Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Natural History Books

Tokyo: Fukuon Publishing House, 1981. Second printing.. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 60, (4); 75 fine color illustrations of perching birds. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), sm 4to (10.5 x 7.25 inches). The first printing was published in 1978. From the library of Dorothy Hartshorne with her bookplate on the front endpaper.

Calcutta: Geological Survey of India, 1980. First edition.. Some soiling and wear to the wrappers, top outer corner of the first several pages with small folds; a good solid copy.. Pp. (6), 22, (2); 6 full page photo-plates, 10 text-figures. Publisher's original light yellow printed wrappers, lg 4to. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, new series, volume 45. Circular library stamp on front wrapper and a few pages inside, no other ownership marks.

Tokyo: Tokai University Press, 1997. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine (new) condition in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. xv, 201; numerous black-and-white and color photographs, some line-drawings, cladograms and other illustrations. Publisher's original pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. Presents 21 chapters by noted authorities in the field on all aspects of the megamouth shark. This study is based primarily on a female megamouth shark caught in Fukuoka, Japan in November 29, 1994; the research for this volume took place at Marine World unimo-nakamichi in Japan. This particular copy is a review copy sent by the Director of Marine World unimo-nakamichi, Seiiciro Wakisaka and the editorial board; a letter from Wakisaka is laid in at the front. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

London: John Van Voorst, 1841. Second edition.. Some foxing to the original gray boards, there is an old wrinkle to the top inner corner of front free endpaper in volume 2, light foxing to the endpapers only, the text is very bright and clean; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xlviii, (i); 464; pp. (iv), 628; with 500 wood-engravings. Contemporary one-half brown calf leather over the original publisher's gray boards, spine with five raised bands with red morocco title label lettered in gilt in one compartment, the volume number is gilt-stamped in another compartment, the remaining four compartments are decorated in blind in floral designs, speckled page edges, 8vo. A very important work by William Yarrell on the natural history of British fishes, freshwater and marine. There are an additional 100 illustrations in this second edition. According to Westwood & Satchell, Bibliotheca Piscatoria, pp. 243-4, this set is "Indispensable." Signature of W Villiens Fowke on the… Read More

London: John Van Voorst, 1859. Third edition.. A touch of foxing to the blank endpapers at the front and rear of each volume, there is a very small bump affecting the bottom outer corner of the frontis matter of volume 1 only; a very attractively bound set in near fine condition.. Pp. xxxviii, (i); 675; pp. (ii), 670; with 522 wood-engravings. Publisher's original one-half dark brown calf leather over reddish tan boards set off by gilt border lines, spine with five raised bands decorated in gilt and with gilt lettering in two compartment and elaborate gilt floral decorations in the other four compartments, all page edged marbled, and with matching marbled endpapers, lg 8vo. A valuable work on the natural history of British fishes, freshwater and marine covering 260 species. This is the third and final edition published after the death of William Yarnell. This third edition was edited by Sir John Richardson who also provided a memoir of the Yarnell. According to Westwood & Satchell,… Read More

Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1990. Second printing.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xi, 275, black-and-white photos and maps (un-numbered). Publisher's pictorial wine-red wrappers, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. The Shan are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia; they live primarily in the Shan State of Burma (Myanmar), but also inhabit parts of the Mandalay Region, Kachin State, and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China, Laos and Thailand. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Chengdu, China: Sichuan Publishing Houses of Science and Technology, 1993. First edition.. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. . Pp. (4), 412; 155 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original gray blind-stamped cloth, blind-stamped and lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, two color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Text in Chinese with Latin names used throughout.

Kunming, China: Yunnan Science and Technology Press, 1987. First edition.. Bump to bottom inner corner, some edgewear to wrappers; a clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. (10), 407; 176 text-figures (line-drawings), 1 color drawing of the face of Rhinopithecus, 14 black-and-white photos. Color pictorial green wrappers lettered in white, sm 4to. A detailed monograph of the anatomy of the genus Rhinopithecus. The text is in Chinese with some parts in English or Latin. Additional offprint entitled: "New Progress of Studies on Rhinopithecus bieti" by Ye Zhizhang with 16 color photos is laid in at rear. No ownership marks. Rare work seldom offered.

Singapore: Times Books, 1996. Revised edition.. A near fine copy. . Pp. 207; some black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 8vo. No ownership marks.

Tokyo: Tokai University Press, 1979. First edition.. A fine (as new) copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. 103, (1); numerous color photos and color distribution maps, 10 monochrome distribution maps at the end. Publisher's original blue cloth (textured as simulated leather) with color pictorial endpapers, in a color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. Text in Japanese with English common bird names and Latin names used throughout. Bookplate of Dorothy Hartshorne on the front endpaper.

Peking: Geological Survey of China, 1935. First edition.. Light edge wear to the paper on the spine, small marginal chips missing from the bottom corner of the front wear wrapper, the text is bright and clean; a near fine copy.. Pp. 57, (2); 7 full page black-and-white plates each with a descriptive leaf of text, 13 text-figures. Original printed olive green wrappers, 4to. This monograph describes large and small mammalian fossils from Shansi and Honan in northern China including Stegodon, Mastodon, Gazella, Machairodus, Caprolagus, Canis and Bison. From the series: Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C, Volume 9, Fascicle 2. The text is entirely in English. Small name stamps of U.C. Berkeley paleoanthropologist Theodore McCown and his wife, Elizabeth McCown on the title page.

Peiping (Peking): Geological Survey of China, 1935. First edition.. Wrappers with slight wear along the spine and some sunning, small marginal tear to bottom edge of front wrapper neatly repaired; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 34, (3); 3 full page photo-plates, each with descriptive leaf of text, 18 text-figures. Original printed gray wrappers, 4to. Palaeontologia Sinica, series C, volume XI, fascicle 1. This is the first description of Pinacosaurus ("the plank lizard"), a new genus of medium-sized ankylosaur dinosaurs that lived from the late Santonian to the late Campanian stages of the late Cretaceous Period (roughly 80-75 million years ago), in Mongolia and China. This type specimen is from Ningxia (Ninghsia), China. Pinacosaurus had between two and five additional holes near each nostril, the function of which is not well understood. Pinacosaurus was a lightly built, medium-sized ankylosaur that reached a length of 5 meters (about 16 feet). Like all… Read More

Beijing: Academia Sinica, 1982. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. iii (i), 1-219; 16 black-and-white photo plates, some text-figures (line-drawings). Original tan printed boards, lettered in black, with one-quarter cloth on the spine, sm 4to. This volume presents the principal publications of the vertebrate paleontologist, C. C. Young who lived from 1897 to 1979. This volume is from the research collection of Dutch vertebrate paleontologist D. A. Hooijer with his bookplate on the front endpaper and his signature on the title page. No other ownership marks.

Beijing: Science Press, 1988. First edition.. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. (4), 379; 87 full page plates (2 plates in color), 114 text-figures and geological charts (1 is folding biostratigraphic chart). Original printed blue wrappers, boldly lettered in gilt on the front cover and in white on the spine, sm 4to. This volumes provides a fully-illustrated systematic descriptive of 14 fossil groups including including conodonts, foraminifers, algae, corals, blastoids, bryozoans, trilobites, ostracods, brachiopods, ammonoids, gastropods and bivalues. Coverage also includes sea cucumbers (holothuroids) and fish scales found in the Nanbiancun. The text is entirely in English. From the research library of paleontologist Brian F. Glenister with his signature on the front endpaper. Signed letter from the author to Glenister is laid in at front.

Lochem, Netherlands: Antiquariaat Junk, 1972. Reprint.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. (8), 1-100, 1-40; 94 text-figures (some full-page halftones of fishes, numerous line-drawings of fishes and fish anatomy). Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. The Sciaenidae are a family of fish commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make (from Wiki). The text is mostly in Chinese but there is a 20 page summary at the end in English. Captions to figures are in both Chinese and English with Latin names used throughout the volume. This fine reprint by Antiquariaat Junk is in their series "Monographs of Fishes of China." No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Koriyama City, Fukushima: Nihon Yacho no kai (privately printed), 1953. First edition.. This work shows few signs of use. One corner of rear wrapper is missing that extends to the paper at the top of the spine, the text block shows light marginal browning to the outer margins only; overall of good solid copy of a very rare work.. Pp. (6), 402, (1); frontispiece photo of editor, a few black-and-white text-photos. Original printed tan wrappers, lettered in red on the front cover, sm 8vo (7 x 5.25 inches). This work dedicated to the Emperor of Japan; it was not offered for commercial sale. An early review of the birds of Fukushima Prefecture. It is not known how many species of birds survived the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster that began on March 11, 2011. As this study was written in 1955, it could serve as a benchmark for comparison with the bird species that still remain in Fukushima Prefecture. The text is entirely in Japanese. From the research library of ornithologist Oliver L.… Read More