Cope, E. D.

Notes on the geographical distribution of Batrachia and Reptilia in western North America

Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1883. First edition Pp. 11-35. Original printed pink wrappers, 8vo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, January 16, 1883. No ownership marks. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8060

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Cope, E. D.

On the structure and affinities of the Amphiumidae

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1886. First edition. Pp. 442-445; 1 text-figure (anatomical diagram). Original printed pale green wrapper, 8vo. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 23, no. 123. Amphiuma is a genus of aquatic salamanders from the United States, the only extant genus within the family Amphiumidae. They are colloquially known as amphiumas or conger eels (modified after Wiki). No ownership marks. The wrappers are a little browned on the outer edges, the contents are bright and clean; a very good copy..

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Book number: 8270

Catalogue: Edward Drinker Cope

Cope, Edward D.

The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution

Chicago: Open Court, 1896. First edition. 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 the factors driving evolution. This is the rare first edition. From the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Gilt on spine is a little dull, light edge wear to cloth, a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9522

Catalogue: Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography

Corbet, G. B.

A Revision of the Elephant-Shrews, Family Macroscelididae.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1968. First edition. Pp. 66; 1 color plate, 18 text-figures (line-drawings, maps and graphs). Original tan printed wrappers, sm 4to. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, volume 16, no. 2. Signed by the first author with note laid in at front ""With compliments, George B. Corbert."" Name stamp of former owner on the front wrapper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4738

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Mammalogy mammals

Cory, Charles B.

The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo.

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1885. First edition. Pp. (2), 7-198; with 22 hand-colored plates and 1 monochrome map, 2 text-figures. Recent one-half straight-grained green morocco leather, spine with five raised bands titled in gilt on black leather and red leather labels in two compartments, over English pale green marbled boards with pale green endpapers (original printed green wrappers bound in at rear), 4to (287 x 225 cm). This volume provides the synonymy, description of plumage, and notes for each species. The hand-colored plates in this copy are particularly bright and clean. This work was issued in four parts dated 1844 (parts 1-3) and 1885 (part 4); the edition was limited to 300 copies only. There is no limitation page in the volume but the front wrapper of each part is labeled with a small red number of 291 (part 1), 245 (part 2), 168 (part 3) and 256 (part 4). Since the highest of these numbers is 291, it seems to confirm an edition of only 300 copies. The wrapper of part 1 has been slightly trimmed with no effect to the text. The title page bears the small name-stamp of ornithologist Ed N. Harrison. There are no other ownership marks of any kind. See also Fine Bird Books (1990), p. 87, Wood, p. 300 and Zimmer, p. 138. The rear side (verso) of some plates show a touch of faint foxing, all of the text and hand-colored plates are very bright and clean, the recent half-morocco binding is very attractive; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5530

Catalogue: Fine and Rare

Coues, Elliot

The Coues Check List of North American Birds. Revised to Date, and entirely Rewritten, under Direction of the Author: with a Dictionary of the Etymology, Orthography, and Orthoepy of the Scientific Names, The Concordance of Previous Lists, and a Catalogue of his Ornithological Publications

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1882. Second edition. Pp. 165, (2, ads). Publisher’s original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo (10 x 7 inches). This is the second revised edition of ‘Coues Check List of North American Birds’ that was first published in 1873. Name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper, pocket on the rear endpaper, no other ownership marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9737

Catalogue: Ornithology

Coultas, Harland

The Principles of Botany, as Exemplified in the Phanerogamia.

Philadelphia: King and Baird, 1854. First edition. Pp. (2), 230; 113 text-figures. Publisher's original olive green cloth, elaborately blind-stamped with floral patterns on the front and rear covers, spine is lettered in gilt and with stamped gilt flowers, sm 8vo. Pritzel 1928. Jackson, Guide p. 42. An interesting early American botanical school text. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper. Few signs of use; a nice copy. A touch of foxing to the frontis matter; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4836

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Count de la Cepede (translated by Robert Kerr)

The Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds and Serpents. Arranged and Published from the Papers and Collections of the Count De Buffon, in 4 volumes complete

Edinburgh: printed by Alex. Smellie for T. Cadel, W. Davies and W. Creech, 1802. First English edition. Pp. xliii, 420; xxiv, 345; iv, 383; xii, 282; with 45 of 48 copper-engraved plates of crocodiles, serpents, lizards, turtles, etc. (volume I lacks plate 2 and volume IV lacks plates 1 and 2; these 3 plates were not removed - they were never bound-in by the publisher). Contemporary full green morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt on dark red morocco labels in two compartments and with elaborate gilt designs in the other four compartments, front and rear leather boards blind-stamped with elaborate diagonal line patterns, set off by gilt panel lines, all outer board edges decorated with gilt patterns, all page edges are marbled to match the marbled endpapers, 8vo. This is the first English translation of the Lacepede's major herpetological opus entitled Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares et al Serpens originally issued in two large quarto volumes in 1788-1790. This was the first comprehensive world summary of amphibians and reptiles. Even today, it still has useful historical information. Lacepede's work remained very influential until the publication of Dumeril and Bibron Erpetologie Generale in the early 1800s (modified after Adler - Contributions to the History of Herpetology, volume 1). A very attractively-bound and uniform set. Signature of Henry Haffey on first text page of each volume; could be Henry Haffey, Esq., of Bath, formerly of Armagh. No other ownership marks and few signs of use. Some scattered light foxing mostly to the rear (blank) side of some plates, offsetting from some plates to their facing text-pages and offsetting from the text pages to a few plates; a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8323

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Cowper-Reed, F. R.

Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus Limestones of the Salt Range.

Calcutta: Geological Survey of India, 1944. First edition. Pp. xiv, 678, 65 full page photo-plates. Publisher's original tan printed wrappers, folio. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, new series, volume 23, memoir no. 2. A truly mammoth work on the fossil mollusks and brachiopods of the Paleozoic Salt Range of what is now Pakistan. No ownership marks. Bump to top outer corner, external wrappers a bit foxed, some uniform age-toning to the text, the photo-plates, that were printed on clay-coated paper, are very bright and clean, spine a little cocked; a solid copy in good condition of a rare work..

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Book number: 4084

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Paleontology Geology Paleozoic Brachiopoda Mollusa mollusks molluscs aquatic invertebrates Salt Range Pakistan Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India Palaeontologia Indica Asia

Cox, Philip G. and Hautier, Lionel (editors)

Evolution of the Rodents: Advances in Phylogeny, Functional Morphology and Development

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. First edition. Pp. xiv, 611; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings, graphs and maps, 16-page color section of photos and diagrams at center of book (p. 466). Pictorial color laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. From the series: Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules, New Paradigms in Evolutionary Biology. The widespread use of mouse models in developmental, behavioural and genetic studies has sparked wider interest in rodent biology as a whole. This book brings together the latest research on rodents to better understand the evolution of both living and extinct members of this fascinating group. Topics analysed include the role of molecular techniques in the determination of robust phylogenetic frameworks; how geometric morphometric methods help quantify and analyse variation in shape; and the role of developmental biology in elucidating the origins of skeletal elements and the teeth. The editors unite these disciplines to present the current state of knowledge in rodent biology, whilst setting the landscape for future research. This book highlights interdisciplinary links across palaeontology, developmental biology, functional morphology, phylogenetics and biomechanics, making it a valuable resource for evolutionary biologists in all fields (from the back cover). No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9385

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Cox, Merel J.

Snakes of Thailand and Their Husbandry

Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Co., 1991. First edition. Pp. xxxviii, 526; 164 color plates. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardback), 8vo. A complete illustrated guide to all snakes inhabiting Thailand including two species of sea snakes. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8611

Catalogue: Herpetology - Snakes

Craib, Charles

Geophytic Pelargoniums: Field and Cultivation Studies of Pelargonium section Hoarea (the Collector’s edition of 25 numbered copies each signed by the author and artist)

Hatfield, South Africa: Umdaus Press, 2001. Limited edition. Pp. x, 126; 12 full page color plates from paintings by Gillian Craib, numerous black-and-white illustrations from ink drawings by Gillian Craib, black-and-white distribution maps of all species. One-quarter brown morocco leather over green patterned marbled boards, spine with four raised bands and with black leather title label lettered in gilt in one compartment, housed in a green cloth and marbled paper, leather-tipped slipcase as issued, sm 4to (10 1/2 x 8 inches). Loosely laid in at front is an original watercolor painting of a Pelargonium species, signed in pencil by the artist and numbered 23/34. This volume is no. 8 of 25 copies of the Collector’s edition signed by the author and artist on the limitation page. The name of the subscriber, R. J. Jeffery, is neatly printed on the limitation page by the author. Attractive bookplate of R. J. Jeffery is attached to the front endpaper. Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. Pelargonium species are evergreen perennials indigenous to warm temperate and tropical regions of the world, with many species in southern Africa (from Wiki). Rare botanical monograph especially in this limited edition of 25 copies. A fine copy in a fine slipcase..

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Book number: 9751

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Cramp, Stanley (editor)

Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North America: The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks + Volume 2: Hawks to Bustards (the first two of nine volumes)

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1977-1980. First edition. Pp. x, 722; viii, 695; 204 full page color plates, numerous color distribution maps. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. The first two volumes in this well-known series. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Spines of the dust jacket lightly sunned, a tight and clean copy in fine condition in near fine dust jackets..

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Book number: 7155

Catalogue: Ornithology

Cranbrook, Earl of

Riches of the Wild: Land Mammals of South-East Asia

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1987. First edition. Pp. vii, 95, 6 color plates, 4 text-figures, 2 black and white photographs, frontispiece. Publisher’s cream pictorial laminated board, lettered in black and maroon on cover and spine, map endpapers, sm 8vo. From the series: Images of Asia. This volume discusses the 660 species of mammals in South-East Asia. No ownership marks. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9369

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Crane Organization of Japan Airline

The Song of the Japanese Crane living in Kushiro in Hokkaido.

Tokyo: Asuka Shoubou, 1987. Second edition. Pp. 70, (1); 70 fine color photos of cranes and their habitats (many are full page). Cream-colored cloth, lettered in red on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. An important photographic study focusing on all aspects of the Japanese crane in Hokkaido, Japan. The volume also contains much on crane conservation. The text is in Japanese. The color photographs were taken by employees of Japan Airlines. No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 5754

Catalogue: Japanese Birds