Allen, J. A.

Ontogenetic and other Variations in Muskoxen, with a Systematic Review of the Muskox Group, Recent and Extinct.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1913. First edition Pp. 127, 8 full page photo-plates, 45 text-figures. Original printed gray wrappers, folio. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, new series, volume I, part 4. No ownership marks. An old crease to rear wrappers, one outer corner with slight bump; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3835

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Mammalogy mammals muskox Ovibos oschatus musk ox Arctic mammal Bovidae Canada Greenland North America

Allen, Glover N.

Solenodon Paradoxus.

Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1910. First edition. Pp. 53, (1); 9 full page plates (3 are color lithographs, 6 are fine line drawings), each plate is accompanied by a descriptive leaf. Later dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original printed pale green wrappers are bound in at rear), lg 4to. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, volume 40, no. 1. Solenodon is a genus of venomous, nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals belonging to the family Solenodontidae. There are two living species, Solenodon paradoxus, from Haiti and Dominion Republic, and Solenodon cubanus from Cuba. No ownership marks and no signs of use. The original printed wrappers show some light browning, the text and plates are bright and clean; a tight copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 6606

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Allen, Glover M.

The Whalebone Whales of New England

Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1916. First edition. Pp. 1, 107-322, 7 full-page halftones, photographic plates and line-drawings, 3 text-figures. Later pale green blank wrappers, 4to. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, volume 8, no. 2. This monograph documents six living species from the North Atlantic Ocean all of which range throughout New England waters. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy with no signs of use..

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Book number: 8033

Catalogue: Whales and Whaling

Altmann, Jeanne

Baboon Mothers and Infants

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. First edition. Pp. xiv, 242; 65 black-and-white photos and graphs, genealogy diagrams and graphs in the appendices. Publisher's original orange cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition of this classic work in primatology. In Baboon Mothers and Infants, the author applies her uniquely sophisticated techniques to the mother-infant relationship, its demography and ecology, within the natural setting. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper dated June 1981. No other ownership marks and few signs of use. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7339

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Altmann, Stuart A. (editor)

Social Communication among Primates.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1967. First edition. Pp. xiv, 392; numerous black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This multidisciplinary volume has contributions from anthropologists, linguists, mathematicians, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and zoologists. The 17 chapters in this volume are by noted authorities in the field; this is an early contribution to the field of primate behavior authored by some of the founding members of the field. No ownership marks. A fine (as new) copy in a complete very good dust jacket that shows some rub marks..

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Book number: 6388

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Amann, Gottfried

Bodenpflanzen des Waldes: Taschenbildbuch

Melsungen, Germany: Verlag Neumann-Neudamm, 1977. Second edition. Pp. 420, 630 color and 150 black and white text-figures. Publisher's original light green cloth, letter in silver on the spine and front cover, original pictorial black dust-jacket, lg 12mo. The text is in German.  This book is from the private research collection of University of Michigan mycologist Alexander H. Smith.  No ownership marks. Minor wear to dust-jacket, overall a near fine copy in a very good dust-jacket..

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Book number: 8947

Catalogue: Mushrooms and Fungi

Amann, J.

BRYOGEOGRAPHIE DE LA SUISSE.

Zurich: Fretz Freres S.A., 1928. Pp. x, 453, 32 plates, 13 text-figures and a folding colored map. Original pink printed wrappers, 8vo. From the series: Materiaux pour la Flore Cryptogamique Suisse, vol. VI, fasc. 2. Some old cello tape at the bottom of the spine, a clean, very good copy..

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Book number: 0752

Catalogue: Cryptogams

Keywords: Bryophytes Switzerland Plant geography Natural Sciences Natural Science

Amano, Akira

Birds in Flight.

Tokyo: Graphic-sha Publishing, Ltd., 1985. First edition. Pp. 103, (1); 90+ fine color photos (some are double page). Publisher's original silver cloth, boldly lettered in black on the spine and on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. This volume depicts many Japanese birds in various flight positions such as gliding, landing, taking off, diving, and displaying their wings. The text is presented simultaneously in English and Japanese. English common names are used in all of the captions of the plates. At the end of the volume, all photos appear in small vignettes with accompanying text describing where the photo was taken and the camera and lens used to take the photograph. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 5742

Catalogue: Japanese Birds

Amaral, Afranio do.

A General Consideration of Snake Poisoning and Observations on Neotropical Pit-Vipers.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925. First edition. Pp. (8), 1-62; + 15 full page plates, mostly halftones and line-drawings, one in color. Publisher's original maroon cloth, boldly lettered in gilt on the front cover, sm 4to (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches). In the series: Contributions from the Harvard Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine, II. This volume is exceedingly scarce. In more than 28 years of book selling, this is only the second copy I have encountered. From the research library of Holbart M. Smith with his name stamp and initials on the front free endpaper. This volume shows evidence of water-damage - the cloth covers are a bit mottled with some loss of gilt to the title, which is none-the-less still readable, the text block is wavy with only marginal water marks to the top front section of the first text pages, six plates have the descriptive leaf stuck to the plate, so the actual plate is not visible, the descriptive leafs have been removed from the other plates which has damaged most of the remaining plates; given this water damage, this can be classified as a good-minus reading copy..

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Book number: 5220

Catalogue: Herpetology - Snakes

Keywords: Herpetology reptiles snakes poisonous snakes Neotropical pit-vipers pit vipers Crotalinae pit adders Harvard Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine Afranio do Amaral

American Journal of Archaeology

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 38, no. 1-4, complete.

Concord, NH: printed by Rumford Press for the Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America, 1938. Pp. 624, numerous photo-plates and text-figures. Early blue ribbed cloth with black leather spine label, 4to. The complete issue of this journal for 1938. Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with call number on spine, bookplate on front endpaper and name stamp on rear endpaper, no other marks and no signs of use; a bright, clean, near fine copy in an attractive binding..

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Book number: 1922

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Keywords: archaeology Old World classic period Egypt Rome Greece sculpture excavations art Natural Sciences Natural Science

American Philosophical Society

Commemoration of the Centennial of the Publication of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1959. First edition. Pp. 159-319, frontispiece, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s printed tan wrappers, lettered in black on spine and cover, small bust on cover, 4to. From the series: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 103, number 2, April 23, 1959, Annual General Meeting. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on front wrapper with two additional owner names. Small section (1/4 inch) missing from bottom corner of front wrapper, wear to spine with small missing material, the text is bright and clean, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9259

Catalogue: Darwiniana

Ammirati, Joseph F., Traquair, James A. and Horgen, Paul A.

Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada, Part 1: The Fungus Fruit Body and Part 2: Fungal Poisoning

Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1985. First edition. Pp. xii, (i), 396; 234 text-figures (100+ color photos and numerous line-drawings). Publisher's original gray cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 4to (11.25 x 9 inches). This is the most comprehensive and authoritative book ever published on the subject and is useful in all of Canada and the northern United States. The book was designed to help mycologists, medical practitioners, general biologists, and mushroom foragers identify quickly and accurately the larger poisonous fungi found in northern North America. The book is divided in to two parts: Part 1: The Fungus Fruit Body (which provides a thorough introduction to fungal structure and taxonomy); and Part 2: Fungal Poisoning (which deals with toxicity and the major categories of fungal poisoning). No ownership makes no signs of use. This volume is from the private research collection of University of Michigan mycologist Alexander H. Smith. A fine copy in an almost fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 8755

Catalogue: Mushrooms and Fungi

Ananjeva, N. B. and Borkin, L. J. (editor)

Ecology and Systematics of Amphibians and Reptiles.

Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Zoological Institute, 1979. First edition. Pp. 124, (2); 12 black-and-white photo-plates, some text-figures and maps. Original yellow printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, volume 89. This edited work covers the following taxa: Agama caucasia, Rana lessonae, Alsophylax laevis, Lacerta unisexualis, Rana arvalis, Pelobates fuscus, Lacerta agilis, Anguis fragilis, and Onychodactylus fischeri. It also discusses the late Cretaceous turtles of Asia. The text is in Russian with abstracts in English for most contributions; there is also a second title page in English. From research library of herpetologist Hobart M. Smith with his signature on the front wrapper. One outer corner with small bump; a very good copy..

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Book number: 4618

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Ananjeva, N. B. and Borkin, L. J. (editor)

The Fauna and Ecology of Amphibians and Reptiles of Palaearctic.

Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Zoological Institute, 1981. First edition. Pp. 123, (6); 14 black-and-white photo-plates, some text-figures and maps. Original gray printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, volume 101. The text is in Russian with abstracts in English for most contributions; there is also a second title page and table of contents in English. One outer corner with small bump, a few ink annotations on the front wrapper; a very good copy..

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Book number: 4619

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Anderson, John

Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella, in two volumes (text + hand-colored plates)

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1878 (1879). First edition. Pp. (volume 1): (iv, (1, corrigenda dated 1879), (i)-xxv, (i, title page for Mammalia), 1-985; (volume 2): (iv, title page, half-title), (1, corrigenda), (1)-29 (index to plates), 85 full page lithographic plates (49 are hand-colored) many by Charles Berjeau, and J. G. Keulemans. One-half black leather over orange marbled boards with matching orange marbled endpapers, sm folio (13 x 10.5 inches; 33.5 x 26 cm). This massive two volume set documents two expeditions to northern Burma (Myanmar) and extreme western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875. The publication was limited to 250 copies only. John Anderson joined the 1868 expedition as a medical doctor and naturalist. He collected mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, molluscs, insects and crustaceans. The following taxa are illustrated in the fine hand-colored plates: monkeys (3), otter (1), bamboo rats (4), mouse (1), squirrels (Sciurus) (4), flying squirrels (Pteromys) (2), river dolphin (Orcella) (1), birds (10), turtles (20), molluscs (1), butterflies (1) and an anatomical diagram of cetaceans (1). The remaining 36 black-and-white lithographs depict line drawings of other species encountered on the expedition and many detailed anatomical diagrams of the bones and soft anatomy of cetaceans. Anderson focused specifically on the turtles; this monograph provides a major review of the enormous turtle diversity in South and Southeast Asia (Dr. Kraig Alder, personal comment). Another group singled out by Anderson for monographic treatment are the two Cetacean genera, Orcaella (the Irrawaddy River Dolphin) and Platanista (the South Asian River Dolphin). These two genera are critically endangered today so Anderson’s early observations are of great importance. Other artists that contributed to this work including John Anderson, George H. Ford, Henry H. Goodwin-Austen, Carl Griesbach, E. Loveau, Robert Mintern and George B. Sowerby. No ownership marks. The last five pages of the index of volume 1 with faint corner wrinkle, the top outer corner of the first six pages of volume 2 with a faint crease and some soiling, the text block and hand-colored plates are bright and clean without any foxing or browning, a tight copy in near fine condition in a very attractive binding..

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Book number: 9658

Catalogue: Fine and Rare