Search Results: Authors starting with U from Natural History Books

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. First edition. Slight edge wear to the leather of all three volumes, outer corners a bit worn on atlas, small black spot to rear calf of atlas volume; a bright and clean set in very good condition.. Pp. (text): viii, 379; 154 with 23 plates and other illustrations, 12 large folding maps and charts (many maps are in color); pp. (atlas): (4), with 46 full page photo-plates (many are large and folding panoramic plates with linen-backings). Text: publisher's original three-quarter dark brown morocco leather, spine lettered in gilt, over red marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers and page edges, lg 8vo; Atlas: publisher's original three quarter tan sheep leather with red and black morocco spine labels, over red marbled boards, oblong lg 8vo. All three volumes were issued by the 54th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Document 137, Part 1 - Text (in 2 volumes) and Part 2 - Atlas (in 1 volume). The atlas volume presents photos of several… Read More

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.

Helsinki: Suomen Sieniseuro, 1976. First edition.. Fine (new) copy.. Pp. 359; 371 text-figures (line-drawing and black-and-white photos). Pictorial stiff printed wrappers, 8vo. Entitled "The Great Mushroom Guide", this Finnish guide to mushroom describes more than 1000 species. This volume is from the private research collection of University of Michigan mycologist Alexander H. Smith. Long inscription to Nancy Smith Weber on the title page.

Perm, Russia: University of Perm, 1937. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (2), 1-165, (2); 21 text-figures (photos and charts), 4 very large foldout geological charts. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in silver on the front cover, original green marbled endpapers, lg 8vo. This work contains 4 papers documented the 4 excursions taken on this International Geological Congress. The papers are in Russian but each has an extensive English summary. The Russian authors of these papers are respectively: K. V. Babkov; A. S. Korobova; Ivan B. Borozdenko and Nina N. Borozdenko; and F. I. Sedyakin. Bookplate and signature of paleontologist Arthur K. Miller on the front endpaper.

Unknown, Undated.. Edge-wear to page edges, small tear, old masking tape on text side, in good condition.. Antique painting with Urdu text on reverse, unsigned and undated, approximately 7 inches by 10.75 inches. The title of the text translates to "List of Penal Code of India Tradition Wise".

Unknown, Undated.. Fine watercolor in a fine wooden frame.. Framed watercolor on paper, frame is 16.5 inches by 20.5 inches; images is 11.75 inches by 17 inches. Signature in Japanese, undated. This beautiful watercolor painting depicts a roaring tiger.

Unknown. Some discoloration to silk that does not affect image, discoloration is from flecks of paint and is a byproduct of painting; a fine as new original image.. Oil painting on semi-transparent white silk, unsigned and undated, image is 5.75 inches wide and 7 inches long, silk is 7 inches wide by 8.5 inches long. The Greenland Falcon is also known as the gyrfalcon or gerfalcon and breeds on Arctic coasts.

Recent reprint of 1975 poster. Near fine copy.. Recent reprinted poster, 20.5 x 30.5 inches. Chairman Mao reviews the Cultural Revolution Army in 1968. #0124-001M

Chicago: Regensteiner Colortype Co., 1913.. Light wear to the edges and spine of wrappers, spot to the top right corner; overall the brochure are in very good condition.. Pp. 24 unnumbered pages with color illustrations of locations in the New York Zoological Park. Publisher's printed illustrated wrappers, 10 3/4 by 8 3/4 inches. Vintage souvenir brochure of New York.

Excelsior, MN: Serpent's Tale, 1994. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 140; some charts and graphs. Original color pictorial wrappers, velo-bound at spine, 4to. Presents introductory comments and 18 chapters by noted authorities in the field. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1966. First edition.. Small bump to bottom outer corner; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 52; 6 text-figures, 12 tables. Publisher's original blue printed wrappers, sm 4to. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 132, article 5. From the herpetological library of Edmond v. Malnate with his name neatly printed on the front wrapper. No signs of use.