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Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2001. 608pp. photos. Drawing on letters, journals and recollections of colleagues, this biography covers the eminent geologist and paleontologist's years as secretary of the Smithsonian (1907-1927). Bibliography, index. Published at $55.00.. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo..

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. In original publisher's shrinkwrap. Photos, map, index.380 pages. Recounts the author's years of research on insect ecology in the Sarapiqui Valley of Costa Rica, in particular, studying the natural history of the Morpho butterfly, mountainside butterfly roosts, cicadas and other forest insects, pharmacological butterflies and orchid bees. . Cloth. New/New. 8vo..

New York: Scribners, 1951. 184 pages. Color frontis,. ills. Tales of country life, hunting and fishing in Perthshire, Scotland, illustrated with many black-and-white drawings. Clean, tight copy with unfaded cover. Light foxing on first four pages. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Young, Mary. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.