Coker, W. C.

The Amanitas of the Eastern United States

Chapel Hill, NC: Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 1917. First edition. Pp. 88, 69 full page plates (1 in color, 7 are line-drawings, 61 are black-and-white plates). Publisher's original gray printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, volume 33, no. 1 + no. 2 (double number). The genus Amanita contains about 600 species of agarics, including some of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide, as well as some well-regarded edible species. This genus is responsible for approximately 95% of the fatalities resulting from mushroom poisoning, with the death cap accounting for about 50% on its own. The most potent toxin present in these mushrooms is ?-amanitin (from Wiki). An important monograph on mushroom species living in the eastern USA. This book is from the private research collection of University of Michigan mycologist Alexander H. Smith though his signature is not present. Rare. Two rear outer corners are bumped, small stained to rear endpaper, front wrapper restored where tape was removed, faint fold to outer edge of front wrapper, a good solid copy..

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Book number: 8934

Catalogue: Mushrooms and Fungi

Colbert, E. H.

Fossil Mammals from Burma in the American Museum of Natural History

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1938. First edition. Pp. 255-436; 64 text-figures (maps, line-drawings and black-and-white photos). Publisher’s original gray printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 74, number 6. This monograph documents the fossils collected for the AMNH by Barnum Brown in the later Eocene Pondaung Hills of Burma in 1925. Colbert describes the fossil fauna dominated by anthracotheres in great detail. This study also includes descriptions of the controversial primate genera Pondaungia and Amphipithecus from the same fauna. This is a landmark study. The pages are uncut and unopened; a tight copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9716

Catalogue: Paleontology

Colbert, Edwin H.

Wandering Lands and Animals: The epic story of the drifting continents and the spread of their animals through the ages

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1973. First edition. Pp. xxi, 323, 99 text-figures. Publisher’s blue cloth, lettered in silver on spine, embossed dinosaur on cover, black pictorial dustjacket lettered in white and yellow, lg 8vo. This book recreates the history of land-living vertebrates from emerging from the seas to present, connecting distribution to geological time and the shifting continents. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper with additional ownership signature. Neat underling on pages 96 and 98-100. Small tear to dustjacket at the top of the spine, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9330

Catalogue: Geology and Paleoenvironments

Coletti, Ted Dengler

Aquarium Care of Livebearers

Neptune City, NJ: T. F. H Publications, 2008. First edition. Pp. 111, numerous color photographs. Publisher’s pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in green, white, and black on cover and spine, sm 8vo. From the series: Animal Plant Pet Care Library. This book provides information for aquarium hobbies to care for livebearer fish. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the titlepage. Neat underlining on 60 pages. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9316

Catalogue: Ichthyology

Collins, Joseph T.

Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas

Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1974. First edition. Pp. ix, 283, 8 figures, 91 maps, 103 photographs. Publisher’s red pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in tan on cover and spine, 8vo. From the series: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Public Education Series No. 1. This book details the 91 species of amphibians and reptiles known to occur in Kansas. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Neat underling on pages vii, 59-62, 66, 77, 78, 98, 258, and 264. A very good copy..

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Book number: 9333

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Collins, Joseph William

Gill-Nets in the Cod Fishery: A description of the Norwegian cod-nets, with directions for their use, and a history of their introduction into the United States

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1881. First edition. Pp. 20; 12 full page plates (line-drawings). Later wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Bulletin of the United States Fisheries Commission for 1881, no. 1. Small blind stamp of 'The Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury, Vermont' at the very top outer edge of a few pages. No other ownership mark and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7841

Catalogue: Ichthyology

Conant, Roger

A Field Guide to the Life and Times of Roger Conant

Provo, UT: Selva, 1997. First edition. 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 America’s best known and admired herpetologists and zoo personalities whose lifetime publications include 240+ research papers and 12 books. Conant mentored many graduate students who carry on his research traditions to this day. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9409

Catalogue: Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography

Conant, Roger

A Field Guide to the Life and Times of Roger Conant

Provo, UT: Selva, 1997. First edition. 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 America’s best known and admired herpetologists and zoo personalities whose lifetime publications include 240+ research papers and 12 books. Conant mentored many graduate students who carry on his research traditions to this day. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9410

Catalogue: Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography

Conard, Henry Shoemaker

The Structure and Life-History of the Hay-Scented Fern

Washington, DC Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908. First edition. Pp. 56; 25 full page plates with a total of 270 figures. Early red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication No. 94. Mildly ex-library with a bookplate of the Reading Public Museum, name stamp of Museum on title page and white call number on the spine, few signs of use. Light browning to the endpapers; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7310

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Coombs, Andrew

Folktales from the Land of Smiles.

Bangkok: Editions Duang Kamol, 1994. First edition. Pp. xii, 140; numerous fine color drawings by Sarah Schofield. Original color pictorial stiff warppers, sm 4to. Documents folktales from Thailand with superb color drawings illustrating the folktales. Printed on clay-coated paper with excellent color reproduction. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 5796

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Cooper, Roy P.

Birds of the Macquarie Marshes, New South Wales.

Melbourne: W. M. Houston, 1955. First edition. Pp. 137-173; 18 black-and-white photo-plates. Original printed gray-green wrappers, sm 4to. Memoirs of the National Museum Melbourne, no. 19. The first detailed published account of the avifauna of this vast low-lying region adjacent to the Macquarie River of New South Wales. The whole issue (173 pages) of Mem. Nat. Mus. Melbourne, no. 19 is offered here; this issue contains 4 other articles. The journal title is written in the spine. No ownership marks. Tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4678

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds Macquarie Marshes New South Wales Australia Cooper

Cooper, William T. and Forshaw, Joseph M.

The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds

Sydney, Australia: William Collins, 1977. First edition. Pp. xii, 13-304, 60 fine color plates from painting by W. Cooper, 65 distribution maps, some black-and-white text-figures. Publisher’s original two-color cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, in the original cloth-covered slipcase, folio (16 x 11 1/4 inches). This is the definitive study of this magnificent group of birds based on the original field work of William T. Cooper in New Guinea and its islands. Inscribed by the co-author and artist, William T. Cooper, to Ron Sauey, the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin on the title page. Small empty plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the half-title page and top page edge, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. An important signed copy with great associations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase..

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Book number: 9695

Catalogue: Asian Birds

Cooper, J G. et al.

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-1855, Volume XII, Book II

Washington: Thomas H. Ford, 1860. First edition. 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 Mountains by Asa Gray; and no. 3 - Catalogue of Plants collected in Washington territory by J. G. Cooper. The Zoology section has seven parts: no. 1 - Report upon the Insects collected on the survey by J. LeConte; no. 2 - Report upon the Mammals collected on the survey by J. G. Cooper et al; no. 3 - Report upon the Birds collected on the survey by J. G. Cooper et al.; no. 4 - Report upon Reptiles collected on the survey by J. G. Cooper; no. 5 - Report upon the Fishes collected on the survey by G. Suckley, no. 6 - Report upon the Mollusca collected on the survey; and no. 7 - Report upon Crustacea collected on the survey by J. G. Cooper. This is the Senate issue of the 36rd Congress, 1st Session. No ownership marks and few signs of use. 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..

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Book number: 7772

Catalogue: Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography

Cope, Edward Drinker

Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with Notes on the Herpetology and Ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru

Philadelphia: privately printed, 1875. Limited edition. Pp. (2), 93-187, (1, explanation of plates); 6 full page black-and-white lithographed plates. Original one-half black leather over black cloth-covered boards, front cover with gilt border decorations and with black leather title/author label outlined by gilt decorations, sm folio (13 x 10 inches; 33.5 x 23.5 cm). This is the very rare privately printed first edition that was limited to 50 copies only. In this work, Cope describes 37 new species and 5 new genera of reptiles and amphibians from Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Peru. In 1877 this same work was re-published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences. The monograph contains four separate papers by Cope -- Article 4: On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica + Article 5: On the Batrachia and Reptilia collected by D. John M. Branford during the Nicaraguan Canal Survey of 1874 + Article 6: Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon, and western Peru + Article 8: Note on the Ichthyology of Lake Titicaca. On the front endpaper there is a pencil signature attached: ""From Prof. Amos P. Brown, H. W. Fowler."" Amos P. Brown was a Professor of Mineralogy and Geology at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. H. W. Fowler was a professor at the University of California, Museum of Paleontology. Laid in at front is a 3x5 inch card with a note in ink reading: ""Cope's own personal volume presented to Robert Sutcliffe of Fairfield on August 2, 1949 by Cope's Grandniece, Mrs. Sangree. Rare, ANSP lacks a copy, another copy in Library of Congress"". As this work was limited to 50 copies only, printed privately by and for Edward Cope, it seldom comes up for sale. Light marginal browning to the some tissue guards protecting the six lithographed plates, endpapers renewed, light edge wear to leather corners, some rubbing to cloth along the bottom of the rear cover; overall a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7593

Catalogue: Fine and Rare

Cope, Edward D.

The Batrachia of North America

Ashton, MD: Eric Lundberg, 1963. Reprint. Pp. 525; 86 full page plates (line-drawings and halftones), 119 text-figures. Publisher's original dark gray cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. This is a high quality reprint of one of Cope's most well-known herpetological works. This work, which is very scarce, was first published in 1889 in as United States National Museum, Bulletin no. 34. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7688

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads