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The Galapagoan lizards of the genus Tropidurus; with notes on the Iguanas of the genera Conolophus and Amblyrhynchus

by Van Denburgh, John

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San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1913. First edition.. Light wear to wrappers along the spine, minor water mark to the outer margin of the front wrapper and first section of the text, the text is bright and clean with many pages unopened; a very good copy.. Pp. 70, 4 plates (graphs). Original printed green wrappers, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the California of Sciences, volume 2, part 1: Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906, no. 9. No ownership marks.
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The Galapagos Tortoises: Nomenclatural and Survival Status
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The Galapagos Tortoises: Nomenclatural and Survival Status

by Pritchard, Peter C.H.

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Lunenburg, MA: Chelonian Research Foundation, 1996. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. 85, 58 text-figures, color frontispiece. Publisher’s printed pictorial laminated boards, lg 8vo. From the series Chelonian Research Monographs: Contributions in Turtle and Tortoise Research Number 1. This book details the history and conservation of the Galapagos Tortoises. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the title page. Notes written to “Mary and Howard” on endpaper. Neat underlining on pages 40, 63-65, and 85.
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Gallus Sonnerati (Female) Hand Colored Plate

by Jardine, W., and Lizars, W. H.

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Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1834. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Hand-colored lithographic plate, 4 inches wide by 6.75 inches long. From: W. Jardine, The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology, Volume III: The Natural History of Gallinaceous Birds, 1834 plate number XII. Image depicts a Gallus sonnerati (female).
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Game Birds from Northwestern Venezuela + A Contribution to the Ornithology of Northeastern Brazil

by Osgood, W. H. and Conover, B. + Hellmayr, C. E.

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Chicago: Field Museum, 1924-1929. First edition. Small marginal tape repair to one page; a fine copy with no signs of use.. Pp. 31 + 294, 1 color plate, other illustrations. Black cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, lg 8vo. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoology series, volume 17, no. 3 + 18. The entire issue of this journal for 1917-1929 is offered. The issue also contains four additional ornithological papers by Hellmayr, John Zimmer and Charles Cory. In addition, the volume also includes eight other papers on crocodiles, caimans, salamanders, coral snakes and more. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on front endpaper and museum stamp on rear endpaper, call number on spine, no other library marks.
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The Game Fishes of the World.

by Holder, Charles F.

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. First edition.. Aside from the minor library marks listed, this is a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xvi, 411; 137 full-page sepia toned plates showing anglers and large fish caught. Some of the fishes covered are salmon, grayling, trout, pike, swordfish, tuna, yellowtail, barracuda and rays. There is also coverage of sea fishing in England, Santa Catalina Island swordfish, and the games fishes of Hawaii. This is classic early work on game fishes and fishing around the world. There is a small blind stamp of the Greenwich Library of Greenwich, Connecticut on the title page, there is a number on the verso of the title page and on the preface page and a checkout label has been removed from rear free endpaper; very few signs of use. The volume is offered at a reduced price.
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Gargoyle Geckos
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Gargoyle Geckos

by de Vosjoli, Philippe, Repashy, Allen and Fast, Frank

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Vista, CA: Advanced Visions Inc., 2013. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 155; 170 color photos. Black pictorial wrappers, lettered in yellow and white on the spine and front cover with color photo of a head of a gecko on the front wrapper, 8vo. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Gazetteer to Maps of Thailand.  Compiled Under the Supervision of the United States Board on...
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Gazetteer to Maps of Thailand. Compiled Under the Supervision of the United States Board on Geographical Names

by War Department

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Washington DC: Army Map Service, 1944. First edition.. Small bump to the top front outer corner, some light marginal browning to the text; a very good copy.. Pp. xiv, 972, 3 large folding maps at rear. Publisher's original printed brown wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. This gazetteer is used to find the village, towns and cities where people live. It also provides location information on the natural features in Thailand. Stamped on the front wrapper "property of the information department of the Asia Institute." There are no other ownership numbers or names.
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Gecko Fauna of the USSR and Contiguous Regions.

Gecko Fauna of the USSR and Contiguous Regions.

by Szczerbak, N.N. and Golubev, M.L.

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Ithaca, NY: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1996. First edition.. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. ix, (2), 233, 24 color photo-plates, 98 text-figures and maps. Publisher's original dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Translated from the Russian. The only comprehensive monograph on the Palearctic gecko fauna. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Geckos: Biologie, Haltung und Zucht.

by Henkel, Friedrich W. and Schmidt, Wolfgang

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Stuttgart: Verlag Eugen Ulmer, 1991. First edition.. Fine (new) copy.. Pp. 224; color frontispiece plate, 97 color photographs, 22 black-and-white text-figures (mostly line-drawings). Original color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. This volume presents a comprehensive account of the biology, care and breeding of geckos. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Geckos of Madagascar, The Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarene Islands / Geckos Madagaskars, der...
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Geckos of Madagascar, The Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarene Islands / Geckos Madagaskars, der Seychellen, Komoren und Maskarenen

by Schonecker, Patrick

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Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira, 2010. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 144; 475 color photos and color distribution maps. Original color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), color map endpapers, 4to. This work is from the Terralog series of herpetological references of the world. The text is presented in both English and in German. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Geckos of Australia / Geckos Australiens
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Geckos of Australia / Geckos Australiens

by Henkel, Friedrich W.

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Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira, 2008. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 160; 540 color photographs and color distribution maps for all species. Original color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), color map endpapers, 4to. This well-illustrated volume presents the 180 taxa of geckos that inhabit the Australian continent. This work is from the Terralog series of herpetological references of the world. The text is presented in both English and in German. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Gekkos from Ceylon, TOMUS I, TABULA CVIII

by Seba, Albertus

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Amsterdam: Janssonio-Waesbergios, J. Wetstenium, and Gul. Smith, 1734-1765.. Near fine.. Hand-colored engraving, 21 x 16 inches (platemark) on sheet 25 x 19 inches. TOMUS I, TABULA CVIII, from Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio (1734-1765) by Albertus Seba. Depicts eight gekkos collected in Sri Lanka.
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Genera Plantarum eorumque Characteres Naturales, secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et...
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Genera Plantarum eorumque Characteres Naturales, secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium.

by Linne, Caroli V.

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Holmiae (Stockholm, Sweden): Laurentii Salvii, 1764. Sixth edition.. Title page and dedication page lightly browned, light shelf wear to binding, gilt on the spine is dull; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xx, 580, (23, index), (19, Ordines Naturales index), (1, errata), (1, Emendanda in Speciebus Plantarum). Original one-quarter dark brown polished leather, spine with 4 raised bands with blind-stamped decorations above and below each raised band, titled in one compartment, over marbled paper-covered wooden boards, spectacled page edges, 8vo. Describes 1,239 genera and contains and contains two the important indexes. The title page is printed in red and black. According to Catalogue of the Works of Linnaeus (1933), compiled by B. H. Soulsby, "some copies of this edition have a portrait of Linnaeus by P. Tanje," the copy offered here does not have the portrait. Soulsby 305. No ownership marks.
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Genera des Serpents du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi.

by de Witte, Gaston-Francois

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Tervuren: Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale, 1962. First edition.. Small bump to bottom outer corner; otherwise a bright and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. viii, 203; 15 black-and-white photo-plates, 94 text figures (fine half tone drawings of snake heads). Original printed brown wrappers, lg 8vo. Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale, Annales, Sciences Zoologiques no. 104. This work details the external characteristics of the various genera and summarizes the superfamilies and families: Typhlopoidea, Booidae, Colubroidea, and Viperidae. No ownership marks.
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The Genera of Fishes from Linnaeus to Cuvier, 1758-1920, with the Accepted Type of Each. A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific Nomenclature + Jordan, David Starr: A Classification of Fishes including Families and Genera as Far as Known, in 5 volumes, complete

by Jordan, David Starr and Evermann, Barton W.

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Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1917-1920 + 1939. First edition + Third Printing.. Gilt is uniformly dull (but readable) on the spine of all five volumes, light edge wear to the top and bottom of the spine of all volumes; a bright and clean set in near fine condition.. Pp. (ii), 1-161; pp. xi, 163-284, xiii (index); pp. (ii), 285-410, xv (index); pp. (iv), 415-576, xviii (index) + pp. (ii), 79-243, x (index). Publisher's original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo + Publisher's original dark red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. This is the rare first edition of this major taxonomic work in four parts (1917-1920) accompanied the third printing of Jordan's A Classification of Fishes (1939). The introductory note to A Classification of Fishes states that this volume, first published in 1923, was meant to accompany the four memoirs entitled The Genera of Fishes from Linnaeus to Cuvier, 1758-1920. The entire five volume set is offered here. It is seldom… Read More
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The Genera of South African Plants, arranged according to the Natural System.
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The Genera of South African Plants, arranged according to the Natural System.

by Harvey, William Henry

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Cape Town: A. S. Robertson, 1838. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. lxvi, 429. Contemporary one-half green morocco leather, spine with 5 raised bands lettered in gilt in 2 compartments and with gilt panel lines and decorations highlighting each raised band, over green cloth-covered boards, top page edge in gilt, other page edges are deckled, original marbled endpapers, 8vo. This volume is the first substantial botanical work published in South Africa. The work provided an introduction to the flora of South Africa and paved the way for Harvey's massive seven volume treatise, Flora Capensis. Inscribed by the author to Mr. Macqueen, dated 1838. No other ownership marks. See also Stafleu and Cowan 2436.
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A General Consideration of Snake Poisoning and Observations on Neotropical Pit-Vipers.

by Amaral, Afranio do.

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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925. First edition.. This volume shows evidence of water-damage - the cloth covers are a bit mottled with some loss of gilt to the title, which is none-the-less still readable, the text block is wavy with only marginal water marks to the top front section of the first text pages, six plates have the descriptive leaf stuck to the plate, so the actual plate is not visible, the descriptive leafs have been removed from the other plates which has damaged most of the remaining plates; given this water damage, this can be classified as a good-minus reading copy.. Pp. (8), 1-62; + 15 full page plates, mostly halftones and line-drawings, one in color. Publisher's original maroon cloth, boldly lettered in gilt on the front cover, sm 4to (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches). In the series: Contributions from the Harvard Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine, II. This volume is exceedingly scarce. In more than 28 years of book selling, this is only the second copy I have… Read More
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General Report upon the Fisheries of British Malaya with recommendations for future development.

by Stead, David G.

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Federated Malay States: Issued by Authority of the Colonial Secretary, 1923. First edition.. Strong bumps to the top of the spine and to the top outer corner - the bending force from these bumps have extended into the text-block, neat repair made to the spine wrapper near the top of the spine; aside from the obvious bumps, this is a very good copy of a rare monograph.. Pp. 371; 19 full page photo-plates, 1 large folding map. Publisher's original tan printed wrappers, lg 8vo. A detailed early review of the fisheries of colony of British Malaya. Inscribed by the author on the front wrapper. From the research library of ichthyologist James E. Bohlke with his small ink signature on the top other corner of the front wrapper. No other ownership marks. Very scarce work.
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General Guide to the Exhibition Halls of the American Museum of Natural History

by Lucas, Frederic A.

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New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1921. First edition.. Wrappers on the spine show slight wear with an old cellotape repair at the bottom of the spine, the text is bright and clean; a very good copy.. Pp. 135; numerous black-and-white photos, halftones and line-drawings. Publisher's original tan pictorial printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Provides a complete guide to the exhibits in the American Museum of Natural History in the early 1920s. No ownership marks.
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A General Revision of the Palaemonidae (Crustacea Decapoda Natantia) of the Americas, Part I: The Subfamilies Euryrhynchinae and Pontoniinae.

by Holthus, Lipke B.

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Los Angeles: University of South California, 1951. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. (2), 332; 63 plates (fine line drawings). Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Allan Hancock Foundation Publications, Occasional Paper no. 11. Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Single name stamp of the Reading Public Museum on the rear endpaper and small white call number on the spine, no signs of use.
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