Albrecht, Gene H.

Craniofacial Morphology of the Sulawesi Macaques: Multivariate Approaches to Biological Problems

Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger, 1978. First edition. Pp. viii, 151; 62 text-figures (morphometric diagrams, maps, charts, graphs), 16 tables. Publisher's original stiff yellow wrappers, lettered in black, 8vo. Contributions to Primatology, volume 13. This detailed analysis was undertaken to test biological hypotheses derived from previous studies of the external morphology of the macaque monkeys of Sulawesi in southern Indonesia. The present study makes the additional step of including non- Sulawesi macaques to establish the broad framework of genetic variation (from the rear cover blurb). Small signature of former owner on the half-title page. Small bump to top outer corner; a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8327

Catalogue: Mammalogy

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

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

Anderson, John

Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Part I: Primates, Prosimiae, Chiroptera and Insectivora

Calcutta: Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1881. First edition. Pp. 223, (1, errata). Self wrappers (no cloth binding but backstrip is tight), 8vo. This work was purchased in Calcutta about 30 years ago - there are signs of exposure to the hot and humid climate of Calcutta. It was originally bound in cloth but these binding have perished. No ownership marks. Rare work. The text shows some light foxing and browning throughout, some chipping to the other page edges; overall a good solid copy..

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Book number: 7455

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Andrews, C. W.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE SKULL AND SKELETON OF A PECULIARLY MODIFIED RUPICAPRINE ANTELOPE (Myotragus balearicus, Bate), With a Notice of a New Variety, M. balearicus Var. major.

London: Harrison ans Sons, 1915. Pp. 26, 4 full page plates. Original printed wrappers, 4to. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Volume 206. Inscribed ""with the authors compliments"" on the front wrap. Single ink stamp of Carnegie Museum on the front wrap; the front wrap also stamped Ex Libris, John A. Dorr, Jr. Dorr was a paleontologist at the University of Michigan. Slight soiling and marginal chipping to wrappers, otherwise a very good copy..

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Book number: 1372

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Antelope Myotragus Balearic Islands Cave Goat Natural Sciences Natural Science

Bernstein, Irwin S. and Smith, Euclid O. (editors)

Primate Ecology and Human Origins: Ecological Influences on Social Organization

New York: Garland STPM Press, 1979. First edition. Pp. xvii, 362; some bivariate plots and graphs. Publisher's original dark brown cloth, lettered in white on the spine, original white pictorial dust jacket, lettered in brown on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. This work presents 14 chapters by noted authorities in the field. It is based on the proceedings of a conference held at the European Conference Center of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research in Burg Wartenstein, Austria, in August 1977. From the series: Garland Series in Ethology. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7345

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Bjorge, A. and Donovan, G. P. (editors)

Biology of the Phocoenids

Cambridge, UK: International Whaling Commission, 1995. First edition Pp. x, 552, numerous maps, diagrams and photos. Light gray cloth with photo of harbor porpoises on the front cover, lettered in black on the spine and in white on the front cover, lg 8vo. The family Phicoenidae contain six living porpoise species. These species are quite vulnerable to fisheries-related mortality. This collection of 39 papers on the biology of the phocoenids represents the most thorough coverage ever published. No ownership marks. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 3002

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Mammals mammalogy marine phocoenids Phicoenidae Porpoises ISBN 0906975298

Boesch, Christophe

Wild Cultures: A Comparison between Chimpanzee and Human Cultures.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Second edition. Pp. xiv, 276; with numerous black-and-white photos and charts. Publisher's original color-pictorial laminated hardcover, lg 8vo. How do chimpanzees say, 'I want to have sex with you?' By clipping a leaf or knocking on a tree trunk? How do they eat live aggressive ants? By using a short stick with one hand or long stick with both? Ivorian and Tanzanian chimpanzees answer these questions differently, as would humans from France and China if asked how they eat rice. Christophe Boesch takes readers into the lives of chimpanzees from different African regions, highlighting the debate about culture. His ethnography reveals how simple techniques have evolved into complex ones, how teaching styles differ, how material culture widens access to new food sources and how youngsters learn culture. This journey reveals many parallels between humans and chimpanzees and points to striking differences. Written in a vivid and accessible style, 'Wild Cultures' places the reader in social and ecological contexts that shed light on our twin cultures, which will help us refine human nature and its multitude of facet (from the rear cover). No ownership marks and no signs of use (never opened). A tight and bright copy in fine (new) condition..

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Book number: 5494

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Mammalogy mammals primates primatology chimpanzees chimps culture Boesch ISBN: 978-1-107-02537-0

Boonsong Legakul and McNeeley, J.A.

Mammals of Thailand (second edition)

Bangkok: Darnsutha Press Co., 1988. Second edition. Pp. (27), li, 758, 300+ photos, distribution maps and text-figures. Color-printed laminated boards, 4to. The most important work on Southeast Asian mammals ever published. This second edition contains a chapter on the Muridae by Joe E. Marshall and a chapter on Sciuridae by Robert Askins. The forward to the second edition is by S. Dillon Ripley. Like the first edition published in 1977, this second edition was limited to 1000 copies. Name stamp of the Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the top page edge, blank pocket on the rear endpaper, no other ownership marks to the text or laminated binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Rare work. Tiny scratch to the base of the spine; a fine, as new, copy..

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Book number: 9747

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Bourret, Rene

Les Mammiferes de l'Indochine: Les Gibbons

Hanoi: Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l'Universite Indochinoise, (ca. 1940). First edition. Pp. 40, (1, contents); 1 color-printed map, 3 color-printed plates of gibbons. Contemporary one-half brown calf leather over marbled boards with gilt-lettered brown leather author/title label on the upper cover with later French marbled endpapers added in, (original pictorial stiff front wrapper bound in place), sm 4to. This monograph on the gibbons (Hylobates) of Indochina was written by herpetologist Rene Bourret (1884-1957), better-known for his three large monographs on the snakes (1936), turtles (1941) and amphibians (1942) of Indochina. This monograph on gibbons was purchased from a book vendor on the streets of Hanoi in the 1980s. The front wrapper bears the circular name stamp of Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l'Universite Indochinoise. The name of this university has been changed to Vietnam National University. There are no other ownership marks. Rare work. There is some text-browning to the front wrapper and the title page, all other pages are bright and clean, the edges of marbled paper on the covers has cello-tape border, there is wear to the edges of the boards, and the lower cover has some wear to the marbled paper; aside from these minor issues of wear, this is a tight copy in good or better condition..

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Book number: 8476

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Campbell, Christina J. et al. (editor)

Primates in Perspective

New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. First edition. Pp. xiv, 720; some black-and-white photos, graphs and charts. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to (11 x 8.5 inches). Contains 44 chapters by noted authorities in the field on all aspects of aspects of primates. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8216

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Carpenter, C. R. (editor)

Behavioral Regulators of Behavior in Primates.

Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1973. First edition. Pp. 303; frontispiece photo-plate, numerous black-and-white photos, graphs and diagrams. Publisher's original light orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine, black-and-white pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Presents 18 chapters by notable authorities in the field from Japan and the USA. The topics covered include: theoretical contributions, dynamics of primate colonies, grooming, ontogenetic development, maternal regulation of infant behavior, and communicative and adaptive behavior. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine jacket..

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Book number: 6385

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Cheney, Dorothy L. and Seyfarth, Robert M.

How Monkeys See the World: Inside the mind of another species

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1990. First edition. Pp. x, 377; numerous black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Publisher's original one-quarter brown cloth, lettered in white on the spine, over brown paper-covered boards, pictorial dust jacket lettered in black on the spine and blue on the front cover, lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. Reviewer Alison Jolly writes: ""In this splendid book Cheney and Seyfarth tackle a question that has perplexed philosophers, little children, and even the rest of us through historic times: How much do animals understand about themselves and their world? How Monkeys See the World does not pull any punches: it offers robust answers"" (from Science). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8453

Catalogue: Mammalogy