Boulenger, G. A.

Contributions to American Herpetology, Collected Papers, Parts 1-18, complete + Taxonomic Index and Two Tables of Contents

Oxford: SSAR Publications, 1965-1977. Reprint. Pp. xix, xi, 870; numerous black-and-white text figures (line-drawings and text-figures), some are large and folding. Later dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, original printed wrappers bound in place, lg 8vo. This presents a facsimile of all Boulenger's papers on Neotropical herpetology published from 1870 to 1920. There are two tables of contents that accompany the work: the first covers parts 1-10 and the second covers parts 11-18. There is also a separate taxonomic index to the entire work at the end. Kraig Adler assembled the work and provided historical comments in the preface to each table of contents. There is also an introduction to the life and herpetological work of Boulenger by James C. Battersby in the first table of contents. In the series: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Miscellaneous Publications. From the research collection of Illinois State University herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature or name stamp on front endpaper and on some of the individual parts. A few sentences underlined by Brown in the preface and introduction only. A very bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 9044

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Boulenger, George A.

Vertebrate Fauna of the Malay Peninsula from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore Including the Adjacent Islands: Reptilia and Batrachia

London: Taylor and Francis, 1912. First edition. Pp. xiii, 294; 79 text-figures, 1 large folding map at rear. Publisher’s original dark brown cloth, blind-stamped with decorations on the front and rear covers, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt panel lines, original clay-coated black endpapers, lg 8vo. A detailed review of reptiles and batrachians of the Malay Archipelago defined as the area south of British Burma and the isthmus of Kra to Singapore and including all adjacent islands within the twenty-fathom line but excluding the Rhio-Lingga archipelago. There is a great section on the turtles and tortoises of the area as well much information on the numerous species of the Geckonidae. Single name-stamp of herpetologist Lauren Brown at the top of the title page, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. Rare work. Light wear to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine, small bump to bottom outer front corner, a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9457

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Bourret, René

Les Batraciens de l'Indochine

Hanoi: Institut Océanographique de l'Indochine, 1942. First edition. Pp. x, 547 (6), 191 fine text-figures, 1 map, 4 full page fine color plates. Early dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt panel lines at the head and foot of the spine, thick small folio (32 x 22.5 cm). According to Adler, History of Herpetology, volume 1, p. 107: this is the first herpetological review of the amphibians of French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos). From the private research collection of Cornell University herpetologist Kraig Adler with his small bookplate on the front attached endpaper and his signature in the top corner of the title page. This work in now very scarce. Light foxing to the front endpaper only, a bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 8918

Catalogue: Fine and Rare

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

Bourret, Rene L.

Les Tortues de l'Indochine avec une note sur la pêche et l'elevage des tortues de mer par F. Le Poulain.

Villanova, PA: Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians, 2005. Reprint. Pp. xiii, 235, (5, ads); 6 color plates, 48 black-and-white plates (mostly with multiple images), 11 text-figures (including 1 map). Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt emblem on the front cover, brick red endpapers, lg 8vo. Originally published in Nhatrang, Annam by the Institut Océanographique de l'Indochine in 1941; this fine SSAR reprint faithfully reproduces the original edition. This is the first monograph on the turtles and tortoises of Southeast Asia. According to Adler (volume 1, pg. 107), the geographic coverage of this work extends ""from Burma east through southern China, including Hainan island, and south to Singapore."" This new edition also contains a biography of René Bourret (1884-1957) and his efforts to publish 'Les Tortues de l'Indochine' by Indraneil Das. No ownership marks and signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 5628

Catalogue: Herpetology - Turtles and Tortoises

Keywords: Herpetology reptiles turtle Testudinidae tortoise

Bourret, Rene L.

Les Tortues de l'Indochine avec une note sur la pêche et l'elevage des tortues de mer par F. Le Poulain

Villanova, PA: Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians, 2005. Reprint. Pp. xiii, 235, (5, ads); 6 color plates, 48 black-and-white plates (mostly with multiple images), 11 text-figures (including 1 map). Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt emblem on the front cover, brick red endpapers, lg 8vo. Originally published in Nhatrang, Annam by the Institut Océanographique de l'Indochine in 1941; this fine SSAR reprint faithfully reproduces the original edition. This is the first monograph on the turtles and tortoises of Southeast Asia. According to Adler (volume 1, pg. 107), the geographic coverage of this work extends “from Burma east through southern China, including Hainan island, and south to Singapore.” This new edition also contains a biography of René Bourret (1884-1957) and his efforts to publish ‘Les Tortues de l'Indochine’ by Indraneil Das. No ownership marks and signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9438

Catalogue: Herpetology - Turtles and Tortoises

Bourret, Rene L.

Les Tortues de l'Indochine avec une note sur la pêche et l'elevage des tortues de mer par F. Le Poulain

Villanova, PA: Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians, 2005. Reprint. Pp. xiii, 235, (5, ads); 6 color plates, 48 black-and-white plates (mostly with multiple images), 11 text-figures (including 1 map). Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt emblem on the front cover, brick red endpapers, lg 8vo. Originally published in Nhatrang, Annam by the Institut Océanographique de l'Indochine in 1941; this fine SSAR reprint faithfully reproduces the original edition. This is the first monograph on the turtles and tortoises of Southeast Asia. According to Adler (volume 1, pg. 107), the geographic coverage of this work extends “from Burma east through southern China, including Hainan island, and south to Singapore.” This new edition also contains a biography of René Bourret (1884-1957) and his efforts to publish ‘Les Tortues de l'Indochine’ by Indraneil Das. No ownership marks and signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9439

Catalogue: Herpetology - Turtles and Tortoises

Bouvier, E. L.

Reports on the Results of Dredging in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79) and along the Atlantic coast of the United States (1880), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer ""Blake"", Part XLVIII: Les Macroures Marcheurs.

Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1923. First edition Pp. 76, 12 full page plates (fine stipple drawings). Later orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine, (original printed green wrappers bound in place), lg 4to (12 x 9 3/4 inches). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 47, no. 5. From the library of crustacean zoologist Linda J. Becker with her name stamp on the front wrapper. Details the lobsters and related species collected in the dredging operations. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3994

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Aquatic invertebrates

Bowden, Douglas M.

Aging in Nonhuman Primates (Primate Behavior and Development Series)

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. First edition. Pp. xxi, 393; numerous text-figures (black-and-white photos, line-drawings, charts, graphs). Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This volume discusses both the biology and pathology of aging for major physiological systems such as nervous, immune, reproductive, cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal and digestive (from the front jacket flap). More than 40 experts have contributed to this interdisciplinary work. From: Van Nostrand Reinhold Primate Behavior and Development Series. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 8543

Catalogue: Primates

Bowers, George M.

Artificial Propagation of the Atlantic Salmon, Rainbow Trout, and Brook Trout

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. First edition. Pp. (2), 17-90; 16 full page plates (most are black-and-white photos, one folding plan-view map), some text-figures (all line-drawings). Later wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original pale green printed wrappers are bound in place), lg 8vo. This work is from the revised edition of The Fish Manual, United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Small triangle-shaped chip missing from the base of the front wrapper and the title page with no loss to text, old crease to the outer bottom corner of front wrapper; a bright, tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7925

Catalogue: Ichthyology

Bowers, George M. (Commissioner)

Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol XXV for 1905

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906. First edition. Pp. vii, 488; 53 full page plates (30 are fine chromolithographs), 110 text-figures. Later brown textured cloth (in simulated leather style), lettered in gilt on the spine, all page edges are marbled, sm 4to. The entire volume 25 of the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries is offered here. The work contains the following monographs: Evermann - The Golden Trout of the Southern High Sierras (3 chromolithograph plates of trout); Sumner - The Physiological Effects upon Fishes of changes in the density and salinity of water; MacFarland - Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Monterey Bay, California, and Vicinity (10 chromolithograph plates); Moore - Hirudinea and Oligochaeta in the Great Lakes (1 chromolithograph plate); The Fishes of Samoa: Description of the Species Found in the Archipelago, with a Provisional Check-List of the Fishes of Oceania (16 chromolithograph plates). The final monograph by David Starr Jordan on ""The Fishes of Samoa"" is very scarce and in demand. The first chromolithograph plate has an old cellotape repair on rear side of the plate (with no effect to the image); a tight and clean copy in very good condition in an attractive binding..

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Book number: 7630

Catalogue: Ichthyology

Bownas, Samuel + Richardson, John

An Account of the Lives, Travels, and Christian Experiences in the Work of the Ministry of Samuel Bownas + An Account of the Life of that Ancient Servant of Jesus Christ ...John Richardson

Philadelphia, PA: William Dunlap, 1759. First edition. Pp. viii, 242 + vi, 220. Later wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. According to Howes B668: Bownas landed in Philadelphia in 1702; this volume covers his experiences from then to the 1750s, and includes ""the captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, later elaborated into the narrative listed under her name."" The second volume by Richardson is often published together with this work. This volume was originally owned by the family of John Baldwin. The first signature on the endpapers reads: John Baldwin, His Book, 1761. On the facing page the signature reads: John Baldwin, his Book, 1773. Beneath that is the signature of Caleb Baldwin, his book with no date listed. On the final endpaper there are three other signatures in an old hand - one reads 'Aaron Martins, 1794.' The page edges are uncut. Faint stain to the first title page with some old soiling, light browning to the edges of some text pages; overall a good solid copy of a rare work..

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Book number: 7632

Catalogue: Archaeology + History

Boyce, A. J. (editor)

Chromosome Variations in Human Evolution

London: Taylor and Francis Ltd., 1975. First edition. Pp. v, (5), 131; numerous text-figures and black-and-white photos. Publisher's original red cloth, lettered in black on the spine, two-color pictorial endpapers, 8vo. Symposia of the Society for the Study of Human Biology, volume 14. Contains 7 chapters on the evolution of chromosomes in humans and other animals by noted authorities in the field. Academic name stamp of former owner on the front endpaper. No signs of use. A fine (as new) copy in an almost fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6232

Catalogue: Genetics

Boyde, A., Brown, S. G. and Jones, S. I.

Sightings of Cetacea during the 1966 Trans-Atlantic Yacht Race.

Sandefjord: Handelstrykkeriet, 1968. First edition. Pp. 6; 1 text-figure (large black-and-white photo). Original pale gray printed wrappers, 4to. From Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende 1968, no. 2, pages 29-35. From the research library of the late Michael Newcomer. Letter from the second author, Sidney Brown, on British Museum (Natural History) dated May 13, 1968, is laid in at front. Bump to top outer corner; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5064

Catalogue: Whales and Whaling

Keywords: Whales whaling Cetaceans Cetacea

Brain, C. K. (editor)

Swartkrans: A Cave's Chronicle of Early Man (Transvaal Museum Monograph no. 8)

Pretoria: Transvaal Museum, 1993. First edition. Pp. xii, 270; numerous text-figures (black-and-white photos, halftone drawings, line-drawings, maps, geological diagrams, graphs). Publisher's original cream-colored cloth, lettered in brown on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. The Swartkrans cave is one of the classic early hominin sites where more remains of the Australopithecus robustus ape-man have been found than at any other locality in Africa. Australopithecus robustus is also known as Paranthropus robustus. For over 20 years an investigation of this extraordinary cave has been conducted by C. K. Brain producing a wealth of information of the life and death of this early hominins, their associated fauna and the environment. Results of the last seven years of excavation are presented in this volume in 13 chapters by noted specialists in various parts of the world. The foreword to this work is written by F. Clark Howell. This is Transvaal Museum Monograph no. 8. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 8273

Catalogue: Human Evolution