Darwin, Charles

Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M. S. Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R. A

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1891. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. A stated â€oeNew Edition,â€� a probable Third Edition (see below). Probable original publisher’s red cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine, rubbed but distinct, joints worn a bit, but with lovely black-stamped decorations to front cover. Measures 5 3/4â€� x 8.â€� 519 pp. A few black and white illustrations. Six additional pages of advertisements in the back for other books published by D. Appleton and Company. Pages and covers of the book are clean and intact overall. Several signatures have pulled but are still strongly bound. Front cover has slight rubbing, spine is also rubbed and has cracking along the front joint, barely perceptible. Head and tail of the spine are scuffed, paste-downs lightly cracked. A solidly Good copy, now protected by Mylar. Rough-cut page edges all around. Charles Darwin's â€oeJournal of Researches,â€� which eventually came to be known as Voyage of the Beagle, became his first published book and bespeaks perhaps the most important period of his life. "On its first appearance in its own right,â€� he notes in his autobiography, â€oealso in 1839, it was called Journal of researches into the geology and natural history etc.â€� The Second Edition, which was first published in 1845, transposes â€oegeologyâ€� and â€oenatural historyâ€� to read Journal of researches into the natural history and geology etc., and the spine title here also reads Naturalist's Voyage. The final definitive text of 1860 has the same wording on the title page, but the spine reads Naturalist's voyage round the world, and the fourteenth thousand of 1879 places A naturalist's voyage on the title page, which is not present here. The â€oePost-scriptâ€� here is dated also to 1860.A nice copy of an important book.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 344842

Catalogue: Biology & Evolution

Keywords: Charles Darwin|Voyage of the Beagle|Botany|evolution|H.M.S. Beagle

Herre, Albert W.C.T.

Notes on Fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University, No. 1: The Fishes of the Herre Philippine Expedition of 1931

New York, Newton K. Gregg, 1972. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy of an item that is scarcely available to the trade, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Black linen cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. A scarce reprint of the even more scarce true First Edition published in Hong Kong by Lingnan University, in 1931. 106 pp. + some plates and text-figures. Typewritten index of papers included in the frontis matter. Most papers are from the Lingnan University Science Bulletin, others are from the Hong Kong Naturalist and the Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. The longest paper (75 pages) is entitled "A Contribution to the Ichthyology of the Malay Peninsula. All papers are in English. Obviously unread, spine still crackles.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New

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Book number: 344820

Catalogue: Biology & Evolution

Keywords: Fishes|The Zoological Museum of Stanford University|Herre Philippine Expedition|Albert W.C.T., Herre|Icthyology|Malay Peninsula|

Herre, Albert W.C.T.

Notes on Fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University, No. 1: The Fishes of the Herre Philippine Expedition of 1931

New York, Newton K. Gregg, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy of an item that is scarcely available to the trade, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Black linen cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. A scarce reprint of the even more scarce true First Edition published in Hong Kong by Lingnan University, in 1931. 106 pp. + some plates and text-figures. Typewritten index of papers included in the frontis matter. Most papers are from the Lingnan University Science Bulletin, others are from the Hong Kong Naturalist and the Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. The longest paper (75 pages) is entitled "A Contribution to the Ichthyology of the Malay Peninsula. All papers are in English. Obviously unread, spine still crackles.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New

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Book number: 349325

Catalogue: Biology & Evolution

Keywords: Fishes|The Zoological Museum of Stanford University|Herre Philippine Expedition|Albert W.C.T., Herre|Icthyology|Malay Peninsula|

Herre, Albert W.C.T.

Notes on Fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University, No. 1: The Fishes of the Herre Philippine Expedition of 1931

Kentfield, California, Newton K. Gregg, . Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy of an item that is scarcely available to the trade, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Black linen cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. A scarce reprint of the even more scarce true First Edition published in Hong Kong by Lingnan University, in 1931. 106 pp. + some plates and text-figures. Typewritten index of papers included in the frontis matter. Most papers are from the Lingnan University Science Bulletin, others are from the Hong Kong Naturalist and the Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore. The longest paper (75 pages) is entitled "A Contribution to the Ichthyology of the Malay Peninsula. All papers are in English. Obviously unread, spine still crackles.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New

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Book number: 350358

Catalogue: Biology & Evolution

Keywords: Fishes|The Zoological Museum of Stanford University|Herre Philippine Expedition|Albert W.C.T., Herre|Icthyology|Malay Peninsula|

Linnaeus, Carl; Birger Strandell

A Linnaean Keepsake

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1973. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Decorated paper over boards, light brown cloth-backed. Issued to Commemorate the Opening of the Strandell Collection of Linnaeana at the Hunt Botanical Library Carnegie-Mellon University. Preface by GIlbert S. Daniels, an Introductory essay by Birger Strandell, "An Introduction to Linnaeus," including his life and work, and the various Linnaean Centers in Sweden, and then his own writings, and with an Introduction thereto by Telemak Fredbar. 70 pp. Text is set in Spectrum Monotype, the display type is Hunt Roman designed for the Hunt Botanical Library by Hermann Zapf. The facsimile is printed by letterpress by Davis & Warde, Inc. Black-and-white illustrations including facsimile of several works by Carl Linnaeus. Hunt Botanical Library, PittsburghMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347630

Catalogue: Science::Biology

Keywords: Carl Linnaeus|Telemak Fredbard|Birger Strandell|Linnaean systems