Search Results: Authors starting with T from Natural History Books

Basel: Joh. Ludwig Konig und Johann Brandmyllern, 1687. Second enlarged edition, edited by Caspar and Jean Bauhin. First eleven leaves with professional repairs to margins with no text loss, final 47 leaves also with some professional repairs to margins (a few pages with slight text lost), a few small worm holes to several pages in the register, some general light browning to the text, a few page only with old marginal damp stains, some restoration to the outer joints of the original alum-tawed binding; aside from these minor points, this volume is in good to very good condition in the original 17th century binding - an impressive, quite beautiful, large tome.. Pp. (11), 1-663, (3), 665-1529, (97, register), with an engraved title, a second title printed in red and black, and 2472 woodcuts. Original full blind-tooled alum-tawed pig skin over wooden boards, spine with six raised bands and with red leather label in one compartment, with two brass clasps (expertly restored), lg folio (15.3" x… Read More

Tokyo: Yama-kei Publishers, 1987. First edition.. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 82, (2); 125 color photographs of mountain birds. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, decorated endpapers, in original clear vinyl dust jacket, oblong 8vo. The photographs are by the author. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Tokyo: Yama-kei Publishers, 1985. First edition.. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. 591; 700+ fine color photos, numerous fine color drawings. Publisher's original gray limp cloth-covered boards, lettered in silver, orange patterned endpapers, color pictorial dust jacket, square lg 8vo. An excellent well-illustrated survey of the wild birds of Japan. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Kyoto: Aotani Bunsei Do, 1925. Fourth printing.. Some wear to wrappers, small puncture mark in the front wrapper that extends into the blank endpapers, rear wrapper is lightly soiled, contents are clean; a good solid copy.. Pp. 45 leaves (un-numbered), each leaf with black-and-white reproduction of a scroll painting featuring birds in naturalistic settings. Original brown wrappers, with printed title label on the front cover, string-bound in Japanese-style (fukuro-toji), narrow folio (345 x 205 mm). From the research library of ornithologist Oliver L. Austin (past Director of the Austin Ornithological Research Center in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and past Curator of Ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History), though no ownership marks are present. Laid in at front are two pages of neatly printed text in the hand of Austin that provide the English common name of each bird.

Tokyo: Shogakukan Publishing Company, 1957. Later printing.. A near fine copy in a near fine slipcase.. Pp. (1), 127, (1); 400+ color illustrations on color 64 pages, numerous other black and white illustrations and photographs, some two-color illustrations. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover) with color illustrated endpapers, in matching color pictorial card slipcase, sm 4to. Picture Book Series for Children, no. 4. From the research library of ornithologist Oliver L. Austin (past Director of the Austin Ornithological Research Center in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and past Curator of Ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History), with his rectangular Japanese/English name-stamp seal on the front endpaper. The volume is warmly inscribed by Kuroda to Dr. O. L. Austin on front endpaper. Two-page typewritten letter from Kuroda, regarding his invitation to become co-author of the book, is laid in at the front.

Tokyo: Seibundo-Shinkosha, 1961. First edition.. Small bump to the bottom corner of the spine, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition in a slight rubbed but very good dust jacket and slipcase.. Pp. (2), 177, (1); 1 color frontispiece map, 600+ black-and-white photos and 4 color plates taken by the author. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in light blue in Japanese on the spine and front cover and blind-stamped in English on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, in cardboard slipcase with black paper title/author label, 4to (12 x 8.5 inches). The text is in English and in Japanese in parallel columns. The River Tama is the river that meanders along the runways of Tokyo Haneda Airport. The Lower Tama runs through the crowded houses and factories of two large cities, Tokyo and Kawasaki, and flows into Tokyo Bay. This volume describes the birdlife during their breeding season on the river beaches of the Lower Tama River. The dramatic photos taken by the author… Read More

Tokyo: Tokyokai, 1935. First edition. A tight and clean copy in fine condition in a near fine folding box.. Pp. 140; 65 full page halftone plates. Brown cloth-covered limp boards, lettered in gold-lined label on the front cover, sewn with silk cord on the right side, in blue cloth-covered folding hard slipcase with two bone clasps that close the box, oblong folio (7 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches). Text is Japanese. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Hong Kong: Orchid Press, 2003-2007. First edition. Fine (new) condition.. Pp. 103; 108; 108, 300+ fine color photos of orchids. Color pictorial boards (hardback), with color pictorial dust jacket, beautiful color pictorial endpapers, 4to (10.75 x 10.5 inches). Volume 1: Highlight Edition, Volume 2: A Poem of Wild Orchids and Volume 3: Shangri-La of Wild Orchids. A total of six volumes were planned in 2003 but only three have been published. Since five years have passed since volume 3 was published, it is doubtful any more will appear.

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2003. Reprint.. A near fine copy.. Pp. 111, frontispiece, 20 plates, 22 text-figures. Publisher’s printed pictorial blue laminated wrappers, lettered in black on the cover, lettered in white on spine, 8vo. This volume is a reprint of the 1942 volume on the ivory-billed woodpecker. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper.

Philadelphia: American Entomological Society, 1927. First edition. Slight edge wear to wrappers, the rear wrapper has a few stains and wrinkles to one corner, otherwise a very good copy.. Pp. 46, 14 full page plates. Original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 53, no. 900. Signature of entomologist N.D. Blackburn on the front wrapper.

London: Academic Press, 1975. Second printing.. Just a touch of edge to the cloth; a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xvi, 1-622; xiv, 623-1184; numerous maps, diagrams, geologic charts and photographs. Publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and stamped in blind on front cover, sm 4to. There are 87 chapters in this massive treatise divided into 11 parts - Paleomagnetic Review, Sea-floor Spreading Review, Paleontological Implications, Paleoclimate Implications, Economic Significance, Rift Margins and Continental Edge Structures, Rifts and Oceans, Paleogeographic Implications, Ancient Oceans, Continental Evolution, and Epilogue. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Paris: Société Mycologique de France, 2009. First edition.. Bump to top outer corner; a near fine copy.. Pp. 1-83; 27 color plates from watercolor paintings, 31 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original red and white printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France, tome 125, fascicules 1 et 2. The Agaricomycetes are a class of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. The taxon is roughly identical to that defined for the Homobasidiomycetes (alternatively called holobasidiomycetes) by Hibbett & Thorn (2001) with the inclusion of Auriculariales and Sebacinales. It includes not only mushroom-forming fungi, but also most species placed in the deprecated taxa Gasteromycetes and Homobasidiomycetes (from Wiki). No ownership marks.

New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1937. First edition.. Light sunning to the wrappers, light wear to spine, ink smear on page 372-373, a near fine copy.. Pp. 331-476, 12 text-figures. Publisher’s printed brown wrappers, lettered in black on the cover, handwritten title on the spine, 8vo. From the series: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 73, art. 4. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the front and back wrapper, titlepage, and last page.

New York: American Museum, 1935. First edition.. A fine copy.. Pp. 153. Original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 68, article 5. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1942. First edition.. Light sunning to wrappers, a near fine copy.. Pp. 221-297, 5 text-figures. Publisher’s printed brown wrappers, lettered in black on the cover, handwritten title on the spine, 8vo. From the series: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 80, art. 7. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the front wrapper.

New York: Macmillan, 1995. First edition.. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. 208; 143 color plates and maps. Pictorial black cloth lettered in gray on the spine with a photograph of a Neanderthal skull on front cover in gray. Color pictorial dust jacket, lettered in gray and black, lg 4to (11.75 x 9 inches). This is the hardcover first edition. Tattersall marshals the best available evidence to unravel the mysteries of the Neandertals - who they were, how they lived, how they succeeded for so long, and - the most intriguing question of all - what happened to them. Small signature of former owner on the half-title page. No other ownership marks and no signs of use.

Minneapolis, MN: Burgess Publishing Company, 1975. First edition. A near fine copy.. Pp. v, 32; 9 text-figures. Red pictorial wrappers, lettered in white, 8vo. In the series “Modules in Modern Physical Anthropology.” This module presents the arguments for and against Ramapithecus as an early human precursor. In the 1970s, the position Ramapithecus was much debated. These arguments centered on both morphological and biomolecular evidence. This module presents both sides of these arguments. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1973. First edition.. A fine, as new, copy.. Pp. 110; 38 text-figures (black-and-white photos, line-drawings, and maps). Original blue printed wrappers, lettered in black, sm 4to. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 52, part 1. The Archaeolemurinae is made up of Archaeolumur majori, A. edwardsi, and Hadropithecus stenognathus. These three species of Malagasy fossil lemurs converge on the body plan of large terrestrial Old-World monkeys. Archaeolumur appears to have been a browser similar to the common baboon, Papio while Hadropithecus represents a highly specialized grazer reminiscent of the gelada baboon, Theropithecus. Small name stamp of former owner on the front wrapper, no other ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. xii, 244; numerous line-drawings and stipple-drawings. Publisher’s original white cloth, letter in gold, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1967. First edition.. Small mar to rear wrapper; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 50; 5 text-figures, 8 full page black-and-white plates, 3 tables. Publisher's original blue printed wrappers, sm 4to. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 138, article 1. From the herpetological library of Richard M. Blaney with his name stamp on the front wrapper. No signs of use.