Anderson, John

Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Part I: Primates, Prosimiae, Chiroptera and Insectivora

Calcutta: Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1881. First edition. Pp. 223, (1, errata). Self wrappers (no cloth binding but backstrip is tight), 8vo. This work was purchased in Calcutta about 30 years ago - there are signs of exposure to the hot and humid climate of Calcutta. It was originally bound in cloth but these binding have perished. No ownership marks. Rare work. The text shows some light foxing and browning throughout, some chipping to the other page edges; overall a good solid copy..

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Book number: 7455

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Anderson, John

Herpetology of Arabia.

Oxford, OH: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1984. First edition. Pp. xxxv, 122, (9, ads), (1); color frontispiece, 4 text-photos and maps. Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in white on the spine, lg 8vo. This work presents a facsimile reprint of well-known monograph ""A Contribution to the Herpetology of Arabia with a preliminary list of reptiles and batrachians of Egypt"" with a new introduction and checklist of the Arabian herpetofauna by Alan E. Leviton and Michael L. Aldrich. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 4293

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Anderson, Douglas D.

Lang Rongrien Rockshelter: A Pleistocene, Early Holocene Archaeological Site from Krabi, Southwestern Thailand

Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1990. First edition. Pp. x, 1-86; 53 text-figures (mostly black-and-white photos). Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and on the front cover, 4to. This is University Museum Monograph no 71. Lang Rongrien Rockshelter was the first site excavated in Thailand to produce a clearly stratified, charcoal-dated late Pleistocene deposit beneath a well-defined Early Holocene Hoabinhian deposit. This volume presents in detail the excavations at Lang Rongrien Rockshelter in the mid-1980s. Anderson uses the evidence excavated as a starting point to reevaluate several issues with respect to Pleistocene/Early Holocene human habitation in Southeast Asia. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper, no other marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8505

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Andersson, Lars G.

Some new species of snakes from Cameroon and South America belonging to Royal Museum in Stockholm

Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt and Soner, 1901. First edition Pp. 27, 2 full page halftone plates. Publisher's light green wrappers, 8vo. Offprint from Bihang Till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar. volume 27, part 4, no. 5. Text is entirely in English.. Inscribed ""Dr. H. E. Brown with the author's compliments."" Later from the library of Edmond Malnate with his printed name on the front wrapper. One corner with slight bump, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 2831

Catalogue: Herpetology - Snakes

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Andreev, N.

HANDBOOK OF FISHING GEAR AND ITS RIGGING.

(Moscow, 1962), Jerusalem, 1966. Pp. 454, 158 text-figs. Printed gray wraps, lg 8vo. Translated from the Russian by the Israel Program for Scientific Translation. Near fine..

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Book number: 0489

Catalogue: Ichthyology

Keywords: Ichthyology Fishes Fishing Natural Sciences Natural Science

Andrews, R. C., Berkey, C. P., Grabau, A. W., Nichols, J. T., Pope, C. H., Allen, G. M. et al.

Collected Works of the Central Asiatic Expeditions to Mongolia and China, in 7 volumes, complete

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1927-1943. First edition. Pp. (vol. l): l, 1-678, color frontis, 128 photo-plates, 12 text-figures, 3 folding maps; (vol. 2): xxxi, 1-475, color frontis, 43 full page photo-plates/maps, 161 text-figures; (vol. 4): xliii, 1-665, 35 full page halftone plates, 1 color folding geological map, 68 text-figures, (vol. 9): xxxvi, 1-322, 10 full page color plates, 143 text-figures; (vol. 10): lii, 1-604, 27 full page half-tone plates, 78 text-figures; (vol. 11): xxv,1- 620; xxiii, (2), 621-1350, 20 full page photo-plates, 75 distribution maps.  Publisher's original orange cloth lettered and decorated in black on the spine and front cover, lg 4to.  Natural History of Central Asia, volumes 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 11 (all published).  This rare set presents the results of Central Asiatic Expeditions to Mongolia and China conducted during the years 1921-1930 and led by Roy Chapman Andrews.  The publication of these volumes was subsidized by private funds; because these funds ran out, only 7 of the 12 planned volumes were published.  The authors, titles, publication dates of the seven volumes are as follows: Volume 1: Andrews - The New Conquest of Central Asia (1932); Volume 2: Berkey - The Geology of Mongolia (1927); Volume 4: Grabau - The Permian of Mongolia (1931); Volume 9: Nichols - The Fresh-water Fishes of China (1943); Volume 10: Pope - The Reptiles of China (1935); and Volume 11 (Parts 1 and 2 in 2 volumes): Allen - The Mammals of China and Mongolia (1938-1940).  Individually, these volumes are scarce, so the complete set in seven volumes in near fine condition is quite rare indeed. This is a large and heavy set which requires additional shipping. The set weighs 40 lbs, therefore domestic shipping is $65 and international shipping is $220. Some light soiling to the rear cloth covers of two volumes, small bump to front outer corner of volume 4, light wear to cloth at the head and foot of the spine of volume 10, there is an ownership signature of Mary E. Coffey and James E. Coffey on the front attached endpaper of volume 10, there is also an oval name stamp of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the front endpapers of Vol. 1, 4, and 11 and a very small circular stamp of the same institution at the bottom of the title page of the same three volumes, there are no other ownership marks and almost no signs of use; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8566

Catalogue: Fine and Rare

Andrews, C. W.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE SKULL AND SKELETON OF A PECULIARLY MODIFIED RUPICAPRINE ANTELOPE (Myotragus balearicus, Bate), With a Notice of a New Variety, M. balearicus Var. major.

London: Harrison ans Sons, 1915. Pp. 26, 4 full page plates. Original printed wrappers, 4to. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Volume 206. Inscribed ""with the authors compliments"" on the front wrap. Single ink stamp of Carnegie Museum on the front wrap; the front wrap also stamped Ex Libris, John A. Dorr, Jr. Dorr was a paleontologist at the University of Michigan. Slight soiling and marginal chipping to wrappers, otherwise a very good copy..

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Book number: 1372

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Antelope Myotragus Balearic Islands Cave Goat Natural Sciences Natural Science

Andrews, C. W.

A description of new species of Leathery Turtles from the Eocene of southern Nigeria.

London: Zoological Society of London, 1919. First edition Pp 309-319; 2 full page black-and-white fine line-drawings. Extract with no wrappers, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1919, no. 18. No ownership marks. Some pages unopened. Paperclip imprint on the top left inner corner; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8057

Catalogue: Herpetology - Turtles and Tortoises

Andrews, Roy Chapman

The New Conquest of Central Asia: A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions in Mongolia and China, 1921-1930, inscribed by Roy Chapman Andrews and Walter Granger

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1932. First edition. Pp. l, 678, color frontispiece plate, 128 photo-plates, 12 text-figures, 3 large color folding maps at end. Publisher's original orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front cover and with decorations printed in black, original printed orange dust jacket with black lettering and decorations, lg 4to. This is Natural History of Central Asia, volume 1. This volume presents the results of American Museum of Natural History expeditions to Mongolia and China in the years 1922-1930-truly a landmark of exploration in the early 20th Century. Contains separate chapters by Walter Granger, Clifford H. Pope and Nels C. Nelson and summary statements by 13 other members of the expeditions. This is a very special association copy. The volume is inscribed to J. V. A. MacMurray who was U. S. Assistant Secretary of State from 1924 to 1925 and was subsequently appointed Minister to China from 1925 to 1929. The inscription reads: ""To J. V. A. MacMurray with the appreciation and warm regards of Roy Chapman Andrews, Leader (and) Walter Granger, Second in Command."" MacMurray assisted the Andrews and Granger expeditions with logistics and other aid while he served at Minister to China from 1925-1929. In The New Conquest of Central Asia, MacMurray is mentioned three times on pages 345, 348 and 389. In April 1928, Minister MacMurray, his wife and his sister visited Andrews' camp at the beginning of the 1928 expedition. The Minister helped the expedition pass through Kalgan by expediting passport approvals and waiving the road tax. While serving in Peking, Minister MacMurray was also in contact with Dictator Marshal Chang Tso-lin whose permission was needed for the 1928 expedition to proceed. This volume was purchased from the grandson of J. V. A. MacMurray, so the volume has remained in the MacMurray family until being offered now for sale. Foxing to the tissue guard protecting the frontispiece color plate, page edges showing mild foxing, light sunning to the spine cloth, a few pages with marginal text browning; a tight and clean copy in very good copy with great associations..

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Book number: 8802

Catalogue: Roy Chapman Andrews

Andrews, Roy Chapman

The Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis Lesson): 1. History, habits, external anatomy, osteology, and relationships. 2. Anatomy of a foetus of Balaenopterus borealis (by H. von W. Schulte).

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1916. First edition Pp. 291-502, 30 full page photo-plates, 46 text-figures. Original printed gray wrappers, lg folio. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, new series, volume I, part 6. No ownership marks. A fine copy with many pages unopened..

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Book number: 3645

Catalogue: Whales and Whaling

Keywords: Mammalogy mammals marine whales whaling cetaceans Cetacea Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Baleen whale whalebone whales great whales

Angel, Fernand

Faune de France 45: Reptiles et Amphibiens.

Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1946. First edition. Pp.204; 83 text-figures. Early red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original printed wrappers bound in place), lg 8vo. A detailed review of the herpetofauna of France. This is no. 45 in the series 'Faune de France.' From the research library of herpetofauna of Hobart M. Smith with his signature and small name stamp on the front wrapper. Two old repairs to marginal tears in the front wrapper, text is uniformly tanned, cloth binding is bright and clean; overall, a very good copy..

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Book number: 4443

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Angel, Fernand

Petit Atlas des Amphibiens et Reptiles, Fascicule I: Apodes, Urodèles, Anoures, Rhynocéphales, Chéloniens, Crocodiliens + Fascicule II: Sauriens, Ophidiens, 2 volumes, complete

Paris: Editions N. Boubee, 1949. Third edition. Pp. 129; 12 plates (with 70 color drawings), 43 text-figures; pp. 141, 12 plates (with 65 color drawings), 50 text-figures. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, sm 8vo. From the research library of herpetologist Hobart M. Smith with his signature at the top of each front wrapper. Near fine copy..

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Book number: 4625

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Angel, F.

Vie et Moeurs des Amphibiens: Grenouilles, Crapauds, Tritons, Salamadres, Cecilies.

Paris: Payot, 1947. First edition. Pp. 317; 137 text-figures (from line-drawings by the author). Later wine red cloth (original printed tan wrappers, with green frog on the front panel, bound in place), 8vo. Angel's early herpetological review. Inscribed to ""Prof. Hobart M. Smith, cordial homage, F. Angel"" on the inside endpaper. From the research library of herpetologist Hobart M. Smith with his signature on the front wrapper. This volume was bound in cloth by Hobart Smith. Small bump to bottom outer corner before binding was put on, front wrapper a little worn; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4506

Catalogue: Herpetology - Salamanders

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Angel, F.

Vie et Moeurs des Amphibiens: Grenouilles, Crapauds, Tritons, Salamadres, Cecilies.

Paris: Payot, 1950. First edition. Pp. 319; 122 text-figures (from line-drawings by the author). Later wine red cloth (original printed tan wrappers, with red frog on the front panel, bound in place), 8vo. Angel's early herpetological review. Inscribed to ""Prof. Hobart M. Smith, cordial homage, F. Angel"" on the inside endpaper. From the library of G. Cosgrove with his signature on the front wrapper. Light uniform tanning to pages; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4507

Catalogue: Herpetology - Salamanders

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Angel, F.

Vie et Moeurs des Serpents

Paris: Payot, 1950. First edition Pp. 319; 122 text-figures (from line-drawings by the author). Later wine red cloth (original printed tan wrappers, with image of snake, bound in place), 8vo. Angel's early review on snakes. From the library of G. Cosgrove with his signature on the front wrapper. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8286

Catalogue: Herpetology - Snakes