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GALAPAGOS: WORLD'S END (INSCRIBED COPY) by Beebe, William - 1925

GALAPAGOS: WORLD'S END (INSCRIBED COPY)

by Beebe, William

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New York, London: G. P. Putnam's. Very Good+. 1925. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth with gilt title on spine & top edge gilt. (xxi) 443pp. Profusely illustrated with 83 b/w photographs mostly by John Tee-Van and 24 colored illustrations (in frontis & 8 plates) by Isabel Cooper. Pictorial endpapers. First chart of the Galapagos. Published under the Auspices of the New York Zoological Society (Tropical Research). Inscribed by author. South America. ; Color & b/w Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 443 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator .
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  • Place of Publication New York, London
  • Date Published 1925
  • Keywords South America

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BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE

BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE

by Fernald, C. H.

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Agusta, Me.: Sprague & Son, Printers To the State. Very Good. 1884. Hardcover. X-Lib. Original not a reprint. Orono. February 1884. Library binder with paper covered board & cloth spine. Rear cover with lightly age toned edges. Designed for the use of the students in the Maine State College and the farmers of the State. Text tight, clean & intact. Engraved illustrations. Contents: Transformations; External anatomy of the caterpillar; External anatomy of the pupa; External anatomy of the imago; Common names of the butterflies. Science, Insects, Butterflies; Ex-Library; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 104 pages .
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THE PTEROPHORIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA

THE PTEROPHORIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA

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Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co.. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. X-Lib. Original not a reprint. Special Bulletin. Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agriculture College. Revised Edition of July 30, 1898. Library binder with paper covered boards, lightly age toned at edges. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with nine B/W plates. The species of moths are known by the common names of plume-moths and feather-wings. Library number on spine. Book-plate inside front cover. Spine ends lightly scuffed. ; Ex-Library; B/W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages .
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DIE GRÜNEN ARMPOLYPEN, DIE GESCHWÄNZTEN UND UNGESCHWÄNZTEN ZACKIGEN...
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DIE GRÜNEN ARMPOLYPEN, DIE GESCHWÄNZTEN UND UNGESCHWÄNZTEN ZACKIGEN WASSERFLÖHE, UND EINE BESONDERE ART KLEINER WASSERAALE

by Schaffer, Jacob Christian

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Regensburg: Johann Leopold Montag. Very Good. 1763. Second Edition. Hardcover. ; Clean contemporary brown marblred boards with chipped spine ends. Red speckled page edges. Illustrated with three engraved, hand colored plates by B. C. Fridrich. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. An important insect study based on the author's microscopic observation of the life cycle in water. Schäffer (1718-90) was an early entomologist who wrote numerous scientific treatises, especially on vertebrate zoology. Entomology, Insects; Hand Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 97 pages .
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The Elephant's Foot: Prevention and Care of Foot Conditions in Captive Asian and African Elephants
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The Elephant's Foot: Prevention and Care of Foot Conditions in Captive Asian and African Elephants

by Csuti, Blair, Eva L. Sargent & Ursula S. Bechert (Editors)

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Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 7" x 10" Cloth; 163pp; Navy blue boards with silver titling to front & spine, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine condition. Signed by Co-Author (Csuti). This was Csuti's personal copy. Related material laid in. Compilation of articles about the prevention and care of foot conditions in captive elephants. Divided into Six parts: Part I: The Context of Elephant Foot Care; Part II: Approaches to Routine Foot Care; Part III: Common Elephant Foot Conditions and Their Treatment; Part IV: Surgical Intervention for Elephant Foot Disease; Part V: Antibiotic and Anti-Inflammatory Dosages for Elephants; Part VI: Conclusions and Recommendations. Also includes Appendices, Glossary, Contributors & Index. Illustrated with photos.
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Mendel's Principles of Heredity
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Mendel's Principles of Heredity

by Bateson

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Description:Description: A very early detailed exposition of Genetic Theory. Includes translations of Mendel's papers at the end of the book.I believe this is a first edition, first printing, 1909. See photo - verso of tittle page states "Printed by John Clay at the University Press" only.Text block solid, inside hinges intact, with minimal foxing and all colour plates/tissue protectors intact. Cracking of the cover cloth at front and back hinge. Back cover has bottom corner bent and cracked. Creasing on bottom right of front cover. See my photographs. A clean copy - no owners names, stamps etc. throughout. Minimal foxing. Bateson was one of the rediscoverers of Mendel's neglected publications in 1900. He became an advocate for Mendelism in Britian. Today, it is clear that there is no conflict between the ideas of Mendel and those of Darwin. However, Bateson was not a "Darwinian" in that he did not believe in gradual change over eons was the true story of evolution. He was convinced that, if… Read More
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BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE

BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE

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Agusta, Me.: Sprague & Son, Printers To the State. Very Good. 1884. Hardcover. X-Lib. Original not a reprint. Orono. February 1884. Library binder with paper covered board & cloth spine. Rear cover with lightly age toned edges. Designed for the use of the students in the Maine State College and the farmers of the State. Text tight, clean & intact. Engraved illustrations. Contents: Transformations; External anatomy of the caterpillar; External anatomy of the pupa; External anatomy of the imago; Common names of the butterflies. Science, Insects, Butterflies; Ex-Library; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 104 pages .
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THE PTEROPHORIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA

THE PTEROPHORIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA

by Fernald, C. H.

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Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co.. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. X-Lib. Original not a reprint. Special Bulletin. Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agriculture College. Revised Edition of July 30, 1898. Library binder with paper covered boards, lightly age toned at edges. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with nine B/W plates. The species of moths are known by the common names of plume-moths and feather-wings. Library number on spine. Book-plate inside front cover. Spine ends lightly scuffed. ; Ex-Library; B/W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages .
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DIE GRÜNEN ARMPOLYPEN, DIE GESCHWÄNZTEN UND UNGESCHWÄNZTEN ZACKIGEN...
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DIE GRÜNEN ARMPOLYPEN, DIE GESCHWÄNZTEN UND UNGESCHWÄNZTEN ZACKIGEN WASSERFLÖHE, UND EINE BESONDERE ART KLEINER WASSERAALE

by Schaffer, Jacob Christian

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Regensburg: Johann Leopold Montag. Very Good. 1763. Second Edition. Hardcover. ; Clean contemporary brown marblred boards with chipped spine ends. Red speckled page edges. Illustrated with three engraved, hand colored plates by B. C. Fridrich. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. An important insect study based on the author's microscopic observation of the life cycle in water. Schäffer (1718-90) was an early entomologist who wrote numerous scientific treatises, especially on vertebrate zoology. Entomology, Insects; Hand Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 97 pages .
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Zoography: or, the beauties of nature displayed, with select descriptions of the animal, and vegetable, with additions from the mineral kingdom

by William Wood

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Good copy of this classic of natural history illustration
Famous for its dramatic illustrations of animals, birds, insects, plants in almost Gothic landscapes, initiating the new style of picturesque natural history against exotic backgrounds used by Robert Thornton in Temple of Flora, 1807.
With 51 (of 60) dramatic aquatints drawn and engraved by William Daniell, some after original drawings by his brother Samuel Daniell.
Vol. I, quadrupeds and birds, xx, 572, 18 aquatint plates; Vol. II, reptiles, fish, insects, and shellfish, viii, 618, 19 aquatint plates; Vol. III, plants and minerals, viii, 612, 14 aquatint plates.The fascinating text includes anecdotes about the animals extracted from natural historians such as Count Buffon, George Shaw, Thomas Pennant, Anders Sparrman, and explorers including James Bruce, Giuseppe Acerbi, John Gabriel Stedman, etc. The illustrations are drawn from living specimens, many on location or in the menagerie at the Exeter Exchange. The backgrounds feature Gothic… Read More
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ORANGUTAN LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS. Observations sur Deux Orang-Outans Adultes Morts a Paris....
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ORANGUTAN LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS. Observations sur Deux Orang-Outans Adultes Morts a Paris. Nouvelles Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 3eme Serie, Tome VII.

by Milne-Edwards, Alphonse, Deniker, Joseph, Boulart, R., de Pousargues, Eugene and Delisle, Fernand

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Paris: G. Masson, 1895. First edition.
SCARCE EARLY MONOGRAPH ON ANATOMY OF THE ORANGUTAN WITH SUPERB LITHOGRAPHS OF BELOVED RESIDENTS OF PARIS ZOO.
24x32 cm folio hardcover, 3/4 leather binding, spine with gilt compartments and gilt title, marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, bookplate of academic physician to front paste-down, pp. 32-118, 5 full page lithographic plates, 2 are color portraits of two orangutans represented also in text-figures. Corners bumped, title page has abrasions from removal of inscriptions and 3x6 cm repaired area to right edge not affecting text, top 1-2 cn corner of 2 rear endpapers missing. Text and plates unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. This important early monograph on the orangutan documents the internal and external anatomy of two primates from the zoological garden in the Bois de Boulogne. In addition to the fine lithographic plates, there are superb drawings in the text of Maurice and Max in life at the zoo, all by museum illustrator… Read More
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Galapagos : World's End
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Galapagos : World's End

by William Beebe

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Galapagos : World's End

Galapagos : World's End

by William Beebe

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Galapagos: World's End

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Dover, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Dover paperback reprint in very good condition. Unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1924. Eight of the color plates, originally scattered throughout the text, have been reproduced in a color insert. The ninth appears on the cover. With 114 black & white plates, photos, and illustrations.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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The Polynesian Triangle

The Polynesian Triangle

by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert

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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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BRNSTN BRS GO TO CAMP (First Time Books)
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Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.
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On Pourtalesia. A Genus of Echinoidea
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On Pourtalesia. A Genus of Echinoidea

by Loven, Sven

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Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet, 1883. First edition. 1883 MONOGRAPH ON DEEP SEA URCHINS BY NOTED SWEDISH MARINE BIOLOGIST--ILLUSTRATED WITH 21 VERY FINE LITHOGRAPHS. 12 inches tall folio hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, green cloth spine with paper title label, institutional handstamps bottom of title page, contemporary ink signature top of front paste-down, 95 pp, many figures in text, 21 fine lithographed plates; wear to corners and spine ends, binding tight, text and plates unmarked, very good. SVEN LUDVIG LOVEN (1809 - 1895) was a Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist. The Sven Loven Centre for Marine Sciences at both Kristineberg and Tjärnö are named in his honor. He was first Keeper then Director of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. He was also Professor of Natural History at Stockholm University. He was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881 and a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1885. The World Register of Marine Species… Read More
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Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of...

Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People

by Authors: Mark Owens; Delia Owens; Alexandra Fuller (foreward)

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 2006. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Inscribed & signed by both authors on the title page. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Text unmarked. Jacket clean and bright. Laid-in tri-fold pamphlet from the Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxvi + 230 pages. Crossing stick bridges over swollen rivers and battling swarms of tsetse flies, Mark and Delia Owens found their way into one of the most startlingly beautiful, wild places on earth, the northern Luangwa Valley in Zambia. As they were setting up camp to launch their lion research, gunfire echoed off the cliffs nearby. Gangs of ivory poachers were not only shooting the elephants but also virtually enslaving local villagers. Against unimaginable odds, Mark and Delia stopped the poaching by helping the villagers find other work, start small businesses, and improve their health care and education. Living with wild creatures all around (lions sleeping… Read More
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A Lot of Insects: Entomology in a Suburban Garden
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A Lot of Insects: Entomology in a Suburban Garden

by Frank E Lutz

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Green cloth board covers with green and yellow spine. Edge wear and corner bumps, no dust jacket. Previous owners stamps on inside covers. Soiling on page edges. Clean, tight pages and binding. Published by The Cornwall Press in 1941. First Edition/First Printing. Insects. Measures 8.5x5.75 with 304 pages. Good
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Last Tales

by Dinesen, Isak

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Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X
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Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands,...
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Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, 1800-1804: With a complete descriptive catalogue of drawings and paintings of Australian subjects by C.-A. Lesueur and N.-M. Petit from the Lesueur Collection at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre, France

by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur; Nicolas-Martin Petit; Jacqueline Bonnemains (ed); Elliott Forsyth (ed); Bernard Smith (ed)

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Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More
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The Adventure of Wrangel Island

The Adventure of Wrangel Island

by Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.
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