[Various authors]

1er congres international sur les brachiopodes. Résumés / 1st ibnternational congress on brachiopods. Abstracts. Brest - France 9-13 septembre 1985.

Brest, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 1985. Large 4to. 100 pp. Printed wrappers. = Two more abstracts on loose sheets are added. A good, unmarked copy.

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Book number: 60871

(VARIOUS)

The 70th Anniversary Issue of the New Yorker

New York, The New Yorker. 1995. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Feb. 20 & 27, 1995 issue. Clean and tight; with original half over-leaf. Very Good.

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Book number: 000549

Catalogue: Literature & Literary

Keywords: The New Yorker

[Various authors]

[Alert Voyage] Report on the zoological collections, made in the Indo-Pacific ocean during the voyage of the HMS Alert 1881-1882 [AND] Account on the zoological collections made during the Survey of the HMS Alert in the straits of Magellan and the Coasts of Patagonia.

London, Taylor and Francis, 1884. In two volumes. 8vo (22.4 x 14.1 cm and 23.0 x 15.8 cm). xxv, 684 pp. with 54 lithographed plates (some partially coloured) [AND] London, The Zoological Society, 1881. 8vo. 141 pp., ten lithographed plates. The first title in later blue cloth, the second in recent boards with printed paper label on the front board. = A rare ensemble of the two publications on the Alert voyage, together being all zoological results published. It is very rare to find the 1884 book together with the 1881 publication from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society. This article gives the results of the investigations that were carried out in the Magellan strait and Patagonia, regions which were not covered in the 1884 work. This 1884 title deals with the surveys around and on Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Contains: Summary of the voyage by R.W. Coppinger, Mammalia by O. Thomas (this section describes skulls of Torres Straits and Banks Islanders), Aves by Sharpe, reptiles, batrachians and Pisces by Guenther, molluscs by E.A. Smith. (83, 22, 23 pp., and 4, 1, 3 plates), Echinodermata by Bell, crustaceans by Miers, Coleoptera by Waterhouse, Lepidoptera by Butler, Alcyonaria and sponges by Ridley. 54 nice plates in total. The 1884 title is an ex-library copy in new cloth, perforated stamp on title page, stamps on verso of plates. A good copy with some light uniform tanning of text. The second volume, published in the Society's Proceedings bound in recent old style paper boards, old stamp of a Swedish natural history society on first page, this page also somewhat thumbed and soiled. Some dampstaining on first few pages, an occasional foxing spot, a few pencil annotations. A rather good copy. Horn-Schenkling II(3), p. 397; Nissen ZBI, 4755.

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Book number: 47257

[Various authors]

Annales des Mines. Series III-VI. Atlases.

Paris, Ecole de Mines, 1832-1866. Two series in four. Oblong folio (40.5 x 22.0 cm) with 758 (of 759? see below) engraved and lithographed plates and maps, of which 29 are hand-coloured geological maps or profiles. Contemporary uniform red cloth. Gilt titles on the spines and front boards. Marbled endpapers. = Rare atlas belonging to this early French mining journal that started as Journal des Mines (1794-1813) and was continued as Annales des Mines. It includes an early geological map of Los Angeles County (1855), a mining map of California (1862), maps of the volcanoes Mount Vesuvius and Etna, and a fine map of the island of Jersey (1851) with seven colours, etc., etc. Other plates show mining equipment, including locomotives, conveyor belts, and metallurgy devices, including ovens. One plate shows the reconstruction of an exploded boiler, with a map of the debris field, and views of damaged buildings, several others depict eruptions of Mount Vesuvius. In this set, nearly all the plates are not folded, in strong contrast to copies where the plates are included in the text volumes, nearly all folded, and often trimmed. Does not include plate VIII in serie III, volume XX [either not published or never bound in; it is described as Carte géologique de la Russie d'Europe, and should contain a "coupe géologique du nord au sud"; however, it is also lacking in the only other copy of série 3 vol. 20 that we have seen, and it is absent too in a digitalized copy on the internet (annales ensmp) The description of this plate in the "Explications des planches" is incomplete, as if the compiler had not seen it either]. All other plates present. Corners slightly worn, some very marginal water staining, but generally in very good condition. Cat. BM(NH) [Serial Publications] 1, 83.

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Book number: 47260

(VARIOUS)

The Art of Healing: A Collection in Support of the Excluded

Art of this Century. 1997. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 48 pages; color illustrated throughout. Fourteen renowned artists - among them, Louise Bourgeois, Jeff Koons, Eduardo Chillida, Maurice Matieu, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Bernar Venet - and two not so renowned artists - Ibrahima Bah and Luis Maria Valtuena Gallego - contirbuted works exhibited in galleries around the nation and offered for sale to support Doctors of the World. Very Good.

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Book number: 003493

Catalogue: Art - Artists' Monographs

Keywords: Doctors of the World Exhibition

[Various authors]

Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen: Verhandelingen, volume I.

Batavia, ter Lands Drukkerij, 1820 (second edition). 8vo (19.8 x 12.5 cm). 266 pp. followed by a "nabericht" of 21 pp. and 2 pages index. Contemporary paper boards with printed paper title label on spine. = The rare first volume of this famous series on Indonesia. The contents comprise among others: Baron van Wurmb, De orde der Palmboomen (the systematics of palm trees); Josua van Iperen, Beschrijving van een witten Neger; Register der geslagten van de drie rijken der Natuur naar de 12 druk van Systema Natura van Car. Linnaeus tot de Vegetabilia, vervolgens naar de Herbarius Ambonensis (an index on Animals, Plants and Minerals in the Herbarium Amboinensis, in three languages: Malayan, Dutch and Latin); Beschrhijving van het Koningrijk Jaccathra and Stad Batavia; Hogendorp, W. van, Beschrijving van het eiland Timor. Binding a little soiled, with edges worn, otherwise a good, internally clean, unmarked copy. Tiele, 1146.

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Book number: 54180

[Various authors]

Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. Septième volume. [Volume 7].

Paris, Société Zoologique de France, 1882. 8vo (24.6 x 16.2 cm). 602 pp. [xv, 529, lviii];17 lithographed plates. Original blind wrappers. = A seldom-seen early volume. Papers included deal with flagellates (by Künstler), fossil echinoderms (by Cotteau), recent snails (by Jousseaume), Bryozoa (all illustrated), etc., etc. Uncut. Plate part, being on heavier paper, detached; otherwise a very good copy with the text and plates generally very clean. Cat. BM(NH), p. 1521.

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Book number: 76549

[Various authors]

[Crocodilians]. Four important papers on crocodiles and alligators.

New York, NY, The New York Zoological Society, 1971-1973. Four papers in four. Large 8vo (26.6 x 18.6 cm). 123 [61; 12, 6, 44] pp., 80 [41; 6, 2, 31] figures. Uniform original printed wrappers. = Four very uncommon papers on crocodiles, and in particular crocodile identification, published in subsequent issues of Zoologica, volume 58(1, 2, 3-4), and in volume 56(2), by various authors, as follows: King, F. W. and P. Brazaitis (1971). Species identification of commercial crocodilian skins; H. W. Campbell (1973). Observations on the acoustic behavior of crocodilians; T. D. Coulson et al. (1973). Some observations on the growth of captive alligators; P. Brazaitis (1973). The identification of living crocodilians. Also included is a note of one page with two full-page figures, by the latter author, The identification of Crocodylus siamensis Schneider. Cancelled stamp on front wrappers, otherwise very good, clean copies.

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Book number: 70797

[Various editors]

Fungus. Officieel orgaan van de Nederlandsche Mycologische Vereeniging. Volumes 1-28 [AND] Eerste aankondigingsnummer.

Ulvenhout, G. C. A. Fabius [later: Leiden, NMV], 1929-1958. 8vo. In 60 issues. = This is the official periodical of the Dutch Mycological Society. It started as a popular magazine written in Dutch, and later became a scientific periodical with contributions in English, including major taxonomical reviews. Most of the earlier volumes are in the very good 1972 Swets & Zeitlinger reprint. Lacking are volume 14 (issue 5, pp. 63-70, added in xerox) and 20 issue 1. Of volume 15 parts 1-4 are present, not sure or this is all published, due to WWII. The "first announcement issue", which is a proof issue to gauge interest in a Dutch mycological journal, has been added.

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Book number: 66387

[VARIOUS AUTHORS]

An History of Leeds, Compiled from Various Authors. To Which Is Added, an History of Kirkstall Abbey

Leeds: Printed and sold by all Booksellers, [1797]. First Edition. Half leather marbled board cover. 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). 187pp, 3pp; 33pp. Fold out plan and engraving.. G : in good condition. Lower board rubbed. Tape repair to map. Book-plate on paste-down .

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Book number: e9983

Catalogue: North of England

Keywords: North of England 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Ecclesiastical History Topography

(VARIOUS)

History of the Narka Area

Narka, Kansas, Narka Bicentennial Project Committee. [no date]. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 163pp. Undated, c.1975. Presumed First Edition. 4to. Crème card wrappers, lettering and photographic illustration in brown to top cover. Chipping at heel of spine, light rubbing to extremities; else fine. B&W photos and ports throughout.

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Book number: 118714

Catalogue: Undetermined

Keywords: Local Histories, American West, Kansas

Various Authors 203014

In the arab world...now

Galerie Enrico Navarra, 2008. Paperback. Collection of three volumes in slipcase on the arabic artists, galleries, museums, architects, designers, media, lifestyle and fashion. Includes interviews to different personalities connected to the theme and numerous photographs. Original hardback case included. Language: English and arabic. Almost perfect conditions. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: 1798686

Catalogue: Kunst

(various)

Mélanges d'histoire offerts a Charles Moeller a l'occasion de son jubilé de 50 années de professorat à l'université de Louvain 1863-1913.

Louvain, van Linthout, 1914. In-4°, paper boards, 699 pp
¶ Edition from " Recueil de travaux publiés par les membres des conférences d'histoire et de philologie". This is 40me fascicule. 1. Antiquité et Moyen age.

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Book number: 247

Keywords: Louvain university press

[Various geologists and palaeontologists]

Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. Volumes I-V. [IINCLUDING Société Linnéenne de Calvados].

Caen, Société Linnéenne de Normandie, 1824-1835. Five volumes in six. 8vo (volumes I-IV, 21.0 x 13.2 cm), 4to (volume V, 27.6 x 22.0 cm), and oblong folio (atlas to volumes II-IV, 22.5 x 31.0 cm). Title pages; 15 lithographed (partly folded) plates in volume I, one hand-coloured geological map, 39 lithographed plates in the atlas volume, mainly depicting lichens by Delise, and geological maps (11 hand-coloured). Uniform later half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt title. = Rare start of one of the oldest publications of the French Linnean societies. The majority of the papers deal with the geology and palaeontology of Normandy. It includes a rare large, folded, hand-coloured geological map of Normandy belonging to the paper by De Caumont, on pp. 239-281. The first two volumes were published as "Société Linnéenne de Calvados". In volume II, plates 12 and 13 are on one sheet. The atlas to volume III is bound after the atlas to volume IV. There is no plate 1 in volume III. The other plates of volume III have a small repair to the fore edge. A complete collation of the oblong atlas volume is as follows: volume II (1825): pp. [2] (title page), 3-10 (explanation of plates), 27 plates (26 numbered plates + one unnumbered plate called “cercle méthodologique”); III (1827): [ii] (title page, (plate explanation), six plates; IV (1828): [ii] (title page and verso, list of plates), eight plates. Some dampstaining, but limited to the plates of volume II, thus probably from before binding. The long, hand-coloured views and cross sections of volume IV are clean. A very nice set. Cat. BM(NH) pp. 296, 1447.

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Book number: 36283

(various)

Miscellanea historica in honorem Alberti de Meyer. Universitatis catholicae in oppido Lovaniensi iam annos XXV professoris.

Louvain, Bibliothèque de l'université, 1946. In-4°, paper boards, 649 pp.
¶ Edition from " Université de Louvain, Recueil de Travaux d'Histoire et de Philologie". This is 3me série, 22me fascicule.

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Book number: 244

Keywords: Louvain university press, Albert de Meyer