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ISBN : 2092783963. NATHAN. 1991. In-4 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 119 pages augmentées de nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc et en couleur dans et hors texte . DEUX PHOTOS DISPONIBLES
Features: Solar Eclipse of 1980 - scientists race totality; Devils, Quolis, Dunnarts and Thylacines - a survey of Tasmanian mammals; Journey into Northern China - impressions of a scientist; A Geologist in Alaska - John C. reed on 45 years in the boondocks; Nebraska Miocene Giant Turtle - complete skeleton reveals new species; Niger - Tenere Expedition - geographical and archeological observations; Transglobe Expedition Now in Antarctica - British explorers circling globe on polar axis; Exploring Canada's Ellice River - observing Arctic tundra flora and fauna; New support for Archeological Discovery; Malaysia-Singapore Waterway Border - United Nations Law of the Sea problems. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: South Nahanni River Valley Expedition - a canoe-and-climb journey in Canada's Northwest Territories; Exploration of Today's World; Martin and Osa Johnson - exploration was their way of life; Arnold Hauerslev-Haverlee - an unorthodox explorer; Continued Exploration of Venus; Medical Detective in Africa - solution of an explosive medical mystery in Mali; Meteorites and Man-made Satellites - when they fall to earth; Observing Marine Mammals in Alaska - students gain field experience; Goal - to Penetrate Tibet - a hazardous 19th century attempt - Mr. T.T. Cooper. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Contents: Managing solid waste; the geometric phase - the behavior of particles in certain quantum-mechanical situation; Plasticity in brain development; Patterned ground; Fertilization in mammals; Soft X-ray lasers; Snakes, blood circulation and gravity; Canal builders of Pre-Inca Peru. Average wear. Book
Three volume set in excellent condition. Books are absolutely clean with heavy, strong bindings, appear unused. Each book about 700 pages with a few color plates, a great many b&w line drawings and about 30 pages of b&w photos with detailed descriptions of each subject. Vol. I: Mammals, Vol. II: Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Vol III: Fishes, Invertebrates, Insects, Index, Bindings are solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes but slightly faded spines, texts/interiors are clean and free of marking of any kind. Slip case shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears.
8vo., First [and Sole?] Edition, with a lithographed frontispiece, 39 full-page lithographed plates by the author (all original tissue guards present), and 2 full-page maps in the text; original printed boards, cloth back, brown paper endpapers as issued, some glue-staining in gutters (production fault) else a very good, crisp, clean copy. Deceptively detailed survey with delightful if naïve-style illustrations. Clearly an extended labour of love, its local production standards are very much part of its charm. Extremely scarce.
Berche et Tralin. 1878. In-12 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos satisfaisant. Quelques rousseurs. 359 pages. Signature en page de faux-titre. Les Amphibies par Buffon: Les phoques, Les morses. Les Cétacés par Lacépède: Les baleines, Les Baleinoptères, Les narwals, Les anarnaks, Les dauphins...
Mammalia. 1964. In-8 Carré. En feuillets. Etat d'usage. Livré sans Couverture. Dos abîmé. Intérieur bon état. 144 pages volantes. Illustré de quelque cartes et dessins en noir et blanc. Ouvrage collationné. Quelques rares annotations au crayon dans le texte. Revue trimestrielle publiée avec le concours du CNRS.
Quarto in maroon stamped and illus cloth-backed boards; xv, 399 pages illustrations 25 cm Moose. Moose hunting. Elk. Elk. Moose. Moose hunting. Mammals of North America
3 vols., roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with 3 coloured frontispieces, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and endpaper maps in the last two volumes, small contemporary signature on front endpaper of first two volumes; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean set in mildly worn dustwrapper (one wrapper clipped). The trilogy comprises Born Free. A Lioness of Two Worlds. With Extracts from George Adamson's Letters. Preface by Lord William Percy. Foreword by Captain Charles Pitman, (thirteenth impression, 1961); Living Free. The Story of Elsa and her Cubs. Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley, (first edition, 1961); Forever Free. Elsa's Pride, (first edition, 1962). Bright, crisp set of George and Joy Adamson's account of their pioneering conservation project involving three generations of lions in Kenya's Serengeti in the late 1950s/early 1960s. The first volume formed the basis of James Hill's 1966 Oscar-winning movie of the same name starring husband and wife team Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. So involved did McKenna and Travers become that they founded independently the Born Free Foundation which flourishes to this day.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text, small signature on front free endpaper; original green ribbed cloth, gilt back, corners bruised else a very good, bright, clean copy in dustrapper, the latter with loss at backstrip and edges.. An important survey by the Linacre Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at Oxford. Includes an extensive bibliography.
Large 8vo. Pp. 727,[9], 61 figs. on 27 pls. New cloth. - Contains six papers on the astragalian perforation in fossil mammals. The remaining six papers include "Paleontologia Argentina: Relaciones filogenéticas y geográficas (pp. 5-93); Nuevas especies de Mamíferos cretácicos y terciarios de la República Argentina (pp. 93-219); Enumeración de los Impennes fófiles de la Patafonia y de la Isla Seymour (pp. 509-576); Les Edentés fossiles de France et d'Allemagne (pp. 577-686).
12mo [18.5 x 12.5 cm]; xv, 146 pp, 8 plates from photos including frontis. original cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, spine a little faded, scattered light foxing, endpapers and rear cover dampstained, 2 leaves with stain in margin, else very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email The author spent some ten years in India, in a native regiment, and spent much of his time hunting Ibex in Cashmere (Kashmir). He tries to derive general principles from this experience but reflects a condescending attitude to his guides, typical of the time, but comes up with an interesting narrative and description.
CHEZ BELIN FILS. 1816. In-8 Carré. Relié plein cuir. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Mors fendus. Intérieur frais. 320 pages augmentées de 16 planches gravées en taille douce . Frontispice en noir et blanc . Titre dorés sur pièce de titre . Caissons, roulettes dorés au dos . DEUX PHOTOS DISPONIBLES. TROISIEME EDITION
3 delen ingebonden in 1 volume: samen 576pp. met 610 illustraties (vnl. zw/w foto's), deze drie delen vormen deel 3 (afl.1-3) van de "Annalen van het Museum van Belgisch Congo, C: Dierkunde, reeks II", solide gecart. band, linnen rug met titel in goudopdruk, 36cm., stempeltje op titelblad, goede staat, gewicht: 3.2kg., C99895
Three Volumes. Engraved title pages in all three volumes. 49 full page plates. Offsetting from plates. Foxed. Early pencil manuscript ownership of William Slovis? Port Carbon, PA on rear paste downs. 8vo. 215 mm. Original full leather bindings. Volume 2 & 3 have original leather labels. Bindings rubbed. Hardbound. Very Good. This work established new standards for the study of natural history in 19th century America. The illustrations are especially noteworthy. Maryland born John Davidson Godman (1794-1830) was a medical doctor, who may have been the first American to make a living by writing about natural history. S&S/AI 24696. First Edition. SCARCE. PAIMP 10
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original green cloth, upper board framed and blocked in gilt, gilt back, bevelled boards, red endpapers, very neatly recased, a very good, bright, clean, fresh copy. With printed personal book-label on front paste-down. Schwerdt II, p. 161. SCARCE.
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xxxi, 313 pp, frontis, 122 illustrations from photos on plates, folding colored map (short tear at stub), index. original blue pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, edges rubbed, neat tape repair in margin of page 195, front hinge cracking but firm, small chip on rear cover, clean very good copy. A picture of this book is available upo The introductory chapter is by Sir Harry H. Johnston, who provides a good historica perspective and some interesting comments on the natural history of Central Africa. 'Dr Christy has been a persistent and successful hunter but it has been mainly in the cause of science. The Belgian museums, the British and perchance the Americans have been the richer for his prowess'. The author travelled extensively in the region over a 25 year period and describes the Ituri Forest of the Congo in detail in this work with much on the Ituri Pygmies, the Okapi, elephants, rhinoceros, buffalo, the forest hog, chimpanzee, the Bongo, the aardvark and ant-eaters, birds, insects, fish, reptiles, frogs, forest hunting and armament, the poisoned arrow gun, etc.
177 pages. Signed by Robert Bateman upon half-title page. "Offers an entirely new selection of more than ninety paintings, including some of his most recent works, carefully reproduced in accurate full color. The artist's commentaries throughout the book demonstrated his skills as a naturalist and give the reader a fascinating and personal insight into how a Bateman painting is created." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 143 plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. Very scarce, especially in this condition
784 pages. Extensively footnoted. Index of Latin names of Taxa. Reproductions of black and white photos. Colour plates. Many black and white illustrations. Reprint of the Russian first edition. Text in English. "Contains species descriptions of terrestrial carnivores and detailed information on their external morphology, skull, body measurements and other data, affinities with other species, geographic distribution in the historic past and today, geographic variation, practical significance, and biology. Descriptions are presented for orders, families, and genera, and keys given for their identification." - from page iv. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to dust jacket which has number written atop front panel. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 8 coloured plates on 4, and 115 monochrome plates and maps in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of one of the best and most comprehensive monographs on the species. Scarce, especially in this condition
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 3 coloured frontispieces, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and endpaper maps in the last two volumes; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in black, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The trilogy comprises Born Free. A Lioness of Two Worlds. With Extracts from George Adamson's Letters. Preface by Lord William Percy. Foreword by Captain Charles Pitman, 1960; Living Free. The Story of Elsa and her Cubs. Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley, 1961; Forever Free. Elsa's Pride, 1962. Near fine set of George and Joy Adamson's account of their pioneering conservation project involving three generations of lions in Kenya's Serengeti in the late 1950s/early 1960s. The first volume formed the basis of James Hill's 1966 Oscar-winning movie of the same name starring husband and wife team Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. So involved did McKenna and Travers become that they founded independently the Born Free Foundation which flourishes to this day. COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE.
6 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 6 fine chromolithograph frontispieces (all original tissue guards present), 66 fine coloured chromolithograph plates (all original tissue guards present), 1600 superb monochrome wood-engravings (57 full-page) in the text and terracotta endpapers; uniformly bound in full navy buckram, gilt backs, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, clean, remarkably well-preserved copy. Nice set of this classic survey of the animal kingdom at the end of the neneteenth century. The plates and illustrations are by Kuhnert, Specht, Smit, Muetzel, Elwes, Wolf, Gambier Bolton and many other leading wildlife artists of the period. The set comprises: vol. I: Mammals; vol. II: Mammals; vol. III Mammals-Birds; vol. IV: Birds; vol. V: Reptiles, Fishes, etc., vol. VI: Invertebrates. Freeman 2362.
folio [38.5 x 29 cm]; xxii, 202 pp, double page photogravure frontis, 113 fine photogravure plates, folding panorama of elephants charging in rear pocket, colored map, title in red & black, index. orig dark blue cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover & spine, t. e. g., spine lightly faded but lettering clear, light stain on corner of cover, rear corner bit bumped, bookplate of Frances Myers and signature on endpaper, a near fine clean copy. A very large work, printed on heavy paper, with superb photos of African animals, especially elephants, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, buffalo, giraffes. The preface is by Sir Sydney F. Harmer. The author, describes his travels to British East Africa, Kenya, and his photographic experiences. He provides a chapter and some plates on the equipment he used. The appendices are on elephants, mammoths.