Search Results: Titles starting with R from Natural History Books

London: Zoological Society, 1877.. Brown wrappers are chipped and aged with old cellotape applied to the spine, the text and plate are bright and clean with no foxing, a very good copy.. Pp. 35, 1 full page hand-colored plate. Contemporary brown wraps, 8vo. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877.

Amsterdam: J. Muller, 1892-1897, 1st edition.. Small 'released' stamp of the Missouri Botanical Garden at the bottom edge of the title page of each volume, marbling on the back cover of the second volume is rubbed, inner hinges of volume 1 have been professionally repaired, a tight, very good copy.. Pp. 638; xvi, 14, 491, 6 [index], xxi + 14 plates with 134 lithographic figures by J. Wendel. Publisher's half black cloth, gilt-titled, over marbled boards, lg 8vo. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 2e Sect., 2 (1/2). According to C. Bas in the introduction of Flora agaricina neerlandica (1988), this is: "... the one and only original mycological flora of the Netherlands ever published." Stafleu and Cowan 7159.

Calcutta: Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1909. First edition.. The outer printed wrappers are brittle and chipped in places, the top outer corner of the first nine pages of the text have been repaired with no effect to the text, there is chipping to the top inner corner of the rear wrapper, there is scattered foxing to a few pages of the text and light browning to two of the photo-plates; overall a tight copy in good solid condition.. Pp. 100; 7 full page plates, 2 are folding (one map, some black-and-white photos, some line-drawings). Original printed tan wrappers, sm 4to. Records of the Indian Museum, volume III, Part I. A detailed monographic study of the rats of India from all regions of India. This work was purchased in Calcutta about 30 years ago - there are signs of exposure to the hot and humid climate of Calcutta. No ownership marks.

New York: World Monuments Fun, Royal Angkor Foundation, 1995. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 95, (2); two full page color plates - one of the Shuttle Endeavour deploying the remote sensing equipment and another of the radar image taking by the shuttle of Angkor, some black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Ada, OK: Living Art Publishing, 2012. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. (8), ii, 174; 120+ color photos, 3 black-and-white photos, some maps. Publisher’s original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. This work documents the last remaining members of the species, Rafetus swinhoei. This species is found along the Red River and its tributaries in northern Vietnam and in the Yangtze River in China. A related species is found in the basin of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, and Khuzestan Province of Iran. The Vietnamese and Chinese species are on the brink of extinction. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1984. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 31 + 41 color plates by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Stiff green portfolio case, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, sm folio (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches). This “Portfolio edition” presents the introductory chapters and abbreviated species accounts for the ‘Rails of the World.’ It contains all of the color plates of the first edition. The family Rallidae includes the coots, rails, and gallinules of the worlds' marshlands. Small name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on verso of the final plate, small empty blank pocket on the inside of the portfolio case, no other institutional marks. Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. xiii, 430, 41 color plates of rails from paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, 17 distribution maps, 10 black-and-white photos of rails at rear, 26 black-and-white text-figures in chapter on fossil rails by Storrs L. Olson. One-quarter burgundy-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt image of a rail below title, over beige cloth boards, color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches). Laid in at the front is the original eight-page prospectus, in color, announcing the volume's publication. The front page of this prospectus is signed by S. Dillon Ripley, Litchfield, October 1988. A lavishly produced volume describing all species of rails. The family Rallidae includes the coots, rails, and gallinules of the worlds' marshlands. Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket, plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on… Read More

Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. First edition.. A fine copy in a slightly edge-worn but very good dust jacket.. Pp. xiii, 430, 41 color plates of rails from paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, 17 distribution maps, 10 black-and-white photos of rails at rear, 26 black-and-white text-figures in chapter on fossil rails by Storrs L. Olson. One-quarter burgundy-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt image of a rail below title, over beige cloth boards, color pictorial dust jacket, sm folio (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches). Laid in at the front is the original eight-page prospectus, in color, announcing the volume's publication. A lavishly produced volume describing all species of rails. The family Rallidae includes the coots, rails, and gallinules of the worlds' marshlands. Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket, plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on the endpapers and top page edge, no other institutional marks to… Read More

Chicago: C.V. Ritter, 1925. First edition.. Light wear spine, sunning to spine and top of front cover, overall a very good copy.. Pp. xiv, 466, numerous line drawings, frontispiece. Publisher’s red cloth, lettered in gilt on cover and spine, sm 8vo. This volume examines the scientific propagation and domestication of fur-bearing animals. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Neat underlining on pages 333 and 373.

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.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1994. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 63, (1, ad); 85+ color photographs. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. A detailed guide to raising and breeding of rat snakes. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Rodeo, New Mexico: E. C. O. Herpetological Publishing, 2010. Limited edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 307; 75+ color photos, 30+ color range maps. Publisher’s original full black leather, lettered in silver on the spine and front cover, color pictorial insert of rattlesnake on front cover, 8vo. This is the special leatherbound edition limited to 105 numbered copies, this being copy #102. This volume documents each of the 30 species and subspecies of rattlesnakes found in the United States and Canada. Each is described with accompanying photographs and range maps. Information on rattlesnake natural history is included to better understand their habitat preferences, relationships with other animals, and to help identify them. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Rodeo, New Mexico: E. C. O. Herpetological Publishing, 2010. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 307; 75+ color photos, 30+ color range maps. Publisher’s original black cloth, lettered in silver on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. This volume documents each of the 30 species and subspecies of rattlesnakes found in the United States and Canada. Each is described with accompanying photographs and range maps. Information on rattlesnake natural history is included to better understand their habitat preferences, relationships with other animals, and to help identify them. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Rodeo, New Mexico: E. C. O. Herpetological Publishing and Distribution, 2016. First edition.. A fine (new) copy still shrink-wrapped.. Pp. (vol. 1): 734; numerous color photos; (vol. 2): 485; numerous color photos; (portfolio of plates): 21 color plates. Full black leather, lettered in silver on the spine and on the front cover with color photo inlay of a rattlesnake on the front, housed in black leather-covered hard slipcase with color photo inlay of a rattlesnake on both sides of the slipcase, with original cardboard shipping box, oblong 4to. This special leatherbound edition is limited to 200 copies only. The original art is by Tell Hicks and the foreword is by Bayard H. Brattstrom. Volume 1 on the natural history of Arizona’s rattlesnakes has 17 chapters by 22 leading authorities covering all aspects of natural history, behavior, evolution, and conservation. A special chapter is on art and rattlesnakes. Volume 2 (Conservation, Behavior, Venom, and Evolution) is a collection of 13 highly… Read More

Rodeo, New Mexico: E. C. O. Herpetological Publishing and Distribution, 2016. First edition.. A fine (new) set.. Pp. (vol. 1): 734; numerous color photos; (vol. 2): 485; numerous color photos; (portfolio of plates): 21 color plates. Full black leather, lettered in silver on the spine and on the front cover with color photo inlay of a rattlesnake on the front, housed in black leather-covered hard slipcase with color photo inlay of a rattlesnake on both sides of the slipcase, with original cardboard shipping box, oblong 4to. This special leatherbound edition is limited to 200 copies only. The original art is by Tell Hicks and the foreword is by Bayard H. Brattstrom. Volume 1 on the natural history of Arizona’s rattlesnakes has 17 chapters by 22 leading authorities covering all aspects of natural history, behavior, evolution, and conservation. A special chapter is on art and rattlesnakes. Volume 2 (Conservation, Behavior, Venom, and Evolution) is a collection of 13 highly focused, synthetic… Read More

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1984. First edition.. A tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. (xx), 105; 12 full page color plates, numerous black-and-white photos. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. A fascinating account of some of great archaeological finds in China written by the actual scientists making the discoveries. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Leyde: E.J. Brill, 1874. First edition. Light foxing to the rear (blank) side of volume 10 and to the margins of a few plates; a tight and clean very good copy.. Pp. 58, 10 full page lithographic plates (one plate of Palinus ehrenbergi is double-page). Early patterned red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original front wrapper is bound in at rear), 4to. The Crustaceans and echinoderms described in this monograph were collected during the expedition of Francois P.I. Pollen and D.C. Van Dam to Madagascar.

Tananarive: Imprimerie Moderne de L'emyrne, 1936. First edition. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 259, 1 map, 1 foldout chart; pp. (4), 34 full page plates of ammonites, 2 large folding charts. Early green cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine and on the front cover, 4to. Memoires de l'Academie Malgache, fascicule XXI. Bound with two other monographs on the ammonites of Madagascar: 1) Treat, V.-C. - Paléontologie de Madagascar XIX. - Le Permo-Trias Marin (pp. 60, 6 full-page photo-plates) Annales de Paléontologie, Paris, volume XXII, 1933. 2) Astre, G. - La Faune Permienne de Grès a Productus d'Ankitokazo dans le Nord de Madagascar (pp. 94, 10 full page photo-plates, 1 very large folding color geology map), Annales Géologiques du Service des Mines, Tananarive, fascicule 4, 1934. All three monographs are bound together in one thick volume entitled: Permian of Madagascar: Treat-1933, Astre-1934, Besaire-1936. From the library of… Read More

New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002. First edition.. Corner clipped from endpaper; a bright and clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. xi, 437; numerous text-figures (graphs, cladograms, and line-drawings). Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. This volume contains 11 chapters by noted authorities in the field on the topic of reconstructing various aspects of primate behavior from diet to social systems. The evidence for the reconstructions is based on models of adaptation, ontogenetic analyses, paleo-environmental and paleo-community analyses, experimental functional analysis and comparative socioecology. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

London: R. H. Porter, 1896. First edition.. Light uniform discoloration from previous framing, a near fine copy.. Hand-colored plate, approximately 9.75 inches by 12.25 inches.  From St. George Jackson Mivart, A Monograph of the Lories, or Brush-Tongued Parrots, Composing the Family Loriidae, plate 7, lithographer J. G. Keulemans.  Image depicts two Red and Blue lories with a Challenger Lory.