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New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1972. First edition.. A fine copy.. Pp. 27, 12 text-figures. Offprint with original white wrappers, front wrapper has the title and abstract, 8vo. From the series: American Museum Novitates, Number 2503, November 9, 1972. This offprint discusses the arboreal rats of the genus Hapalomys. No ownership marks.

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum, 1926. First edition. Pages are unopened, a very good copy.. Pp. 72. Publisher's lime green cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, lg 8vo. Annuals of the Carnegie Museum, volume XVII, no. 1. The entire volume XVII of the Annuals of the Carnegie Museum for 1913-1915 is offered here. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on the front endpaper, museum name stamps on the rear endpapers and white call number on the spine. No other museum marks and few signs of use.

Augusta, NJ: American Bantam Association, 1990.. Fine (new) copy.. Pp. 52; some un-numbered photo-plates. Original printed wrappers, 8vo. This is the sixth printed published in 1990. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: Zoological Society, 1956. First edition.. A clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 32; 1 map, numerous tables. Original green printed wrappers, lg 8vo. From: Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, volume 41, part 4. Covers mammals introduced into all regions of the world. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Sandefjord: Handelstrykkeriet, 1965. First edition.. Small bump to top outer corner; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 6; 1 text-figure (large black-and-white photo). Original pale blue printed wrappers, 4to. From Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende 1965, no. 8, pages 172-177. From the research library of the late Michael Newcomer.

Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1938. First edition.. Light sunning to the outer margin of the front wrapper; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 259-312; 6 full page pages (black-and-white photos). Publisher's original gray printed wrappers, lg 8vo. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, volume 25, no. 14. No ownership marks.

Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2004. First edition.. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. xvi, 303; numerous black-and-white line drawings and photographs. Color pictorial stiff wrappers (paperback). 8vo. This work provides readers with a compendium of scientific evidence of extinct organisms or "missing links" that bridge evolutionary gaps between primordial species and modern life (from the rear copy blurb). No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1994. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 63, (1, ad); 85+ color photographs. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. A detailed guide to raising and breeding of rat snakes. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1974. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 60; 18 text-figures (halftones, line-drawings and maps). Original printed wrappers, 8vo. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas, no. 29. No ownership marks and no signs of use. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1940. First edition. A fine uncut and unopened copy.. Pp. 107, 18 text-figures, 1 full page photo-plate. Original gray printed wrappers, 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History volume 77, article 1.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1996. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 64; 85+ color photographs. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. A detailed guide to raising and breeding of Desert Snakes. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Berlin: Berliner Entomologischer Verein, 1901. First edition.. Small tears to outer blank margins of both plates have been nearly repaired; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 1-4; 2 black-and-white photo plate of butterfly wings. Original plain tan wrappers, 8vo. From the journal: Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift volume 46. This work presents the synonymy of some species of Catonephele. Catonephele is a nymphalid butterfly genus found in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. Printed dedication from the author tipped in at the front.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. First edition.. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. xx, 291; 27 color photographs, some text-figures and maps. Publisher's original one-quarter pale green cloth, lettered in dark green on the spine, over green paper-covered boards, color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. The author and his Chinese colleagues were the first to make detailed studies of the Giant Panda in the wild. This book recounts the ground-breaking research on the panda in its dwindling native habitat and in the midst of political problems as troubling as any natural threat. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1936.. A near fine copy.. Pp. 103; 28 text-figures (line-drawings of wings). Original printed pale green wrappers, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume 70, no. 9. The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their escape habit of running rapidly across a surface rather than taking to the wing (from Wiki). No ownership marks.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1972. First edition.. Top outer corner with small bump; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 84; 17 text-figures. Original blue printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 147, article 3. This article provides evidence for the close phylogenetic relationship of New and Old World hystricomorph rodents indicating the ancestor of the New World forms likely rafting across the South Atlantic Ocean when the African and South American continents were in closer proximity. No ownership marks.

Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1936. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 13; 3 full page black-and-white plates, 3 text-figures (line-drawings). Original printed gray wrappers, lg8vo. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 473. Plesippus is often considered an intermediate stage between Dinohippus and the extant genus, Equus (after Wiki). From the research library of marine mammal paleontologist, Edward D. Mitchell, with his signature on the front wrapper. No other ownership marks.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1943.. Fine copy.. Pp. 75, 4 photo-plates, 73 text-figs, 3 tables, 4 maps. Printed wraps, 8vo. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 81, art. 3.

London: Aurum Press, 1984. New edition.. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. 94, (2); numerous fine color photographs. Publisher's original cream-colored cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, color pictorial endpapers, folio (13 x 9.25 inches). This volume was translated from the original edition in French published in Geneva in 1983. This volume surveys the entire spectrum of Greater Indian art, from Burma to Java via the Indo-Chinese peninsula. In the series: Great Civilizations. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1973. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 65; 9 text-figures (black-and-white photos, line drawings, maps). Original printed wrappers, 8vo. American Museum Novitates no. 2525. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: American Museum, 1964. First edition. Near fine copy.. Pp. 194, 7 photo-plates, 163 text-figures. Publisher's blue printed wraps, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 126, article 3. Small circular blind-stamp of former owner on the front wrapper.