Biosystems Analysis, Inc.

ECOLOGY OF BALD EAGLES IN ARIZONA, 4 volumes, complete.

Santa Cruz, CA: Biosystems Analysis, Inc, 1992, 1st edition. Pp. xviii, 235; xvi, 376, v, 202; vii, 343, v, 191; v, 245, 650+ maps, photos, text-figures and charts. Pictorial stiff wraps with a flying eagle on covers, 4to. Volume 1: Population Overview; Volume 2: Field Studies; Volume 3: History of Nesting Population; Volume 4: River Map Atlas. No ownership marks, a bright, clean copy in fine (as new) condition..

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Book number: 1951

Catalogue: Falconry and Birds of Prey

Keywords: Ornithology birds Bald Eagle ecology Arizona Natural Sciences Natural Science

Bisset, Peter

The Book of Water Gardening

New York: A.T. De La Mare, 1924. Second edition (revised). Pp. 205; 90 black and white photographs (two are double-page). Publisher's original textured dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, gilt motif of water lilies on the front cover, sm 4to. Peter Bisset (1869-1951) was an American horticulturist who specializes in water gardening among other areas of horticulture. Signature of Samuel Murray of Kansas City, MO, dated Sept. 26, 1925. Some light edge wear to cloth along the outer borders of the front and rear boards; overall a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7751

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Bjorge, A. and Donovan, G. P. (editors)

Biology of the Phocoenids

Cambridge, UK: International Whaling Commission, 1995. First edition Pp. x, 552, numerous maps, diagrams and photos. Light gray cloth with photo of harbor porpoises on the front cover, lettered in black on the spine and in white on the front cover, lg 8vo. The family Phicoenidae contain six living porpoise species. These species are quite vulnerable to fisheries-related mortality. This collection of 39 papers on the biology of the phocoenids represents the most thorough coverage ever published. No ownership marks. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 3002

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Mammals mammalogy marine phocoenids Phicoenidae Porpoises ISBN 0906975298

Bjorndal, Karen and Balazs, George H. (editors)

Manual of Sea Turtle Research and conservation techniques prepared for the Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium

Washington, DC: Center for Environmental Education, 1983. Second edition. Pp. 125; 40 color plates of sea turtles, 19 text-figures (mostly black-and-white photos). Publisher's original two color pictorial wrappers, 4to. Based on a symposium on Sea Turtle Research in the Western Central Atlantic (Population and Socio-economics) held in San Jose, Costa Rica: 17-22 July 1983 (sponsored by IOCARIBE). This symposium was attended by 13 specialists on Sea Turtles. This group developed a key to sea turtles and various forms that help with conservation. This volume is from the research library of ichthyologist Wayne N. Witzell with his circular blind stamp on the half-title and title page. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7679

Catalogue: Herpetology - Turtles and Tortoises

Blache, J.

Contribution a la connaissance de Poissons Anguilliformes de la cote occidentale d'Afrique, Premiere note: Enchelycore nigricans + Deuxieme note: Le genre Muraena + Troisieme note: Le genre Echidna + Quatrieme note: Le genre Lycodontis + Cinquieme note: Le genre Gymnothorax + Sixieme note: Les genres Ararchias, Uropterygius et Channomuraena, in six separate parts, each in its original light red wrappers

Dakar: Institut francais d'Afrique noire, 1967. First edition. Pp. 163-177; 178-217; 695-709; 1122-1187; 1695-1705; 1706-1731; numerous black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Original pale red wrappers, 8vo. Bulletin de Institut francais d'Afrique noire, volume 29, ser. A, no.1, no. 2, no. 3, no. 4. This is a set of six publications that document 8 different eel genera in the family Muraenidae, of the order Anguilliformes. This is a rare set of eel monographs offered together. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean set in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7473

Catalogue: Ichthyology

Blackwelder, R.E.

Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Parts I-VI, complete (bound in 1 thick volume)

Washington: Smithsonian, 1944-1957. First edition Pp. xii, 1492. Early brown cloth (original wrappers from all six parts bound in at rear), lg 8vo. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, no. 185, Parts 1-6. This comprehensive work took the author more than 14 years to complete. Now ownership marks. Clean, near fine copy..

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Book number: 3211

Catalogue: Entomology

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs

Blake, S.F.

A Revision of the Genus Viguiera

Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1918. First edition Pp. 205, 3 full page plates. Publisher's green printed wrappers, 8vo. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium, no. 54. Crease to corner of front wrapper, a tight, near fine copy..

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Book number: 2563

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Blanford, W.T.

Account of a visit to the Eastern and Northern Frontiers of Independent Sikkim, with notes on the zoology of Alpine and Subalpine Regions, Part I-II: Narrative + Zoology, complete.

Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1871-1872. First edition. Pp. 367-420, 1 folding map + pp. 30-73. Extract without wrappers, 8vo. From: Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for 1871 and 1872. A rare look at the zoology of an expedition to Sikkim in the later 19th century. No ownership marks. Text is uniformly tanned with occasional foxing, small holes in the left hand margins where the stitching for the threads that held the binding is located; a good solid copy of a very rare work..

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Book number: 5094

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Blanford, W.T.

Eastern Persia; an account of the journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission, 1870 – 1871 – 1872, Volume II: The Zoology and Geology only

London: Macmillan, 1876. First edition. Pp. viii, 516, 2, 1 double page hand-colored map of Persia divided into 5 zoological provinces, 28 full page lithographs (8 of mammals, 10 of birds and 10 of reptiles) of which 18 are hand-colored plates by Keulemans. Publisher’s original blind-stamped dark green cloth with black border lines, lettered in gilt on the spine, original brown endpapers, lg 8vo. This work covers the mammalogy, ornithology, herpetology and geology of Iran and part of Baluchistan. The 200-page section on the avifauna of Iran (covering 248 species) and the 130-page section on the herpetofauna of Iran (covering 62 species) makes this volume of great demand to zoologists. Vol. 1 of this set, which is not offered here, covers the “The Geography” of the Persian Boundary Commission. Tissue guard for frontispiece plate is lightly foxed, front top outer corner of cloth with small bump, light foxing to some plates, a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9464

Catalogue: Asia

Bloch, Marcus Elieser

Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische: I. Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische, 9 parts in 4 volumes (text) + II. Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands, with 432 fine color plates in 2 volumes (plates)

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Reprint. Pp. (Text): Vol. 1: (24), 258, (8), 192, (6), 234; Vol. 2: (8), 160, x, (4), 146; Vol. 3: x, 128, (8), 152, (6), 126; Vol. 4: x, (2), 144, (8), 174, (6), 192; (Plates): Vol. 1: pp. (1), 216 fine color-printed plates; Vol. 2: (1), 216 fine color-printed plates. The text volumes are bound in white laminated boards, lettered in black on the spine and front covers with tan endpapers, 4to (11.1 x 9. 75 inches). The plate volumes are bound in brown textured cloth (simulated leather), with the spine and front cover lettered in gilt, folio (16.1 x 10.75 inches). This is a fine facsimile reprint of this rare ichthyological work originally published in Berlin in 1782-1795. The work covers the general natural history of fishes with a primary focus on the economic natural history of fishes in Germany and secondary focus on the natural history of foreign fishes. The fine color plates, are after paintings by F. G. Berger, G. Bodenehr, C. Darchow, C. F. Gürsch, L. Schmidt, J.G. Schmidt and others. The color plates in this facsimile are extraordinarily well-produced - the colors are vivid and bright with excellent color separation. These fine color plates are printed on glossy clay-coated paper which provides excellent color reproduction. This is the only reprint published of this important work. There is one copy of the first edition of this work being offered online for $140,000. Thus, this reprint is a bargain by comparison. The copy used to reprint this work is housed in the Rare Book Room of the American Museum of Natural of Natural History. This large and heavy set weighs 27 lbs. Media mail postage within the USA is $25. Shipment to Europe or Asia will be about $125. No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8185

Catalogue: Ichthyology

Boere, Gerard, Galbraith, Colin, and Stroud, David (Editors)

Waterbirds around the World: A global overview of the conservation, management, and research of the world's waterbird flyways

Edinburgh: The Stationery Office, 2006. First edition. Pp. xix, 940, numerous color photos, text figures and maps. Pictorial hard covers, thick lg 4to (11 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches). More than 450 conservation scientists from 90 countries attended the 'Waterbirds around the World' Conference, in Edinburgh, 2004. The ensuing proceedings and introductory papers describe the truly global efforts being made to halt the decline in waterbird populations. This groundbreaking and authoritative book draws together a comprehensive assessment of what is happening to waterbirds and their habitats. Name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. A fine, as new, copy..

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Book number: 9704

Catalogue: Ornithology

Boesch, Christophe

Wild Cultures: A Comparison between Chimpanzee and Human Cultures.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Second edition. Pp. xiv, 276; with numerous black-and-white photos and charts. Publisher's original color-pictorial laminated hardcover, lg 8vo. How do chimpanzees say, 'I want to have sex with you?' By clipping a leaf or knocking on a tree trunk? How do they eat live aggressive ants? By using a short stick with one hand or long stick with both? Ivorian and Tanzanian chimpanzees answer these questions differently, as would humans from France and China if asked how they eat rice. Christophe Boesch takes readers into the lives of chimpanzees from different African regions, highlighting the debate about culture. His ethnography reveals how simple techniques have evolved into complex ones, how teaching styles differ, how material culture widens access to new food sources and how youngsters learn culture. This journey reveals many parallels between humans and chimpanzees and points to striking differences. Written in a vivid and accessible style, 'Wild Cultures' places the reader in social and ecological contexts that shed light on our twin cultures, which will help us refine human nature and its multitude of facet (from the rear cover). No ownership marks and no signs of use (never opened). A tight and bright copy in fine (new) condition..

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Book number: 5494

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Mammalogy mammals primates primatology chimpanzees chimps culture Boesch ISBN: 978-1-107-02537-0

Boettger, O.

Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Teil 1:Rhynochocephalen, Schildkroten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamaleons.

Frankfurt: Gebruder Knauer, 1893. First edition. Pp. x, 140. Original printed gray wrappers, 8vo. Rare catalogue of herpetology in the collection of the Frankfurt Natural History Museum. Oval ownership stamp of Moritz Diester of Frankfurt on the front wrapper. Some wear to wrappers with a few chips to the edges; overall a very good copy of a rare item..

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Book number: 5861

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Bogert, C.M.

Dentitional Phenomena in Cobras and Other Elapids with Notes on Adaptive Modifications of Fangs

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1943. Pp. 75, 4 photo-plates, 73 text-figs, 3 tables, 4 maps. Printed wraps, 8vo. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 81, art. 3. Fine copy..

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Book number: 0929

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Dental Anatomy Cobras Cobra Teeth Reptiles Natural Sciences Natural Science

Bogert, C. M.

Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition with notes on African reptiles in other collections

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1940. First edition Pp. 107, 18 text-figures, 1 full page photo-plate. Original gray printed wrappers, 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History volume 77, article 1. A fine uncut and unopened copy..

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Book number: 2592

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Reptiles Amphibians Angolia Southern Africa Natural Sciences Natural Science