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

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 34. 1882.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1882-1883. In three parts. 8vo (23.5 x 14.8 cm). 402 (numbered 9-410), [iii] pp.; three 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, Newberry, and Stearns. Also severa;l contributions by Meehan (botany), Cope, and Leidy. One part cut (dimensions given above), the other two still uncut, with the wrappers a bit frayed and at edges. A good, complete volume.

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Book number: 74939

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 quite soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. A good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 75116

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 25. 1873 Part III.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1874. 8vo. (16 x 25 cm). title page, [i], 110 (numbered 361-470) pp.; 1 coloured plate. Original 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. Contains contributions by famous authors like, Lea, Leidy and Cope. Uncut. A very good, complete issue.

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Book number: 75119

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 26. 1874.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1874-1875. 8vo. (15,5 x 25 cm). title page, [i], 258 (numbered 9-266) pp.; 15 plates (1 handcloured). With several illustrations in th text. Original 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. Contains contributions by famous authors like, Leidy and Cope. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. Rare. A very good, complete copy.

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Book number: 75120

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 27. 1875.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1875-1876. 8vo. (15,5 x 25cm). title page, [i], 552 (numbered 9-266) pp.; 27 (1-22,24,25,25a,26,27) plates . With several illustrations in the text. Original 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. Contains contributions by famous authors like, Leidy and Cope. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. Rare. A very good, complete copy.

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Book number: 75121

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 27. 1875.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1875-1876. 8vo. (15,5 x 25cm). title page, [i], 552 (numbered 9-266) pp.; 27 (1-22,24,25,25a,26,27) plates . With several illustrations in the text. Original 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. Contains contributions by famous authors like, Leidy and Cope. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. Rare. A good, complete copy with wrappers and spine loose and or/torn.

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Book number: 75122

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 28. 1876.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1876-1877. 8vo. (16 x 25cm). iv, 432 (numbered 9-440 pp.; 17 plates. With several illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers. = 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. Contains contributions by famous authors like, Leidy and Cope. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. Rare. A very good, complete copy.

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Book number: 75123

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 29. 1877.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1877. 8vo. (16 x 25cm). titlepage, [i], 395 (numbered 9-403) pp.; 2 plates. With several illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers. = 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. Contains contributions by famous authors like, Leidy and Jordan. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. Rare. A good, wrappers part 2 are loose, complete copy.

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Book number: 75124

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 30. 1878.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1878-1879. 8vo. (16 x 25cm). iv, 467 (numbered 9-475) pp.; 7 plates. With several illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers. = 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. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. Rare. A good, wrappers part 2 are loose, complete copy.

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Book number: 75125

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 30. 1878.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1878-1879. 8vo. (16 x 25cm). iv, 467 (numbered 9-475) pp.; 7 plates. With several illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers. = 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. Uncut. Wrapper edges a bit soiled, frayed and or/chipped, as usual with uncut copies. Rare. A good, wrappers rather soiled, complete copy.

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Book number: 75126

Proceedings of the scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London, for the year 1886.

London, The Zoological Society, 1886-1887. Four parts in four. 8vo [ca. 23 x 16 cm]. 716, xvii, iv pp.; 60 engraved or lithographed plates, of which several printed in red or blue, many woodcuts in the text. Uniform original printed wrappers. = This is the complete 54th yearly volume the famous Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, which was one of the major British journals of descriptive taxonomy and included papers by the most distinguished authors and illustrators. This is the plain edition, in which several plates are not hand-coloured. Uncut. Front wrapper of the fourth part detached, otherwise very good, clean and unmarked.

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Book number: 76332

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Volume 11. 1859. [Complete].

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1859. In issues. 8vo (24.8 x 15.2 cm). xi, xxiv, xii, 353, 20, 20 pp.; four lithographed plates including two that are finely hand-coloured. 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, and molluscs. Malacological authors in this early volume include Gabb, and Isaac Lea. The hand-coloured plates shows new birds described by Cassin. Pagination is intricate. For instance, Gabb's Catalogue of the invertebrate fossils of the Cretaceous Formation of the United States, with references, has its own pagination (20 pp.). Uncut. A good, complete volume. Rare.

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Book number: 76475

[Museum of Comparative Zoology]

Report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1861-1900.

Harvard, MA, The Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, 1861-1900. 40 reports in two volumes. Thick 8vo (23.5 x 14.5 cm). Contemporary uniform red, gilt-bordered half morocco over marbled boards. Spines with five raised bands, gilt vignettes and title. Top edges gilt. Printed wrappers bound in. = A rarely seen uninterrupted set, from the start, up to the year 1900. Even individual reports are very scarce. These volumes deal mainly with the activities of personel and associates, acquisition of new material (zoological object arranged systematically), donations of books, biological specimens, etc.; and laboratory activities, building activities regarding the museum and biological stations, etc., etc. From 1875 onwards, Annual Report of the curator to the Committee of the Museum was added to the title. Still later, the Trustees were dropped from the title. Illustrations on plates or folded charts include floor plans and new buildings. An average yearly report contains some 30 to 50 pages. Provenance: an autograph of the Bostonian entomologist Samuel Henshaw (1852-1941) on the front free endpaper recto, and his armorial bookplate "Esse quam videri" mounted on front pastedowns. A stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) on the front free endpaper recto. Boards rubbed at hinges and edges, otherwise very good.

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Book number: 75144

Réunion extraordinaire de la Société Géologique de France. 1838-1845; 1849-1851.

Paris, Société Géologique de France, 1838-1851. 11 volumes in 11. 8vo (22.5 x 14.0 cm). Numerous pages; several profiles (some large, folded) original blind or printed wrappers. = These are the results of the yearly extraordinary gatherings of the French geological society. The regular meetings were held in Paris, but these extraordinary meeting were hosted in different towns all over France, allowing to meet local geologists and to survey various geologically interesting places. Each contains a list of participants, descriptions of outcrops, etc., and, usually, a plate showing profiles, etc. The list of host towns is as follows: 1838 Porrentruy (Switzerland), 1839 Boulogne, 1840 Grenoble, 1841 Angers, 1842 Aix les Bains, 1843 Potiers, 1844 Chambéry, 1845 Avallon, 1849 Épernay, 1850 Mans, 1851 Dijon. In fact, the 1838 meeting could be the first. The rather ephemeral character of these published results make them uncommon, and these early volumes even rare. Currently, the website of the French geological society does not even mention them in their historical review, goinbg back to 1852, except for the 1842 gathering in Aix. Mostly uncut, with wrappers rather worn, especially at spine folds, otherwise very good.

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Book number: 76330