Lotka, Alfred JABAA
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1934réf. 009639Paris: Hermann & Cie. Editeurs 1934. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Part I published 1934 45 pp. Near Fine some pages uncut 1" tear at bottom edge of spine. Part II published 1939 149 pp. Very Good old tape mends to spine and hinges both Parts with small ownership markings front wrappers of Professor G. J. Stolnitz noted economist at Indiana University Part II with a few scholarly marginal notations in ink by Stolnitz. Alfred J. Lotka 1880-1949 is considered the father of mathematical demography. RARE no copies of Part I and only one copy of Part II found in current commerce. Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles nos. 187 780. Hermann & Cie., Editeurs Paperback books
1904réf. 009157London: "The Feathered World" 1904. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First book appearance originally appeared in "The Feathered World" in a series of monographs. RARE WorldCat locates 3 copies at Michigan State University College of Charleston and Utrecht University. No copies found in current commerce. Near Fine soiling and spotting to boards. 64 pp. Charles Darwin became a pigeon fancier in 1855 and his studies of the tumbler pigeon and other pigeon breeds were instrumental in his "Origin of the Species" 1859. "The Feathered World" Hardcover books
1905réf. 009184Indianapolis IN: Wm. B. Burford Contractor for State Printing and Binding 1905. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy "Compliments of W. H. Freeman Secretary" tipped in slip at front end page. Very Good Plus boards a bit soiled gilt at front board a bit rubbed. Large fold-out map Fine. Wm. B. Burford, Contractor for State Printing and Binding Hardcover books
1864réf. 009261Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea 1864. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii 49-706 32 adverts. In original brown embossed cloth Very Good spine a touch sunned light edge wear. Bookplate of Edward Delos Churchill front paste down and his last name signed in pencil front end page. With excellent medical provenance from the collection of Edward Delos Churchill 1895-1972 a pioneering American thoracic surgeon best remembered for describing the Churchill-Cope reflex. Blanchard & Lea Hardcover books
1905réf. 009264Washington D.C.: Carnegie Institution 1905. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pp. xii 269; 3 color plates. Fine bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering from the collection of Frederick B. Churchill 1932-2017 who was Emeritus Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University his signature in pencil at front end page and his tidy scholarly marginal pencil notations scattered throughout the text. The Rev. John T. Gulick 1832-1923 is considered one of the pioneers of modern evolutionary thinking based on his studies of Hawaiian snails of the genus Acatinella. Evolution Racial and Habitudinal is his most complete examination of the subject. Uncommon in current commerce. Carnegie Institution Hardcover books
1895réf. 009267London: Balliere Tindall & Cox 1895. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. Second & Enlarged Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in original chocolate brown cloth gilt lettering. v111 207 8 42 pages illustration. Very Good Plus light rubbing at corners and spine ends rear board evenly faded 1/2" wide strip small bookseller's ticket front paste down. 8 pp. ads for microscopes followed by 42 pp. ads for Balliere Tindall & Cox publications. RARE in current commerce. Balliere, Tindall & Cox Hardcover books
1930réf. 009365Springfield IL/ Baltimore MD: Charles C. Thomas Publishers 1930. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Uncommon. Near Fine in original green cloth gilt spine prior owner name in ink front paste down who was a professor at Purdue University at time of publication a couple of pages with her tidy scholarly notations in ink. Charles C. Thomas, Publishers Hardcover books
1929réf. 009094London: Thornton Butterworth Limited 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Nicholson Edited Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine scattered foxing at end pages only slight toning to boards in a Near Fine dust jacket small spot rear panel slight wear at spine ends. Uncommon in such a lovely dust jacket. 416 pages with 16 wood engravings with tissue guards Fine fold -out map at rear Fine. Thornton Butterworth Limited Hardcover books
1871réf. 009117London and New York: Macmillan & Co. 1871. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering back Near Fine slight foxing at end papers only light wear to boards at edges. Mivart's critique of Darwin that came after his initial enthusiasm for Darwin's theories. Uncommon in this 2nd London edition. Macmillan & Co. Hardcover books
1976réf. 008668Los Angeles: Sexual Law Reporter 1976. Book. Near Fine. Ring Bound. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 22 copies hole-punched for ring binder unbound Near Fine stamped "Duplicate" and 5 copies with duplicate tabs attached several copies with pencil call numbers although no other markings these are duplicates from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research. 1976 Vol. 2 Nos. 1-4 6 and Index; 1977 Vol. 3 Nos. 1-2 4-5 and Index; 1978. Vol.4 Nos. 1-4 and Indexcomplete year; 1979 Vol. 1-4 complete year no index. A non-profit organization founded in Los Angeles in 1974 and continuing through 1979 to protect sexual civil liberties by informing the law community on statutory and case law in the field of sexuality. Sexual Law Reporter Hardcover books
1921réf. 008743Paris: Bernard Grasset Editeur 1921. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"hommage de l'auteur Jean Rostand". His 3rd book. Jean Rostand 1894-1977 was a noted French biologist and philosopher whose work in the area of cryogenics gave the idea of cryonics to Robert Ettinger. Finely bound and stamp-signed C. Fox Manchester Square. Quarter calf over beige buckram five raised bands and gilt lettering back marbled end papers top edge gilt. Near Fine pages uniformly browned. Bernard Grasset, Editeur Hardcover books
1907réf. 008929Raleigh NC: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 1907. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. Small 4to. SCARCE in current commerce. xi 453 1 pages with 21 plates 16 of them color lithograph plates of fish and 188 figures in text. E.M. Uzzell and Co. Raleigh printers and binders. Very Good Plus no jacket bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. cloth a bit faded at bottom of spine light rubbing to boards interior clean bright and unmarked. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey Hardcover books
1893réf. 008934New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1893. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Revised American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vii 566 pages with 219 illustrations in text. Dated 1884 copyright page 1893 title page. SCARCE in any edition in current commerce. Near Fine in original brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations top edge gilt from the collection of Joseph Hyde Pratt noted North Carolina geologist conservationist and state and local civic leader and later during WW I he was colonel in command of the First Battalion of the 105th Engineers and part of the famous Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division the first to break the Hindenburg Line. His ownership signature and name stamp front end page. Slight wear at spine ends light soiling at end pages. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover books
1885réf. 008533London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. 1885. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SCARCE in the First Edition. Bound in contemporary full polished calf by Bickers & Son marbled end papers and edges back gilt. From the collection of noted thoracic surgeon Edward Delos Churchill his bookplate front paste down. Very Good joints showing wear yet still holding gilt at back rubbed spine label missing rubs at edges and corners. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. Hardcover books
1953réf. 008568Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company 1953. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHORS. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHORS Clyde E. Martin Wardell B. Pomeroy and Paul H. Gebhard at half-title page and SCARCE THUS.Fine in Very Good dust jacket toning and foxing small chips at spine ends and bottom edge rear panel. The pioneering study on female sexuality a classic in its field. W. B. Saunders Company Hardcover books
1990réf. 008661Atlanta Georgia: Max W. Fain 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE Second Edition Revised hardcover 190 pages originally published 1988 in softcover 125 pages. Near Fine bumps at spine ends. Review Copy publisher's review bookmark laid in. This copy from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research marked "Duplicate" and with Kinsey stamps and label at spine no other institutional markings copy feels unread. OCLC records 7 institutional holdings worldwide for the 1988 edition none for this edition. Max W. Fain Hardcover books
1861réf. 008331Boston: Crosby Nichols Lee and Company 1861. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "To Hon. Simon Brown with the regards of The Author". Simon Brown was the 21st Lt. Governor of Massachusetts serving from 1855-56. He was also a printer and publisher including of the New England Farmer. Simon Brown's signature in pencil at top edge title page. Very Good Plus title at spine faded and not quite legible. 164 pp. in publisher's pebbled cloth with rules in blind. Quite sturdily bound in line with its intended audience. SCARCE SIGNED and with a nice Association. Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company Hardcover books
1900réf. 008172London / New York: S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Thick 8vo. # 188 of 208 copies printed for America. Two volumes in publisher's original green buckram gilt lettering at spines top edges gilt. Profusely and wonderfully illustrated. Very Good spot of discoloration rear board Vol. II scattered light toning at end papers only. A handsome set of this classic of natural history. S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover books
1900réf. 007889Jena: Gustav Fischer 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 549 pp. 2 maps in text fold-out map at rear Near Fine small edge tears at folds 6 chromolithographs 8 heliogravures 32 full page plates and 390 plates in text. Bound in quarter black cloth over paper covered boards hand-written label at spine period handwriting title page small stamp "Konigl. Seminar Lobau" title page. Very Good a quite well-bound book and SCARCE in the 1900 First Edition. Carl Chun 1852-1914 was a German marine biologist a specialist on cephalopods and plankton. Chun's expedition on the "Valdivia" in 1898-99 was the first large-scale German expedition to explore the deep sea. Gustav Fischer Hardcover books
1837réf. 007672London: John Van Voorst 1837. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition 1837 in signed Tout Binder half red morocco over marbled boards lined in gilt five raised bands gilt lined gilt lettering and tail date end pages marbled top edge gilt ribbon marker numerous wood-engraved text illustrations. Armorial bookplate front paste down of Captain James Stewart Alltyrodyn a noted collector. Also laid in the card of noted 20th century American collector Lewis Vogler. Near Fine slight toning to end pages small rubs to two of the raised bands. A quite handsome copy with excellent provenance of this classic work. John Van Voorst Hardcover books
1940réf. 006910Helsinki Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura 1940. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine Vol.I dustjacket Very Good 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine Vol. II jacket Near Fine small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate map index 15 folding maps at rear Vol. II. Numerous black and white photographs in text. A classic scholarly text ''In the spring of 1906 I received orders from the Russian General Staff to undertake a journey from Russian Turkestan through Chinese Turkestan and Western China and the provinces of Kan Su Shensi and Shansi to Peiping as the final goal. The object of this expedition was to study the conditions in the interior of Northern China collect statistical materials and perform various tasks of a military nature'' Preface. Mannerheim also collected archaeological and ethnographic materials and manuscripts and studied little-known peoples and tribes in Norther China. Mannerheim later became the 6th President of Finland after serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish armed forces during WWII. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura Hardcover books
1894réf. 006961Philadelphia: The F. A. Davis Co. 1894. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in such lovely collectible condition. Near Fine tiny rubs to cloth at corners gilt bright contents are clean tight and unmarked. 302 pp. The F. A. Davis Co. Hardcover books
2003réf. 006888Boston: Kluwer Academic Pub 2003. Book. Near Fine. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine tiny rub at head of spine. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. Kluwer Academic Pub Hardcover books
1945réf. 006648Pennsylvania: Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology 1945. Book. Very Good Plus. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the collection of noted semiotician linguist and folklorist Thomas A. Sebeok his last name signature in ink front end pages of all 4 bulletins. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica the leading periodical in the field. In addition to Fenton's 4-part article on the Cornplanter Senecas also contains Autumn L. Leonard's 4 part article "The Presque Isle Portage and the Venango Trail" and other related articles. The bulletins paginated 1-38 39-67 68-101 and 102-136. All 4 bulletins Very Good Plus or better in addition to Sebeok's signature there are handwritten titles on front covers and some marginal notes and checkmarks all in Sebeok's hand. SCARCE as a set. Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Paperback books
1905réf. 006666New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in such lovely condition. Near Fine small inked letter bottom corner front end page gilt at spine a bit rubbed to publisher's name at bottom edge. In the original green cloth gilt titles and decorations bright tissue-guarded frontispiece with elephants vii-xv 310 pp. with 4 pp. publisher's catalog illustrated with numerous black and white full-page photographs. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
