Search Results: Aquatic Invertebrates from Natural History Books

Lehre: Verlag Von J. Cramer, 1969.. Fine copy.. Pp. xv, 134, (4). Blue cloth, sm 8vo. Facsimile of a series five articles in 12 parts that originally appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 1 (August, 1817 to December, 1818). This presents Say's complete work on the Crustaceans of the US.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975.. Small ink stamp of Reading Public Museum on the front wrap of each part, no other markings and no wear, a near fine set.. Pp. viii, 374, 240 text-figures and photos; pp. vi, 346, 9 plates, 192 figures and photos. Original printed wraps, sm 4to.

Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1968. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. xiv, 268, 69 maps, line drawings and fine half-tone plates. Publisher's lime green cloth lettered in black on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. A detailed review of the zoogeography, systematics, and ecology of the fresh and brackish water snails of the Hydrobiidae. No signs of use.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912. First edition.. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 203-266; 14 full page plates (line-drawings, black-and-white photos and fine halftones). Later green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, sm 4to. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries for 1910, volume 30 (document no. 760)). No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Honolulu: East-West Center, 1965.. Some faint foxing to the endpapers and to the page edges, a clean, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket.. Pp. xvi, 206, 92, 32 (index), 100 full-page color plates, 27 text-figures, 1 foldout map. Original gilt-decorated purple cloth, DJ, lg 8vo. Reviews 340 species of crabs found in Sagami Bay, a region known for its rich marine fauna. The fine color plates are based on watercolors painted by T. Sakai.

Trenton: New Jersey State Museum, 1912.. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with a call number on the spine, bookplate on the front endpaper, ink stamp on rear endpaper, no other library marks; slight bump to text block prior to being bound, a bright, clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 650, 150 full page plates. Early black cloth, 8vo. Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum for 1911.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp.399-51; 36 full page black-and-white photo-plates each with tissue-guard legends. Self-Wrappers (an extract from the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries with the back strip solid), sm 4to. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries for 1908, volume 28 (document 667). This paper was presented before the Fourth International Fishery Congress held in Washington, USA, September 22 to 26, 1908. This paper won the prize of $100 in gold for the best presentation. It presents the methods of the sponge fisheries, the influence of such methods on the supply of sponges and the most effective means of conserving the sponge grounds. The 36 photo-plates are beautiful works of art. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Tokyo: Waseda University, 1935. First edition.. Bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 15, 16, 8, 6, 4 (index), 19 full-page plates (2 in color), 5 text-figures and maps. Publisher's original brown-patterned stiff printed wrappers, lg 8vo (10.5 x 7.5 inches). Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo under the leadership of Shigeyasu Tokunaga, June-October 1933, Section V, Division I, Part II. Manchoukuo was the portion of northeastern China under Japanese control in the 1930's. This is the entire work on the Crustacea. The text is entirely in English with a summary in Japanese at the front and some common names in the text in Japanese. Faint ink stamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington on the front cover, no other ownership marks and no signs of use.

Rio de Janeiro: Archivos do Museu Nacional, 1901-1906. First edition. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. vi, 151, (1), 5 full page engraved plates + pp. 111-117, 1 engraved plate + pp. 119-123 + (2), 129-136 + 159-168, 1 photo-plate + pp. 187-190, 2 plates + pp. 1-25, 5 plates. Fine weave gray cloth, spine with black title label lettered in gilt and with blind-stamped gilt panel lines, sm 4to. Also contains the following six papers: Nota appendice as Contribulcoes para o conhecimento de fauna brazileira - Crustaceos do Brazil + Crustaceos da Ponta do Pharol em Sao Francisco de Sul, no Estado de Santa Catharina + Vermes Oligochaetos do Brazil + Relatorio das excursoes effectuadas na margem esquerda do Rio Branco em S. Paulo e no Itatiaya na serra de Mantiqueira + Uma Especie Nova de Amphipode orchestidae, que vive a 2240 metros sobre o nivel do mar + Campanhas de Pesca do "Annie": Crustaceos. Inscribed by the author on the main title page with the name of the author… Read More

Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1868. First edition. Some edge wear to the wrappers has been repaired, some light soiling to the edges of the wrappers, contents bright and clean with some pages unopened; a very good copy.. Pp. 69-92, 3 tinted lithograph plates (tome IV) + pp. 147-160, 2 tinted lithograph plates (tome V) + pp. 161-191, 4 tinted lithograph plates (tome V) + pp. 75-101, 2 plain lithograph plates (tome VI). Publisher's tan printed wrappers, lg 4to. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, volumes 4, 5 and 6. This work contains a total of four monographs by Milne Edwards, the other three titles are: Études zoologiques sur quelques Crustacés des Iles Célèbes + Révision du Genre Thélphuse et description de quelques espèces nouvelles + Révision du Genre Callianassa (Leach) et description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de ce groupe. All of these appear together in this same… Read More

Prag: Fr. Rivnac, 1897. First edition. This work has been professionally restored. New white wrappers have been added to the monograph with the original printed wrapper mounted on the front white wrapper. The original rear wrapper is not present. The text on the front wrapper is complete though the margins have been chipped away. The title page is tanned and chipped along the bottom border and top corner. The final plate has some marginal chipping along outer edge and at one outer corner, the rear (blank) side of the plate is browned and soiled. Overall a good solid copy that has been expertly restored. The new black cloth box is new.. Pp. 53, 10 full-page engraved plates (9 are partially colored). Publisher's printed pale green front wrapper mounted on later white wrappers, in custom-made folding black cloth box, gilt-lettered on the spine, folio. Presents the fossil crustaceans of the Cretaceous of Bohemia now known as the Czech Republic. A rare work on the evolution of lobsters and… Read More

Frankfurt: Kommission bei Moritz Diesterweg, 1905. First edition.. Small bump to top outer corner, light soiling to top edge of title page only, top pages uncut and unopened; overall a very good copy.. Pp. 92; 2 double-page maps of the world shaded in red to show distribution of slugs, 9 text-figures. Extract without wrappers, housed loose in early plain brown paper covers, lg 4to. Sonderabdruck aus den Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, band 30, heft 1. This early work discusses the geographical distribution of land slugs, shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks. A copy of the front wrapper is laid in at front. This monograph is from the research library of herpetologist Kevin W. Marx with his signature on the front brown wrapper.

Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1891. First edition. Some browning to the outer edges of the text only, a bright and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 258 + 57 full plates (many in color). Ornately marbled wrappers with title and author labels on the front cover, marbled page edges 4to. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 5 (4th memoir). Superb color and half-tone plates of the adult, larval and egg stages of lobster and shrimp.

Frankfurt am Main: Moritz Diesterweg, 1896. First edition. Faint crease to the corner of the title page, no signs of use, a bright and clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. (6), pp. 467-929, 9 lithographic plates each with a descriptive text leaf. Early forest green textured cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, 4to. From the series: Ergebnisse einer Zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo, im Auftrage der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft aufgefuhrt von Dr. Willy Kukenthal, Zweiter Teil: Wissenschaftliche Reiseergebnisse, Band III, Heft III. This monograph presents the zoological results of the Decapoda and Stomatopoda collected on a research trip to Borneo and the Moluccas, performed on behalf of the Senckenberg Natural History Society by Dr. Willy Kukenthal.

London: Zoological Society, 1937.. Two smudges to front wrap, ownership stamp on inside front wrap, text pages are uncut and un-opened, a tight, very good copy.. Pp. 140 + 1 full page photo-plate, 38 text-figures. Original printed blue wraps, lg 4to. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 23, part 3.

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1980. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xvii, 271; numerous tables. Original printed and pictorial orange stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 4to. This work provides a detailed guide with keys to the decapod crustaceans that move predominantly by swimming - the shrimps and pawns. Sixteen different families of shrimps and pawns are covered in this worldwide treatment. This is FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, volume 1. This volume is from the research library of ichthyologist Wayne N. Witzell with his circular blindstamp on the title page and abstract page.

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1980. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xvii, 271; numerous tables. Original printed and pictorial orange stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 4to. This work provides a detailed guide with keys to the decapod crustaceans that move predominantly by swimming - the shrimps and pawns. Sixteen different families of shrimps and pawns are covered in this worldwide treatment. This is FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, volume 1. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1972. First edition.. Bump to top outer corner of fascicle 1, light fold to rear wrapper of fascicle 1; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. x, 917; 19 full page black-and-white photo-plates or halftones, 471 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher’s original printed gray wrappers lettered in black on spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Part 1, volume 1, fascicle I and fascicle II. In English -- translated from the original German. Originally published in 1921/1923 in Berlin by Verlag von R. Friedlander and Sohn. From the series Zoologische Station zu Neapel. Former owner’s signatures on both front wrappers and on the title page of fascicle 1.

Los Angeles: University of South California, 1951. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. (2), 332; 63 plates (fine line drawings). Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Allan Hancock Foundation Publications, Occasional Paper no. 11. Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Single name stamp of the Reading Public Museum on the rear endpaper and small white call number on the spine, no signs of use.

Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1935. First edition. Top corner bumped at spine, wrappers a little soiled along spine with a few spots on the rear wraps, otherwise a very good copy with no ownership marks.. Pp. 79, 5 full page photo-plates with several images each. Original yellow printed wrappers, lg 4to. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume IX, no. 8.