Search Results: Authors starting with O from Natural History Books

Chicago: Aldine Publishing, 1964. First edition.. A near fine copy in a complete very good dust jacket.. Pp. x, 355; 83 text-figures (maps and line-drawings), 16 tables. Publisher’s original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, white and green dust jacket lettered in black, 8vo. This volume is the first to present both archaeological and geological dating of human fossil remains in a single source. From the research collection of William L. Straus, Jr., a physical anthropologist; born in Baltimore, MD and who taught at Johns Hopkins (1927–66), where he made detailed anatomical and neuromuscular studies of apes and monkeys. Original addenda and corrigenda are tipped in on the front endpaper.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition.. A slight bit of sunning to the upper border of the front and rear covers; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xii, 319; 26 full page black-and-white photo plates, 56 line-drawings of artifacts (many are full page), 2 folding tables, 1 folding map. Publisher's original fine weave brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, sm 4to. Based on the author's expedition to Uganda from 1935 to 1937 and based on the work of E. J. Wayland, Director of the Uganda Geological Survey from 1920 to 1934. With a Chapter on the Pleistocene Succession by J. D. Solomon, and an Appendix on the Mammalian Fossils by A. Tindell Hopwood. From the library of Dutch paleontologist D. A. Hooijer with his custom book plate on the front endpaper. No signs of use.

Koishikawa, Japan: Tokyo University of Literature and Science, 1933. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (2), 145-153, (2); 1 full page color-tinted map. Original printed brown wrappers enclosed in later light brown plain wrappers, sm 4to. Science Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, section B, volume 1, no. 13. Front printed wrapper is stamped "with the compliments of Yaichiro Okada." No ownership marks and almost no signs of use.

Nishigahara, Tokyo, Japan: Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931. First edition.. The green cloth binding shows some minor edge wear, the contents are very bright and clean; a near fine copy.. Pp. (2), 215; 29 full page plates (17 plates in color of frogs, 4 plates in black-and-white photos of tadpoles, 8 plates of anatomical line-drawings of frogs), 97 text-figures (mostly line-drawings). Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, with the original printed pale-green wrappers bound in place, lg 4to (12 x 9 inches). This fine Japanese monograph was first published in the Japanese language in 1930 under the title "Monograph of Japanese Tailless Batrachians." In 1931 Okada published the English version of the monograph, offered here, under a slightly different title "The Tailless Batrachians of the Japanese Empire." As this English edition was published for the foreign community, it is interesting to note that the term "Japanese Empire" was used. In… Read More

Tokyo: Tokyo University of Literature and Science, 1933. First edition.. Light browning to the title page of each work; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 159-173, 9 text-figures (photos) + pp. 646-647 + pp. 433-435. Early plain brown wrappers, lg 8vo. Science Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, section B, volume 1, no. 15 + Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, volume 9, no. 12 + Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, volume 9, no. 8. Three early papers by Yaichiro Okada are offered here. All three papers are in English. Two papers are stamped on the title page: "with the compliments of Yaichiro Okada." No ownership marks.

Nishigahara, Tokyo, Japan: Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931. First edition.. The green cloth binding is in as new condition, the contents are very bright and clean, a near fine copy.. Pp. (2), 215; 29 full page plates (17 plates in color of frogs, 4 plates in black-and-white photos of tadpoles, 8 plates of anatomical line-drawings of frogs), 97 text-figures (mostly line-drawings). Later dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, dark green endpapers, lg 4to (12 x 9 inches). This classic Japanese monograph was first published in the Japanese language in 1930 under the title “Monograph of Japanese Tailless Batrachians.” In 1931 Okada published the English version of the monograph, offered here, under a slightly different title “The Tailless Batrachians of the Japanese Empire.” As this English edition was published for the foreign community, it is interesting to note that the term “Japanese Empire” was used. In 1931, the Japanese Empire included… Read More

Tokyo: Waseda University, 1935. First edition.. A bright, clean copy in almost fine condition (this is the best copy we have handled of this title).. Pp. 47, 7 color plates from paintings by Shiro Suzuki, 9 text-figures + pp. 76, 10 color plates from paintings by Shiro Suzuki, 22 text-figures. Publisher’s original patterned brown card-covers, (the printed pale green wrappers are bound in place), lg 8vo. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo under the leadership of Shigeyasu Tokunaga, June-October 1933. Manchoukuo was the portion of northeastern China under Japanese control in the 1930's. The beautiful color plates by S. Suzuki all have their tissue guards. From the research collection of Illinois State University herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. No other ownership marks. Rare work seldom offered.

Tokyo: Taisyukan, 1982. First edition.. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. (4), 285, (2); 5 color plates, 1 plain plate, some text-figures. Decorated pictorial stiff wrappers, 8vo. The text is in both English and Japanese. The book is divided into chapters based on different common names of birds. No ownership marks.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1994. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. xv, 237, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, red and green pictorial dustjacket, lg 8vo. The volume examines 48 species of amphibians and reptiles native to Minnesota. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Neat underlining pages 82, 83, 84, 196, 197.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1948. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 123, 4 halftone plates, 13 text-figures (line drawings and maps). Original printed blue wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin American Museum Natural History, volume 92, article 4. Documents a genus of arboreal and semi-arboreal colubrine snakes of the Old and New Worlds now included in the genus Leptophis. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

London: Academic Press, 1994. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. viii, 328; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings, maps and plan-views. Publisher's original blue printed stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. Adapted from the Journal of Human Evolution, volume 27, Nos 1-3, 1994. Most of the contributions in this work evolved from papers presented at the Early Hominid Behavioural Ecology symposium held at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Toronto in 1993. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Wellington, New Zealand: Dominion Museum, 1949. First edition.. Light sunning and rubbing to wrappers, a near fine copy.. Pp.206, 143 text-figures. Publisher’s textured beige stiff wrappers, lettered in black on cover and spine, lg 8vo. From the series: Dominion Museum Bulletin No. 15. This volume is based on the examination of the moa bones housed at Dominion Museum. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the titlepage.

Sao Paulo, Brasil: Secretaria de Agricultura, 1964. First edition.. Light edge wear to cloth at the head and foot of the spine, light browning to the outer edges of the white cloth boards; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xiv, 181, 24 full page color plates, numerous detailed text-figure and halftones, some in full page format. Publisher's original one-quarter green cloth, lettered in white on the spine, over white-cloth covered boards, lettered in black, folio. The text is in Portuguese. A detailed monographic study of the birds of Brazil detailing the families Rheidae and Cuculidae. No other subsequent volumes were ever published. From the library of Ralph Lima with his circular blind stamp on the title page.

Paris: Ecole franc?aise d'Extre?me-Orient, 1968. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (ii), 430; 55 text-figures and photos, numerous tables. Contemporary dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. From the series: Publications hors se?rie de l'Ecole franc?aise d'Extre?me Orient. This monograph documents the Cambodian (Khmer) people from the prehistoric and modern demographic perspectives. In addition, the anthropometry of modern Khmer populations is presented. The monograph ends by comparing the Khmer with other peoples living in Southeast Asia and southern China. Same red ink name stamp of White Lotus Books on the first endpaper. No ownership marks and almost no signs of use. Uncommon title.

Hoganas, Sweden: Bra Bocker, 1987. First edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. 256; 400 color photos and other illustrations. Publisher's original bright yellow cloth, lettered in dark green on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 4to. This provides a biography of the life and work of Jonas Gustaf Emil Wahlstrom, the animal expert and director of the Skansen Aquarium founded by him in 1978. Contains fantastic color photos of numerous rare mammal and reptile species. The text is in Swedish. Inscribed by "Helene" on the half title.

Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1988. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 39; 13 text-figures (line-drawings and black-and-white photos). Original pale blue printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 140, no. 2. The author has stamped his name in Chinese on the title page after his printed name. No signs of use.

Olympia, WA: Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, 1997. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. x, 134, numerous text-figure, 40 color photographs, color photograph frontispiece. Publisher’s white and light blue laminated printed pictorial wrappers, 8vo. From the series Northwest Fauna Number 4. This volume provides a standardized survey methodologies for pond-breeding amphibians. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the titlepage.

Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1722. First edition in English.. Light foxing to the front endpapers and to the half-title; a tight, bright and clean copy in near fine condition in a very attractive early binding.. Pp. (8), 232, (7, list of subscribers); engraved title vignette. Early brown half-calf leather, spine with five raised bands, title is lettered in gilt on a red morocco label in one compartment, gilt armorial vignette in another compartment, over gray marbled boards, 8vo. This work was written by the Greek scholar Oppianus (Oppian) who lived in the second century A.D. Casey Wood (p. 500) notes that the first time it appeared in published form was in 1478 in the Italian city-state of Florence. A second edition was published in 1508. The volume offered here is the first edition in English that was translated directly from the original Greek. Casey Wood (pg. 500) observes: "The labor of translating this Greco-Roman author was divided between Mr. Diaper (Pt. 1, Books I and II) and… Read More

Buffalo: NY: Firefly Books, 2001. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine (new) condition in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. xi, 308; 300+ color photographs and other illustrations. Publisher's original green boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. This beautifully produced volume contains ten chapters - Chapter 1: The Essential Turtle, Chapter 2: Turtles in Time, Chapter 3: Turtles Around the World I: Side-necks and Hidden Necks, Chapter 4: Turtles Around the World II: Terrapins and Tortoises, chapter 5: Under the Hood, Chapter 6: Life as a Turtle, Chapter 7: Twixt Plated Decks, Chapter 8: The Endless Journey, Chapter 9: Peril on Land, and Chapter 10: Peril at Sea. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Cambridge, MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1924. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine (new) condition.. Pp. 27. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the front cover, top page edge is gilt, sm 4to. This work presents the program and speeches given at the 50th anniversary of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Laid in at the rear is a small printed pamphlet in pale green wrappers that lists the bylaws of the club and provides the name and address of the club's resident members up to 1948. Signature of ornithologist Earle Amos Brooks on the front attached endpapers. The name of Rev. Earle Amos Brooks is listed in the pamphlet as a resident member.