Dall, W.H.

MONOGRAPH OF WEST AMERICAN PYRAMIDELLID MOLLUSKS.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. Pp. xii, 258, 30 black-and-white plates. Early red pebble cloth with gilt-lettering, 8vo. United Station National Museum Bulletin no. 68. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with a call number on the spine, bookplate on the front endpaper, name stamp on title page, no other library marks, a bright, clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 1704

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Molluscs Mollusks Shells Western US Pyramidellidae Natural Sciences Natural Science

Dang, Huy Huynh

The Hoofed Species (Ungulata) of Vietnam

Hanoi: Nha Xuat Ban Khoa Hoc Va Ky Thuat, 1986. First edition. Pp. 116; 32 text-figures (distribution maps). Original color pictorial wrappers, sm 4to. The volume covers the Perissodactyla (Tapiridae, Rhinoceratidae) and Artiodactyla (Bovidae, Cervidae, Moschidae, Traguidae and Suidae) of Vietnam. The volume also discusses the ecological relationships of these groups. The text is in Vietnamese but Latin names are used throughout and there is a summary in English at the end of the volume. No ownership marks. This is a rare work seldom offered. A clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8467

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Daniel, J. C.

The Book of Indian Reptiles.

Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society, 1983. First edition. Pp. x, 141, 41 color plates, 13 monochrome plates, numerous text-figures. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt emblem on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. A complete review of the natural history of the 140 species of Indian reptiles. The color plates are nicely executed. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 4490

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Daniel, J. Frank et al. (editors)

University of California Publications in Zoology, volume 48, no. 1-6 (1942-1949).

Berkeley: University of California, 1942-1949. First edition. Pp. iv, 532 (includes index) 1 large folding map in color, 16 full page plates (5 are fine color drawings of reptiles, 11 are black-and-white photo-plates), numerous text-figures. Early wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, brown patterned endpapers, (all original printed gray wrappers bound in place), thick lg 8vo. This volume contains six monographs: four are on reptiles, and two are on mammals. The two longest monographs are: ""Speciation in Salamanders of the Plethodontid Genus Ensatina"" by Robert Stebbins (150 pages, 2 color plates, 4 black-and-white photo-plates, 1949) and ""Vertebrate Animals of the Providence Mountain Areas of California"" by David Johnson et al, (156 pages, 52 text-figures, 1 color folding map, 1948). Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with gold call number on the spine, bookplate of Reading Museum on the front endpaper and Museum stamps on the front original wrapper of each number. No signs of use, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5693

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology zoology University of Cailfornia

Darlington, Philip J.

Biogeography of the Southern End of the World: Distribution and History of Far-Southern Life and Land, With an Assessment of Continental Drift

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1965. First edition. Pp. x, 236; 38 text-figures (maps and other drawings). Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in white on the spine and with map of the southern end of the world on front cover, pale green pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. From the library of the late zoologist, George Sprague Meyers, with his signature on the front endpaper and name sticker. Warmly inscribed to Meyers by Darlington on the front free endpaper. A bright and clean copy in fine condition in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6467

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Dart, Raymond A.

African Serological Patterns and Human Migrations (Presidential Address 1950, delivered before the South African Archaeological Society at Cape Town on 6 March 1951).

Claremont, Cape Town: The South African Archaeological Society, 1951. First edition. Pp. 39; 2 folding charts. Original printed red wrappers, sm 4to. Name stamp of former owner, Larry Marshall, on the front wrapper. Two corners with minor bumps; a very good copy..

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Book number: 4745

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Darwin, Charles

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (second edition)

London: John Murray, 1888. Second edition, 23rd thousand Pp. xvi, 693; 18 text-figures (woodcuts). Publisher’s original forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with ornate gilt decorations at the top and bottom of the spine, the front and rear cloth-covered boards have blind-stamped border decorations, brown clay-coated endpapers, 8vo. This is Freeman 966, which is the second revised and augmented edition, the 23rd thousand. Darwin tackled the question of human evolution and natural selection in this work. It was a topic he avoided in previous works. There is a full-page annotation on the front free endpaper by John Macdonald, dated April 1889, that criticizes Darwin’s writings in favor of the account presented in Genesis. No other ownership marks. A few slight wrinkles to the outer corners of three pages in the frontis matter, the binding is bright and clean with no signs of wear, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 9620

Catalogue: Darwiniana

Darwin, Charles

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Authorized edition. Pp. viii, 352; 15 text-figures illustrations in text. Publisher's original one-half red morocco-leather, lettered in gilt on the spine, over original marbled boards, 8vo. Freeman 1288. This is the Appleton Authorized Edition. No ownership marks. The leather on the front outer joint is cracked but strong, there are a few faint cracks to the leather on the spine, page 1 had some pencil annotation, the text and binding is bright and clean; a good solid copy..

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Book number: 6421

Catalogue: Darwiniana

Darwin, Charles

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (First edition)

London: John Murray, 1872. First edition. Pp. (ii), vi, 374, 4 pp., including publisher's advertisements dated November 1872, with 7 heliotype plates (3 folding) and 19 text-figures. Publisher’s forest green cloth, spine is lettered in gilt and with gilt-decorations, cloth on the front and rear covers is blind-stamped with borders, 8vo. Freeman #1142. The fine heliotype plates are numbered in Roman numerals. This is the first edition of Darwin’s well-known work on animal behavior and communication theory. Darwin studied the movement of facial muscles and how they express emotion in man and animals. The heliotype photo plates are works of art and demonstrate a new breakthrough in Victorian photography. From the research collection of James L. Lack Jr. with his signature dated Boston, 1873 on the front blank endpaper. Later from the collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown from Illinois State University with his signature dated 2009 on front endpaper. Faint crack to paper only on the inner front hinge (the joint remains tight), faint foxing to front blank endpaper and to the title page, otherwise a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9452

Catalogue: Darwiniana

Darwin, Charles

Extracts from Letters addressed to Professor Henslow by C. Darwin, Esq. read at a meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 16 November, 1835

Cambridge: privately printed, 1960. Reprint. Pp. v, 31. Printed brown wrappers, bound with string through spine, lettered in black on cover, sm 8vo. This is a reprinted of Charles Darwin’s first published pamphlet that was originally dated Dec. 1, 1835. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front wrapper with additional ownership signature and date stamp. Wear to bottom corner of front wrapper with small missing section, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9282

Catalogue: Darwiniana

Darwin, Charles

Insectivorous Plants (First American Edition)

New York: D. Appleton, 1875. First American edition. Pp. x, 462, (8, ads). Publisher’s original brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated with four black wheels and black panel lines on the front and rear boards, original yellow endpapers, sm 8vo. Freeman #1220. The American first edition was published from the stereos of the first English edition which also appeared in 1875. From the research collection of A. G. Brice of New Orleans with his bookplate on the front attached endpaper. Later from the collection of R. O. Rilett with his pencil signature dated Dec. 3, 1975, on the front free endpaper. Finally, from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown dated Sept. 7, 2000, with his ink signature also on the front free endpaper. Light edge wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9449

Catalogue: Darwiniana

Darwin, Charles

A Monograph of the Fossil Lepadidae, or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1966. Reprint. Pp. iv, 88, 4 text-figures, 5 plates. Publisher’s tan and black wrappers, lettered in black on cover, 4to. This is a reprint of an 1851 volume published by the Palaeontographical Society of London, volume 5, no. 13. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature and another signature on the front wrapper. Light wear to wrappers, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9166

Catalogue: Paleontology and Geology

Darwin, Charles

A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidae and Verrucidae of Great Britain

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1966. Reprint. Pp. 44, 7 text-figures, 2 plates. Publisher’s tan and black wrappers, lettered in black on cover, 4to. This is a reprint of an 1854 volume published by the Palaeontographical Society of London, volume 8, no. 30. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature and another signature on the front wrapper. Light wear to wrappers, bump to top right corner, ink stain to front wrapper, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9170

Catalogue: Paleontology and Geology

Darwin, Charles R.

A Naturalist’s Voyage: Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyages of the H. M. S. Beagle round the world under the command of Captain Fitzroy

London: John Murray, 1882. Second edition? (Fifteenth Thousand). Pp. x, 519, some text-figures. Later one-half black leather over marbled boards bordered in gilt, spine with four raised bands bordered by gilt panel lines, lettered in gilt in two compartments and with gilt designs in the other three compartments, dark blue endpapers, sm 8vo. Described as 'second edition' on the dedication page while p. [iv] has advert for 15th thousand of this work. Freeman no. 38. The half-title page was not issued for this edition and includes the 1845 preface and 1860 postscript to the preface. From the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front blank endpaper. A tight, bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9471

Catalogue: Darwiniana

Darwin, Charles

On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection (from Sixth English edition)

New York: D. Appleton, 1889. New edition (from the sixth English edition). Pp. xxi, 456; one foldout chart. Publisher’s original brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated in black designs and black border lines on the front board and stamped in blind on the rear board, original yellow endpapers, sm 8vo. This is a new edition based on the sixth and final edition with additions and corrections. From the research collection of Frank W. Mahin with his bookplate on the front attached endpaper. Later from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown, with his signature dated Sept. 7, 2000, on the front free endpaper. Not listed in Freeman. Slight edge wear to the outer cloth joints, a few faint mars to the rear cloth cover, the text is bright and clean, a very tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9450

Catalogue: Darwiniana