Dawson, William Leon

The Birds of California. A Complete, Scientific and Popular Account of the 580 Species and Subspecies of Birds Found in the State, the Booklovers’ Edition, limited to 1000 copies, in four volumes

San Diego, CA: South Moulton Company, 1923. First edition. Pp. xvii, 2121, 48 color plates and 44 drawings by Alan Brooks, 16 photogravures, 32 full page duotone plates and 1100 half-tone text-figures. Publisher’s original green fabricoid binding - a group of western gulls is stamped in high relief on the front cover and spine of each volume, top page edges in gilt, 4to. This is the Booklovers’ Edition which was limited to 1000 numbered copies, this copy is un-numbered. Bookplate of Frederick L. Ott on the front endpaper of each volume. No other ownership marks and few signs of use. Light edge wear to cloth, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9696

Catalogue: Ornithology

de Man, J.G.

Ergebnisse einer Zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo, im Auftrage der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft: Dekapoden und Stomatopoden

Frankfurt am Main: Moritz Diesterweg, 1896. First edition Pp. (6), pp. 467-929, 9 lithographic plates each with a descriptive text leaf. Early forest green textured cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, 4to. From the series: Ergebnisse einer Zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo, im Auftrage der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft aufgefuhrt von Dr. Willy Kukenthal, Zweiter Teil: Wissenschaftliche Reiseergebnisse, Band III, Heft III. This monograph presents the zoological results of the Decapoda and Stomatopoda collected on a research trip to Borneo and the Moluccas, performed on behalf of the Senckenberg Natural History Society by Dr. Willy Kukenthal. Faint crease to the corner of the title page, no signs of use, a bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 2871

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Aquatic invertebrates crustacea Decapoda Stomatopoda Borneo Moluccas

de Vosjoli, Philippe, Repashy, Allen and Fast, Frank

Gargoyle Geckos

Vista, CA: Advanced Visions Inc., 2013. First edition. Pp. 155; 170 color photos. Black pictorial wrappers, lettered in yellow and white on the spine and front cover with color photo of a head of a gecko on the front wrapper, 8vo. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9512

Catalogue: Herpetology - Geckos

de Witte, Gaston-Francois

Genera des Serpents du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi.

Tervuren: Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale, 1962. First edition. Pp. viii, 203; 15 black-and-white photo-plates, 94 text figures (fine half tone drawings of snake heads). Original printed brown wrappers, lg 8vo. Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale, Annales, Sciences Zoologiques no. 104. This work details the external characteristics of the various genera and summarizes the superfamilies and families: Typhlopoidea, Booidae, Colubroidea, and Viperidae. No ownership marks. Small bump to bottom outer corner; otherwise a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4300

Catalogue: Herpetology - Snakes

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

de Schauensee, R. M.

A Guide to the Birds of South America.

Wynnewood, PA: Livingston Publishing Company, 1970. First edition. Pp. 470, 50 full page plates, 31 are in full color by artists Poole, Quinn and Sutton, some text-figures (black-and-white line-drawings). Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in silver on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo (9.25 x 6.25 inches). Presents the 865 genera and 2924 species known from South America and adjacent islands; over 600 genera are illustrated in color or black-and-white. Printed addenda and corrigenda are laid in at front. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper. A near fine copy in a bright and clean near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 5165

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds South America islands de Schauensee ISBN 0-87098-027-0

De Vos, A., Manville, R. H. and Van Gelder, R. G.

Introduced Mammals and their influence on Native Biota.

New York: Zoological Society, 1956. First edition. Pp. 32; 1 map, numerous tables. Original green printed wrappers, lg 8vo. From: Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, volume 41, part 4. Covers mammals introduced into all regions of the world. No ownership marks and few signs of use. A clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4867

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Mammalogy mammals

De Haan, W.

Mémoires sur les métamorphoses de Coléoptéres

Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1835. First edition Pp. (2), 40 + 19 fine lithograph plates. Extract with backstrip and series half-title but without original wrappers, 4to. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, volume 4, pp. 125-164. Presents a detailed study of the ontogenetic development within the Coleoptera with finely executed drawings. Slight foxing to the half-title and to the outer margins of a few pages; a clean, very good copy..

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Book number: 3049

Catalogue: Beetles

Keywords: Entomology insects beetle Coleoptera

De Lisle, Harold F.

The Natural History of Monitor Lizards

Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 1996. First edition. Pp. xiii, 201; 74 color photos, 31 full page maps, some line drawings. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 4to. This volume provides extensive information on the anatomical and physiological traits that have made the varanids such successful and spectacular animals. There is coverage of ecology and behavior in detail and includes a description, range map, diet, conservation status, and life history notes for each species along with almost 200 references on varanid lizards (from the rear cover). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9401

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

De Waal, Frans

Peacemaking Among Primates.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. First edition. Pp. xi, 294; numerous black-and-white photographs. Publisher's original one-quarter gray cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, over cream-colored cloth boards, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. In this meticulously researched and absorbing account, we learn in detail how different species of apes cope with aggression, and how they make peace after fights. De Waal draws comparisons with human conflict resolution. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper with almost no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6356

Catalogue: Mammalogy

de Witte, G.-F.

Reptiles Récoltés au Congo Belge par le Dr. H. Schouteden et par M.G.-F. de Witte.

Bruxelles: Musée du Congo Belge, 1933. Pp. 48, 4 full lithographic plates. Original printed card portfolio, lg folio. Annales de Musée du Congo Belge, Zoologie, Série I, tome III, Fasc. 2. Portfolio strengthened and repaired along inner fold, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 0938

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Reptiles Belgian Congo Natural Sciences Natural Science

De Kay, James E.

Zoology of New York or the New York Fauna, Part II. Birds (hand-colored plates)

Albany: Carroll and Cool, 1844. First edition. Pp. xii, 380, (1), 141 fine hand-colored plates by J.W. Hill. One-half black leather over marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers, steel-engraved series title page, 4to. The authoritative early study of the birds of New York State. Only 300 copies of this work were issued with the plates hand colored. Nearly all of the color plates are heightened with gum Arabic. No ownership marks. Light browning to the background of a few of the hand-colored plates, the text is generally bright and clean, a tight copy in near fine condition in a very attractive binding..

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Book number: 9656

Catalogue: Ornithology

Dean, F.C. and Chesemore, D. L.

Studies of Birds and Mammals in the Baird and Schwatka Mountains, Alaska.

Anchorage: University of Alaska, 1974. First edition. Pp. vi, 80, (4); 31 text-photos and maps. Original printed stiff wrappers, 8vo. Biological Papers of the University of Alaska, number 15. This work documents an important field survey of the Baird and Schwatka Mountains completed in 1963 but never published until this paper. Single oval ink stamp of the Zoological Institute in Upsala, Sweden, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 5184

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds avifauna mammals Baird Mountains Schwatka Mountains Alaska United States North Amercia Dean Chesemore

Deelder, C. L. (editor)

Synopsis of Biological Data on the Eel, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1984. First edition. Pp. vii, 73, (1); 16 text-figures (charts, maps and line-drawings). Original printed and pictorial orange and white stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 4to. A detailed summary of the eel. This is FAO Fisheries Synopsis no. 80, revision 1. Errata sheet laid in at rear. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 7788

Catalogue: Ichthyology

Deelder, C. L. (editor)

Synopsis of Biological Data on the Eel, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1984. First edition. Pp. vii, 73, (1); 16 text-figures (charts, maps and line-drawings). Original printed and pictorial orange and white stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 4to. A detailed summary of the eel. This is FAO Fisheries Synopsis no. 80, revision 1. Errata sheet laid in at rear. This volume is from the research library of ichthyologist Wayne N. Witzell with his circular blindstamp on the title page and abstract page. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 7789

Catalogue: Ichthyology

Degen, E.

IX. Ecdysis, as Morphological Evidence of the Original Tetradactyle Feathering of the Bird's Fore-Limb, based especially on the perennial moult in Gymnorhina tibicen.

London: Zoological Society, 1903. Pp. 82, 3 full page plates. Full black bonded leather, folio. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. 16, part 8, no. 1. Near fine..

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Book number: 0424

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Bird feathers comparative anatomy Natural Sciences Natural Science