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1923Quarto in blue cloth; no jacket; illus. (some color); 111 pp., 26 cm.; Cloth is light rubbed along edges, and rubbed and frayed at the corners; previous ownerís name signed neatly in pen to the ffep; light foxing to edges of leaves; pages have faintest signs of being handled; o/w tight, square binding and clean, crisp, bright pages. In English. || Series: National Geographic Magazine, Nov. 1923; William Harding Carter ... Horses of the world [by] Edward Herbert Miner ... 24 paintings in oil reproduced in full color.
2003Octavo in pale green wrappers; 476 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.; ex-library copy straight from The School of Field Studies, Centre for Wildlife Managment Studies, Nairobi with a stamp on half-title page a few more thorughout; a good copy a previous users put to good use; it's still very solidly bound and square; wrappers are worn with creases, scratches and edgewear, but are perfectly affixed to book block; pages are soiled from handling and use but are all there and free of markings, notes; some are dog-earred; most pages are pretty crisp and bright; edges of leaves are moderately soiled; a well-loved copy with lots of life left. In English. 2011 printing of corrected edition.
1997Quarto in color pictorial wrappers; black spine; 148 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.; crisp, bright unread copy. In English.
1995Octavo in orange illustrated wrappares; illus., map; 342 pp., 24 cm.; New copy still in shrinkwrap. In English. || Contents: 1 : Butterflies of the seas -- 2 : The Arthropoda -- 3 : The Trilobita -- 3.1 : Introduction to trilobite morphology -- 3.2 : Appendages and internal anatomy -- 3.3 : The Eyes of trilobites -- 3.4 : Enrollment -- 3.5 : Life habits -- 3.6 : Trilobite classification -- Appendix A : A Case history : the giant trilobites of Newfoundland -- Appendix B : Photographic techniques and speciment preparation -- 4 : Atlas of trilobite photographs -- 4.1 : Cambrian families -- 4.2 : Ordovician families -- 4.3 : Silurian families -- 4.4 : Devonian families -- 4.5 : Mississippian families -- 4.6 : Pennsylvanian families -- 4.7 : Permian families.
2010Octavo in brown pictorial boards; color illus.; 206 pp., 22 cm.; boards are lightly shelf-rubbed; o/w tight, clean copy with clean, bright, crisp pages; out of print. In English. || Abstract: Drawing primarily on works of ancient art and Western European painting and decorative arts from the Hermitage, the authors have compiled an anthology of images that depict dogs in the various ways the artist's imagination has conceived them. Chapter titles include "Dogs of the Romanovs" and "Dogs in Service."
Quarto in brownish red cloth; no jacket; 1021 pages; illustrations; maps; 26 cm.; light rubbing to open corners and spine ends; no fraying; very light soil from handling; previous owner's name signed in pen to ffep; very small foxing stain to rear end paper; light soil to bottom edge of leaves; o/w cloth is handsome; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square; a gently used copy; fourth printing. In English. || Series: Encyclopedia of earth sciences series Volume 1
2000Octavo in color illustrated wrappers (black spine); 506 pages ; 23 cm.; wrappers are slightly curled with very light edgewear; o/w a clean copy with bright, crisp pages free of marks and creases; binding is tight; a gently used copy. In English. || Abstract: "Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, Second Edition is succinct and readable survey of primatology focusing on the anatomy of primates. This book is ideal for an introductory course in primatology and should appeal to both faculty and students who need a brief treatment of the essentials of primatology."--Jacket. Contents: Taxonomic list of extant primates -- Taxonomy -- Primatology -- A survey of living primates -- Skull -- Brain -- Teeth -- Postcranial skeleton -- Sense organs and viscera -- Placentation and early primates development -- Reproductive organs, reproduction, and growth -- Chromosomes and blood groups -- Molecular primatology. Descriptor: Primates -- Anatomy. Primates -- anatomy & histology.
1992Quarto in red-burgundy cloth in black, color illustarted jacket (black spine); 85 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.; fine copy in very good(+) jacket; jacket is lightly bumped/creased at a few corners; one small 1" tear at spine tail (back side); light shelf-rubbing; o/w jacket is clean; cloth is clean, bright and free of fraying; boards are free of bumps; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; a gently used review copy including the press release. In English. || Abstract: A pictorial presentation of birds of prey, accompanied by facts and information, including eagles, hawks, falcons, owls and vultures.
1974Dark blue quarto, gilt to front board, spine, and rear board, ix, 497 pages, b&w illustrations; 26 cm. Marine sediments -- Testing -- Congresses. || Series: Marine science, volume 2.
1988Hardcover quarto in black DJ. xviii, 174 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Abstract: Complete guide to the hooded and harp seals (Cystophora cristata; Phoca groenlandica) of Canada, and a resume of the sealing industry. Written for the well-informed lay-person, spanning the range from high school students writing term papers about seals and the seal hunt, to academics with an interest in the topic but with no particular knowledge of seals or sealing. ||
1979Large grey octavo, xviii, 505 pages, b&w illustrations ; 25 cm. Toxic marine algae -- Congresses, Science. || Series: Developments in marine biology, vol. 1. || Contents: Conference dedication / Clarice M. Yentsch -- Recent progress, an overview / Luigi Provasoli -- Epidemic paralytic shellfish poisoning in Western Europe, 1976 / J¸rg L¸thy -- Epidemiology of shellfish poisoning in the United States, 1971-1977 / James M. Hughes -- Dinoflagellate bloom on the Brazilian South Atlantic coast / Paulo Almeida Machado -- Toxic dinoflagellates, shellfish and public health / J. David Clem -- Opening address / Beatrice Sweeney -- The systematics of Gonyaulax with special reference to the toxic species / Alfred R. Loeblich III and Laurel A. Loeblich -- The toxigenic gonyaulacoid dinoflagellates / F.J.R. Taylor -- Some species of Gonyaulax of the 'Catenella group' occurring in Japanese coastal waters / Saburo Toriumi and Hideaki Takano -- Theca and cyst of Gonyaulax excavata (Braarud) Balech found at Ofunato Bay, Pacific coast of northern Japan / Yasuwo Fukuyo -- A new toxic dinoflagellate found in association with ciguatera / Takeshi Yasumoto, Ichiro Nakajima, Yasukatsu Oshima and Raymond Bagnis -- A description of the benthic dinoflagellate associated with maitotoxin and ciguatoxin, including observations on Hawaiian material / F.J.R. Taylor -- Some specific features of dinoflagellate Exuviaella cordata Ostf. blooming in the Black Sea / Pia Elena Mihnea -- A discussion of the systematics of toxic Gonyaulax species containing paralytic shellfish poison / Robert J. Schmidt and Alfred R. Loeblich III -- Functional morphology of organisms involved in red tides, as adapted to decaying turbulence / Ramon Margalef, Marta Estrada and Dolors Blasco -- The physiological characteristics of neritic red-tide flagellates / Hideo Iwasaki -- Photoadaptation of photosynthesis in two bloom-forming dinoflagellates / Barbara B. Prezelin and Beatrice M. Sweeney -- Light and nutrient limitation in Gonyaulax excavata : nitrogen and carbon trace results / Jane J. MacIsaac, Gary S. Grunseich, Hilary E. Glover and Clarice M. Yentsch -- Maximum growth rate of natural population of a Gymnodinium red tide / Shoji Iizuka -- Large scale culture of dinoflagellate algae / Harold W. Siegelman and Jadwiga H. Kycia -- Growth interactions of marine dinoflagellates in multispecies culture experiments / Hermann Kayser -- Temporary cysts of Gonyaulax excavata : effects of temperature and light / Ruth E. Schmitter -- Motile cells and cysts : two probable mechanisms of intoxication of shellfish in New England waters / Clarice M. Yentsch and Frances C. Mague -- Toxicity and nucleic acid content of Gonyaulax excavata / Claudia Mickelson and Clarice M. Yentsch -- Response of Gonyaulax excavata and Rhizosolenia sp. in mixed culture to a synthetic auxin / Bruce M. Poole and Richard P. Grandoni -- Interrelationships of Gymnodinium breve (Florida red tide) within the phytoplankton community / Larry R. Freeberg, Ann Marshall and Michael Heyl -- Toxic dinoflagellate blooms in the Cape Cod region of Massachusetts / Donald M. Anderson and Francois M.M. Morel -- Dinoflagellate blooms in Romanian Black Sea coastal waters / Nicolae Bodeanu and Mioara Usurelu -- Dinoflagellate blooms in the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela / Elvira Ferraz-Reyes, Gregorio Reyes-Vasquez and Iris B. Bruzual -- Red tides off the coast of Chile / Sergio Avaria -- A bloom of Amphidinium sp. in the Ria de Vigo (N.W. of Spain) / Santiago Fraga and Francisco J. Sanchez -- Dinoflagellates from the Ubatuba region (Lat. 23∞30 S, Long. 45∞06 W), Brazil / Miryam B.B. Kutner and Roberto Sassi -- Indo-Pacific red tides / J.L. MacLean -- Dinoflagellate blooms in Norwegian waters / Karl Tangen -- Red tide along the Peruvian coast / Blanca Rojas de Mendiola -- Toxic dinoflagellate blooms in northeastern Venezuela during 1977 / Gregorio Reyes-Vasquez, Elvira Ferraz-Reyes and Enrique Vasquez -- Exuviella baltica : a bloom organism of the Galveston Bay system / Joseph Zotter -- Occurrence of Gymnodinium breve red tides along the west and east coasts of Florida during 1976 and 1977 / Beverly S. Roberts -- Occurrence of dinoflagellates and distribution of chlorophyll a on the Pakistan Shelf / Syed M. Saifullah -- Changes on the surface distribution of a dinoflagellate bloom off the Peru coast related to time of day / Dolors Blasco -- The occurrence of Prorocentrum species and coincidental gastro-intestinal illness of mussel consumers / Marie Kat -- Ecological survey of a toxic dinoflagellate associated with ciguatera / Takeshi Yasumoto, Akio Inoue and Raymond Bagnis -- A mass mortality of marine animals associated with a bloom of Ceratium tripos in the New York Bight / John B. Mahoney and Frank W. Steimle Jr. -- Shellfish monitoring in Maine / John W. Hurst Jr. -- Distribution of Gonyaulax excavata resting cysts in sediments of the Gulf of Maine / Carrie M. Lewis, Clarice M. Yentsch and Barrie Dale -- Phytoplankton distributions and red tides resulting from frontal circulation patterns / Howard H. Seliger, Mary A. Tyler and K.R. McKinley -- Dinoflagellate blooms associated with tidal fronts around the British Isles / Patrick M. Holligan -- Primary nutrients and red tides in upwelling regions / Richard C. Dugdale -- Global patterns of discolored water and related events in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Timothy Wyatt -- Oceanic intrusion : one possible initiation mechanism of red tide blooms on the west coast of Florida / Kenneth D. Haddad and Kendall L. Carder -- Gulf Stream rings as a mechanism of patch formation / William McKay Balch -- Mesoscale features of summer (1975-1977) dinoflagellate blooms in the York River, Virginia (Chesapeake Bay Estuary) / Paul L. Zubkoff, John C. Munday Jr., Russell G. Rhodes and J. Ernest Warinner III -- Spectral reflectance of a bloom of Gymnodinium nelsoni in Chesapeake Bay / Dennis K. Clark and Dale A. Kiefer -- Biochemical factors associated with remote sensing of color change and fluorescence / Charles S. Yentsch -- Prospects for measuring phytoplankton bloom extent and patchiness using remotely sensed ocean color images : an example / James L. Mueller -- Response surface analyses for estuarine dinoflagellates under thermal stress / Kent Mountford -- The ecological role of red tides in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor food web / Gregory Morey-Gaines --; Developments in the study of paralytic shellfish toxins / Yuzuru Shimizu -- Two similar toxins isolated from Gymnodinium breve / Daniel G. Baden, Thomas J. Mende and Ronald E. Block -- Purification and chemical studies on a major toxin from Gymnodinium breve / Martin Risk, Y.Y. Lin, R.D. MacFarlane, V.M. Sadagopa-Ramanujam, Leland L. Smith, and Norman M. Trieff -- Chemical analysis of paralytic shellfish poisoning in Alaska / Sherwood Hall, Richard A. Neve, Paul B. Reichardt and G.A. Swisher Jr. -- Physiological activities of toxins from Gymnodinium breve isolated by high performance liquid chromatography / G.M. Padilla, Y.S. Kim, E.J. Rauckman and G.M. Rosen -- Isolation and synergism of a red tide (Gymnodium breve) cytolytic factor(s) from cultures of Gomphosphaeria aponina / David L. Eng-Wilmot, Leslie F. McCoy Jr. and D.F. Martin -- Model solvent systems for delivery of compounds cytolytic towards Gymnodinium breve / D.L. Eng-Wilmot, B.F. Henningsen, D.F. Martin and R.E. Moon -- Mechanism of action of the major toxin from Gymnodinium breve Davis / M. Risk, K. Werrbach-Perez, J.R. Perez-Polo, H. Bunce, S.M. Ray and J.L. Parmentier -- Toxins isolated from Bay of Fundy scallops / Gregory L. Boyer, Carol Fix Wichmann, Jerry Mosser, Edward J. Schantz and Heinrich K. Schnoes -- Analysis of toxins in cultured Gonyaulax excavata cells originating in Ofunato Bay, Japan / Yasukatsu Oshima and Takeshi Yasumoto -- Dinoflagellate toxins in phytoplankton and zooplankton fractions during a bloom of Gonyaulax excavata / Alan W. White -- Toxicity of Prorocentrum mimimum var. mariae-lebouriae assumed to be a causative agent of short-necked clam poisoning / Tomotoshi Okaichi and Yukiya Imatomi -- Toxicity of the New England red tide dinoflagellate to winter flounder larvae / Lesley J. Mills and Grace Klein-MacPhee -- Occurrence of new type of toxic shellfish in Japan and chemical properties of the toxin / Takeshi Yasumoto, Yasukatsu Oshima and Magoichi Yamaguchi -- Evidence for the heterogeneity of paralytic shellfish toxin in clam and mussel samples gathered near Prince Rupert, British Columbia / Robert J. Bose and John E. Reid -- Molluscan transvectors of paralytic shellfish poisoning / Norman R. Tufts -- The effects of a Cochlodinium heterolobatum bloom on the survival and calcium uptake by larvae of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica / Ming-Shan Ho and Paul L. Zubkoff -- Secondary intoxication with PSP in Cancer irroratus / Thomas L. Foxall, Nancy H. Shoptaugh, Miyoshi Ikawa and John J. Sasner Jr. -- The effects of Gymnodinium breve toxin(s) on selected mollusks and crustaceans / Beverly S. Roberts, G.E. Henderson and R.A. Medlyn -- The action of G. breve neurotoxin on membrane conductance / J.J. Shoukimas, A. Siger, and B.C. Abbott -- Respiratory and cardiovascular effects of G. breve toxin in dogs / Sydney Ellis, John J. Spikes and Gordon L. Johnson -- Working sessions. Collection, enumeration and identification of free-living marine dinoflagellates / Karen A. Steidinger ; Collection, preparation and identification of dinoflagellate resting cysts / Barrie Dale -- Workshops. Alternatives to the mouse assay / Yuzuru Shimizu, Edward Ragelis ; The phenomenon of anoxia as related to dinoflagellate blooms / Theodore Smayda, Theodore Packard ; Bioluminescence / David Njus, Elijah Swift ; The role of chelators and trace metals in toxic blooms / Donald M. Anderson, Michael D. Corbett ; Ciguatera / Norman Doorenbos, Takeshi Yasumoto ; Culturing of dinoflagellates / Harold Siegelman, Michael Levandowski ; Detoxification of shellfish / Walter Blogoslawski, Richard Neve ; Development of a rapid international communication network / Anand Prakash, Karen Steidinger ; Impact of toxic dinoflagellate blooms on the North American shellfish industry / Richard A. Lutz, Lewis S. Incze ; Marine toxins as probes of excitable membranes / Gary R. Strichartz ; Modelling of red tides / Lawrence Slobodkin, Timothy Wyatt ; Monitoring programs and epidemiology / Dan Hunt, Norman Tufts and James Hughes ; Remote sensing / Charles Yentsch, Dale Kiefer ; Toxigenesis in dinoflagellates / Bernard Abbott, Alan White.
1997Brown oblong octavo, [30] postcards, color illustrations ; 13 x 18 cm. Uncommon; and scarce thus in such fine condition. || Postcards. Contents: Birds -- Fishes -- Crabs, turtles and corals -- Snakes, lizards and frogs -- Mammals -- Insects -- Plants. Natural history -- North Carolina, Flordia, Bahamas -- Pictorial works. || Uncommon in Fine copy.
2014A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. No dust jacket, as issued. 452 pages.
1935The cover of this book is in rough shape -- fraying cloth edges and tape on spine. The interior is in good shape with no marking and beautiful color illustrations. One tear (see photo). Previous owner's bookplate and school district stamp on endpapers. 120 pages.
1954Three volume set in excellent condition. Books are absolutely clean with heavy, strong bindings, appear unused. Each book about 700 pages with a few color plates, a great many b&w line drawings and about 30 pages of b&w photos with detailed descriptions of each subject. Vol. I: Mammals, Vol. II: Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Vol III: Fishes, Invertebrates, Insects, Index, Bindings are solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes but slightly faded spines, texts/interiors are clean and free of marking of any kind. Slip case shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears.
1958Four volume boxed set in excellent condition, as new, possible very slight fading to spine. Bindings are solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exteriors shows no blemishes, texts/interiors are clean and free of marking of any kind. Slipcase/box shows corner wear, light scuffing, shelf wear, no tears. 3042 pages in four volumes, cloth coverd boards, green title blocks on the spine with gilt lettering. Volume I :Aardvark to Cyclops, Volume II : Cypress to Juniper, Volume III: Kangaroo to Poor-Me-One, and Volume IV: Porcupine to Zebra, with Index. Heavily illustrated with sepia and color retouched phots, line drawings, charts, tables, maps, cut-away illustrations, Aardvark to Zebra with art, prehistoric & basilisk lizard along the way.
1940pp. xiv, 749 + Plus color frontis and plates. Numerous photographs. Small 4to. Original full embossed green gold stamped cloth binding. Nice copy. NH 4
1887pp. 337 + 12 Color chromolithograph plates of birds, drawn by Robert & John L. Ridgway. The great bird plates have some damp stain, but could be easily washed. + Plus 9 line drawn plates of fish. Folio. Disbound. Arctic Series of Publications issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army, No. III. The bird illustrators deserve special note. Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) was one America's leading ornithologists. At the age of 17, he was appointed zoologist on a geological survey of the 40th parallel. From 1874 until his death, he served as ornithologist and curator of the Smithsonian Institute. Ridgway established a system of color standards and nomenclature that is still used today. Robert's younger brother John was chief illustrator for United States Geological Survey and an artist for the California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Institution of Washington. Check References: Nissen, ZBI, 4184 and 2962; Bennett, p. 107; Wickersham 7836; Ricks p. 222; Arctic Bibliography 18091 & 18092; Ayer Zimmer, pages. 463 & 643 644. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W155
1886pp. 226 + 11 Color chromolithograph plates of birds, drawn by Robert & John L. Ridgway; and Giles Lithograph & Liberty Printing Co., New York. The great bird plates have some damp stain, but could be easily washed. + Plus 15 line drawn plates of fish. Folio. Most of the original full leather binding remains, but it is best to consider this as disbound. Arctic Series of Publications issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army, No. II. The bird illustrators deserve special note. Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) was one America's leading ornithologists. At the age of 17, he was appointed zoologist on a geological survey of the 40th parallel. From 1874 until his death, he served as ornithologist and curator of the Smithsonian Institute. Ridgway established a system of color standards and nomenclature that is still used today. Robert's younger brother John was chief illustrator for United States Geological Survey and an artist for the California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Institution of Washington. Check References: Nissen, ZBI, 4184 and 2962; Bennett, p. 107; Wickersham 7836; Ricks p. 222; Arctic Bibliography 18091 & 18092; Ayer Zimmer, pages. 463 & 643 644. W155
Hardcover in-8 in very good condition.- Reprint Très bel exemplaire - VG+++. [TX-13]
Hardcover in-8 etroit, 241 pages, cartonnage de l'éditeru, dos toile bordeaux. Tres bel exemplaire, tres frais. [MI-18]
in-12, 69 pp, broché. LIVRE NEUF. [HA-109/6]
1967192 pages including glossary and bibliography. Acquaints the reader withe the various species known to occur in the lakes and rivers of this Province and makes available information concerning their distribution and life-history. Covers: the Lampreys, the Sturgeons, the Herrings, the Smelts, the Whitefishes, the Grayling, The Salmon, The Suckers, The Minnows, The Catfishes, The Mooneyes, the Pikes, the Sticklebacks, the Codfishes, the Troutperches, The Perches, the Basses and Sunfishes, The Sculpins. Numerous black and white illustrations. Light yellowing to pages. Blue covers lightly worn but right half of front cover has an unusual discolouration which looks like a combination of sun fading and age-spotting. All writing upon fron cover remains legible. Book
196486 pages including index. An inexpensive guide to those fishes most likely to be seen by the average person. Draws heavily upon the comprehensive "Fishes of the West Coast of Canada" by Clemens and Wilby, to provide a less detailed account of the common species. Numerous black and white illustrations. Moderate wear, yellowing and age spotting. Unmarked. Book
1932Features: Sanity, Prohibition, and the federal deficit; A gasser blows in - heroic measures necessary to combat flames in oil fields; Where diamonds earn their keep - interesting life of a diamond in an industrial plant - whence it comes, how it is used, and how it ends; Editorials - radium waters - Philippine Independence - Frightfulness in warfare; A Nerve center of communication - how your radio or cable message is speeded through; Eclipses and the Sund's atmosphere - solution of an outstanding solar problem; Flying as fast as sound - considerations of what the future may hold for aviation - some physiological and mechanical aspects of the question; An early Christian cemetary - the Libyan desert gives up further secrets of antiquity; Viscount Grey and Lord Haldane - conclusion of a study of two famous World War personalities; Power from pipe lines to wires - natural gas used as fuel in steam electric plant; Watching the creation of the stars - more concerning the evolution of the galaxies; Unusual fishes - they build nests, walk on land, live in dried mud, and breathe air; Forty-noners starved in the midst of plenty - survey of plants and animals in Death Valley shows that pioneers could have survived the trials of the desert; Modern alchemy - photographing the birth of an atom; What next in elevator technology?; Inter-glacial man in England - human remains and artifacts tell an interesting story of pre-glacial migrations to and from England. Unmarked. Average wear. Book