Préhistoire Ariegoise. Volumes 24-28, 30-31, 33-34 .

Tarascon sur Ariége, Societé Préhistorique de l'Ariège, 1969-1979. Nine volumes in nine. 8vo. Over 1000 ppp.; numerous illustrations. Uniform pictorial softcovers. This is the society's Bulletin. Volume 24 is titled Préhistoire Spéléologie Ariégeoises. One wrapper a bit spotted, otherwise very good, clean, unmarked.

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Book number: 34101

[Tobacco]

Premier Congrès Scientifique Internationale du Tabac / First International Scientific Tobacco Congress. Paris - Bergerac Septembre 1955.

Paris, CORESTA,1956. Two volumes in three. Large 8vo (25.5 x 17.8 cm). Two full colour frontispieces (mounted), lxxx, 803; 10 pp. numerous text figures, 15 plates. Original uniform printed cloth (both main volumes), and blind blue wrappers (CORESTA list of founders, members, programs and statutes). Marbled endpapers. A rare publication by the Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco (CORESTA), from a time when tobacco was at its most popular. The members were mainly from tobacco-producing countries. Richly illustrated. The 80 preliminary pages are bilingual, in French and English. CORESTA list loosely inserted. Small label on lower spine. Library stamp in the top margin of the half-titles and first title, otherwise a very good, clean set.

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Book number: 21225

[Various authors]

Proceedings of the scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1861.

London, Longman, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1861. 8vo (23.8 x 16.6 cm). xv, 458, 8 pp., Contemporary full cloth with gilt title on the spine. Yellow endpapers. A rare, complete volume from the heydays of descriptive zoology and exploration. With contributions, including the descriptions of many new species, by Henry Adams (Mollusca), John Gould (birds), Edward Gray (mainly mammals), Albert Günther (herpetology), Otto Mörch (Vermetidae), Louis Pfeiffer (land shells), Philip Sclater (ornithology), and many others, mainly on malacology, herpetology, and ornithology. In those years, copies were sold with and without plates. This copy is without plates, which were sold seperately. Fore edge uncut. Blindstamp in the lower margin of the title; a few spots, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 65146

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London. Volumes 1-5.

London, the Entomological Society of London, 1926-1931. Five volumes in three. Large 8vo. Numerous pages and several plates, of which one in full colour. Uniform gilt-bordered half morocco over light-blue buckram boards. Spines with five raised bands, gilt-bordered compartments title, and year. Marbled endpapers. Top-edges gilt. A very nicely bound set of the start of this journal. In 1926 it was decided to split the "Transactions and Proceedings" in two separate series. The scientific contributions in these five volumes are mostly on butterflies, as reflected by the fact that nearly all the plates show Macrolepidoptera. A very good, attractive set.

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Book number: 69034

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 15. 1863. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1863. Seven issues in seven. 8vo (24.5 x 15.5 cm). iii, 391 pp.; three lithographed plates. Original uniform printed wrappers. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca and ornithology. Authors in this early volume include Cope (on American Batrachia), Haldeman, Tryon (much on molluscs, two plates), Gill (ichthyology, many papers, malacology), Isaac Lea, John Cassin (new birds), William Stimpson, and F. W. Lewis on diatoms with one plate. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. A very good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 74146

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 14. 1862. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1862. Seven issues in seven. 8vo (25.0 x 15.5 cm). 626, iii pp. Original uniform printed wrappers. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca and ornithology. Authors in this early volume include Asa Gray (plants), Cope (herpetology), Coues (birds), Tryon (much on molluscs), Gill (ichthyology, many papers), Isaac Lea, John Cassin (new birds), John Leconte (insects, several papers) and Timothy Conrad (shells). By mistake, the issue number 9 (September) is used twice. Numbers I-II cover January-February 1862, II-IV March-April, V. April-May, VI June, VII-IX July, August and September, IX [bis] September, X-XII October, November, December. Page numbering is entirely consecutive. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. A good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 74897

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 22. 1870. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1870. Three issues in three. 8vo (25.0 x 15.5 cm). title page, [i], 13, 180 pp. Original uniform printed wrappers. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca and ornithology. Authors in this early volume include Hale Streets (ornithology), Thomas (Orthoptera), Gill (fish), Meek (fossil shells), and so on. Number I covers January-April, II. May-August, and III September-December. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. A good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 74898

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 19. 1867. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1867. Four issues in four. 8vo (25.0 x 15.5 cm). Title page, iv, 16, 312 pp.; one lithographed plate. Original uniform printed wrappers. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca and ornithology. Authors in this early volume include, e.g., Lawrence (new Central American birds), Elliot (a new owl), and Cassin; Meehan (botany), Cope (herpetology including turtles, reptiles of California, extinct Cetacea, etc.), Isaac Lea (malacology, mainly Unionidae), H. C. Wood (Myriapoda). Especialy Cope contributed much. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. A good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 74901

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 18. 1866. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1866. Five issues in five. 8vo (25.0 x 15.5 cm). Title page, iv, 460 pp. Original uniform printed wrappers. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca and ornithology. Authors in this early volume include, e.g., Coues (e.g. revision Procellariidae, parts III-V), Elliot, and Cassin; Meehan (botany), Cope (herpetology of tropical America, etc.), Leconte (Coleoptera), Isaac Lea (malacology, mainly Unionidae). Especialy Coues contributed much. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. A very good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 74902

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 13. 1861. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1861. In issues. 8vo (24.8 x 15.2 cm). vii, 556, 63 pp.; four lithographed plates, several text figures. Without wrappers (not issued), as published. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca. This mainly due to Henry Pilsbry, the most prolific malacological writer ever, and his many predecessors, co-workers, and students. Malacological authors in this early volume (long before Pilsbry) include Gabb, Isaac Lea, Meek [& Worthen], William Stimpson, and George Tryon. But, for instance, also Gill's Catalogue of the fishes of the Eastern Coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia (with 63, separately numbered pages). Uncut. A good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 74909

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 10. 1858. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1858. In issues. 8vo (24.8 x 15.2 cm). 273, 28, xxviii, vii, xii, [i] pp.; four lithographed plates including two that are finely hand-coloured; two maps including one larger, folded, and handcoloured. Without wrappers (not issued), as published. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in ornithology (here with important publications by John Cassin), vertebrate palaeontology, Crustacea (a series by Simpson), and molluscs. Malacological authors in this early volume include Gabb, and Isaac Lea. The hand-coloured plates show new birds described by Cassin, and butterflies. Uncut. pp. 117-118 replacement pages present. Plates a bit soiled and stained (in particular the butterfly plate); tear in one leaf (pp. xix-xx), otherwise a good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 74913

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 5. 1850-1851. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1850-1851. In 13 parts. 8vo (25.0 x 15.5 cm). x, 362, [13] pp.; 13 lithographed plates; several text figures. Sewn. No wrappers issued. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca, ornithology and regional palaeontology. Authors include John Cassin, with a paper on new birds with 12 plates, and a Catalogue of the Caprimulgidae in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with a title page and 13 unnumbered text pages. Malacological writers include Timothy Conrad, and Isaac Lea. A very good, complete issue. Rare.

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Book number: 74919

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 32. 1880. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1880. In three parts. 8vo (25.0 x 15.6 cm). 449 [numbered 9-457], [ii] pp.; 20 lithographed plates; several text figures. Uniform printed wrapppers. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca. This mainly due to Henry Pilsbry, the most prolific malacological writer ever, and his many predecessors, co-workers, and students. Malacological authors in this volume include Bergh, Heilprin, and W. Hartmann. Contains also Kingsley's Carcinological Notes I-IV. Uncut. Wrappers thus a bit creased and chipped at edges; a few plates lightly stained, one with a small chip in the lower right margin. Otherwise a very good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 74923

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 33. 1881. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1881-1882. In three parts. 8vo (25.0 x 15.4 cm). 528 [numbered 9-536], [iii] pp.; 20 lithographed plates and several text figures. Uniform printed wrapppers. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca. This mainly due to Henry Pilsbry, the most prolific malacological writer ever, and his many predecessors, co-workers, and students. Malacological authors in this volume include Arango, Heilprin, Hemphill, and Stearns. Uncut. Wrappers may be creased and chipped at edges. Lacks real wrapper of second part. A good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 74924

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 50. 1898. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1898-1899. In three parts. 8vo (25.0 x 15.4 cm). 539 [numbered 9-547], [iii] pp.; 25 lithographed or photographic plates and several text figures. Uniform printed wrapppers. The ANSP Proceedings were the foremost zoological journal in the U.S.A., being especially strong in Mollusca. This mainly due to Henry Pilsbry, the most prolific malacological writer ever, and his many predecessors, co-workers, and students. Malacological authors in this volume include Concklin, Dall, C. W. Johson, Letson, Pilsbry, Vanatta, and Woolman. Other subjects include botany, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, and bats, and at least three different authors describe rodents. Uncut; therefore wrappers a bit creased and chipped at edges. A good, complete volume. Very uncommon.

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Book number: 74935