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1985002887Ithaca: Comstock Cornell University Press 1985. 2 volumes 1136pp. photos ills maps. Handbooks of American Natural History. Species of snakes in the U.S. and Canada with range size longevity description color habitat behavior periods of activity breeding mating eggs young shedding food venom enemies field and bibliographic notes. Glossary bibliography index. Bright clean copy like new; gold-stamped brown cloth covers. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Comstock (Cornell University Press) Hardcover
1963055903Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1963. xv 207pp index check list glossary 330 ills many colour pictorial endpapers. Or green cloth in jacket. Several short tear and associated creases to jacket tape stains to flaps and endpapers brief gift note on title page. A nice example of the scarce first edition of this classic of Australian herpetology. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
2010011715Utah: Eagle Mountain Publishing 2010. In original publisher's shrink-wrap. xvii 812 pages 21 contributions 43 authors 44 color photographs 86 figures 148 tables 9 appendices. The herpetofauna of this region consists of approximately 1900 species of which about 1000 are endemic to specific countries. Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles CMAR represents the most comprehensive compilation of conservation-related herpetological contributions ever assembled for Mesoamerica. Hardcover. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Eagle Mountain Publishing Hardcover
1906024341Calcutta: Printed at the Baptish Mission Press and Published By the Asiatic Society 1906. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Folio. A very good copy of this original offprint. Pp. 277-299; two b/w plates. Original blue cloth backed printed boards very good with light wear only a little marked. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy. Scarce. Printed at the Baptish Mission Press, and Published By the Asiatic Society Hardcover
1983055082Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1983. xv 527pp index references appendix bw & col ills line drawings tables endpaper maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket even toning to page edges. Review of all venomous and poisonous creatures terrestrial and marine which pose a threat to man or beast. Identification emergency treatment hospital management and more are covered. Includes information on research into the pharmacology and biochemistry of the venoms much of which published for the first time. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1983056443Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1983. xv 527pp index references appendix bw & col ills line drawings tables endpaper maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket even toning to page edges small bump to bottom rear corner. SIGNED with personalised inscription by author on title page To Merv Cobcroft-first curator of the University of Queensland Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History. Review of all venomous and poisonous creatures terrestrial and marine which pose a threat to man or beast. Identification emergency treatment hospital management and more are covered. Includes information on research into the pharmacology and biochemistry of the venoms much of which published for the first time. . Signed & Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1895003009Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1895. pp. 337-487 ills. b&w plates. Species descriptions with variations distribution habits. Coral snake mimicry pit viper poison apparatus rattles; Poisons: methods of investigation accounts of poisoning antidotes treatment elimination of poison by the system preventative inoculation extermination of poisonous snakes. Paper covers tattered chipped; pages uncut. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Smithsonian Institution Paperback
0916984400.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1979003290Ithaca: Comstock Cornell University Press 1979. Original hardcover edition NOT print-on -demand. Hardcover. New. 8vo. Comstock (Cornell University Press) Hardcover
1738012097Leipzig und Rudolstadt: Wolffgang Deer 1738. Book. Very Good. Vellum. 8vo 11 X 18cm. Multiple works all dated 1738 bound together. First work with separate title page and frontispiece plate; pp. 46 770 22 Second wirk title page printed in black and red also dated 1738 with frontispiece plate pp. 126 second title page pp. 142 third title page pp. 158 missing final leaf Contemporary full vellum binding with autographed title to spine. Binding very good with a little general wear and rubbing to extremities a little marked. Contents clean and tight. A very good tight copy. Scarce. Wolffgang Deer Hardcover
2007056364Malabar Fl: Krieger Publishing company. 2007. ix 330pp references bw ills. Pictorial yellow glossy boards. Foxing to prelims light foxing to page edges. SIGNED by author on title page with further inscription To Nancy signed Peter. Scientific essays personal adventures utobiographical vignettes and philosophical musings including travels to many lands where he sought insight into turtles and tortoises. Signed & Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 4to. Krieger Publishing company. Hardcover
001194Morrow 1993 Book. As New. Soft cover. F. As New/As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ISBN:0-688-11583-7. Morrow, 1993 Paperback
2008008440Kota Kinabalu 2008. A NEW COPY. Well illustrated large 8vo pp vi 147 a very good copy in dustwrapper. Madagascar has a rich and diverse reptile fauna including several species of chelonians that are found nowhere else. It is home to such spectacular species as the Radiated Tortoise Astrochelys radiata the Spider Tortoise Pyxis arachnoides and the Ploughshare Tortoise Astrochelys yniphora; which is considered to be the worlds rarest tortoise and one of the most endangered reptiles. The Tortoises and Turtles of Madagascar is the first book to cover all the living and extinct chelonians of Madagascar. This book is an authoritative and comprehensive guide covering every known aspect of their natural history. Recent field studies that have been carried out by the author and others to provide a better understanding of these species ecology are synthesised in this publication. Practical species accounts provide accurate details of species identification distribution ecology and conservation and are complemented by numerous beautiful photographs of Malagasy tortoises and turtles in the wild. Up-to-date information on the status of their populations is also presented and there are details on the best sites to observe tortoises and turtles in Madagascar. Pictorial Cloth. New/New. Hardcover
1875055542Salem MA: Peabody Academy of Science 1875. Title continues: Preserving and Transporting Specimens of Natural History prepared for the use of the smithsonian Institution 1859. Irregularly paginated in parts bw ills. Half-leather marbled boards with leather spine and corners. Top of spine chipped otherwise minor rubbing to covers small prev owner stamp to front endpaper page edges evenly toned. A sammelband of 3 volumes of American Naturalist the first two Michigan State Fisheries reports Wallaces Monthly June 1878 on horse racing; and Directions for Collecting etc Specimens of Natural Hisotry for the Smithsonian. A very interesting 19th century miscellany. Periodical. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Peabody Academy of Science Hardcover
188842799London Harrison and Sons 1888. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1886 - Vol. 177 - Part II. Pp. 471-480 a. 4 lithographed plates. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a classical paper in which Owen describes the two new finds of dinosaurs from Lord Howe's Island New South Wales. They belongs to the Megalania a word coined by Owen himself.Megalania Great roamer is a giant extinct goanna or monitor lizard.It was part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhibited Southern Australia during the Pleistocene and appears to have disappeared around 40.ooo years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia may have encountered living Megalania. </em> unknown
1990041132Basel: Birkhauser Verlag 1990. xi 270pp references bw ills. Or yellow boards. Ex-university library with less than usual stamps labels etc inc withdrawn stamp on top edge Collection of technical papers on amphibian and reptile cytogenetics. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Birkhauser Verlag Hardcover
1893036558Sydney: L. Bruck 1893. vi 85pp frontis portrait. Contemporary original brown cloth titled in gilt. Ex-museum library with several oval stamps throughout has cancelled stamp on front free endpaper faded spine label some minor surface abrasion to cloth. Some foxing to endpapers and preliminary blanks. Scarce Australian publication on snake venom its action and antidote. Includes historical overview and case studies. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. L. Bruck Hardcover
1886024132Washington: The Smithsonian Institution 1886. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. Folio. From Smithsonian Contributions to knowledge vol. XXVI dated 1890; pp ix 1 186; 5 chromolithographic plates. Modern blue cloth binding fine. Contents clean and tight pages crisp discreet contemporary Geological Society of London stamps to the reverse of the plates and general title otherwise unmarked. A fine tight copy. The Smithsonian Institution Hardcover
1702017826The Bible near the Piazza's of the Royal Exchange: J.R. for Ralph South 1702. Illustrated with a folding plate at the rear small octavo pp xiv 175 i age-toned endpapers unevenly browned but otherwise clean and sound internally contemporary calf rather worn and bleached rebacked at some point with the original spine laid down the corners repaired probably at the same time all still tight and sound. An early signature on the front endpaper - S. Smith Prior Park 1784. Richard Mead 1673 - 1754 was an English physician. His work "A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion and the Method to be used to prevent it "1720 was of historic importance in the understanding of transmissible diseases. The present work on poisons "fully displayed his commitment to Pitcairne's style of iatromechanics stating that mathematical learning would soon distinguish a physician from a quack. His most original contribution was his discussion of venomous snakes which had been instigated by his studies with Paul Hermann at Leiden. Mead dissected several vipers and accurately described the mechanism of the fang and its operation. He also confirmed Galen's observation that a puncture wound was necessary for the venom to take effect in part by swallowing a sample of venom without ill effect - ODNB". The other poisons and antidotes discussed cover tarantulas and rabid dogs through to poisonous minerals and plants opium and noxious vapours. First Edition. Full Leather. Good. J.R. for Ralph South Hardcover
2000056379Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2000. HEAVY. xiii 444pp index references glossary tables bw ills. Pictorial card. Prev owner name stamp on half-title light foxing to page edges. A number of scientific papers on tadpoles. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. University of Chicago Press Paperback
1950006565London: The Crown Agents for the Colonies 1950. Illustrated pp x 142 endpapers unevenly faded neat library stamp on front endpaper otherwise a good copy in a worn and torn dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE. The Crown Agents for the Colonies unknown
021058Kyoto University: Fauna and Flora Research Society 1955 - 1956. Two volumes large octavo pp 4 viii 390 viiix x; x vi 530m viii vii well illustrated a fodling map in each volume blue cloth just very slightly worn the frint and rear hinges of the second volume have been strenthened with white tape very clean internally the dustwrappers are very thin and flimsy and rather badly torn. SCARCE. A heavy set - extra postage may be needed. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. Fauna and Flora Research Society Hardcover
2017025059Melbourne VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing 2017. Illustrated laminated boards. 448 pages with colour illustrations. Australia is home to a diverse freshwater turtle fauna including more than 25 species and an array of side-necked turtle subspecies. . UPDATED EDITION. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Small Folio. CSIRO Publishing Hardcover
1965014468New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1965. 254 pages. photos. Ionides tells of his life in Africa as a conservationist hunter and naturalist and how he learned to capture venomous snakes in particular mambas and vipers. Appendix of notes on rare mammal species collected by Ionides. Nice copy dust jacket with very minimal wear. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Holt, Rinehart & Winston Hardcover
1991055031Brisbane: Queensland Museum 1991. 391pp index distribution maps. Pictorial card covers. SIGNED Glen and inscribed to Peter by author. A nice gently used copy. . Inscribed by Author. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Queensland Museum Paperback