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

Castellanos, Telasco G.

Darwin: Homenje en el Centenario de la Primera Manifestestación Cientifica sobre el Orígen de las Especies.

Cordoba, Argentina: Academia Nacional de Ciencias, 1958. First edition. Pp. (16), 4 black-and-white photos. Original tan printed wrappers, lg 8vo. A tribute to Charles Darwin on 100th anniversary of the publication of the 'Origin of Species.' Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Miscelánea no. 36. Blind stamp of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on the front wrapper, no other ownership marks. Rare work. Vertical crease when the offprint was folded for shipping, otherwise a very good copy..

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Book number: 4986

Catalogue: Darwiniana

Keywords: Darwinina Charles Darwin evolution evolutionary biology Origin of Species Castellanos

Cate, Sandra

Making Merit, Making Art: A Thai Temple in Wimbledon

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002. First edition Pp. i-xiv, 232. Publisher's cloth, printed pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. This work presents an ethnographic view of art-making at Wat Buddhapadipa, a Thai Buddhist temple in Wimbledon, England. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6798

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Cazaly, W. H.

The Common Snakes of India and Burma and How to Recognise Them

Allahabad: Pioneer Press, 1914. First edition. Pp. ii, (i), 60, (12, appendix), iv; 11 text-figures. Original printed tan boards with one-quarter cloth spine, lg. 8vo. An early work on the snakes of India and Burma. Old unintelligible signature dated 20/5/1919 at the top of the title page. Name stamps of herpetologists John L. Hawken and Charles W. Myers on the front board and on the endpapers. Charles Myers was Curator of Herpetology at the AMNH in 1968 and served as Chairman from 1980-1987, and 1993-1998. Rare work. A few spots to the rear board, some edge wear to the corners; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8612

Catalogue: Herpetology - Snakes

Celsius, Andreas

Dissertatio Gradualis de Existentia Mentis, Quam, cum consensu adprobatione Ampliss. Fac. Phil. In Reg. Acad. Upsal praeside Dn. Johanne

Upsala: Literis Wernerianis, 1729. First edition Pp. 15. No wrappers, 12mo (15 x 94 mm). Very small stamp of Upsala U. (1/8 inch high) on the upper border of the title page, small bookplate (25 x 25 mm) on the rear blank page. There is a trace of an old marbled endpaper along the left border, title page and final blank page has just a touch of light marginal browning; a very good copy..

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Book number: 2811

Catalogue: Geology and Paleoenvironments

Keywords: Palenotology geology

Chabanaud, Paul

Resultats Scientifiques Reptiles et Batraciens

Paris: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturalle, 1922. First edition Pp. 13, 3 text-figs, 2 full page plates. Original printed wraps, 4to. Mission Guy Babault dans Les Provinces Centrales et dans L'Inde La Region Occidentale de L'Himalaya, 1914. Documents the herpetological results of an expedition to Himalayan region. Very good copy..

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Book number: 2589

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Chang, Mangven .L. C.

Contribution a l'etude Morphologique, Biologique et systematique des Amphibiens, Urodeles de la Chine

Paris: Librairie Picart, 1936. First edition. Pp. 156, 5 full page plates (line-drawings), 3 distribution maps, 20 text-figures. Original printed pale blue stiff wrappers, 8vo. This volume is based on Chang's Ph.D. dissertation which he completed in 1936 at the University of Paris. This monograph is the first complete study of Chinese salamanders (Adler, volume 2, p. 186). The work is warmly inscribed by the author to French zoologist Leon Bertin; the inscription is in French with Chang name signed in French and in Chinese characters. It is likely that very few copies of this work were published which has contributed to its great scarcity. From the library of herpetologist Ernest A. Liner with his stamp on the front wrapper, there is also a small book plate of an additional herpetologist on the inside front wrapper. The spine and the outer margins of the wrappers are lightly sunned, the spine is slightly canted; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7220

Catalogue: Herpetology - Amphibians

Chang, M. L. Y.

Notes on a Collection of Reptiles from Szechuan.

Nanking, China: Science Society of China, 1932. First edition. Pp. 87, 28 text-figures (line-drawings). Original printed pale green wrappers with black cloth-backed spine, lg 8vo. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China, Zoological Series, volume 8, no. 2, pages 9-95. Stamped on the front wrapper ""Compliments of the Science Society of China."" Also, the front wrapper has the single name stamp of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. Slight sunning to the borders of the wrappers, small one-quarter inch piece missing from the edge of the front wrapper; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4591

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Chapman, Frank M.

The Warblers of North America (first edition)

New York: D. Appleton, 1907. First edition. Pp. ix, 306, 24 color plates by Fuertes and Horsfall. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Presents a guide to the field identification and life histories of North American warbler species. The volume is from the private collection of Max A. Nickerson, Director of Max Allen’s Zoological Gardens in Eldon, Missouri, with his name stamp on the front endpaper. No other ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 9731

Catalogue: Ornithology

Charas, Moyse

Nouvelles Experiences sur la Vipere, ou l'on verra une description exacte de toutes ses parties, la source de son venin ses divers effets, et les remedes exquis (the rare first edition, first issue)

Paris: L'auteur et Olivier de Varennes, 1669. First edition, first issue. Pp. illustrated frontis leaf (1), title leaf (1), dedication & epistre (4), preface (6), 1-200, fin (with 3 double plates and 1 illustrated frontis plate), 201-218 (echiosophium), table des titres (4), privilege du rot (2).  Early acid-etched brown calf, spine rebacked with original calf laid on, sm 8vo.  This classic work began the debate with Italian physician Francesco Redi on the mechanism of viper envenomation.  In this volume, Charas disputed Redi's view that the injection of venom under the skin was the cause of death in snake bite.  Charas thought the viper's venom was harmless and that the true cause of death was by spirits driven into the mind of the victim by an enraged viper.  Redi's view prevailed and was confirmed in 1781 by the Italian biologist Felice Fontana (see Adler, History of Herpetology, volume 2, p. 17).  This is the very rare first edition of the Charas work which went through three Italian printings and three English printings.  From the private research collection of Cornell University herpetologist Kraig Adler with his small bookplate on the front attached endpaper. Mild damp stain to the rear attached endpaper and to the rear outer corner of the last few pages of the text, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition in a very attractive binding..

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Book number: 8928

Catalogue: Fine and Rare

Chatterjee, S.

The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution.

Baltimore: John Hopkins Univ. Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 312, 92+ text figs and maps. Cloth, DJ, 4to. First detailed, illustrated, and comprehensive review of the avian fossil record in a modern phylogenetic context. Fine (new) copy in fine DJ..

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Book number: 0423

Catalogue: Avian and Other Vertebrate Anatomy

Keywords: Extinct Birds Evolution Natural Sciences Natural Science ISBN 0801856159

Chawla, Sumedha and Pandit, T. N.

Bibliography on Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Calcutta: Anthropology Survey of India, 1981. First edition. Pp. xiii, 138, 2 maps. Publisher’s brown cloth, lettered in black on cover and spine, blue dustjacket lettered in black on cover and spine, 8vo. This bibliography contains over 1,300 refences covering many subjects including Anthropology, Botany, Zoology, Geology, and Forestry. No ownership marks. A very good copy..

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Book number: 9378

Catalogue: Asia

Chen, Xiaoming et al.

Ornamental Butterflies in China.

Beijing: Chinese Forestry Publishing House, 2008. First edition. Pp. (2), 2, 1-360; 550+ fine color photographs of butterflies, pupae, and caterpillars. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. The text is in Chinese with Latin names used throughout. There is a detailed 50 page index to each Latin genus and species. Family names are also included in this index. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 5227

Catalogue: Butterflies and Moths

Keywords: Butterflies moths ornamental butterflies China Asia Xiaoming Chen ISBN 978-7-5038-5277-0

Cheney, Dorothy L. and Seyfarth, Robert M.

How Monkeys See the World: Inside the mind of another species

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1990. First edition. Pp. x, 377; numerous black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Publisher's original one-quarter brown cloth, lettered in white on the spine, over brown paper-covered boards, pictorial dust jacket lettered in black on the spine and blue on the front cover, lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. Reviewer Alison Jolly writes: ""In this splendid book Cheney and Seyfarth tackle a question that has perplexed philosophers, little children, and even the rest of us through historic times: How much do animals understand about themselves and their world? How Monkeys See the World does not pull any punches: it offers robust answers"" (from Science). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8453

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Cheng Tso-hsin

A Synopsis of the Avifauna of China

Beijing, China: Science Press, 1987. First edition. Pp. xvi, 1222, (1); 828 distribution maps, long distribution table. Publisher’s original pale green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, thick sm 4to. Describes 1,186 bird species recorded from China. The monograph also includes all the new subspecies discovered by Chinese ornithologists since the founding of New China. No ownership marks. The outer corners are lightly bumped; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9708

Catalogue: Asian Birds