Barbour, T. and Carr, Jr., A. F.

Antillean Terrapins

Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1940. First edition. Pp. (2), 381-415, (2); 1 full page black-and-white photo-plate, 8 full page color plates after E. N. Fisher, del., 4 text figures (line-drawings), errata slip is tipped-in at page 406. Contemporary blue-ribbed cloth with the spine lettered in gilt, 4to. This work describes the small turtles of the West Indian islands in the Caribbean Sea. These turtles live in fresh or brackish water. The name ""terrapin"" is derived from torope, a word in the Native American Algonquian language. It became part of common usage during the colonial era of North America and was carried back to Great Britain. Since then, it has been used in common names for testudines in the English language (from Wiki). From the research library of herpetologist Kraig Adler with his small bookplate and name stamp on the front endpapers. This work has become very scarce, in part due to the small print run in 1940. A fine copy in an attractive cloth binding..

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Book number: 8328

Catalogue: Herpetology - Turtles and Tortoises

Barbour, Thomas et al.

Four herpetological monographs from Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Museum: A Contribution to the Zoogeography of the East Indian Islands + A Contribution to the Zoogeography of the West Indies, with special reference to Amphibians and Reptiles + The Herpetology of Cuba + A Comparative Study of the Herpetological Faunae of the Uluguru and Usambara Mountains, Tanganyika Territory

Cambridge, MA: Printed for the Museum, 1912, 1914, 1919, 1928. First edition. Pp. 1-203, 8 full page plates (5 in color); pp. (3), 209-359, 1 full page plate; pp. 71-213, 15 full page plates (halftones and line-drawings); pp. 87-265; 4 full page plates (2 in color).  Early dark green cloth, thick lg. 4to.  This large and heavy volume has four of Thomas Barbour’s most significant monographs bound into one volume.  The monographs are: 1) A Contribution to the Zoogeography of the East Indian Islands, 2) A Contribution to the Zoogeography of the West Indies, with special reference to Amphibians and Reptiles, 3) The Herpetology of Cuba and 4) A Comparative Study of the Herpetological Faunae of the Uluguru and Usambara Mountains, Tanganyika Territory with descriptions of new species.  From the series Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, vol. 44, no 1; vol. 44, no 2; vol. 47, no 2; and vol. 50, no 2. From the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper and on the title page of each monograph.  No other ownership marks and few signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9518

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Barbour, Thomas

Sphaerodactylus.

Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1921. First edition. Pp. 70 + 26 full page half-tone plates. Original pale green printed wrappers, lg 4to. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 47, no. 3. A revision of the more than 30 species of gekkonids that inhabit the Antillean subregion and the adjacent mainland. This monograph is from the research library of herpetologist Kevin W. Marx with his signature on the front endpaper. Diagonal tear to rear wrapper neatly repaired, a touch of sunning to the outer edges of the front wrapper, text and plates as new; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 6006

Catalogue: Herpetology - Lizards

Barigozzi, Claudio et al. (editors)

Atti Del Colloquio Internazionale sul Tema: l""Origine Dell'uomo Indeteto in occasione Del Primo Centenario Della pubblicazione Dell'opera Di Darwin ""The Descent of Man"" (Roma, 28-30 Ottobre 1971)

Roma: Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei, 1973. First edition. Pp. 372, (4, ads); numerous illustrations. Original printed light gray wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. This work presents 17 papers by notable authorities in the field from an important colloquium held in Rome on October 28-30, 1971. The text is mostly in English but there are a few chapters in French and Italian. No ownership marks and no signs of use. The pages are uncut and unopened. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8198

Catalogue: Human Evolution

Barker, George F.

The Correlation of Vital and Physical Forces.

New Haven, CT: Chatfield, 1870. First edition. Pp. 36. Original pale green printed wrappers, sm 8vo (7.25 x 4.5 inches). No. 2 - Yale University Series. Some chipping to wrappers and light wear; overall a good copy..

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Book number: 5616

Catalogue: Thomas Henry Huxley

Keywords: Great naturalists Thomas Henry Huxley evolution evolutionary biology

Barnard, J. L.

Marine Amphipoda of Oregon.

Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College Press, 1954, First edition. Pp. 103, 33 full page monochrome plates. Publisher's brown wrappers lg 8vo. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with single ink stamp on front wrapper, page 100 and inside of rear wrapper, call number and date on the front wrapper, several small water spots and crease to front wrapper, a tight, very good copy..

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Book number: 2129

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Aquatic Invertebrates crustaceans Pacific Northwest Oregon America taxonomy Natural Sciences Natural Science

Barnes, Lawrence G.

Miocene Desmatophocinae (Mammalia Carnivora)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972. First edition. Pp. v, 76; 6 full page black-and-white photo-plates, 25 text-figures (mostly fine line-drawings and diagrams). Publisher's original light tan printed wrappers, lg 8vo. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, volume 89. This work documents the evolution of a subfamily of seals (family Phocidae), in the Pacific region. The monograph centers on the description of a new specimen of Allodesmus which allows a re-evaluation of the Miocene subfamily, Desmatophocinae. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7304

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Barraband, J.

Le Barbu de la Guyane, hand-colored engraving (20.5 x 13.5 inches).

1801-1806 From: Barraband, J., Paris, 1801-1806, plate no. 23. The plate is mounted on a board with some uniform tanning to the background..

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Book number: 1808

Catalogue: Prints and Maps

Keywords: hand-colored print Guyana Barraband Natural Sciences Natural Science

Bartholomew, Breck

In Pursuit of Snakes & Other Reptiles: The Herpetological Library of Adrian Crane

Salt Lake City, UT: Bibliomania!, 2007. First edition. Pp. x, 206, numerous color photographs. Publisher’s white laminated pictorial wrappers, sm 4to. This volume is a catalogue of the herpetological library of Adrian Crane. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the half-title. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9139

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Barus, Vlastimil and Oliva, Ota

Obojzivelnici Amphibia

Praha, Czech Republic: Academia, 1992. First edition. Pp. 338; 18 black-and-white photos, 58 text-figures (line-drawings by Miriam Baradlaiova). Publisher's original cream-colored cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This is in the series: Fauna CSFR: Svazek 25. This monograph documents the amphibians of the Czech Republic. The text is in Czech. No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 4609

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Bassenne, Marthe and Tips, Walter E. J. (translator)

In Laos and Siam

Bangkok: White Lotus, 1995. Pp. xi, 144, 63 black and white photographs, 1 map. Publisher’s pictorial white stiff wrappers, lettered in red and black on cover and spine, sm 8vo. Originally published as “Au Laos et Au Siam”,” in “Le Tour du Monde” Vol. 18 N.S., Paris, 1912. Red ownership stamp on half-title page. Check marks next to text on pages 8, 17, 28, 45, 59, 90 and 142. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9344

Catalogue: Asia

Bateman, James

A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants

London: L. Reeve and Co., 1867. First edition Pp. viii, with 100 full-page hand-colored lithographs by W. Fitch, each plate is accompanied by one or two pages of descriptive text. Publisher's original blind-stamped green pebble cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, and with the stamped gilt seal (probably after Bateman) on the front cover, lg 4to (12.5 x 10 inches). This fine publication is completely separate work from Hooker's volume 'A Century of Orchidaceous Plants' published in 1846. The Bateman volume consists of 100 fine hand-colored plates selected from orchids published in the 'Curtis Botanical Magazine' from 1846-1866. The selected images were the most attractive and easily cultivated orchidaceous plants. The larger format of the present work allowed these fine illustrations to be published without any folds. New and/or more complete descriptions of these orchids were provided by Bateman. The fine hand-coloring this work is superior to the Curtis Botanical Magazine images. Bateman is considered the leading expert on orchids in the 19th century. He is probably best known from his truly immense work 'Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatamala.' See also Stafleu and Cowan 344, Pritzel 471 and Nissen BBI, 87. No previous ownership marks. A few scattered text pages with mild foxing, the fine hand-colored plates are bright and clean (only 3 plates show the slightest hint of marginal foxing); an exceptionally bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3598

Catalogue: Fine and Rare

Keywords: Fine rare orchids orchidology orchidaceous plants hand-colored lithographs Fitch

Baumgartner, Frederick M, and Baumgartner, A Marguerite

Oklahoma Bird Life

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. First edition. Pp. xxxv, 443; 51 color plates of birds from paintings by Wallace Hughs, 58 line-drawings by Wallace Hughs, 150+ black-and-white photographs). Publisher’s original light blue cloth, lettered in black on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 4to. The photographs include images of birds in action. Name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A fine (as new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9762

Catalogue: Ornithology

Baur, G.

Beitrage zur Morphogenie des Carpus und Tarsus der Vertebraten, I: Batrachia

Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1888. First edition Pp. 86 (1), 3 single-page or double page lithographc plates. Original printed pink wrappers, lg 8vo. Name stamp of herpetologist Norman J. Scott, Jr. on front wrapper. Some pages unopened, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 2622

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Keywords: Herpetology amphibian anatomy carpus tarsus

Bean, Tarleton and Goode, G. Brown

A List of European Fishes in the Collection of the United States National Museum + Catalogue of a collection of fishes sent from Pensacola, Florida, and Vicinity, by Mr. Silas Stearns, with descriptions of six new species

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. First edition. Pp. 10-208; numerous tables, lg 8vo. Extract with self-wrappers with binder's tan tape on the spine, lg 8vo. This section of the Proceedings of the United States National Museum contains nine titles, many on fishes. Only two titles are highlighted in this description. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, volume II for 1879. Name stamp of Robert Anderson on the front wrapper. The front wrapper is the last page of the preceding article and has a blue pencil 'X' on the page. Rare work seldom offered. The edges of the text are a bit uneven due to the way the signatures are bound together, some wear to edges of the pages; a good solid copy..

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Book number: 8008

Catalogue: Ichthyology