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1940006910Helsinki Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura 1940. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine Vol.I dustjacket Very Good 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine Vol. II jacket Near Fine small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate map index 15 folding maps at rear Vol. II. Numerous black and white photographs in text. A classic scholarly text ''In the spring of 1906 I received orders from the Russian General Staff to undertake a journey from Russian Turkestan through Chinese Turkestan and Western China and the provinces of Kan Su Shensi and Shansi to Peiping as the final goal. The object of this expedition was to study the conditions in the interior of Northern China collect statistical materials and perform various tasks of a military nature'' Preface. Mannerheim also collected archaeological and ethnographic materials and manuscripts and studied little-known peoples and tribes in Norther China. Mannerheim later became the 6th President of Finland after serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish armed forces during WWII. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura Hardcover books
1907008929Raleigh NC: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 1907. SCARCE in current commerce. xi 453 1 pages with 21 plates 16 of them color lithograph plates of fish and 188 figures in text. E.M. Uzzell and Co. Raleigh printers and binders. Very Good Plus no jacket bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. cloth a bit faded at bottom of spine light rubbing to boards interior clean bright and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Small 4to. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey Hardcover books
1951004685Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1951. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS "Eleanor Maccoby with the sincere regards of Talcott Parsons Clyde Kluckhorn S.A. Stouffer Robert R. Sears Gordon W. Allport Harry Murray" A unique Association Copy Eleanor Maccoby was a noted psychologist best known for her contributions to developmental psychology and the psychology of sex differences. The signees were a Who's Who of eminent sociologists psychologists and anthropologists. Talcott Parsons career was entwined with the development of sociology as an academic discipline at Harvard and in this book he was refining his "general theory of action". In 1931 Parsons was one of the inaugural faculty members in the Dept. of Sociology at Harvard. Gordon W. Allport is known as one of the founding figures of personality psychology and along with Harry Murray were faculty in the Psychology Dept. at Harvard. Robert R. Sears was head of the Psychology Dept. at Stanford University Samuel Stouffer a Professor of Sociology at Harvard and Clyde Kluckhorn a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard. Book is Very Good no dustjacket corner crease bottom corners last 10 pages of book and top corners title page into contents page cloth a bit rubbed. The signatures of all 6 of these gentlemen are SCARCE individually and as a group along with the Association to Eleanor Maccoby this represents a RARE and unique opportunity in the academic collecting world !. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. Harvard University Press Hardcover books
1913008191New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1913. Twelve of the fourteen volumes published in this series RARE as a set. Eight First Editions - The Glow Worm 1919; The Life of the Grasshopper 1917; The Sacred Beetle 1918; Bramble Bees and Others 1915; The Life of the Caterpillar 1916; The Life of the Weevil 1922; The Life of the Scorpion 1923; The Life of Jean Henri Fabre the Entomologist by the Abbe Augustin Fabre 1921; and four later printings: The Life of the Fly 1915; The Mason Bees 1918; The Hunting Wasps 1917; and The Life of the Spider 1913. Overall Very Good Plus to Near Fine 3 vols. with gilt at spines faded prior owner name some toning to end papers. Uniformly bound in original publisher's brick cloth with embossed front covers and gilt lettering fronts and spines. Jean-Henri Fabre 1823-1915 was a French entomologist largely self-taught who devoted his life to the study of the anatomy and behavior of insects and was influential in Darwin's later writings. Lacking two other titles published by Dodd Mead - More Hunting Wasps and Insect Adventures. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jackets. Small 8vo. Dodd, Mead & Co. Hardcover books
1904004761Pittsburgh PA: Murdoch-Kerr Press 1904. First Edition 1904. Very Good in the original blue cloth gilt lettering at spine decorative end pages 267 pages including 6 pgs. of advertisements "confined to manufacturers who had exhibits in the hall at the place of meeting and are exclusively of apparatus included in such exhibits". Includes rosters of officers and members constitution by-laws minutes secretary and treasurer reports and program. Illustrated with photographs. While this was the 4th annual meeting reportedly only the 2nd year that the Transactions were published. Wilhelm Rontgen had made his discovery of the rays that he called X-rays only 9 years earlier in 1895. Very Good lettering at spine dulled yet legible light soiling and rubbing to cloth boards light soiling to page block. RARE. A handsome copy of this important early work of the development and history of x-rays. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Murdoch-Kerr Press Hardcover books
1902006966New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1902. Both volumes Near Fine lacking the scarce dust jackets top edges gilt prior owner bookplates and name in ink front end pages and paste downs. With SCARCE ALS tipped in at front of Vol. I from Huxley to publisher Kegan Paul in Huxleys' difficult hand on South Kensington Science and Art Department embossed stationery dated Nov. 15 1873 one sheet folded with writing two sides - " Dear Mr. Kegan Paul I remember seeing 's book a long time ago- but I cannot find it in my shelves now and I have such a strong hope that it was returned that I think I may follow ahead on purchasing & my belief to that event is my hope. Ever yours very faithfully T.H. Huxley". Thomas H. Huxley 1825-1895 was a British educator biologist and advocate of elevating science to a higher place in society. He coined the word agnosticism and earned the nickname "Darwin's bulldog" for his earnest defense of Darwin's theory of evolution. Charles Kegan Paul 1828-1902 was a British author and publisher who would later 1880 publish one of Huxley's books. . Later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
1953008568Philadelphia and London : W. B. Saunders Company 1953. SIGNED BY AUTHORS Clyde E. Martin Wardell B. Pomeroy and Paul H. Gebhard at half-title page and SCARCE THUS.Fine in Very Good dust jacket toning and foxing small chips at spine ends and bottom edge rear panel. The pioneering study on female sexuality a classic in its field. . SIGNED BY AUTHORS. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W. B. Saunders Company Hardcover books
197129191Moskva: Nauka 1971. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles in shades of gray cream and blue. A very good set some browning to leaves on a few volumes otherwise clean unmarked one volume with damp stain to boards and a few leaves at the inner margin. Illus. 8vo. The complete run of the publications of the 7th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in Moscow in 1964. Contributions in Russian English French German Italian or Spanish. Hard to find in a complete run. Nauka hardcover books
1905004886Berlin: Georg Reimer 1905. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page -" Herr Professor Dr. Hans Wattengren Lund see pictures Ernst Haeckel". Title translates to "Last Words on Evolution". Ernst Haeckel promoted and popularized Charles Darwin's work in Germany and developed the controversial recapitulation theory "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" claiming that an individual organism's biological development or ontogeny parallels and summarizes its species' evolutionary development or phylogeny. Wikipedia. Book is Very Good wrappers have 1" and 2" tears at spine and wrappers a bit rubbed. SCARCE in collectible condition and especially so SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Georg Reimer Paperback books
1933007840London: William Heinemann 1933. SCARCE "With 480 cinematographic and 54 full-page illustrations". Includes cinematographic supplement of 12 flip films illustrating exercises. From the collection of Rosalind Cassidy her namestamp half-title page one of the most distinguished leaders and thinkers in 20th century American physical education. Later from the collection of The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research its namestamps and "Duplicate Copy" stamp. Very Good hinges broken yet binding holding nicely rear joint 1" split to cloth. A SCARCE and fascinating book with quite nice Association to the fields of sex research and physical education. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Heinemann Hardcover books
1951006191New York: The Studio Publications Inc.in Association with Thomas y Crowell Co. 1951. RARE in publisher's box and with the full set of 16 additional full color Royal Octavo Edition Plates. The book is Fine in light grey cloth with Near Fine set of plates in matted portfolio small corner creases. Publisher's box is Very Good corners tape mended and lightly rubbed. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Studio Publications Inc.in Association with Thomas y Crowell Co. Hardcover books
1921008743Paris: Bernard Grasset Editeur 1921. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"hommage de l'auteur Jean Rostand". His 3rd book. Jean Rostand 1894-1977 was a noted French biologist and philosopher whose work in the area of cryogenics gave the idea of cryonics to Robert Ettinger. Finely bound and stamp-signed C. Fox Manchester Square. Quarter calf over beige buckram five raised bands and gilt lettering back marbled end papers top edge gilt. Near Fine pages uniformly browned. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bernard Grasset, Editeur Hardcover books
1933004111New York: Falstaff Press Inc. 1933. From the Institute for Sex Research The Kinsey Insttitute Library with their small book plate bottom corner half title page library catalog numbers in pencil copyright page "Duplicate" stamp rear pastedown and sticker residue near base of spine. Number 629 of a Limited Edition of 3000 copies. Bound in decorative brown cloth with gilt rules and gilt titles at spine. Page 5 has a small added triangle of paper near top corner a small binding error. Otherwise book is clean tight and square. According to Sigmund Freud Bloch's studies were instrumental in the development of the anthropological approach to the theory of sexuality. Before Bloch homosexuality was analyzed using a pathological approach. SCARCE in collectible condition and with the added significance of having come from the Kinsey Institute !. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Limited Edition. Falstaff Press Inc. Hardcover books
1912004661Washington D.C.: The Carnegie Institute of Washington 1912. Very Good 1/2 leather 1/2 marbled clot with red leather title labels and gilt lettering gilt rules marbled endpages edges of page block with red speckles. Leather rubbed prior owner name stamps front endpage. Contents are clean tight and free of markings. Tight binding. SCARCE in the hardcover and in collectable condition. . First Edition. Cloth and Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Carnegie Institute of Washington Hardcover books
19832183NY: Farrar Straus Giroux 1983. First limited edition set. Limited to 450 numbered copies signed by McPhee on the limitation page of each volume. Copies #187. Full cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Issued without dustjackets. Illustrated slipcase. Faint toning on spine cloth not immediately apparent. Unread copies in Near Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Farrar Straus Giroux Hardcover books
1998003959New York: Scribner's 1998. A 2nd printing of this re-issue of the classic 1968 book the work for which Watson won the Nobel Prize. SIGNED by Watson on the title page. Part of the Scribner's Classics Series published in the 30th year after the original 1st edition was first printed. Fine in a Very Near Fine dustjacket tiny crease top corner of the front flap. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Scribner's Hardcover books
1928006685New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1928. Boas' classic treatise on race and culture RARE in the original 1928 First Edition and in collectible condition. 236pp. 10 pp references. Very Good in the original black cloth with paper labels front board and spine spine label a bit darkened and a trifle rubbed cloth a few small rubs contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover books
1918008470Hammond Indiana: Indiana Herb Gardens 1918. RARE in the 1918 First Edition. 3" w x 6 3/8" h blue cloth with black lettering and embossed Native American in medallion front cover. 400 pages portrait numerous illustrations in text index. Very Good cloth rubbed at tips boards soiled prior owner name and town in pencil several times front and rear end papers. A book that was in print as late as 1979. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Narrow 12mo . Indiana Herb Gardens Hardcover books
1984006307Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Press 1984. Publisher's slip laid in stating "This leatherbound edition of The Birds of Indiana by Russell E. Mumford and Charles E. Keller with original paintings by William Zimmerman was produced in 1984 by Indiana University Press. The special edition was limited to one hundred copies". Fine in Fine dust jacket a gorgeous production and SCARCE in the limited edition. . SIGNED BY AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATOR. Limited Signed First Edition. Leather. Fine/Fine. Illus. by William Zimmerman . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Indiana University Press Hardcover books
1976008668Los Angeles: Sexual Law Reporter 1976. 22 copies hole-punched for ring binder unbound Near Fine stamped "Duplicate" and 5 copies with duplicate tabs attached several copies with pencil call numbers although no other markings these are duplicates from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research. 1976 Vol. 2 Nos. 1-4 6 and Index; 1977 Vol. 3 Nos. 1-2 4-5 and Index; 1978. Vol.4 Nos. 1-4 and Indexcomplete year; 1979 Vol. 1-4 complete year no index. A non-profit organization founded in Los Angeles in 1974 and continuing through 1979 to protect sexual civil liberties by informing the law community on statutory and case law in the field of sexuality. . First Printing. Ring Bound. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sexual Law Reporter Paperback books
1901008638Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1901. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tipped sheet at front end page - "Christmas greetings from John Burroughs Dec. 24 1920". This title SCARCE SIGNED. Very Good some spotting at end pages rubbed at corners and edges. "With fifteen illustrations in colors after Audubon and a frontispiece from life". . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover books
1956006568American Association for the Advancement of Science 1956. William K. Estes June 17 1919- August 17 2011 was an American psychologist who pioneered the application of mathematics to the study of animal learning and human cognition. He would go on to become a Presidential National Medal of Science winner in 1997 as a selection of President Bill Clinton. George W. Beadle Oct. 22 1903- Jun. 9 1989 along with Edward L. Tatum and J. Lederberg won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1958 for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells. The certificate is Near Fine SIGNED BY George W. Beadle as President and by Dael Wolfle as Administrative Secretary. small corner creases. A great piece of history of science ephemera connecting two prominent figures in 20th century American scientific achievement. Beadle's signature is uncommon. SIGNED. One Page. Near Fine. 8 1/2" x 11". American Association for the Advancement of Science Paperback books
1939006068Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1939. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CO-AUTHOR L.S. McClung on the front end page of the Supplement - "For the Archives Of Indiana University L.S. McClung 21 Nov. 1983". Three Volume set. All 3 Volumes are Fine SCARCE in such lovely condition and SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. University of California Press Hardcover books
1948005294New York: Dodd Mead 1948. An uncommon book and especially so SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To David and Elizabeth Frey with my best regards Roger T. Peterson". Lacking the fragile glassine dust jacket Very Good Plus spine sun faded a bit. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Dodd Mead Hardcover books
19171781917. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 4to. Ltd. to 500 copies. Well illus. Covers slightly soiled/rubbed. <br/><br/>Covers American artists 1750-1850 hardcover books
