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ALEXANDER WILSON: NATURALIST AND PIONEER. A Biography
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AMERICAN WEASELS.
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Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1951., 1951.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The binding is darkened. The corners of the front wrap & the bottom corner of the rear wrap are lightly creased. There are vertical creases to the spine. 466 pages. Illustrated with 40 plates, including a color frontispiece, on 25 leaves. Also with tables & 31 textual illustrations. A few front & rear pages are lightly bumped, else the contents are very good. First edition.University of Kansas Publications. Museum of Natural History: Volume 4, December 27, 1951.
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AMERICAN TRUFFLES: A Thanksgiving Fantasia. (Reprinted from Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. XVI, No. 4, November, 1944)
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[Baltimore, MD]: Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1944.. 1944.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light blue wrappers. The wraps are bumped with their edges darkened. Pages 402-409. Very good. <p>After some ruminations on the history of the truffle in France, the author speculates on the likelihood of getting the government to finance an American truffle industry.
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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: Illustrated Catalogue of an Exhibition of Manuscript Illuminations, Book Illustrations, Drawings, Cylinder Seals, and Bindings
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NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, [1940].. [1940].. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial wraps. Very lightly soiled with a short tear. 70 pp. Illustrated with B&W plates. Very good. <p>Printed at the Plantin Press.
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THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Vol. 17. Tenth Series. No. 99. Mar. 1936. (Cover title).
by Woodward, Sir A. Smith; Marshall, Sir Guy A. K.; Regan, C. Tate; and Calman, W. T.; editors.
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London: Taylor and Francis, 1936., 1936.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps with a decorative vignette in black on the front cover. The wraps are bumped & the head of the spine is chipped. Pages [329]-412, unopened. The corners of the leaves are lightly bumped. 1 black-and-white plate & black-and-white illustrations in the text. Very good. The articles include "Descriptions and Records of Bees" by T. D. A. Cockerell, "A new Ascarid from a Bat" by H. A. Baylis and "Undescribed Mossmites from Mauritius" by Arthur Paul Jacot.
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THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Vol. 18. Tenth Series. No. 107. Nov. 1936. (Cover title).
by Woodward, Sir A. Smith; Marshall, Sir Guy A.K.; Regan, C. Tate; and Calman, W. T.; editors.
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London: Taylor and Francis, 1936., 1936.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps with a decorative vignette in black on the front cover. Pages [483]-562, unopened. Illustrated with 3 black-and-white plates & with textual drawings & diagrams. Very good. The articles include Boris Uvarov on "New Orthoptera from Cyprus", "Descriptions and Records of Bees" by T. D. A. Cockerell, and Uvarov on "A new Tettigoniid Genus from St. Helena (Orthoptera)".
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THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Vol. 17. Tenth Series. No. 102. June 1936. (Cover title).
by Woodward. Sir A. Smith; Marshall, Sir Guy A. K.; Regan, C. Tate; and Calman, W. T.; editors.
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London: Taylor and Francis, 1936., 1936.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps with a decorative vignette in black on the front cover. The wraps are lightly bumped with their front edges slightly rippled. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. Pages [577]-656 plus 7-page index to Vol. 17, unopened. The page corners are bumped. Black-and-white textual illustrations. Very good. The articles include "New and little-known African Bees of the Subfamily Anthidiinae (Apoidea)" by G. A. Mavromoustakis, "New and little-known Fossil Mammals from the Pleistocene of Kenya Colony and Tanganyika Territory" by A. Tindell Hopwood and "The Hemiptera of Christmas Island" by R. J. Izzard.
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THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Vol. 17. Tenth Series. No. 100. Apr. 1936. (Cover title).
by Woodward, Sir A. Smith; Marshall, Sir Guy A. K.; Regan, C. Tate; and Calman, W. T.; editors.
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London: Taylor and Francis, 1936., 1936.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps with a decorative vignette in black on the front cover. The wraps are bumped & the head of the spine is lightly chipped. Pages [413]-492, unopened. The corners of the leaves are lightly bumped & there are small creases to the front edges of some leaves. Black-and-white textual illustrations. Very good. The articles include "Descriptions and Records of Bees" by T. D. A. Cockerell, "A New Fish of the Genus Clupea from Chile" by J. R. Norman and "Mammals from Angola" by Jane St. Leger.
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APES, ANGELS, & VICTORIANS: The Story of Darwin, Huxley, and Evolution. With a New Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley
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New York: Time Incorporated, (1963).. (1963).. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wraps. The spine is very slightly darkened. xx, [4] leaves, 494 & [2] pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.
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THE BARN OWL.
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(New York): National Audubon Society, circa [1940]., [1940].. Fine. - Octavo, softcover. A sheet of paper is folded once to form 4 pages of text, each 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Laid in are 2 plates, one a black-and-white line drawing of a barn owl sitting on a branch with a countryside view in the background & the other a version of the same picture by Robert Bruce Horsfall in color. The text pages are illustrated in black & white with 7 vignettes & an illustration in the margin of the first page. Near fine. National Audubon Society Leaflet No. 14 (Senior).
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BENEATH TROPIC SEAS: A Record of Diving Among the Coral Reefs of Haiti.
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New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928., 1928.. Very good. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green cloth titled in gilt on the spine and in green within a gilt panel on the front cover. The covers are slightly rubbed and soiled with some spotting to the spine. xiii & 234 pages, illustrated with pictorial endpapers, a color frontispiece after a painting by Zarh Pritchard with a printed tissue guard, and black-and-white photographic illustrations throughout. The book's top edge is soiled. Very good.First edition.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1967., 1967.. Very good. - Octavo, pebbled brown cloth. 307 pp. Near fine. <p>United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication no. 84.<p>Reprint of the original edition published by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1930.
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BIODIVERSITY: Culture, Conservation and Ecodevelopment. Foreword by E. O. Wilson
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Boulder, CO: Westview Press, (1991).. (1991).. Very good. - Octavo, softover bound in decorative greem & black wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped. xviii, [iii] & 349 pages. Some front & rear page corners are bumped. Black-and-white tables, diagrams & photographic illustrations. Very good. <p>First edition.
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF FRANK MICHLER CHAPMAN 1864-1945. Presented to the Academy at the Autumn Meeting, 1947.
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Washington, DC: National Acadmy of Sciences, 1948., 1948.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light tan wraps. The binding is a bit tanned with a small stain to the front wrap. Pages 111-145. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Chapman. Very good. First separate edition.National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Biographical Memoirs, Volume XXV--Fifth Memoir; Frank Michler Chapman [1864-1945] was an American ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides. A bibliography of Chapman's works is included.
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BIRDS
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New York/London: Whittlesey House, (1939).. (1939).. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in yellow with a vignette in yellow & green on the front cover. The covers are very lightly bumped. xvi & 252 pages. Illustrated with a color frontispiece & 67 black-and-white plates. Very good. <p>First edition.
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BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTED BY DRS. HUGH M. SMITH AND WILLIAM L. ABBOTT
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1938.. 1938.. Very good. - Octavo, soft covers bound in printed gray wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened & the head & tail of the spine are chipped. There is an ink name in the top corner of the front wrap & there are a few tiny brown marks to the rear wrap. iv & 581 pages, partially unopened. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin 172.
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BIRDS IN TOWN & VILLAGE
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NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1920).. (1920).. Fair. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine with the title and a vignette of a bird stamped in gilt on the front cover. There is dampstaining to front edges of the covers and a small white stain to the rear cover. The spine is faded and stained. ix, [iii] & 323 pages, illustrated with a color frontispiece & 7 color plates by E. J. Detmold. The front hinge is cracked opposite the frontispiece. There is evidence of slight early worming to the front margins of pages 145-174, not affecting the text. There is some scattered foxing to the preliminary leaves and a few pages of text. A good reading copy. <p>First American edition.
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BIRDS IN LITERATURE
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Worcester, MA: The Davis Press, Inc., 1911.. 1911.. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth. The binding is rubbed with some light staining to the covers & with the corners of the covers chipped. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & frayed. 189 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with color plates. The bottom corners of a few pages of the preliminaries are creased. Ex-library with a handwritten label on the spine, library labels removed from the front pastedown & endpaper and handwritten numerals on the verso of the title page & the first text page. There is a tear to page 17. Good. <p>Second edition.<p>A brightly illustrated compilation of literary quotations about birds in prose and poetry.
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BIRDS OF MADISON COUNTY NEW YORK. Presented as a Thesis for the Degree of Master of Science, Colgate University, Nineteen Hundred One.
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Hamilton, NY: Colgate University, 1901., 1901.. Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GEORGE CHARLES EMBODY - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The binding is darkened and lightly soiled, rubbed & chipped. There is a small stain to the rear wrap. 36 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece. There is a light vertical crease to the pamphlet where it has been folded. Good. First edition.inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper: "Compliments of G.C. Embody".Bulletin of the Department of Geology and Natural History, Colgate University.George Charles Embody [1876-1939] was best known for his research but was also an eminent teacher. Though his early interest was in the physical sciences, a love of the outdoors soon turned him towards biology and natural history. "Birds of Madison County" was one of his first publications. His investigations led him into many fields, including birds, Crustacea, the life history of fishes, fish diseases and nutrition, and a host of…
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BIRDS OF THE CARIBBEAN.
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NY: The Viking Press, (1961)., (1961).. Very good. - 4to, light green cloth (lightly bumped; extremities slightly faded; scoremark to rear cover) titled in gilt with vignettes of birds stamped in gilt on front cover, in dw (rubbed & lightly chipped; stain to front panel; scoremark to rear panel; price-clipped). 256 pp. with text printed on variously colored stocks. Profuse color illustrations, many full-page. Very good. <p>First edition.
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