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19968973NY: Cambridge University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0521465427 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press 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
1837007672London: John Van Voorst 1837. First Edition 1837 in signed Tout Binder half red morocco over marbled boards lined in gilt five raised bands gilt lined gilt lettering and tail date end pages marbled top edge gilt ribbon marker numerous wood-engraved text illustrations. Armorial bookplate front paste down of Captain James Stewart Alltyrodyn a noted collector. Also laid in the card of noted 20th century American collector Lewis Vogler. Near Fine slight toning to end pages small rubs to two of the raised bands. A quite handsome copy with excellent provenance of this classic work. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Van Voorst Hardcover books
1908004763Indianapolis IN: Aetna Press 1908. Very Good in the original black cloth gilt lettering and rules at spine. Rear hinge starting to separate edges of page block and endpages lightly soiled presentation inscription "For the Library of the Physio Medical College Indianapolis Ind." handwritten in ink front endpage. "Eclectic medicine was a branch of American medicine which made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices popular in the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries." Wikipedia. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Aetna Press 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
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
1921006507American Philosophical Society 1921. SCARCE. Reprinted from Proceedings of American Philosophical Society vol. lx no.4 1921. Paginated 503-623 with 3 fold out maps. Near Fine bound in stiff cardstock with cloth tape spine light spoiling. Carl Henry Eigenmann Mar. 9 1863 - Apr. 24 1927 was an ichthyologist who along with his wife Rosa Eigenmann described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time. Reprint. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. American Philosophical Society Paperback books
1850006440Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston 1850. Translated by Robert P. Thomas M.D. xxiv 765 2 ads. Very Good leather rubbed prior owners name front end page some pencil notations rear end pages foxing and toning to end pages and some foxing throughout. Most internal pages clean and unfoxed. Excellent frontispiece lithograph illustration of a female infant with internal organs in color. Illustrated throughout in black and white. . First American Edition. Full Tan Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lindsay and Blakiston Hardcover books
1894006961Philadelphia: The F. A. Davis Co. 1894. SCARCE in such lovely collectible condition. Near Fine tiny rubs to cloth at corners gilt bright contents are clean tight and unmarked. 302 pp. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The F. A. Davis Co. Hardcover books
1900007889Jena: Gustav Fischer 1900. 549 pp. 2 maps in text fold-out map at rear Near Fine small edge tears at folds 6 chromolithographs 8 heliogravures 32 full page plates and 390 plates in text. Bound in quarter black cloth over paper covered boards hand-written label at spine period handwriting title page small stamp "Konigl. Seminar Lobau" title page. Very Good a quite well-bound book and SCARCE in the 1900 First Edition. Carl Chun 1852-1914 was a German marine biologist a specialist on cephalopods and plankton. Chun's expedition on the "Valdivia" in 1898-99 was the first large-scale German expedition to explore the deep sea. First Edition. Quarter Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gustav Fischer Hardcover books
194875719Cold Spring Harbor: Biological Laboratory 1948. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with diagrams. 222 pages. 4to red cloth a bit worn at head. Cold Spring Harbor: Biological Laboratory 1948. First edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Volume XIII.<br/><br/> Biological Laboratory unknown books
2003136260Cold Spring Harbor NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2003. Softcover. VG- Page edges lightly tanned one corner bumped. Black & color illus. wraps 512 pp. some BW & color illus. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology vol. LXVIII. Papers presented at the 2003 conference during the 50th annviersary of James Watson and Francis Crick's double helix proposal for DNA structure. Papers are catagorized under these headings: Human Genome Sequence; Human Genetic Variation; Genome Structure and Evolution; Genomics of Non-human Species; Bioinformatics and Annotation; Comparing Genomes; Comparative Functional Genomics; Genetic Variation and Disease; Genome Biology and Disease; Human Evolution. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press paperback books
1985006107Dordrecht The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff 1985. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Near fine small top corner bump in a Very Good Plus dust jacket light soiling and a few small edge tears. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. Martinus Nijhoff Hardcover books
200122619Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0262041871 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
1899005593Paris: Charles Carrington 1899. pp. xx 422. Title page printed in red and black. Out of a sequence of 1000 unnumbered copies. Very Good rebound in dark blue cloth gilt. Slight weakness to joints prior owner blind stamp title page slight browning. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Carrington Hardcover books
2003006888Boston: Kluwer Academic Pub 2003. Near Fine tiny rub at head of spine. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kluwer Academic Pub Hardcover books
1899005846Englewood NJ: The Macmillan Co 1899. SCARCE as a single issue Very Good wrappers worn at spine rear wrapper stained internally clean and unmarked. 4 pp. ads paginated 143-173 3 pp. ads. . First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Macmillan Co, Paperback 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
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
1861008331Boston: Crosby Nichols Lee and Company 1861. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "To Hon. Simon Brown with the regards of The Author". Simon Brown was the 21st Lt. Governor of Massachusetts serving from 1855-56. He was also a printer and publisher including of the New England Farmer. Simon Brown's signature in pencil at top edge title page. Very Good Plus title at spine faded and not quite legible. 164 pp. in publisher's pebbled cloth with rules in blind. Quite sturdily bound in line with its intended audience. SCARCE SIGNED and with a nice Association. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy. Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company Hardcover books
1935004049Reed College Portlaand OR: Griffin Lawrence E. 1935. 6th Edition 1935. Very Good prior owner name and ph. number in ink front wrapper pencilled notes rear wrapper pencilling and underlining throughoutobviously used by a student. Classic guide on this subject matter and SCARCE in any of the early editions. . 6th Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Griffin, Lawrence E. Paperback 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
1997006771The Netherlands : Ponsen and Looijen 1997. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ponsen and Looijen Paperback 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
1753008927Holmiae Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii Lars Salvius 1753. SCARCE in commerce in the First Edition. Earlier bookseller's note tipped at front end page states "p. 7576 Original issue removed and corrected pages tipped in. p. 89 90 and 259 260 original issue not removed corrected pages tipped in after dedication." Bound in contemporary quarter calf over paper covered boards with five raised bands and lettering and decorations back recently expertly rebacked with corners repaired and label replaced. 14 1-560 561-1200 pages 1 p. errata. Near Fine slight toning a quite handsome copy in newly refreshed contemporary binding. The first work to apply only two names to any large group of organisms organizing plant identification into a system that had been quite cumbersome into one that was simple and standard marking the begining of taxonomy as it is known today. Species Plantarum contained the names of every know plant at the time 600 species in all. One of the towering classics in the field of botany. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Fine. Thick 8vo. Laurentii Salvii (Lars Salvius) Hardcover books