Search Results: Titles starting with B from Natural History Books

Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1968. No ownership marks, a fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 1063. Publisher's forest green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, original brown paper dust jacket, lg 4to. Original prospectus from publisher is laid in at front. This work presents a compendium of some 12,000 titles comprising the world's periodical literature important to the plant sciences.

Zurich: Fretz Freres S.A., 1928.. Some old cello tape at the bottom of the spine, a clean, very good copy.. Pp. x, 453, 32 plates, 13 text-figures and a folding colored map. Original pink printed wrappers, 8vo. From the series: Materiaux pour la Flore Cryptogamique Suisse, vol. VI, fasc. 2.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. First edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. xiv, 242; 65 black-and-white photos and graphs, genealogy diagrams and graphs in the appendices. Publisher's original orange cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition of this classic work in primatology. In Baboon Mothers and Infants, the author applies her uniquely sophisticated techniques to the mother-infant relationship, its demography and ecology, within the natural setting. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper dated June 1981. No other ownership marks and few signs of use.

Monaco: Musée Océanographique, 1991. First edition. Fine copy.. Pp. 32 text leaves (13 are full page half-tone plates of dolphins and whales, 1 is double page, some are color-tinted), 19 smaller half-tones and text-figures (1 in color). Printed purple portfolio, folio. Presents the whales and dolphins that inhabit the Mediterranean sea.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1994. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 48; 50+ color photographs. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. A detailed guide to raising and breeding of Ball Pythons. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, 1980. First edition.. Slight rubbing to the edges of the wrappers, a clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 228; black-and-white photos and graphs. Original yellow printed stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. Presents a report on the country by country on bamboo in Bangladesh, India, Japan, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia as well as papers on the taxonomy, anatomy, and cultivation of bamboo. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1992. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. xi, 88, 24 color plates, 30 black and white photographs, 1 text-figures. Publisher’s white pictorial laminated board, lettered in black and maroon on cover and spine, map endpapers, sm 8vo. From the series: Images of Asia. This volume discusses the role and uses of bamboo and rattan in South-East Asian cultures. No ownership marks.

Hindhead, Surrey, UK: Saiga Publishing Co., 1982. Reprint.. Small bump to one outer corner; a bright and clean copy in fine condition is a fine dust jacket.. Pp. 116; frontispiece portrait of author, 12 black-and-white plates of bantams (line-drawings by J. W. Ludlow), 12 text-figures. Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 4to (12 x 8 1/2 inches). The author, William Entwisle, was probably the most important figure ever involved in the Poultry Fancy. He was responsible for introducing many new bantams taking the large fowl which existed and then, by "scientific breeding" he bantamised them. He also established a standard for each breed therefore laying the foundation for the modern day Poultry Club Standards (from the dust jacket flap). This is the "Poultry Classic Reprint" of the original work that was published in 1894. The illustrations are by J. W. Ludlow, one of the outstanding poultry artists of the… Read More

Ashton, MD: Eric Lundberg, 1963. Reprint.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 525; 86 full page plates (line-drawings and halftones), 119 text-figures. Publisher's original dark gray cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. This is a high quality reprint of one of Cope's most well-known herpetological works. This work, which is very scarce, was first published in 1889 in as United States National Museum, Bulletin no. 34. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Philadelphia: privately printed, 1875. Limited edition.. Light marginal browning to the some tissue guards protecting the six lithographed plates, endpapers renewed, light edge wear to leather corners, some rubbing to cloth along the bottom of the rear cover; overall a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (2), 93-187, (1, explanation of plates); 6 full page black-and-white lithographed plates. Original one-half black leather over black cloth-covered boards, front cover with gilt border decorations and with black leather title/author label outlined by gilt decorations, sm folio (13 x 10 inches; 33.5 x 23.5 cm). This is the very rare privately printed first edition that was limited to 50 copies only. In this work, Cope describes 37 new species and 5 new genera of reptiles and amphibians from Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Peru. In 1877 this same work was re-published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences. The monograph contains four separate papers by Cope -- Article 4: On… Read More

Ashton, Maryland: Eric Lundberg, 1963. Reprint.. Light sunning and wear to spine, a near fine copy.. Pp. 525, 120 text-figures, 86 plates. Publisher’s black cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, 8vo. This volume is a reprint of United States National Museum Bulletin No. 34 originally published in 1889. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on front endpaper and his name stamp on front endpapers, rear endpapers, titlepage, and page edges. Neat underlining on pages 5, 250, 331-342, 344-348, 367, 368, 373-377, 394-405, 465, 467, 468, and 511 with occasional marginal notes.

Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 1959. First edition.. Tiny bump to top outer corner; a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xi, 235; 169 text-figures (black-and-white x-ray photos of limb bones, kinetic diagrams of limbs in motion, and anatomical diagrams). Publisher's original printed blue stiff-wrappers, sm 4to. A mathematical analysis of locomotion in mammals. No ownership marks.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. First edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dustjacket.. Pp. xiv, 409, numerous color and black and white illustrations. Publisher’s brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine, pictorial dustjacket, 4to. This book details the voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle from primary sources including Darwin’s diary, letters, and watercolors made by Conrad Martens. Embossed stamp of Jack A. Ward on the dedication page. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. First edition, second printing.. A near fine copy.. Pp. viii, 557, 1 black and white plate, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s black cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, green and blue dustjacket lettered in white, 8vo. This classic book is an early interdisciplinary analysis merging psychology and evolutionary biology to examine behavior. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper.

Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1973. First edition.. A fine (new) copy in a fine jacket.. Pp. 303; frontispiece photo-plate, numerous black-and-white photos, graphs and diagrams. Publisher's original light orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine, black-and-white pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Presents 18 chapters by notable authorities in the field from Japan and the USA. The topics covered include: theoretical contributions, dynamics of primate colonies, grooming, ontogenetic development, maternal regulation of infant behavior, and communicative and adaptive behavior. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: Academic Press, 1965-1971. First edition.. A few pages with minor yellow highlights in volume 1 only, a few pages at the rear of volume 2 damp-wrinkled - otherwise, the cloth, text, and dust jackets (on volumes 3-4) are bright and clean; a tight copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xv, 286, 33; xv, 287-595, 33; xv, 206; xv, 239; some charts and black-and-white photos. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, two-color pictorial dust jackets (on volumes 3-4), endpaper charts of primate classification, 8vo. Contains 32 chapters by notable authorities in the field of primate behavior. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. x, (1), 257; some text-figures and diagrams. Original dark red pictorial stiff wrappers, 8vo (8.8 x 5.9 inches). The purpose of this book is to elucidate the general principles underlying animal aggression. Aggressive encounters occur even in very simple organisms, and are at the roots of human conflict. A general framework is provided by dividing forms of aggression according to their function - protection of the individual, offspring defense and competition. Within each functional group, the principles underlying the variety of aggressive behavior in different species, the sexes and different life-cycle stages, are considered, and this is followed by a discussion of the mechanisms through which animals achieve the various functional ends. Aggression is viewed as one possible solution to a recurrent set of problems animals encounter in their natural environments. In any one case, the control and form of… Read More

Halle, Germany: H.W. Schmidt, 1867. First edition.. Small bumps to two outer corners before binding was put on, front wrapper (bound in at rear) is a little soiled and with one small stain, last two color plates show some old soiling along the bottom margin with no effect to the color images, text is bright and clean and recent calf binding is very attractive; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xxxix, (1), 290; 14 hand-colored lithographed plates drawn and lithographed by Otto Finsch (9 plates of birds and 5 plates of eggs). Recent one-half green calf leather, spine with five raised bands that is lettered in gilt in two compartments, over green French marbled boards with pale green endpapers (original printed front wrapper bound in at rear), lg 8vo (260 x 170 mm, 10 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches). This work presents the ornithology of Viti, Samoa and Tonga Islands in central Polynesia. Wood (341) observes "this monograph is of especial interest to students of Polynesian ornithology. Anker… Read More

Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1929. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. ix, 282; 34 text-figures (photographs and line-drawings - some photos are in color), 7 maps, 1 in color, 1 multipage foldout table. Publisher's original black patterned cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. This volume presents the principles of ecology of Chinese reptiles and biogeography of reptiles in China. The text is in Gerrman. From the library of herpetologist W. S. S. Tachen with his signature on the title page.

Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1888. First edition. Some pages unopened, a near fine copy.. Pp. 86 (1), 3 single-page or double page lithographc plates. Original printed pink wrappers, lg 8vo. Name stamp of herpetologist Norman J. Scott, Jr. on front wrapper.