Search Results: Authors starting with E from Natural History Books

New York: Academy of Sciences, 1962. First edition.. Top outer rear corner with small bump, a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 181-514; some text-figures (black-and-white photos, line drawings, graphs). Original tan stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 8vo. From the series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, volume 102, article 2. This series of papers is the result of a conference on The Relatives of Man: Modern Studies of the Relation of the Evolution of Nonhuman Primates to Human Evolution held by the New York Academy of Sciences on April 27 and 28, 1962. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Canberra: Australian National University, 1963-1969. First edition.. Light edge wear; a very good set.. Pp. 325 (approx.). Publisher's original printed wrappers, sm 4to. The contents include: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Newsletter Volume 1: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 (1963-1964); Volume 2: Nos.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 (1965-1969) + Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Bibliography, Series A: Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 (1963-1965). From the library of Professor Douglas Osborne with his signature on some parts.

Tokyo: Real Estate Institute, 1998. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 160; 300+ fine color photos, color diagrams and color distribution maps. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. This volume presents superb color photographs of the chameleons of the world with emphasis on breeding and care. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Text in Japanese with Latin names used throughout.

Tokyo: Real Estate Institute, 1999. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 176; 400+ fine color photos and color diagrams. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. This volume presents superb color photographs of the snakes of the Americas with emphasis on breeding and care. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Text in Japanese with Latin names used throughout.

Tokyo: Real Estate Institute, 2000. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 192; 250+ fine color photos and color diagrams. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. This volume presents superb color photographs of the geckos of the world with emphasis on breeding and care. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Text in Japanese with Latin names used throughout.

Beppu-City, Oita: Zen Nippon Airinkai, 1983. First edition.. A fine (new) copy in a near fine card slipcase.. Pp. 534; 1611 individual color photographs of Nishikigoi, 100+ color photographs of people who raised the winning Nishikigoi and color photos of 18th Zen Nippon Airinkai Nishikigoi Show. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gold on the spine, in the original printed card slipcase, 4to (12 x 8.5 inches). This work presents the color photographs of all prize-winning koi of the Imabari Show as well all prize-winning koi of the Hiroshima Show. The title of the volume "Book of Great Nishikigoi" originated in Takeo Kuroki's naming of all the prize koi in the All Japan Nishikigoi Show as the 'greatest Nishikigoi'. The Kokugyo Prize Koi is the term generally used for the koi that win prizes at the shows of the All Nippon Nishikigoi Promoter's Association. The Grand Champion of All is called the Greatest Nishikigoi, while the best koi of each size are… Read More

Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1946. Second edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 381; 223 text-figures (black-and-white photos, halftones, line-drawings). Publisher's original dark green cloth cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover and with gilt sea anemone on the front cover, 8vo. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication no. 22. Provides a complete review of the aquatic invertebrates and fishes found in the reefs and shorelines of Hawaii. From the library of painter Sousou Lutero with his name and address written in red ink on the front endpaper and his neatly printed name on the outer page edges.

Okinawa, Japan: Gusukube Town Board of Education, 1990. First edition.. A very good copy.. Pp. 40; numerous color photos, black-and-white photos, maps. Pictorial blue stiff wrappers, lettered in white, sm 4to. This small study documents an excavation yielding shell adzes on Miyako island in the south Ryukyu island chain. The text is entirely in English. No ownership marks. Rare work.

London: Printed for the Author, 1758-1764. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Hand-colored lithographic plate, 9 inches wide and 11.75 inches long. From G. Edwards, A Gleaning of Natural History, Part 3, plate 347, 1758-1764. The red-breasted green creeper is from the cape of Good Hope. The Spotted Green Creeper is from the West Indies.

London: Printed for the Author, 1758-1764. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Hand-colored lithographic plate, 9 inches wide and 11.75 inches long. From G. Edwards, A Gleaning of Natural History, Part 2, plate 291, 1758-1764. Both of the birds are from the Iberian Peninsula.

London: Printed for the Author, 1758-1764. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Hand-colored lithographic plate, 9 inches wide and 11.75 inches long. From G. Edwards, A Gleaning of Natural History, Part 1, plate 245, 1758-1764. The king-fisher was drawn from a specimen from the collection of Duke of Richmond. The lizard is from the West Indies.

London: Printed for the Author, 1750.. Oval shaped discoloration over plate from previously being framed; a near fine copy.. Hand-colored lithographic plate, 9 inches wide and 11.75 inches long. From G. Edwards, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, part III, plate 108, 1750. Edwards describes the bird as being from Bengali in the East Indies and was part of a rarities collection sent to Dr. Mead in 1748. Edwards believed that this hawk had been trained for hunting.

London: Printed for the Author, 1758-1764. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Hand-colored lithographic plate, 9 inches wide and 11.75 inches long. From G. Edwards, A Gleaning of Natural History, Part 2, plate 264, 1758-1764. Edwards believed that the Black and Blue Creeper was also described as the Guira Coereba of Markgrave, History of Brazil and Willughby’s Ornithology. The Hoopoe Hen is from America.

London: Printed for the Author, 1758-1764. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Hand-colored lithographic plate, 9 inches wide and 11.75 inches long. From G. Edwards, A Gleaning of Natural History, Part 3, plate 358, 1758-1764. The top bird is puffin, Anas arctica now Fratercula arctica. The bottom bird is the razor-bill or auk, Alca hoieri now Alca torda.

Bruxelles: Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 1935. First edition. Slight sunning to the spine and outer margins of the wrappers, otherwise the wrappers are complete and unworn with few signs of use, the text is bright and clean with the pages uncut and unopened; a near fine copy.. Pp. 126, (1), 13 fold-out photographic plates, each with descriptive text + pp. 97, (1), 6 fold-out photographic plates, each with descriptive text. Original printed wrappers, lg 4to (32 x 25.5 cm). Memoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, no. 64 + no. 71. A detailed monograph on the Pleistocene bears of Belgium. The author was professor of paleobiology at the University of Vienna. Front wrappers stamped "Discarded, 6-58," no other ownership marks.

Stanford, CA: Microentomology, Division of Systematic Biology, 1962. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 89; 316 text-figures (all fine line-drawings). Original printed white wrappers, lg 8vo. From the journal series: Microentomology, volume 25, number. 1. This work is a detailed anatomical study of the head muscles of butterflies in the Papilionoidea. No ownership marks except for a date (7-31-62) and code number at the top of the front wrapper; there are no internal markings of any kind.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1925. First edition. Spine cloth is a little darkened but the gilt title is fully readable, printed wrapper a little browned, the text and plates are bright and clean; a very good copy.. Pp. 87 + 27 full-page plates. Early brown cloth (original printed red wrapper bound in), 4to. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series vol. XXII, part 5. Inscribed by Eigenmann on the front wrapper.

Burleigh, BC, Australia: ABK/Reptile Publications, 2012. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 151; 300+ color photographs. Original color pictorial wrappers (softcover), lg 8vo. This work provides detailed information on all aspects of captive husbandry, including individual chapters on 22 of the most-commonly kept Australian frogs. General management information includes pet qualities, social behavior and habits, selection, handling, transportation, and housing. Also included is a comprehensive health and disease chapter. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Bangkok: Amarin Book Center, 2002. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 407, 46 full page color plates featuring numerous individual color photos of beetles. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. Provides detailed descriptions of 509 species of beetles found in Thailand. Features superb color photos of all species. Presents color-coded keys to each family and subfamily. This is volume 1 in the series 'Fascinated Insects.' No ownership marks and no signs of use.

North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, 2007. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. ix, 272, (1, ad); 350+ fine color photographs of fancy poultry breeds. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to (10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches). This definitive guide to North American barnyard and wild fowl includes a brief history of each breed, detailed descriptions of identifying characteristics, and colorful photography that celebrates the birds' quirky personalities and charming good looks. The volume covers 128 different breeds of poultry. No ownership marks and no signs of use.