Cooper, Roy P.

Birds of the Macquarie Marshes, New South Wales.

Melbourne: W. M. Houston, 1955. First edition. Pp. 137-173; 18 black-and-white photo-plates. Original printed gray-green wrappers, sm 4to. Memoirs of the National Museum Melbourne, no. 19. The first detailed published account of the avifauna of this vast low-lying region adjacent to the Macquarie River of New South Wales. The whole issue (173 pages) of Mem. Nat. Mus. Melbourne, no. 19 is offered here; this issue contains 4 other articles. The journal title is written in the spine. No ownership marks. Tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4678

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Ornithology birds Macquarie Marshes New South Wales Australia Cooper

Cooper, William T. and Forshaw, Joseph M.

The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds

Sydney, Australia: William Collins, 1977. First edition. Pp. xii, 13-304, 60 fine color plates from painting by W. Cooper, 65 distribution maps, some black-and-white text-figures. Publisher’s original two-color cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, in the original cloth-covered slipcase, folio (16 x 11 1/4 inches). This is the definitive study of this magnificent group of birds based on the original field work of William T. Cooper in New Guinea and its islands. Inscribed by the co-author and artist, William T. Cooper, to Ron Sauey, the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin on the title page. Small empty plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the half-title page and top page edge, no other ownership marks and no signs of use. An important signed copy with great associations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase..

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Book number: 9695

Catalogue: Asian Birds

Cooper, J G. et al.

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-1855, Volume XII, Book II

Washington: Thomas H. Ford, 1860. First edition. Pp. 399; 42 full page lithographed plates (8 are hand-colored lithographs birds, all other plates are monochrome). There are 6 botany plates, 2 insect plates, 5 mammal plates, 8 bird plates (hand-colored) and 21 plates of fishes. Later reddish-brown cloth in simulated snake skin style, spine is lettered in gilt, lg 4to. This is the second volume (Book II) of volume XII of the Explorations and surveys were made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-1855. Book II includes two parts: Part II (Botany) and Part III (Zoology). The Botany section has three parts: no. 1 - Report upon the Botany of the route by J. G. Cooper; no. 2 - Catalogue of Plants collected east of the Rocky Mountains by Asa Gray; and no. 3 - Catalogue of Plants collected in Washington territory by J. G. Cooper. The Zoology section has seven parts: no. 1 - Report upon the Insects collected on the survey by J. LeConte; no. 2 - Report upon the Mammals collected on the survey by J. G. Cooper et al; no. 3 - Report upon the Birds collected on the survey by J. G. Cooper et al.; no. 4 - Report upon Reptiles collected on the survey by J. G. Cooper; no. 5 - Report upon the Fishes collected on the survey by G. Suckley, no. 6 - Report upon the Mollusca collected on the survey; and no. 7 - Report upon Crustacea collected on the survey by J. G. Cooper. This is the Senate issue of the 36rd Congress, 1st Session. No ownership marks and few signs of use. There is scattered foxing (usually marginal) to some of the plates and light tanning to a few others, the text is generally bright and clean though a few pages show scattered foxing, the cloth binding is bright and clean; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7772

Catalogue: Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography

Cope, Edward Drinker

Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with Notes on the Herpetology and Ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru

Philadelphia: privately printed, 1875. Limited edition. Pp. (2), 93-187, (1, explanation of plates); 6 full page black-and-white lithographed plates. Original one-half black leather over black cloth-covered boards, front cover with gilt border decorations and with black leather title/author label outlined by gilt decorations, sm folio (13 x 10 inches; 33.5 x 23.5 cm). This is the very rare privately printed first edition that was limited to 50 copies only. In this work, Cope describes 37 new species and 5 new genera of reptiles and amphibians from Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Peru. In 1877 this same work was re-published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences. The monograph contains four separate papers by Cope -- Article 4: On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica + Article 5: On the Batrachia and Reptilia collected by D. John M. Branford during the Nicaraguan Canal Survey of 1874 + Article 6: Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon, and western Peru + Article 8: Note on the Ichthyology of Lake Titicaca. On the front endpaper there is a pencil signature attached: ""From Prof. Amos P. Brown, H. W. Fowler."" Amos P. Brown was a Professor of Mineralogy and Geology at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. H. W. Fowler was a professor at the University of California, Museum of Paleontology. Laid in at front is a 3x5 inch card with a note in ink reading: ""Cope's own personal volume presented to Robert Sutcliffe of Fairfield on August 2, 1949 by Cope's Grandniece, Mrs. Sangree. Rare, ANSP lacks a copy, another copy in Library of Congress"". As this work was limited to 50 copies only, printed privately by and for Edward Cope, it seldom comes up for sale. Light marginal browning to the some tissue guards protecting the six lithographed plates, endpapers renewed, light edge wear to leather corners, some rubbing to cloth along the bottom of the rear cover; overall a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7593

Catalogue: Fine and Rare

Cope, Edward D.

The Batrachia of North America

Ashton, MD: Eric Lundberg, 1963. Reprint. Pp. 525; 86 full page plates (line-drawings and halftones), 119 text-figures. Publisher's original dark gray cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. This is a high quality reprint of one of Cope's most well-known herpetological works. This work, which is very scarce, was first published in 1889 in as United States National Museum, Bulletin no. 34. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7688

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Cope, E. D.

The Batrachia of North America

Ashton, Maryland: Eric Lundberg, 1963. Reprint. Pp. 525, 120 text-figures, 86 plates. Publisher’s black cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, 8vo. This volume is a reprint of United States National Museum Bulletin No. 34 originally published in 1889. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on front endpaper and his name stamp on front endpapers, rear endpapers, titlepage, and page edges. Neat underlining on pages 5, 250, 331-342, 344-348, 367, 368, 373-377, 394-405, 465, 467, 468, and 511 with occasional marginal notes. Light sunning and wear to spine, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 9249

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Cope, E. D.

Notes on the geographical distribution of Batrachia and Reptilia in western North America

Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1883. First edition Pp. 11-35. Original printed pink wrappers, 8vo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, January 16, 1883. No ownership marks. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8060

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Cope, E. D.

On the structure and affinities of the Amphiumidae

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1886. First edition. Pp. 442-445; 1 text-figure (anatomical diagram). Original printed pale green wrapper, 8vo. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 23, no. 123. Amphiuma is a genus of aquatic salamanders from the United States, the only extant genus within the family Amphiumidae. They are colloquially known as amphiumas or conger eels (modified after Wiki). No ownership marks. The wrappers are a little browned on the outer edges, the contents are bright and clean; a very good copy..

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Book number: 8270

Catalogue: Edward Drinker Cope

Cope, Edward D.

The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution

Chicago: Open Court, 1896. First edition. Pp. xvi, 547, 120 text-figures. Publisher’s original dark blue ribbed cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, top page edge gilt, 8vo. In this volume, Cope synthesizes his diverse views on the factors driving evolution. This is the rare first edition. From the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Gilt on spine is a little dull, light edge wear to cloth, a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9522

Catalogue: Naturalist's Travels, Exploration and Biography

Corbet, G. B.

A Revision of the Elephant-Shrews, Family Macroscelididae.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1968. First edition. Pp. 66; 1 color plate, 18 text-figures (line-drawings, maps and graphs). Original tan printed wrappers, sm 4to. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, volume 16, no. 2. Signed by the first author with note laid in at front ""With compliments, George B. Corbert."" Name stamp of former owner on the front wrapper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4738

Catalogue: Mammalogy

Keywords: Mammalogy mammals

Cory, Charles B.

The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo.

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1885. First edition. Pp. (2), 7-198; with 22 hand-colored plates and 1 monochrome map, 2 text-figures. Recent one-half straight-grained green morocco leather, spine with five raised bands titled in gilt on black leather and red leather labels in two compartments, over English pale green marbled boards with pale green endpapers (original printed green wrappers bound in at rear), 4to (287 x 225 cm). This volume provides the synonymy, description of plumage, and notes for each species. The hand-colored plates in this copy are particularly bright and clean. This work was issued in four parts dated 1844 (parts 1-3) and 1885 (part 4); the edition was limited to 300 copies only. There is no limitation page in the volume but the front wrapper of each part is labeled with a small red number of 291 (part 1), 245 (part 2), 168 (part 3) and 256 (part 4). Since the highest of these numbers is 291, it seems to confirm an edition of only 300 copies. The wrapper of part 1 has been slightly trimmed with no effect to the text. The title page bears the small name-stamp of ornithologist Ed N. Harrison. There are no other ownership marks of any kind. See also Fine Bird Books (1990), p. 87, Wood, p. 300 and Zimmer, p. 138. The rear side (verso) of some plates show a touch of faint foxing, all of the text and hand-colored plates are very bright and clean, the recent half-morocco binding is very attractive; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5530

Catalogue: Fine and Rare

Coues, Elliot

The Coues Check List of North American Birds. Revised to Date, and entirely Rewritten, under Direction of the Author: with a Dictionary of the Etymology, Orthography, and Orthoepy of the Scientific Names, The Concordance of Previous Lists, and a Catalogue of his Ornithological Publications

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1882. Second edition. Pp. 165, (2, ads). Publisher’s original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo (10 x 7 inches). This is the second revised edition of ‘Coues Check List of North American Birds’ that was first published in 1873. Name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper, pocket on the rear endpaper, no other ownership marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9737

Catalogue: Ornithology

Coultas, Harland

The Principles of Botany, as Exemplified in the Phanerogamia.

Philadelphia: King and Baird, 1854. First edition. Pp. (2), 230; 113 text-figures. Publisher's original olive green cloth, elaborately blind-stamped with floral patterns on the front and rear covers, spine is lettered in gilt and with stamped gilt flowers, sm 8vo. Pritzel 1928. Jackson, Guide p. 42. An interesting early American botanical school text. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper. Few signs of use; a nice copy. A touch of foxing to the frontis matter; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4836

Catalogue: Botany and Floras

Keywords: Bontany flora plants

Count de la Cepede (translated by Robert Kerr)

The Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds and Serpents. Arranged and Published from the Papers and Collections of the Count De Buffon, in 4 volumes complete

Edinburgh: printed by Alex. Smellie for T. Cadel, W. Davies and W. Creech, 1802. First English edition. Pp. xliii, 420; xxiv, 345; iv, 383; xii, 282; with 45 of 48 copper-engraved plates of crocodiles, serpents, lizards, turtles, etc. (volume I lacks plate 2 and volume IV lacks plates 1 and 2; these 3 plates were not removed - they were never bound-in by the publisher). Contemporary full green morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt on dark red morocco labels in two compartments and with elaborate gilt designs in the other four compartments, front and rear leather boards blind-stamped with elaborate diagonal line patterns, set off by gilt panel lines, all outer board edges decorated with gilt patterns, all page edges are marbled to match the marbled endpapers, 8vo. This is the first English translation of the Lacepede's major herpetological opus entitled Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares et al Serpens originally issued in two large quarto volumes in 1788-1790. This was the first comprehensive world summary of amphibians and reptiles. Even today, it still has useful historical information. Lacepede's work remained very influential until the publication of Dumeril and Bibron Erpetologie Generale in the early 1800s (modified after Adler - Contributions to the History of Herpetology, volume 1). A very attractively-bound and uniform set. Signature of Henry Haffey on first text page of each volume; could be Henry Haffey, Esq., of Bath, formerly of Armagh. No other ownership marks and few signs of use. Some scattered light foxing mostly to the rear (blank) side of some plates, offsetting from some plates to their facing text-pages and offsetting from the text pages to a few plates; a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8323

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Cowper-Reed, F. R.

Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus Limestones of the Salt Range.

Calcutta: Geological Survey of India, 1944. First edition. Pp. xiv, 678, 65 full page photo-plates. Publisher's original tan printed wrappers, folio. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, new series, volume 23, memoir no. 2. A truly mammoth work on the fossil mollusks and brachiopods of the Paleozoic Salt Range of what is now Pakistan. No ownership marks. Bump to top outer corner, external wrappers a bit foxed, some uniform age-toning to the text, the photo-plates, that were printed on clay-coated paper, are very bright and clean, spine a little cocked; a solid copy in good condition of a rare work..

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Book number: 4084

Catalogue: Paleontology

Keywords: Paleontology Geology Paleozoic Brachiopoda Mollusa mollusks molluscs aquatic invertebrates Salt Range Pakistan Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India Palaeontologia Indica Asia