Cantor, T.E.

Catalogue of Reptiles Inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula.

Amsterdam: A. Asher, 1966. Reprint. Pp. 160; 2 plates (line-drawings) - 1 is folding. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, 8vo. The work was originally published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume 16, Calcutta, 1847. This facsimile reprint faithfully reproduces this very rare monograph on Southeast Asian reptiles. Circular blind stamp of Edward O. Moll on the front endpaper and small name stamp. No other ownership marks and few signs of use. A very bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5627

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology reptiles Malayan Peninsula Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal volume 16 Calcutta 1847 Asia Cantor Edward O. Moll

Carlson, Elof Axel

Genes, Radiation, and Society: The Life and Work of H.J. Muller

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1981. First edition. 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) is perhaps best known as a Nobel Prize-winning geneticist who first showed that exposure to radiation will produce mutations. This first biography of Muller was written by one of his students, Elof Axel Carlson. Carlson traces the evolution of Muller's ideas, clearly and simply explains his considerable contribution to the history of genetics and explores the personal, social, and political circumstances that determined the direction of his work (from the front jacket flap). No ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 8617

Catalogue: Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography

Carpenter, C. R. (editor)

Behavioral Regulators of Behavior in Primates.

Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1973. First edition. Pp. 303; frontispiece photo-plate, numerous black-and-white photos, graphs and diagrams. Publisher's original light orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine, black-and-white pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Presents 18 chapters by notable authorities in the field from Japan and the USA. The topics covered include: theoretical contributions, dynamics of primate colonies, grooming, ontogenetic development, maternal regulation of infant behavior, and communicative and adaptive behavior. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine jacket..

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Book number: 6385

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Carpenter, P.P.

LECTURES ON MOLLUSCA; OR ""SHELLFISH"" AND THEIR ALLIES.

Washington: George W. Bowman, 1861. Pp. 151-283. Publisher's elaborately blind-stamped cloth, 8vo. In: Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1860. Bound with three other un-related monographs. Signature of B. Harry Warren of Westchester, PA, 1883 on front wrap. Two even older signatures on the rear endpaper. Ex-library from Reading Public Museum with call number on spine, book on front endpaper and museum stamps on rear endpaper. Cloth has some varnish applied to the spine, a good sold copy in the original binding..

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Book number: 1638

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Invertebrates Shells Mollusks Mollusc Mollusca North America Northeastern US Natural Sciences Natural Science

Carpenter, C. R. and Hofer, H. O. (editors)

Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Primatology, Atlanta, GA, 1968, in 3 volumes, complete in original slipcase.

Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger, 1969. First edition. Pp. xiv, 283, 83 text-figures, 24 tables; xiv, 223, 112 text-figures and photos, 29 tables; xiv, 203, 84 text-figures and photos, 19 tables. Publisher's original light gray cloth, lettered in dark yellow on the spine and front cover, in slipcase with bright yellow boards over gray cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front board, lg 8vo. Volume I: Behavior; Volume II: Recent Advances in Primatology and Volume III: Neurology, Physiology, and Infectious Diseases. Presents the hundreds of individual papers presented at Second International Congress of Primatology in Atlanta. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) set in a near fine slipcase..

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Book number: 5160

Catalogue: Louis Agassiz

Keywords: Great naturalists Louis Agassiz

Carr, Archie and Ogren, Larry

The Ecology and Migrations of Sea Turtles, 4: The Green Turtle in the Caribbean Sea.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1960. First edition. Pp. 48; 26 text-figures, 8 full page black-and-white photo-plates, 8 tables. Publisher's original blue printed wrappers, sm 4to. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 121, article 1. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Small crease to top outer corner of the rear wrapper; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 6261

Catalogue: Herpetology - Turtles and Tortoises

Carr, Archie F.

Outline for a classification of animal habitats in Honduras.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1950. First edition. Pp. 32; 6 text-figures, 22 full page black-and-white plates, 2 tables. Publisher's original blue printed wrappers, sm 4to. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 94, article 10. Originally from the herpetological library of Aaron Bauer with his small name stamp on the front wrapper. Later from the library of R. Van Gelder with his signature on the front wrapper. No signs of use. Light shelf wear; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 6267

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Carroll, Robert L.

Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1996. Sixth printing. Pp. 698, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s black boards, lettered in silver on spine, embossed lettering on front cover, silver, pictorial dustjacket with black lettering, lg 4to. This volume cover the origin of vertebrates and the evolution of major groups of living and fossil vertebrates. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Light, neat underlining on pages 35 of the 698 pages. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9030

Catalogue: Paleontology

Case, E.C.

Revision of the Pelycosauria of North America

Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1907. First edition. Pp. 176, 73 text-figures, 35 full photo and half-tones plates, 6 are large folding. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, front and rear boards with blind-stamped border lines, lg 4to. The pelycosaurs are a group of synapsids that had direct ancestral links to the Mammalia, having differentiated teeth and a developing hard palate. From the research collection of paleontologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Light edge wear to cloth, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9461

Catalogue: Dinosaurs

Case, E.C.

Revision of the Amphibia and Pisces of the Permian of North America

Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1911. First edition. Pp. 179, 56 text-figures, 32 full page plates, some are folding. Later one-half brown leather with the spine lettered in gilt, over cream-colored boards with tan endpapers, (original printed pale green Carnegie wrappers bound in place), lg 4to. Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication no 146. Detailed study of Eryops, Diplocaulus and other primitive amphibians of the Permian. This work also includes two small chapters: ‘Description of Permian insects’ by E. H. Sellards and ‘Discussion of Fossil fishes’ by Louis Hussakof. Small rectangular name stamp of “Anatomy Department Library University of Cambridge” on the front wrapper and title page, no other library marks. Finally, from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper and on the title page. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9513

Catalogue: Paleontology

Case, E. C.

A Revision of the Cotylosauria of North America.

Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1911. First edition. Pp. 122; 14 full page plates (black-and-white photos, and folding line-drawings). Publisher’s original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and with blind-stamped border lines on the front and rear covers, lg 4to (12 x 9.5 inches). Published by the Carnegie Institute of Washington, Publication no. 145. Today, the taxonomic term ‘Cotylosauria’ is considered a synonym of the family Captorhinidae. The Captorhinidae are the earliest group of true reptiles from the Carboniferous through the Permian. This monograph describes the North American species of that group. Originally from the research collection of Stanford University herpetologist/ichthyologist George S. Myers with his name stamp/address on the front endpaper and on the verso of the title page. Later from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren C. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Light foxing to the endpapers only; a tight copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9516

Catalogue: Paleontology

Casey, Thomas L.

Memoirs on the Coleoptera, Parts I - XI, complete, in 10 volumes

Lancaster, PA: The New Era Printing Company, 1910-1924. First edition. Pp. 205; 259; 386; 400; 387; 460; 300; 427; 529; 520; 347. Early full black pebble cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine + original pale green printed wrappers (for Part IV), lg 8vo. This is a complete set of this monumental taxonomic work on the Coleoptera. Parts I and II are bound together in the first volume; thus all eleven parts of this set are presented in 10 volumes (Part IV is in the original wrappers as issued). It is very rare to find a complete set in uniform bindings. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on the front endpaper, museum ink stamp on the rear endpaper and white call number on the spine; no signs of use. A tight and clean set in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7410

Catalogue: Entomology

Cassin, John and Bowen, J. T.

Hawk from Cuba (Cymindis Wilsonii Cassi.) Hand-Colored Plate

Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1847. Hand-colored lithographic plate, 9.5 inches wide and 13.5 inches long. From J. Cassin, Desrtiption of a new rapacious Bird in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, series 2, volume 1, plate 7. This article was also published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, April 1847, pp. 199. Small tears to upper left and lower right corners, 2 inch square cut away from upper right and corner with no affect to image; near fine copy..

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Book number: 5760

Catalogue: Falconry and Birds of Prey

Cassin, John

Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1862. Second edition. Pp. viii, 298; 50 splendid hand-colored lithographic plates. Later one-half black morocco leather, spine with 5 raised bands, lettered in gilt on two compartments and decorated with gilt rectangular patterns highlighted with small feathers in the remaining 4 compartments, over green marbled boards with matching green marbled endpapers, lg 8vo (10.75 x 7.5 inches). This is the second edition of John Cassin's beautifully illustrated work on Western birds. The volume features 50 brilliant hand-colored lithographic plates, including many of species discovered after Audubon's Birds and intended to supplement that great work. ""In the spring of 1845, John James Audubon, North America's most widely-celebrated naturalist and best-known painter of birds, met for the first and last time the inconspicuous academic who would eventually succeed him as the dean of American ornithologists - John Cassin"" (Peck, I-3). ""Probably no other ornithologist of his day had such a knowledge of the literature of the subject"" (DAB). Cassin's Birds of California is among the most significant and earliest books ""representative of the era of western expansion of American ornithology"" (Ellis and Mengel). The work was originally published in ten parts between 1852 and 1855 and contains full-page plates and detailed descriptions of 50 species of birds ""not given by former American authors."" It also includes a ""general synopsis of North American Ornithology,"" in which Cassin compares American birds with species from elsewhere around the world. ""No American had ever offered such a comprehensive analysis"" (Peck, I-7). The plates for Cassin were made from drawings by G.G. White and executed along the same lines as Audubon's, both the lithographer, William Hitchcock, and the printer, J.T. Bowen, having worked extensively on Audubon's Birds and on the Quadrupeds as well. This description was modified after a similar description used in the past by Bauman Rare Books. For bibliographic notes see also Anker 92, Zimmer, 124, Nissen 173 and Sabin 11369. Small bookplate on the front endpaper labeled: Ex KEK libris. No other ownership marks and no signs of use. A hint of soiling in the outer margins of two plates with no effect to the color images; a truly spectacular copy in fine condition in a fine binding..

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Book number: 4913

Catalogue: Fine and Rare

Keywords: Fine and rare ornithology birds California Texas Oregon British Russian America North America United States Canada John Cassin

Cassinis, Giuseppe (editor)

Permian and Permian-Triassic boundary in the South-Alpine segment of the western Tethys, and additional regional reports.

Roma: Societa Geologica Italiana, 1988. First edition. Pp. 336; numerous black-and-white photos, maps, geological sections and stratigraphic charts. Original printed tan wrappers, lg 8vo. This presents the proceedings of a field conference held in Brescia, 4-12 July 1986. Published in: Memoire della Societa Geologica Italiana volume 34. From the research library of paleontologist Brian F. Glenister with his signature on the front wrapper. Spine lightly sunned, small bump to top outer front corner; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5437

Catalogue: Paleontology