Naturalist's Travels, Exploration And Biography from Natural History Books

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. First edition.. Frontispiece tissue guard with some foxing, first few pages of frontis matter lightly foxed; a very tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xvi, 494, 2 (ads) + 37 text illustrations, one color folding map. Dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, original dark green endpapers,… Saber más sobre este artículo

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,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1901. First edition.. Outer top corner of the text of volume 1 with slight bump, a bright, near fine set.. Pp. xv, 330; ix, 300, with 30 full page plates, and illustrations. Contemporary three-quarter red Morocco leather, spine with 5 raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments and with elaborate gilt floral designs… Saber más sobre este artículo

Provo, UT: Selva, 1997. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xix, 498; 31 color photo-plates, 155 black-and-white photo-plates. Publisher’s original black cloth, letter in silver on the spine and front cover, attractive color pictorial blue dust jacket lettered in white, 4to (11 x 8.75 inches). Presents the life and travels of Roger Conant, one of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Provo, UT: Selva, 1997. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xix, 498; 31 color photo-plates, 155 black-and-white photo-plates. Publisher’s original black cloth, letter in silver on the spine and front cover, attractive color pictorial blue dust jacket lettered in white, 4to (11 x 8.75 inches). Presents the life and travels of Roger Conant, one of… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1966. First paperback edition.. Light wear to spine, a near fine copy.. Pp. vii, 181, 13 black and white photographs. Publisher’s tan printed pictorial wrappers, lettered in black on cover and spine, sm 8vo. This memoir from zoologist Richard B. Goldschmidt was originally published as “Portraits from Memory: Recollections of a Zoologist.” … Saber más sobre este artículo

Den Haag: Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk, 1959. First edition.. Light wear to covers, bump to top corner, overall a very good copy.. Pp. 640, numerous text-figures and black and white photographs. Publisher’s brown cloth, lettered in gilt on cover and spine, gilt publisher’s logo on cover, lg 8vo. From the series: Monographiae Biologicae, volume 8. This volume… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hong Kong: Guidebook Company, Ltd, 1989. First edition.. Small bump to bottom outer corner, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 79; 100+ color photos and maps. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, sm 4to. A pictorial survey of the mountain kingdoms of Kashmir and Ladakah, a region in the far north of India that… Saber más sobre este artículo

Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1947. First edition.. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. (vi), 141; frontispiece portrait of Hermon Carey Bumpus. Publisher's original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, original red dust jacket, lettered in white and with white border decorations, 8vo. In this volume, Dr. Bumpus'… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1981. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. xiv, 457, (1); frontispiece portrait of Muller in 1940, 31 black-and-white photographs, 23 text-figures. Publisher's original black cloth, spine is lettered in light blue, pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. H. J. Muller (1890-1967)… Saber más sobre este artículo

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.

Hull, UK: privately published by author, 1982. Limited edition.. Insignificant crack to front outer joint near the top of the spine, the leather on the spine is lightly sunned, the cloth-covered slipcase has some light edge-wear; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 36 (unpaginated), with 12 full page hand-painted watercolors each with a protective… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: G. P. Putnam, 1858. Reprint.. The front and rear endpapers are browned, there is scattered foxing to some of the steel engravings and their tissue guards and to a few text pages, the cloth at the head and foot of the spine is rubbed and worn, the front outer joint has been rather crudely repaired; this… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1921. First edition.. Wrappers on the spine show slight wear with an old cellotape repair at the bottom of the spine, the text is bright and clean; a very good copy.. Pp. 135; numerous black-and-white photos, halftones and line-drawings. Publisher's original tan pictorial printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Provides… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. Eighth edition.. Light edge wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine, a few pages with light marginal foxing; a very bright copy in near fine condition.. Pp. vii, 13-240; one folding engraved map, 7 engraved plates. Publisher's original blind-stamped and highly decorated dark brown cloth,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Carlton & Porter, 1863. First edition.. Cloth on spine a little sunned, some foxing to the endpapers only; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. 252; frontispiece plate, 7 full page illustrations (fine woodcuts). Publisher's ornately blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 12mo (6 x 4 inches). This is… Saber más sobre este artículo