appendix; pp. vii 682 1 16 7 ads; 1550 black-and-white engravings mostly are figures in the text while some are full page figures. Publisher's one-half brown leather over dark brown pebble-cloth boards spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in two compartments and with elaborate gilt decorations in the other four compartments front cover is ornately lettered in gilt and with gilt rules all board edges are beveled all page edges in rich gilt thick sm 4to. The first edition of this work was published in 1872 this set was published in 1875. Each volume has an essay on evolution that appears at the end of the work: volume I has "An Exposition of the Development Hypothesis as Maintained by Charles Darwin Thomas Henry Huxley Alfred Russel Wallace Herbert Spencer and the New School of Naturalists" by Prof. Edward L. Youmans M.D. and volume 2 has "A Criticism of the Development Hypothesis as Held by Charles Darwin Thomas Henry Huxley Alfred Russel Wallace Herbert Spencer and the New School of Naturalists" by Rev. Julius H. Seelye. Both of these essays take an anti-Darwinian view. There are also 7 pages of reviews of the Goodrich set by eminent professors and writers at the end of volume 2. No ownership marks. New York: A.J. Johnson & Son, 1875. Later printing. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7918
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Yarrell, William
A History of British Fishes in two volumes second edition
London: John Van Voorst 1841. Second edition. Some foxing to the original gray boards there is an old wrinkle to the top inner corner of front free endpaper in volume 2 light foxing to the endpapers only the text is very bright and clean; a tight copy in very good condition. Pp. xlviii i; 464; pp. iv 628; with 500 wood-engravings. Contemporary one-half brown calf leather over the original publisher's gray boards spine with five raised bands with red morocco title label lettered in gilt in one compartment the volume number is gilt-stamped in another compartment the remaining four compartments are decorated in blind in floral designs speckled page edges 8vo. A very important work by William Yarrell on the natural history of British fishes freshwater and marine. There are an additional 100 illustrations in this second edition. According to Westwood & Satchell Bibliotheca Piscatoria pp. 243-4 this set is "Indispensable." Signature of W Villiens Fowke on the front attached endpaper of each volume. Page 465 in volume 2 has some old neat marginal annotations - likely in the hand of W Villiens Fowke. No other ownership marks. London: John Van Voorst, 1841. Second edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7917
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Yarrell, William
A History of British Fishes in two volumes third edition
London: John Van Voorst 1859. Third edition. A touch of foxing to the blank endpapers at the front and rear of each volume there is a very small bump affecting the bottom outer corner of the frontis matter of volume 1 only; a very attractively bound set in near fine condition. Pp. xxxviii i; 675; pp. ii 670; with 522 wood-engravings. Publisher's original one-half dark brown calf leather over reddish tan boards set off by gilt border lines spine with five raised bands decorated in gilt and with gilt lettering in two compartment and elaborate gilt floral decorations in the other four compartments all page edged marbled and with matching marbled endpapers lg 8vo. A valuable work on the natural history of British fishes freshwater and marine covering 260 species. This is the third and final edition published after the death of William Yarnell. This third edition was edited by Sir John Richardson who also provided a memoir of the Yarnell. According to Westwood & Satchell Bibliotheca Piscatoria pp. 243-4 this set is "Indispensable." Armorial book plate of Harry Blake Knox of Moyne Abby on the front endpaper of each volume. No other ownership marks and few signs of use. London: John Van Voorst, 1859. Third edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7982
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Mortensen, Th
Handbook of the Echinoderms of the British Isles
London: Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press 1927. First edition. The text is extremely bright and clean with no signs of use a touch of wear to the outer joints; a tight bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. ix 471; 269 text-figures line-drawings half-tones and black-and-white photos. Publisher's original wine red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and blind-stamped in black on the front cover 8vo. Mildly ex-library with circular blind stamp on the title page and page 99 and ink number on the preface page; no other library marks and almost no signs of use. Rare work seldom offered. London: Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press, 1927. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8046
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Roth, August M (editor)
Aquatic Life and the Aquatic World: The Fish Fanciers Guide volume 12 1928 to volume 25 1942 complete in sixteen cloth-bound volumes
Baltimore MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World 1928-1942. First edition. Light wear and a few old mars to the vinyl jacket protectors some endpaper show mild foxing the original brown cloth binding and the text printed on clay-coated white paper are very bright and clean; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. vol. 12: 1-241 4 index 65 supplement; vol. 13: pp. 4 ads 1-220 47 supplement; vol. 14: pp. 1-307 3 index; vol. 15: pp. 2 ads 1-354 4 index; vol. 16: pp. 1-540 4 index; vol. 17: pp. 8 ads 1-338 2 index; vol. 18: pp. 2 ads 1-254 88 supplement; vol. 19: pp. 1-192; vol. 20: pp. 1-192; vol. 21: pp. 1-160; vol. 22: pp. 1-144; vol. 23: pp. 1-144; vol. 24: pp. 1-96; vol. 25: pp. 1-24; numerous illustrations. This set is uniformly bound in contemporary brown pebble cloth lettered in gilt on the spine with a clear vinyl jacket protector for each of the 16 volumes lg 8vo 10 x 7 inches. Volume 1 of this journal was first issued in 1915. The run of the journal offered here begins with volume 12 issued in 1928 Volumes 12-23 each contained 12 numbers no. 1-12 sold monthly by subscription. Volume 24 has only 8 numbers no. 1-8. Volume 25 contains only 2 numbers no. 1-2. The final part of this journal was issued in January 1942. At that point due to WWII the journal ceased to be published. Three supplements accompany this work. Bound in at the end of volume 12 is "Diseases of Aquarium Fishes" volumes 17-18 no. 10-17 65 pages 1934. At the end of volume 13 is "Fish Foods and Feeding Methods" volume 17 no. 4-9 47 pages 1939. Finally at the end of volume 18 is "Progressive steps in amateur Fish Culture Exotique" volume 16 no. 1-12 88 pages 1932-1933. Publication of a second series of Aquatic Life and the Aquatic World not offered here commenced in 1951. This second series is being offered separately. No ownership marks and few signs of use. This is a large and heavy set - extra postage will be required especially if sent to Canada or Europe. Baltimore, MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World, 1928-1942. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8080
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Roth, August M (editor)
Aquatic Life and the Aquatic World Second Series Volume 1 1951 to volume 14 1964 complete in six cloth-bound volumes
Baltimore MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World 1951-1964. First edition. Light wear and a few old mars and chips to the vinyl jacket protectors some endpaper show mild foxing the original brown cloth binding and the text printed on clay-coated white paper are very bright and clean; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. vol. 1: 1-204; vol. 2: pp. 1-200 4 index; vol. 3: pp. 1-192; vol. 4: pp. 1-196 4 index; vol. 5: pp. 1-234; vol. 6: pp. 235-500; vol. 7: pp. 1-272; vol. 8: pp. 1-272; vol. 9: pp. 1-144; vol. 10: 1-144; vol. 11: pp. 1-144; vol. 12: 1-112; vol. 13: pp. 1-108; vol. 14: pp. 1-72 numerous illustrations. This set is uniformly bound in contemporary brown pebble cloth lettered in gilt on the spine with a clear vinyl jacket protector for each of the 6 volumes lg 8vo 10 x 7 inches. Volume 1 of this journal was first issued in 1951. Each of the early volumes contained 12 numbers no. 1-12 sold monthly by subscription. Volumes 9-14 contain only 6 numbers per volume. The final number vol. 14 no. 6 issued in December 1964 is the 50th anniversary issue. As the editor August Roth was 84 years of age when the 50th anniversary issue was published it appears the second series of this journal ends with that issue. The final number states this is the "Oldest aquarist's magazine in the English language." It is also states that this is the "Oldest aquarist's magazine in America Est. 1915." This second series is quite rare. There are no records of this journal in any American or European library. No ownership marks and few signs of use. This is a large and heavy set - extra postage will be required especially if sent to Canada or Europe. Baltimore, MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World, 1951-1964. First edition. hardcover
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Pellegrin, Jacques
Les Poissons des Eaux Douces de Madagascar et des Iles Voisines Comores Seychelles Mascareignes.
Tananarive: Imprimerie G. Pitot et Cie 1933. First edition. Faint water mark to a small portion of the spine wrapper with no effect to the text; pages with light uniform tanning no signs of use; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 2 222 2 3 full page plates and 105 text-figures. Publisher's original pale green printed wrappers 4to. Memoires de l'Academie Malgache fascicule XIV. This work presents the freshwater fishes of Madagascar and the nearby islands of Comores Seychelles Mascareignes. Small name stamp of R. Harry Jr. on the front wrapper. Tananarive: Imprimerie G. Pitot et Cie, 1933. First edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5178
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Pellegrin, Jacques
Les Poissons des Eaux Douces de Madagascar et des Iles Voisines Comores Seychelles Mascareignes.
Tananarive: Imprimerie G. Pitot et Cie 1933. First edition. Light uniform tanning to text pages uncut and unopened top corner of front wrapper with slight wear; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 2 222 2 3 full page plates and 105 text-figures. Publisher's original pale green printed wrappers 4to. Memoires de l'Academie Malgache fascicule XIV. This work presents the freshwater fishes of Madagascar and the nearby islands of Comores Seychelles Mascareignes. Faint date stamped on front wrapper; no ownership marks and no signs of use. Tananarive: Imprimerie G. Pitot et Cie, 1933. First edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5194
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Rovirosa, Jose N
Pteridographía del sur México.
México: Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 1976. Reprint. Small bump to front outer top corner which has caused some pages to bend forward wrappers on spine a little sunned some browning to the front wrappers only the text and plates are bright and clean; overall a very good copy. Pp. iv 298 70 full page plates. Original green pictorial printed wrappers lg 4to. This is a facsimile reprint of the rare 1909 first edition. The work covers the ferns of Mexico with finely executed plates of many species. México: Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 1976. Reprint. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5195
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Owen, Richard
Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus Nautilus pompilius Linn. with illustrations on its external form and internal structure.
London printed by Richard Taylor 1832. First edition. Many of the lithographed plates show scattered foxing; a tight copy in very good condition in a period-style morocco binding. Pp. 4 2-68; 8 full page monochrome lithographed plates 15 total lithographs - many are two-page. Recent green one-half straight-grain morocco leather over English marbled boards green endpapers 4to 293 x 232 mm. According to DSB X p. 261 "The attention of the scientific community was first focused on Owen in 1832 when he published Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus. which was based on a single specimen of this delicate organism that was previously known only by its shell. In this superb piece of descriptive anatomy he also modified Cuvier's Cephalopoda and proposed two orders that were considered valid until 1894." No ownership marks and few signs of use. London, printed by Richard Taylor, 1832. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5563
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Lesser, Friedrich Christian
Testaceo-Theologia oder Grundlicher Beweis des Daseyns und der vollkommnesten Eigenschaften eines Gottlichen Wesens aus naturlicher und geistlicher Betrachtung der Schnecken und Muschelen zur gebuhrenden Verherrlichung des grossen Gottes.
Leipzig: Michael Blochberger 1744. First edition. Endpapers only with some marginal light browning the text and plates are bright and clean the original half leather binding is very attractive; a tight copy in near fine condition. Pp. vi 984 lxxx Register; frontispiece portrait in fine facsimile 22 engraved plates with 157 numbered figures of shells. Original one-half brown calf leather spine with four raised bands lettered in gilt on morocco title label in one compartment over sprinkled paper boards page edges with sprinkle decorations thick 8vo 175 x 115 mm. Presents an early account of shells in art medicine commerce and their use as a currency. This volume documents the important German shell collections in the early 18th century. Over 100 collections are described including those of Negeleins Raths Sandrart and Schulenberg. The work is illustrated with fine line drawings with 157 numbered figures of shells. From the private library of South African author Morris J. Cohen with his custom color book plate on the front endpaper. See also Nissen ZBI 2459 and Dance 190. Leipzig: Michael Blochberger, 1744. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5767
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Kner, Rudolf
Fische der Novara-Expedition.
Wien: Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei 1867. First edition. A bright and clean copy in fine condition. Pp. 1-433; 16 tinted lithographic plates 8 plates are in fine tinted facsimile. Full ribbed maroon silk entitled in gilt on the spine 4to 12 x 9.6 inches; 305 x 240 mm. This monograph is from: Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857 1858 1859 Zoologischer Theil Erster Band Teil 5. The work documents the fishes collected on Novara-Expedition that circumnavigated the globe in 1857-1859; about 900 specimens of fish were collected on this expedition that visited South America Africa Ceylon Java China Australia and New Zealand. This massive scientific expedition was sponsored by the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna; Austrian vice admiral Bernhard von Wullerstorf-Urbair served as captain of the frigate SMS Novara during the world voyage. See also Casey Wood 495; Nissen 4750 8. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Wien: Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1867. First edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5774
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Heynemann D F
Die geographische Verbreitung der Nacktschnecken. Eine zusammenfassende kritische Darstellung unserer Kenntnisse derselben zu Amfang des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Frankfurt: Kommission bei Moritz Diesterweg 1905. First edition. Small bump to top outer corner light soiling to top edge of title page only top pages uncut and unopened; overall a very good copy. Pp. 92; 2 double-page maps of the world shaded in red to show distribution of slugs 9 text-figures. Extract without wrappers housed loose in early plain brown paper covers lg 4to. Sonderabdruck aus den Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft band 30 heft 1. This early work discusses the geographical distribution of land slugs shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks. A copy of the front wrapper is laid in at front. This monograph is from the research library of herpetologist Kevin W. Marx with his signature on the front brown wrapper. Frankfurt: Kommission bei Moritz Diesterweg, 1905. First edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5999
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Scott, Charles L
The Genus Haworthia Liliaceae: A Taxonomic Revision the Sponsors' edition limited to 27 signed copies lettered A-Z - this is letter "V" signed by the author
Johannesburg: Aloe Books 1985. Limited edition. A fine as new copy. Pp. i-xl 2-150; frontispiece portrait of Adrian H. Haworth 120 color photographs 31 black-and-white photos and half-tones 24 distribution maps. Publisher's original dark green morocco leather spine with five raised bands red morocco title/author label in one compartment two-color map endpapers in gray cloth-covered slipcase with green marbled paper on the top side and bottom of the slipcase and dark green morocco flange at the opening of the slipcase sm 4to 11 x 8 1/4 inches. This is Sponsors' edition limited to 27 signed copies lettered A-Z signed by the author on the limitation page; this is copy letter V. The subscriber's page shows that there were sixteen sponsors to this work presumably they received letters A-Q; this left only eleven copies available for sale. The copy offered here is one of these eleven available for sale. Haworthia is a large genus of small succulent plants endemic to Southern Africa Mozambique Namibia Lesotho Swaziland South Africa. Like the Aloes they are members of the subfamily Asphodeloideae and they generally resemble miniature aloes except in their flowers which are distinctive in appearance. Horticulturally they are popular garden and container plants from Wiki. This is an important taxonomic revision of the genus Haworthia that was named after Adrian H. Haworth who was an English entomologist botanist and crustacean expert. This very rare offering is finely bound in attractive dark green morocco that is housed in a custom slipcase. Johannesburg: Aloe Books, 1985. Limited edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6241
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Bemis, William E and Burggren, Warren W and Kemp, Norman E (editors)
The Biology and Evolution of Lungfishes.
New York: Alan R. Liss 1987. First edition. Light wear to the outer joints and at the base of the spine otherwise a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. viii 383; numerous black-and-white photos fine line-drawings cladograms and maps. Publisher's original pictorial laminated boards hardcover lg 8vo. Based on proceedings of a symposium held during the American Society of Zoologists meeting in Denver Colorado December 27 1984. This detailed study contains 18 chapters by noted authorities in the field on all aspects of the biology and evolution of lungfishes. The volume is divided into three sections: I. History and Literature; II. Paleontology Systematics and Phylogeny; III. Biology of Living Species of Lungfishes. No ownership marks and few signs of use. New York: Alan R. Liss, 1987. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6286
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Yano, Kazunari et al (editor)
Biology of the Megamouth Shark.
Tokyo: Tokai University Press 1997. First edition. A bright and clean copy in fine new condition in a fine dust jacket. Pp. xv 201; numerous black-and-white and color photographs some line-drawings cladograms and other illustrations. Publisher's original pictorial laminated boards hardcover color pictorial dust jacket sm 4to. Presents 21 chapters by noted authorities in the field on all aspects of the megamouth shark. This study is based primarily on a female megamouth shark caught in Fukuoka Japan in November 29 1994; the research for this volume took place at Marine World unimo-nakamichi in Japan. This particular copy is a review copy sent by the Director of Marine World unimo-nakamichi Seiiciro Wakisaka and the editorial board; a letter from Wakisaka is laid in at the front. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Tokyo: Tokai University Press, 1997. First edition. hardcover
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Committee on the Alaska Earthquake of the Division of Earth Sciences National Research Council
The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964. Nicholas Ambraseys' Copy
Washington D.C.: National Academy of Sciences 1970. First Edition First Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine. 1970 First Edition first impression. Size large quarto a heavy book 510 pages. Black textured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the front cover and spine. Front paste-down and end-paper printed with a Map of Alaska and also the bordering part of Canada pinpointing the site of the Epicenter of the Earthquake on the map. Condition very good-near fine slight rub to corners and spine ends else fine contents very clean throughout. From the Library of Nicholas Ambraseys. Nicholas Neocles Ambraseys FICE FREng 1929-2012 was a Greek engineering seismologist. He was emeritus professor of Engineering Seismology and Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. For many years Ambraseys was considered as the leading figure and absolute authority in earthquake engineering and seismology in Europe. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall <br/> <br/> National Academy of Sciences hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016271 ISBN : 030901607X 9780309016070
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Ribeiro, Alipio de Miranda
Fauna Brasiliense: Peixes volume 5: Eleutherobranchios Aspirophoros Physoclisti.
Rio de Janeiro: Papelaria Macedo 1915. First edition. Front wrapper is a bit soiled and edge worn rear wrapper is missing paper on spine is chipped at the bottom text and plates are bright and clean; overall a good solid copy. Pp. 680; 33 black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Original green front printed wrapper spine is based in brown paper thick 4to. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro volume 17. According to Bashford Dean Bibliography of Fishes p. 343: "This section forms a bulky volume which is without continuous pagination the plates are un-numbered and there is no index. Numerous genera and species are considered belonging to 20 orders of teleosts." From the library of ichthyologist Ernest Lachner with his name stamp on the front wrapper title page and outer page edge. This is a large and heavy volume - extra postage will be required for international shipping. Rio de Janeiro: Papelaria Macedo, 1915. First edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6610
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Milne Edwards, Alphonse
Description de quelques Crustacés Nouveaux provenant des voyages de M. Alfred Grandidier a Zanzibar et a Madagascar
Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 1868. First edition. Some edge wear to the wrappers has been repaired some light soiling to the edges of the wrappers contents bright and clean with some pages unopened; a very good copy. Pp. 69-92 3 tinted lithograph plates tome IV pp. 147-160 2 tinted lithograph plates tome V pp. 161-191 4 tinted lithograph plates tome V pp. 75-101 2 plain lithograph plates tome VI. Publisher's tan printed wrappers lg 4to. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris volumes 4 5 and 6. This work contains a total of four monographs by Milne Edwards the other three titles are: Études zoologiques sur quelques Crustacés des Iles Célèbes Révision du Genre Thélphuse et description de quelques espèces nouvelles Révision du Genre Callianassa Leach et description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de ce groupe. All of these appear together in this same publication in the original printed wrappers. Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1868. First edition unknown
Bookseller reference : 3057
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Brooks, WK and Herrick, FH W K F H
The Embryology and Metamorphosis of the Macroura.
Washington: National Academy of Sciences 1891. First edition. Some browning to the outer edges of the text only a bright and clean copy in very good condition. Pp. 258 57 full plates many in color. Ornately marbled wrappers with title and author labels on the front cover marbled page edges 4to. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences volume 5 4th memoir. Superb color and half-tone plates of the adult larval and egg stages of lobster and shrimp. Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1891. First edition unknown
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Eigenmann, Carl H
A Review of the Doradidae. A Family of South American Nematognathi or Catfishes.
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society 1925. First edition. Spine cloth is a little darkened but the gilt title is fully readable printed wrapper a little browned the text and plates are bright and clean; a very good copy. Pp. 87 27 full-page plates. Early brown cloth original printed red wrapper bound in 4to. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society new series vol. XXII part 5. Inscribed by Eigenmann on the front wrapper. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1925. First edition hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3358
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Gray, Asa
Synoptical Flora of North America Volume 1 Part 2 and Volume 2 Part 1 in 2 volumes
New York: Ivison Blakeman Taylor and Co. 1878-1884. First edition. Spine cloth of volume 2 part 1 is a bit sunned and has a nick to cloth just below the title as well as wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine there is also some light spotting to the cloth of volume 1 part 2 - overall a good solid copy. Pp. vi 402; iv 402. Publisher's original brown cloth gilt-lettered on the spine sm 4to. Vol. 1 Part 2 covers Caprifoliaceae to Compositae Vol. 2 Part 1 covers Gamopetalae after Compositae. See Stafleu and Cowan 2132. Vol. 1 Part 1 was published in 1895-97 after Gray's death. Name sticker of C.D. Fretz M.D. Sellersville on the front endpaper. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co., 1878-1884. First edition hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3404
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Schultze, H-P and Trueb, L (editors)
Origin of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and Consensus
Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1991. First edition. A beautiful copy as new in fine condition. Pp. xii 724 numerous text-figures and photos. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover lg 8vo. Major work on vertebrate evolution emphasizing anatomical and biomolecular evidence. Former owner's name neatly crossed out on front endpaper. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. First edition hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3457 ISBN : 0801424976 9780801424977
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Murray, Andrew
The Geographical Distribution of Mammals
London: Day and Son 1866. First edition. Light edge wear to cloth at the head and foot of the spine foxing to the rear blank side of the frontis plate double-page map 28 has a small stain along the outer top edge - all remaining parts of the text plates and maps are bright and clean without any foxing or browning; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. xvi 420 color frontis plate of a marsupial and placental mouse color diagram of geological section of the Paleozoic Mesozoic and Cenozoic periods 101 color maps some are double page. Publisher's original blind-stamped green cloth with spine lettered in gilt lg 4to. This is one of the first works to describe the worldwide distribution of mammals. Written just after the publication of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' this monograph grapples with the consequences of viewing mammalian distribution in an evolutionary framework. A historically important and scarce title. Single old circular stamp of Belcher Library Gaysville Vermont on the front endpaper no other ownership marks. London: Day and Son, 1866. First edition hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3595
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Tanaka, Yoshitaka and Tin Tin Yee
Wild Orchids in Myanmar: Last Paradise of Wild Orchids 3 volumes complete
Hong Kong: Orchid Press 2003-2007. First edition. Fine new condition. Pp. 103; 108; 108 300 fine color photos of orchids. Color pictorial boards hardback with color pictorial dust jacket beautiful color pictorial endpapers 4to 10.75 x 10.5 inches. Volume 1: Highlight Edition Volume 2: A Poem of Wild Orchids and Volume 3: Shangri-La of Wild Orchids. A total of six volumes were planned in 2003 but only three have been published. Since five years have passed since volume 3 was published it is doubtful any more will appear. Hong Kong: Orchid Press, 2003-2007. First edition hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3617 ISBN : 9749172035 9789749172032
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Milne Edwards, Alphonse and Bouvier, E L
Reports on the Results of Dredging in the Gulf of Mexico 1877-78 in the Caribbean Sea 1878-79 and along the Atlantic coast of the United States 1880 by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" Part XLIV: Les Pénéides et Sténopides.
Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology 1909. First edition. Small marginal tear to front wrapper repaired rear blank side of last plate is browned; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 98 9 full page plates fine line-drawings. Later yellow cloth lettered in black on the spine original printed green wrappers bound in place lg 4to 12 x 9 3/4 inches. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology volume 27 no. 3. From the library of crustacean zoologist Linda J. Becker with her name stamp on the front wrapper. Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1909. First edition hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3992
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Milne Edwards, Alphonse and Bouvier, E L
Reports on the Results of Dredging in the Gulf of Mexico 1877-78 in the Caribbean Sea 1878-79 and along the Atlantic coast of the United States 1880 by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" Part XLVII: Les Porcellanides et les Brachyures.
Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology 1923. First edition. Small marginal tear to contents page repaired; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 115 12 full page plates fine stipple drawings. Later yellow cloth lettered in black on the spine original printed green wrappers bound in place lg 4to 12 x 9 3/4 inches. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology volume 47 no. 4. From the library of crustacean zoologist Linda J. Becker with her name stamp on the front wrapper. Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1923. First edition hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3993
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Various authors
Collection of 365 offprints on Orthoptera grasshoppers crickets and locusts and related insect groups from the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace.
Various places 1871-1959. First edition. Very good to near fine condition. Pp. 5000 numerous line-drawings photographs maps and others. Each offprint is separately bound in quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards usually with the original printed wrappers bound in place 8vo or 4to. The offprints date from the 1870s to the 1950s. Each offprint was indexed by Wallace with a typewritten white label attached to the lower left corner of the front board with the author title date and journal listed. The original index card collection for these offprints is not available here. Many of these offprints have the name stamp or signature of Herbert Wallace on the front wrapper or title page. Many offprints are inscribed to Wallace by the authors. Other offprints have the name stamp or signature of other notable researchers in the field. Postage will be extra. Various places, 1871-1959. First edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4053
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Ueno, M, Sakai, T and Uchida, H
Crustacea of Jehol.
Tokyo: Waseda University 1935. First edition. Bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 15 16 8 6 4 index 19 full-page plates 2 in color 5 text-figures and maps. Publisher's original brown-patterned stiff printed wrappers lg 8vo 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo under the leadership of Shigeyasu Tokunaga June-October 1933 Section V Division I Part II. Manchoukuo was the portion of northeastern China under Japanese control in the 1930's. This is the entire work on the Crustacea. The text is entirely in English with a summary in Japanese at the front and some common names in the text in Japanese. Faint ink stamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington on the front cover no other ownership marks and no signs of use. Tokyo: Waseda University, 1935. First edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 4074
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