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New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition.. Several chips with small missing sections to dustjacket, small square of discoloration on pages 122 and 123, a near fine copy.. Pp. ix, 180, 6 black and white photographs, 6 color photographs, color photograph frontispiece. Publisher’s tan cloth, small ship on cover, lettered in green on spine, pictorial dustjacket, sm 8vo. This memoir recounts the adventures of an Englishwoman in Africa with a famous snake handler. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper.

New Haven: American Journal of Science, 1888. First edition. Light edge wear to wrappers, a clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 67. Original printed pale green wrappers, 8vo. Offprint from the American Journal of Science, volume XXXVI (appendix). This is an annotated bibliography with a very detailed cross-referenced index. No ownership marks.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1911.. Page edges are untrimmed and a little browned, otherwise a clean very good copy.. Pp. (4), 31, (1), 143, (3), 7 fine chromolithographic plates after color paintings by J. Terrier, 8 full page black-and-white photo-plates. New fine marbled wrappers with printed titles from original wrappers professionally laid on, 4to. This monograph presents the zoological results of an expedition to chart the equator in South America. Contents include: "Mammifères de la mission de l'Equateur, d'après les collections formées par le Dr. Rivet" by E. L. Trouessart; "Etude des oiseaux de l'Equateur rapportés par le Dr. Rivet" by Ménégaux; "Trochilidae" by E. Simon. The first part on mammals contains 8 plates of which 3 are colored. The other parts on birds contain 4 colored plates. This is the zoological section of Mission du service géographique de l'armée pour la mesure d'un arc de… Leer más

London: White, Cochrane, and Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; etc., 1813. New edition.. A few old mars to the front and rear leather boards, two small repairs to bottom edge of the folding frontispiece, light foxing to some plates, a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. x, 587, (1), 2 engraved vignettes on titles, 8 engraved plates, (1 hand-colored), including a folding frontispiece view of Selborne. Publisher’s original full antique leather, spine with five raised bands with black leather gilt-title label in one compartment, repeated gilt designs in the other five compartments, marbled page edges with matching marbled endpapers, 4to. This is one of the most important and complete editions, the text is the corrected text from the first edition. This is sometimes referred to as Mitford’s edition. Armorial bookplate of Joseph Webster with his inscription to his son attached to the front endpaper. The volume is rebacked with original spine leather attached. Rare work.

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889-1991, First edition. The bound volumes show occasional shelf wear, there are very few signs of use in any of the 74 numbers; a tight, clean, near fine copy.. Pp. 15,000+, numerous photos, text-figures and maps (most are black-and-white but some are in color). 61 numbers are bound individually in early uniform brown cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine (some volumes also have gilt-titles on the front boards), some original wrappers bound in, + 13 numbers are in the publisher's printed wrappers, 8vo. Numbers 6 and 9 were never published. The complete set of 74 numbers of this classic work that covers all aspects of the fauna of North America (mammals, reptiles, birds, regional faunal studies). The 61 bound volumes are mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with a white call number on the spine of all volumes. A few bound volumes also have the Museum's bookplate on the front endpaper and even fewer volumes have the occasional ink… Leer más

Chicago: Open Court, 1896. First edition.. Gilt on spine is a little dull, light edge wear to cloth, a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xvi, 547, 120 text-figures. Publisher’s original dark blue ribbed cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, top page edge gilt, 8vo. In this volume, Cope synthesizes his diverse views on the factors driving evolution. This is the rare first edition. From the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper.

Boston: Printed for the Society, 1874. First edition. A bright, near fine copy.. Pp. iv, 384, some illustrations. Early dark green pebble cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, lg 8vo. Contains 44 contributions by notable natural historians of the day including Robert Ridgway - The Lower Wabash Valley, considered in its relation to the faunal districts of the eastern regions of North America (pp. 304-332). Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on the front endpaper, museum name-stamp on the rear endpaper, and white call number on the spine, no signs of use and no other museum marks.

Portland: Printed for the Society, 1862. First edition.. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum with call number on spine and stamps on the rear endpapers, otherwise no signs of use; a very good copy.. Pp. xxiv, x, 212, large folding map, full page plates, numerous text-figures. Later black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, original printed front wrap bound in, 8vo. Contains numerous papers on the natural history of Maine including mammals, birds, mollusca, fossils, geology, etc.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1914. First edition.. A clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 1-198; 13 plates (black-and-white photos and foldout maps). Extract without wrappers with original cloth backstrip (softcover), lg 8vo. Perforation stamp of 'Univ. of California' on the title page, no other ownership marks.

Washington: Thomas H. Ford, 1860. First edition.. There is scattered foxing (usually marginal) to some of the plates and light tanning to a few others, the text is generally bright and clean though a few pages show scattered foxing, the cloth binding is bright and clean; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. 399; 42 full page lithographed plates (8 are hand-colored lithographs birds, all other plates are monochrome). There are 6 botany plates, 2 insect plates, 5 mammal plates, 8 bird plates (hand-colored) and 21 plates of fishes. Later reddish-brown cloth in simulated snake skin style, spine is lettered in gilt, lg 4to. This is the second volume (Book II) of volume XII of the Explorations and surveys were made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-1855. Book II includes two parts: Part II (Botany) and Part III (Zoology). The Botany section has three parts: no. 1 - Report upon the Botany of the route by J. G. Cooper; no. 2 - Catalogue of Plants collected east of the Rocky… Leer más

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1887. First edition.. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 501-699; 44 full page plates (fine line-drawings). Later wine-red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1883, Article 16. The volume contains numerous illustrations of sea creatures (mostly invertebrates) collected by the "Steamer Albatross" off the northern coast of the United States in 1883. No ownership marks.

Paris: H. J. Jansen et Comp, (1795). First edition.. Light edge wear to the leather, mild foxing to a few plates; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xliv, 304; 426; 525, (2); with 22 engraved plates (5 are folding). Contemporary full brown calf leather, spine in newer calf with black morocco title label lettered in gilt, spine decorated with gilt panel lines, 8vo. This set documents the second voyage of the intrepid French traveler, Le Vaillant, from Cape Town up the western coast reaching and crossing the Orange River into Namibia. This feat, long disputed, was later proven to be true. A noteworthy account of early travel into Namaqualand, Namibia, Damaraland, Bechuanaland and the Kalahari Desert. Many of the engraved plates depict the unusual mammals species encountered as well as the native people Le Vaillant met. Armorial bookplate of De Villiers listing Dan and Leonie / Peter and Merle on the front endpaper of each volume, with the signature of P. de Villiers above each… Leer más

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. First edition.. Slight wear to cloth along the other joints of volume 1, one outer rear corner with tiny bump, light foxing to endpapers; a tight, bright and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xiv, 541: 23 plates (2 in color), 2 frontispiece portraits, 7 text-figures, 4 maps (2 high-lighted in color). Publisher's original brown ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, top page edge in gilt, lg 8vo. Documents three bird-collecting trips that took this great naturalist into Russian territory. Harvie-Brown lists specimens collected and provides interesting observations on habitats. See also Wood 379. Signature of W. G. Griffiths on the front endpaper of each volume.

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. First edition.. Some light scattered foxing to the title page and some of the text; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. vii, 1-251; vi, 1-221; 21 text-figures, plate VI only (lacks the other 6 plates and maps). Later black pebble leather, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. This is the first American edition. Lyell travelled extensively throughout Canada and the United States. His travels began in up-state New York and proceeded south to the Carolinas, then through Kentucky, Ohio, and into Canada, where he travelled from Niagara to Toronto, Kingston, Montreal and Nova Scotia. He made numerous geological observations including the idea that the Great Lakes were the remnant of a vast in inland sea. See also Sabin 42761 and Howes L-575.

Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1837. First edition.. A few old folds to the text, a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 162. Early one-half dark brown leather over wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt panel lines, 8vo. Ex-library from Forbes Library, Northampton, Massachusetts with white call number on the spine, bookplate on front endpaper and blind stamp on the title page. No other ownership marks. Offered at a low price due to the library marks.

New Haven: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1935. First edition.. Light edge wear to wrappers on the spine; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 48, 3 full page black-and-white photo-plates, many text-figures (line-drawings). Original printed green wrappers, lg 4to (12 x 9.5 inches). Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume IX. Contains 4 articles on the fossils collected by the Yale North India Expedition: Wodehouse - The Pleistocene pollen of Kashmir; Branson - A Labrinthodont from the Lower Gondwana of Kashmir; Weller - Permain Trilobites from the Central Himalayas; and Vokes - Unionidae of the Siwaliks Series. Name stamp of Dominion Museum of Wellington, New Zealand on the front wrapper; there are no other ownership marks.

New Haven: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1934-1936. First edition.. Light edge wear to wrappers on the spine, many pages un-opened; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. iv, 483; 8 full page folding plates, 1 folding maps, 200+ text-figures (line-drawings). Original printed green wrappers, lg 4to (12 x 9.5 inches). Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume VIII-X. This work presents the entire results of the Yale North India Expedition as published by the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. The five volumes contain 24 articles on the geological history, Paleolithic stone tools, invertebrate and vertebrate fossils, and the extant invertebrate and vertebrate faunas collected by the Yale North India Expedition of the 1930s. There are two articles in volume VIII: Hawkes et al. - Palaeolithic human industries in the Northwest Punjab and Kashmir and their geological significance; and De Terra - Geological Studies in the Northwest Himalaya between… Leer más

Rotterdam, Netherlands: A. A. Balkema, 1989. First edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. xii , 368; 16 full page color plates, 165 black-and-white text-figures. Publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. This book gives details on four collections of more than 300 bird and mammal drawings made by the following explorers: The Forsters, Robert Jacob Gordon, Francis Masson, Anders Sparrman, Carl Peter Thunberg, William Paterson and Francois Levaillant. Warmly inscribed by the author, L. C. Rookmaaker, to Frank Bradlow, dated September 3, 1997.