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0259349941.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
7898Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1912. First edition. A fine new copy. Pp. 269-336; 25 full page black-and-white plates fine halftones photographs line-drawings. Later yellow cloth lettered in black on the spine sm 4to. This work presents the cephalopods of the western shore of North America between the Bering Strait on the north and the Coronado Islands on the south. This includes the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. There are great illustrations of octopi. Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries for 1910 volume 30 document no. 761. No ownership marks. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1912. First edition. hardcover
3355Washington: National Academy of Sciences 1891. First edition. Some browning to the outer edges of the text only a bright and clean copy in very good condition. Pp. 258 57 full plates many in color. Ornately marbled wrappers with title and author labels on the front cover marbled page edges 4to. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences volume 5 4th memoir. Superb color and half-tone plates of the adult larval and egg stages of lobster and shrimp. Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1891. First edition unknown
2001011337Collingwood VIC: CSIRO Publishing 2001. ix 254pp indexbibliography num bw ills maps. Or laminated pictorial boards As new. Parasitic wasps of the genus Scelio play an important role in the regulation of orthopteran populations and are implicated in the suppression of numbers of many pest locusts and grasshoppers. This volume provides a full taxonomic treatment of the 60 species of Scelio found on the Australian continent and reviews in detail the biology and ecology and host relationaships of Scelio on a worldwide basis. Outlines current knowledge on topics like host finding population biology and collection methods/study in the field. There is a full taxonomic revision of Australian species half of which are newly described. Each species description is complemented by high quality line drawings micrographs and distribution maps. In addition an illlustrated key to species enables easy identification by non-taxonomists. Provides wasp taxonomists researchers of Orthoptera and biological control workers with a basis for detailed studies on this economically important group of insects. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. CSIRO Publishing Hardcover
2871Frankfurt am Main: Moritz Diesterweg 1896. First edition. Faint crease to the corner of the title page no signs of use a bright and clean copy in fine condition. Pp. 6 pp. 467-929 9 lithographic plates each with a descriptive text leaf. Early forest green textured cloth gilt-lettered on the spine 4to. From the series: Ergebnisse einer Zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo im Auftrage der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft aufgefuhrt von Dr. Willy Kukenthal Zweiter Teil: Wissenschaftliche Reiseergebnisse Band III Heft III. This monograph presents the zoological results of the Decapoda and Stomatopoda collected on a research trip to Borneo and the Moluccas performed on behalf of the Senckenberg Natural History Society by Dr. Willy Kukenthal. Frankfurt am Main: Moritz Diesterweg, 1896. First edition hardcover
0243349009.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
5087New York: American Museum of Natural History 1952-1959. First edition. The edge of the wrappers of Part 1 is slightly faded with a few nicks; all of the other volumes and parts are exceptionally bright and clean; a near fine set. Pp. 983; numerous illustrations and maps. Full dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine Parts 3 4 5 and 7 publisher's original printed blue wrappers Parts 1 2 and 6 sm 4to. From: American Museum of Natural History vol. 100 article 1; vol. 103 article 1; vol. 107 article 1; vol. 111 article 3; vol. 113 article 2; vol. 116 article 2; and vol. 118 article 5. Since this important work was issued over a seven year period it seldom is offered as a complete set. The four bound volumes contain all of the American Museum Bulletins published in 1955 1956 1957 and 1959; each volume is 300 to 500 pages in length and contains 3 to 7 articles including one additional monograph on marine mollusks. The remaining three parts are in their original wrappers as issued. The bound volumes have the bookplate of the Reading Public Museum and a single ink name stamp on the title page and rear wrapper; these four volumes show no signs of use. The three parts in original wraps have no ownership marks and no signs of use. Extra shipping will be required due to the weight of the bound volumes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1952-1959. First edition. paperback
7389Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1903. First edition. A fine as new copy. Pp. 987-1130; 49 full page plates black-and-white photographs and halftone drawings. Later green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine sm 4to. Extracted from: Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission for 1903 Part III. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903. First edition. hardcover
2870Paris: Éditions du Muséum 1957. First edition. Some pages are unopened a fine as new copy. Pp. xii 202 2 frontis portraits 42 text-figures 18 full page plates at rear 5 are in color and 13 are fine black-and-white photos. Publisher's pale green printed wrappers lg 4to 12.75 x 9.75 inches. Archives du Muséum National d'Historie Naturelle septième serie tome V. This monograph documents the gall crabs of the family Cryptochiridae. These are small brachyuran crabs that range throughout coastal Vietnam. The frontis matter also contains a memorial to Édouard Mérite by J. Berlioz. Paris: Éditions du Muséum, 1957. First edition unknown
2872Prag: Fr. Rivnac 1897. First edition. This work has been professionally restored. New white wrappers have been added to the monograph with the original printed wrapper mounted on the front white wrapper. The original rear wrapper is not present. The text on the front wrapper is complete though the margins have been chipped away. The title page is tanned and chipped along the bottom border and top corner. The final plate has some marginal chipping along outer edge and at one outer corner the rear blank side of the plate is browned and soiled. Overall a good solid copy that has been expertly restored. The new black cloth box is new. Pp. 53 10 full-page engraved plates 9 are partially colored. Publisher's printed pale green front wrapper mounted on later white wrappers in custom-made folding black cloth box gilt-lettered on the spine folio. Presents the fossil crustaceans of the Cretaceous of Bohemia now known as the Czech Republic. A rare work on the evolution of lobsters and crabs. Small circular stamp of the Smithsonian Institution on the front wrapper and on the title page. Prag: Fr. Rivnac, 1897. First edition hardcover
4378Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1852 1853 1857. First edition. Some browning to the endpapers of part I the text and hand-colored plates of all parts is bright and clean; overall a very good copy. Pp. 150; 258; 140 with 50 full page hand-colored plates folding charts of algae lists at back of Part III. Publisher's original gilt-decorated and blind-stamped Smithsonian-issue dark green cloth spine is lettered in gilt sm folio. Each volume is in a different style of the original Smithsonian cloth part III has the original Smithsonian cloth boards but a new dark green cloth spine also lettered in gilt. Part III has the a circular blind-stamp of the American Museum of Natural History and a circular ink stamp of the Staten Island Institute at the top of the title page there are no other ownership marks in part III or in Parts I or II. Rarely offered in the original Smithsonian cloth but as this issue has three different binding styles it is offered at a reduced price. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1852, 1853, 1857. First edition. hardcover
5999Frankfurt: Kommission bei Moritz Diesterweg 1905. First edition. Small bump to top outer corner light soiling to top edge of title page only top pages uncut and unopened; overall a very good copy. Pp. 92; 2 double-page maps of the world shaded in red to show distribution of slugs 9 text-figures. Extract without wrappers housed loose in early plain brown paper covers lg 4to. Sonderabdruck aus den Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft band 30 heft 1. This early work discusses the geographical distribution of land slugs shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks. A copy of the front wrapper is laid in at front. This monograph is from the research library of herpetologist Kevin W. Marx with his signature on the front brown wrapper. Frankfurt: Kommission bei Moritz Diesterweg, 1905. First edition. unknown
2866Leyde: 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. Leyde: E.J. Brill, 1874. First edition hardcover
1333447892.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2644Boston: Boston Society of Natural History 1912. First edition. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 491 76 full page plates photos line-drawings half-tones. Publisher's dark blue pebble cloth with red spine label that is gilt-lettered lg 4to. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History volume 7. A monographic treatment of invertebrates including echinoids echinoderms star fish spiny urchins from Paleozoic times up to the present. Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with their bookplate on the front endpaper name stamp on the rear endpaper and a white call number on the spine no other library marks and no signs of use. Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1912. First edition hardcover
5767Leipzig: Michael Blochberger 1744. First edition. Endpapers only with some marginal light browning the text and plates are bright and clean the original half leather binding is very attractive; a tight copy in near fine condition. Pp. vi 984 lxxx Register; frontispiece portrait in fine facsimile 22 engraved plates with 157 numbered figures of shells. Original one-half brown calf leather spine with four raised bands lettered in gilt on morocco title label in one compartment over sprinkled paper boards page edges with sprinkle decorations thick 8vo 175 x 115 mm. Presents an early account of shells in art medicine commerce and their use as a currency. This volume documents the important German shell collections in the early 18th century. Over 100 collections are described including those of Negeleins Raths Sandrart and Schulenberg. The work is illustrated with fine line drawings with 157 numbered figures of shells. From the private library of South African author Morris J. Cohen with his custom color book plate on the front endpaper. See also Nissen ZBI 2459 and Dance 190. Leipzig: Michael Blochberger, 1744. First edition. hardcover
3057Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 1868. First edition. Some edge wear to the wrappers has been repaired some light soiling to the edges of the wrappers contents bright and clean with some pages unopened; a very good copy. Pp. 69-92 3 tinted lithograph plates tome IV pp. 147-160 2 tinted lithograph plates tome V pp. 161-191 4 tinted lithograph plates tome V pp. 75-101 2 plain lithograph plates tome VI. Publisher's tan printed wrappers lg 4to. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris volumes 4 5 and 6. This work contains a total of four monographs by Milne Edwards the other three titles are: Études zoologiques sur quelques Crustacés des Iles Célèbes Révision du Genre Thélphuse et description de quelques espèces nouvelles Révision du Genre Callianassa Leach et description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de ce groupe. All of these appear together in this same publication in the original printed wrappers. Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1868. First edition unknown
2827Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1881. First edition. The last plate has been professionally reattached at the gutter margin there is no damage to the plate image this large volume shows no signs of use; a bright and clean near fine copy. . Pp. 6 368 61 full page plates each with descriptive text leaf 11 are chromolithographs or hand-colored 50 are halftones on tan backgrounds. Early fine-weave blue cloth thick folio 14.25 x 11 inches. This work documents the horseshoe crabs and crustaceans of the coastal waters of Mexico. This monograph is the fifth volume of a 13-volume work entitled "Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale" which was the French competitor to the British "Biologia Centrali-Americana" that also documented the plant and animal life of Central America. This fifth volume is the complete work on the horseshoe crabs and crustaceans of Mexico. The fine plates are well executed works of art. This monograph is very scarce. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1881. First edition hardcover
3992Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology 1909. First edition. Small marginal tear to front wrapper repaired rear blank side of last plate is browned; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 98 9 full page plates fine line-drawings. Later yellow cloth lettered in black on the spine original printed green wrappers bound in place lg 4to 12 x 9 3/4 inches. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology volume 27 no. 3. From the library of crustacean zoologist Linda J. Becker with her name stamp on the front wrapper. Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1909. First edition hardcover
3993Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology 1923. First edition. Small marginal tear to contents page repaired; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 115 12 full page plates fine stipple drawings. Later yellow cloth lettered in black on the spine original printed green wrappers bound in place lg 4to 12 x 9 3/4 inches. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology volume 47 no. 4. From the library of crustacean zoologist Linda J. Becker with her name stamp on the front wrapper. Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1923. First edition hardcover
7391Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1880. First edition. Light tanning to some plates; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. 681-1043; numerous full page plates and text-figures halftones and line-drawings. Later red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine 8vo. Extracted from: Report of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1880. This early work on oysters has ten parts on all aspects of oysters and oyster-culture. The first three titles include "The Oyster and Oyster-Culture" by Mobius "A Practical Guide to Oyster Culture and the methods of rearing and multiplying edible marine animals" by Fraiche and "Report on the Oyster and Mussel Industries of France and Italy" by M. Coste. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1880. First edition. hardcover
2852Rio de Janeiro: Archivos do Museu Nacional 1901-1906. First edition. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. vi 151 1 5 full page engraved plates pp. 111-117 1 engraved plate pp. 119-123 2 129-136 159-168 1 photo-plate pp. 187-190 2 plates pp. 1-25 5 plates. Fine weave gray cloth spine with black title label lettered in gilt and with blind-stamped gilt panel lines sm 4to. Also contains the following six papers: Nota appendice as Contribulcoes para o conhecimento de fauna brazileira - Crustaceos do Brazil Crustaceos da Ponta do Pharol em Sao Francisco de Sul no Estado de Santa Catharina Vermes Oligochaetos do Brazil Relatorio das excursoes effectuadas na margem esquerda do Rio Branco em S. Paulo e no Itatiaya na serra de Mantiqueira Uma Especie Nova de Amphipode orchestidae que vive a 2240 metros sobre o nivel do mar Campanhas de Pesca do "Annie": Crustaceos. Inscribed by the author on the main title page with the name of the author tipped in opposite the title page. Name stamp of Angelo E. Rabbeno on the front endpaper. Rio de Janeiro: Archivos do Museu Nacional, 1901-1906. First edition hardcover
8046London: Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press 1927. First edition. The text is extremely bright and clean with no signs of use a touch of wear to the outer joints; a tight bright and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. ix 471; 269 text-figures line-drawings half-tones and black-and-white photos. Publisher's original wine red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and blind-stamped in black on the front cover 8vo. Mildly ex-library with circular blind stamp on the title page and page 99 and ink number on the preface page; no other library marks and almost no signs of use. Rare work seldom offered. London: Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press, 1927. First edition. hardcover
5563London printed by Richard Taylor 1832. First edition. Many of the lithographed plates show scattered foxing; a tight copy in very good condition in a period-style morocco binding. Pp. 4 2-68; 8 full page monochrome lithographed plates 15 total lithographs - many are two-page. Recent green one-half straight-grain morocco leather over English marbled boards green endpapers 4to 293 x 232 mm. According to DSB X p. 261 "The attention of the scientific community was first focused on Owen in 1832 when he published Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus. which was based on a single specimen of this delicate organism that was previously known only by its shell. In this superb piece of descriptive anatomy he also modified Cuvier's Cephalopoda and proposed two orders that were considered valid until 1894." No ownership marks and few signs of use. London, printed by Richard Taylor, 1832. First edition. hardcover
7740London: Trustees of the British Museum 1929-1932. First edition. The cloth on the spines is lightly sunned there is edge wear to the cloth at the top of spine of volume 2 the text and plates are very bright and clean with no signs of use; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition. Pp. xi 236 7 full page black-and-white photo-plates 89 text-figures; pp. xi 359 6 full page black-and-white photo-plates 79 text-figures. Publisher's original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt motif of the British Museum seal on the front cover front and rear covers with borders ruled in blind sm 4to. A detailed monograph on the octopus and its relatives. There is a single library blind stamp on the bottom outer corner of each title page as well as a small white call number on the spine; aside from these minimal markings this volume shows no signs of use - a beautiful copy. Scarce work. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1929-1932. First edition. hardcover