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New York: American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, 1958 Book. Very Good-Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. x, 518 pp, color frontis, foreword by Jean Delacour, acknowledgments, explanatoions and definitions, Introduction and Summation; Geography of Extinction; Accounts of Extinct and Vanishing Forms; bibliography, appendix: museums in which extinct birds are to be found, index with b&w illustrations throughout. Series Publication No. 13. First Edition, 1958. Owners plate on front paste down. Faint tide mark top fore-edge page corners with minor edgewear, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Charcoal-gray cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine..

Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1959 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. Volume I. pp. xv (i), 1-510 (1); Volume II. pp. x, 511-792. b&w pen & ink illustrations throughout. Second Edition, 1959. Price clipped. 1/4" closed tear to top edge spine dj Vol. I with small stain to dj spine Volume I, and slight age-toning to dj spines of both volumes. Light dust line to top text block edge both volumes, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white. 6.75" x 9.5". Navy-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dust Jacket in removable acetate protector. "In this new and revised edition the author recognizes no fewer than 400 families of flowering plants. There is the usual division into Dicotyledon and Monocotyledons, but thereafter the arrangement is both evolutionary and revolutionary, for he has abandoned the customary division into Archlamydeae and Metachlamydeae as artificial, and has redistributed the failies in… Leer más

Madison, WI: Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Slim Quarto. v (i), 158, illus. First Edition, May 1940. previous owners name inked on ffep, Preface with topical table of contents, photos and drawings throughout, Only the faintest external wear, else, Pristine Interior. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7" x 10.25". Dark-blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine..

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1950 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Very Good +. 127 pp, Preface by Paul Geroudet, The Life of the Flamingos: The Region; "The Bird with Wings of Fire"; Habitat and Migration; Life and Habits; Menu and Appetitie; Love and Family Life; The Village and its Inhabitants; The Enemy; Charactieristic Traits of Childhood. Some Biological Notes on the Flamingo of the Camargue: The Morphology of the Flamingo; Nutrition; Diet; The Nest; The Egg; The Laying of the Egg; First Appearance of the Chick; The Influence of the Flamingo on its Surroundings; The Foes of the Flamingo; Dimensions collated from twenty-five specimens; Flamingo Colonies from 1914-1947; bibliography with 53 b&w photographic illustrations by the author. First Edition, 1950. "At the time of this publication our information about these colonies of theCamargue was scanty, unpromising and even misleading, and we were doubtful if the bird could… Leer más

Luton, England: The Corporation of Luton Museum and Art Gallery, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. 533 pp, Prof Benninghoff's inked note, Luton, 1964, Edward Salisbury's short Preface, List of 25 Plates and 22 Figures, Introduction to Bedfordshire as a natural environment (150+ pp); The Flora of Bedfordshire; Index of Botanists, Geographical Index, Index of Plant Names, List of Subscribers. 5.8" x 8.7" blue cloth boards, gilt spine letter. Clipped gray DJ, with red letters, in acetate protector. .

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1932 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. 52 pp, illus, maps. University of Michigan, School of Forestry and Conservation, Bulletin No. 1. First Edition, 1932. Only the slightest external wear. No markings, tight binding, clean and white. 6" x 9". Stiff green wrappers with black lettering to front wrapper. In protective sleeve..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xiv (ii), 239 (2), Foreword, 31 chapters, Index. list of more than 150 b&w photos, illus. First Edition, rear panel with text and photo of Fairchild, along with text of rear flap of DJ has been pasted between the rear e.p. and the last page of the index, sitting flat and inconspicuously, but it might be difficultt to remove it. Very light external wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white. 6.5" x 9.5". Blue cloth with silver lettering to front board and spine, and illustrated end papers..

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Book. Illus. by Elgood, George S. - R.I.. Very Good. Hardcover. Illustrated Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xii (i), 146 (2) pp, tissue-protected illus. The Illustrated Edition, 1905. Inked name ffep. List of 16 illustrations,Light wear with age-toned text block, and foxing, mostly to end papers and blank pages. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9". Decorative green-cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, and gilt top text block..

New York: Columbia University Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Trade Paperback. Octavo. Large 8vo. xiv, 514 pp, Part I: Genes - 6 chaotersl; Part II: Gene Systems - chaps 7 -15; Part III: Linkage Systems - chaps 16-22, Part IV - Genetic Systems - chaps 23-25; Biblioraphy, Author Index, Organism Index, Subject Index. illus. Price hole-punched rear wrapper. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 9". Illustrated wrappers..

Copenhagen: Østifternes Haveselskab, 1956 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Small 4to. 113 (3) pp, Forord, Haver og mennesker; Havens planlaegning; Lidt om teknik, materialer og priser; Havens traeer og buske; Fritstaaende buske og busketter; Havens blomster; Naar den nye have skal anlaegges; Plantning; Planteafstande; Haven i dag i plan og model; Haven i billeder; Aaret rundt i haven; Haveejerens adresseliste; Raadgivende institutioner; Boger om haver og havens planter. Udgivet af Østifternes Haveselskab, I kommission hos Berlingske Forlag, 1956. Text in Danish. Er trykt til Østifternes Haveselskab i 5000 eksemplarer, heraf er 2000 stillet til raadighed for boghandelen gennem Berlingske Forlag. Slightly rubbed edges with lightly soiled white of rear panel, else Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green quarter-cloth with illustrated boards..

London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xvii (i), 427 (3) pp. Foreword by J. W. Heslop Harrison: Introduction, 2 Parts / 10 chapters with its own table of contents, Part I: an account of the historical development; Part II: Cytogenetics and the Modern Causal Theories. Text with footntoes - figures - tables, etc. Epilogue, Appendices 1-8, Bibliography, Publications, Index. Bump wrinkle to front board top fore-edge corner tip with very light age-toning to text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, 6.25" x 8.75". Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Faintly toned spine dj, clipped, In acetate protector..

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1936. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Quarto. Volume I. Lake Superior Region: (vi) xxi (iii), 450 (2) pp, illus. Volume II. Wild Life of Coasts, Islands, and Mountains: (v) viii (i), 454 (2) pp, illus. With 950 photographs by the Author. Second Edition, September 1936. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7" x 10.25". Navy-blue cloth with gilt NGS seal on front board, and gilt lettering to front board and spine..

London, UK: H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1961 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. viii + 189 pp, preface, 7 chapters with references, 97 figures, index. 5.7" x 9" brown cloth boards with spine gilt letters on blue. text clean, cloth very good, binding tight..

New York: Walker and Company, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Wide Octavo. Large 8vo. vii (iii), 214 pp. First American Edition, 1970. , text with No markings, binding tight, pages clean, 6.75" x 9.25". Black and brown cloth with glossy green lettering to spine. Only the very slightest edge wear to clipped, Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "Marston Bates (1906-1974) was an American zoologist and environmental author. Bates' studies on mosquitoes contributed to the understanding of the epidemiology of yellow fever in northern South America.".

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1951. Book. Illus. by Brian Hope-Taylor. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. vii (i), 258 (2) pp. Wood engravings by Brian Hope-Taylor. Translated by W. L. Goodman: First Edition, 1951. Price clipped. Very light edge wear to dj. Very lightly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj..

New York: The World Publishing Company, 1970 Book. Illus. by Helmut Diller and Paul Barruel. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 275 pp, preface, introduction, Listings by continents with full-color plates and life-histories, bibliography, acknowledgments. Price clipped with slightly discolored dj and minor edgewear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt lettering..

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1953 Book. Very Good - Fine. Soft cover. 8vo. xi, 734 pp, introduction, order passeriformes, b&w photographic plates, index. United States National Museum, Bulletin 203. Spine rubbed and foxed with light soiling to dj panels, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Original light green wraps..

New York: Macmillan & Company, 1922 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. xvi, 503 pp, preface, 15 chapters, index with b&w illustrations. Reprinted, 1922. Ex Libris plate rear endpaper with name small name plate. Age-tanned endpapers and edges with minor edgewear. Rear cover lightly soiled with two 3" marks. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Decorative cloth blocked in gilt and blue..

Washington, D. C.: Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1970 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. 397 pp, introduction, checklist of sections and species, key to the sectrions, key to the species, Species Descriptions; bibliography, glossary, index with b&w illustrations throughout. Agriculture Handbook No. 374: First Edition, 1970. Faintly foxed top text block edge, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine..

Lansing, MI: Game Division Department of Conservation, 1943 Book. Illus. by Oscar Warbach. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. 404 pp, foreword, introduction, Part I. What We Have to Work with and How It Can Be Used; Part II. How the Fox Squirrel Lives; Part III. Management; conclusion, literature cited, appendix, index with 212 illustrations, including photograhs by the author and others and 28 drawings by Oscar Warbach. Game Division Publication 100: First Edition, October 1943. "The author offers a mine of information, tracing the story of fox squirrels replacing grays as man changed the face of lower Michigan. He tells what fox squirrels need, now they live and what can be done to manage them. Many fine photographs by the author and information, humorous drawings by Oscar Warbach are included." Inked name on ffep with a short review glued to rear pastedown. Only the faintest signs of wear with age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with… Leer más