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New York: Crescent Books, 1974. 100 color photographs. Bottom cover edge across and 2/16" up faded. Slight rubbing to spine base and bottom edge. Otherwise book's exterior and interior are VG+. DJ's inside front flap "wavy" as if from moisture? Doesn't go through to front or affect book. Otherwise DJ is VG+.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Color Photographs. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 12". Seashells.

New York: American Museum Press, 1926. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XIX, Part VI. 24 illustrations of this Missouri cave including carvings on bones. Pages 293-335 . Exterior stiff covers are Very Good to Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Figures(Photographs, Map, graphs). Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Anthropology.

New York: American Museum Natural History, 1916. In the Foreword written by Henry Fairfield Osborn, " The life and writing of Joel Asaph Allen have exerted so great an influence on the progress of ornithology and mammalogy in America that all who have the interests of these branches of science at heart, both in this country and abroad, will welcome this biographical and bibliographical volume. It is issued as an expression of the appreciation of Doctor Allen's life work by the Trustees of The American Museum of Natural History and devoted colleagues on its Scientific Staff. The biographical sketch was especially desired in connection with the Bibliography because it sets forth so clearly the broad groundwork of travel, of field observation and of field record which has established a model of all modern American work on the birds and the mammals..." 215 pp. most uncut at top edge. Side edge untrimmed. Tears and chips mainly at front cover's side edge. Covers soiled with fading at… Read More

Bingham Oceanography Laboratory Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University. 1944-1946. Art. 1-5. Art. 1: Tetrodon Poisoning by Warren H. Yudkin.1944. 18 pp.; Art. 2: Studies on the Marine Resources of Southern New England. I. An Analysis of the Fish Population of the Shore Zone, by Herbert E. Warfel and Daniel Merriman.1944. 91 pp.; Art. 3: Studies on the Marine Resources of Southern New England, III. The Possibility of the Utilization of the Starfish(Asterias Forbesi Desor). 1946. 58 pp.; and Art. 4 and 5 (in one bulletin): Studies on the Marine Resources of Southern New England. IV. The Biology and Economic Importance of the Ocean Pout, Macrozoarces Americanus (Bloch and Schneider) by Yngve H. Olsen and Daniel Merriman and V. Parasites and Diseases of the Ocean Pout, Macrozoarces Americanus by Ross F. Nigrelli.1946. 221 pp. plus 10 plates. Stiff grey wraps. Slightly soiled. otherwise exteriors are Very Good to VG+. Interiors are all tight, clean and VG+. . Wraps. Very Good to Very Good+.… Read More

New Haven, Conn: Bingham Oceanography Laboratory Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University. 414 pp. Stiff grey wraps. Slightly soiled. ex-mus. stamp on cover, otherwise exterior is Very Good to VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. . Wraps. Very Good to Very Good+. Illus. by Figures (line drawings), Tables, Graphs, Charts, Maps. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Oceanography.

New York: The Viking Press, 1939. "Rather than turn what follows into one of those endless rambling travelogues fraught with human interest, private misapprehensions, and succinct domestic wit, I have intentionally reduced any personal narrative to a staccato sprinkling of comings and goings. It was the jungle and the animals in it that we went to see and which interested me most." Narrative of experience in the jungles of Trinidad, Haiti, and Surinam and the animals the author encountered. Thirty-two illustrations of many of the animals, including peripatus, pouch-back frog, cave opossum, blood-lapping bat, crab-eating racoon, red howler monkey, and tayra. 292 pp. with index. Decorative covers with image of howler monkey. Spine is sunned, and cover corners are bumped. Endpapers are maps of the Caribbean. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Back endpaper has browning along hinge (age? water?). Interior is tight, clean and Very Good.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. Adopted 1905. As in force November, 1912. Synopsis includes: Science (general); Mathematies; Astronomy- Geodesy; Physics; Chemistry- Crystallography; Geology- Mineralogy, Petrology, Paleontology; Natural History-Microscopy, General biology; Botany-Ecology; Zoology; Human Anatomy; Physiology-Experimental Psychology; and Bacteriology. 196 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus.numbers and faint stamp. Mildly soiled covers.Faint watermark along the upper spine joint, 3" unto the top border, 2". Top border "mark" shows on title page only. Overall covers are Good. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.. Wraps. Good. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Library of Congress.

Crescent Books, 1973. small nick of side edge on front cover, and front top corner tip bumped, otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is Fine.. Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Color Photographs. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Seashells.

New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1859. From the Fourth London Edition. 423 pp. Olive cloth covers with embossed design on front and back. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped, edges rubbed, fraying/tears to spine edges. Small hole in back spine edge. Previous owner's embossed stamp on freepaper, along with numbering on front freepaper and back inside cover. Dirt smudges on front pages. Sporadic foxing to interior. Interior is tight. Book in Good condition.. Cloth. Good. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Science.

San Francisco: Department of Natural Resources, 1947. October issue. No. 4. Contents: A System for Classifying Vegetation in California; Castle Lake Trout Investigations; and Second Progress Report on the Cooperative Study of the Interstate Deer Herd and Its Range. pp. 1999-329. Color foldout map of : Vegetation Types of California. Photographs, graphs, tables. Green paper covers with black lettering and illustration on front cover. Covers are VG+ to Near Fine. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. . Wraps. Very Good+ to Near Fine. Illus. by Figures (line drawings), Color Fold-out Map, Photographs, Tables, . Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". California.

Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum Covers slightly soiled. 1943 edition, previous owner's name on cover. 1960 & 1964 edition have ink writing on cover:"p.112-financial statement" and "see page 8". Otherwise covers are Very Good. No tears. Interiors are all clean, tight and in Very Good + condition.. Wraps. Very Good-. Illus. by Photographs, Figures(text drawings). Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Natural History.

1854. SIGNED: "Providence Athenaeum. from the Author" on the cover. From Annuls of the Lyceum of Natural History in New York, Vol. VI., p.80. April 1854. Providence Athenaeum Stamp on first page of text. "In June, 1853, the writer entered upon a pedestrian tour through the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, and part of Georgia, with the double purpose of renovating health, and of collecting the numerous and varied species of fluviatile shells with which our Western streams and rivers abound. The Journey was extended as far as Macon, in Georgia..." unpaginated. Gives 50 descriptions of shells. On the front endpaper, strip of paper glued with the explanation: "The plates are delayed, but will be furnished hereafter.". Some soiling to covers. Back cover detached. Exterior is Good to Good-. Vertical crease down the middle-shows more in the text than on covers. One reddish spot? on first page in side margin, some markings/corrections on second and third page (done by author?),… Read More

Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration, 1959. A Research Study. Wildlife Bulletin. No. 6, 1959. Large fold-out map in back: Water Developments for Wildlife. Green paper covers. Small tears at spine ends, otherwise covers are VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.. Softcover. Very Good. Illus. by Foldout Map, Photographs. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Desert.

Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1907. 26 Reports covering years: 1906-1910,1912-1924,1926-1932, and 1966. Commences with report of the death of Marshall Field, founder of the Museum. Frontis. portrait of Field (Plate). Plate II: Mourning Design in Museum Rotunda Exposed for Thirty Days Following Mr. Field's Death. Each year's report gives Accessions in Departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Zoology. Numerous Plates in each Report. Stiff cover wraps-mildly soiled. Some with chips along edges or spine. A few with small pieces of paper spine missing, but still intact. ex.mus. stamp/numbers either on front or on title page. 1919 Report's front cover is detached. Overall exteriors are Good to Good +. Interiors are clean and Very Good.. Wraps. Good. Illus. by Plates. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Natural History.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan, 1924. Geological Survey of Alabama. Museum Paper No.7. Alabam Museum of Natural History. Miscellanous Publications No. 12. 33 pages. 2 Plates. ex.mus. stamp on front cover and title page. mildly creased left corner, otherwise Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.. Wraps. Good. Illus. by Plates. Zoology.

United States: American West Publishing Company, 1969. With a foreword by Wallace Stegner. B/W and color photographs throughout. Endpapers are topography map of the Grand Canyon. 310 pp. with index. Orange covers with gilt title on spine and gilt image of a driftwood horse on front. Missing DJ. Light wear to cover corners and edges, spine ends are bent and rubbed. Bookplate from previous owner adhered to title page. Interior pages are clean, tight. Book in VG/VG+ condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photography by Philip Hyde. Size: Approx. 8 1/4 " x 11 1/4". Nature.

Syracuse, NY: C.W. Bardeen, 1895. 46 pp. Red cloth covers with white embossed title on front. Cover corners are bumped, top/bottom of spine is bent, title is nearly removed. Ex. museum stamp and identification numbers on front freepaper. Page edges are browning. Interior is tight and clean. Book is in VG condition.. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7". Textbook.

Menasha, WI: Lloyd Library and Museum 36 issues.1940-1943 and 1945-1947 Complete. 4 issues per year. 1944, 1948 and 1949: no issues; 1950: 3 issues: (March, June, & Dec.); and 1951: 1 issue (March). Last 3 issues have ex.-mus. stamp on front cover. Several covers mildly soiled otherwise all exteriors are VG+. Some soiling to side edges. No tears. 1940 Sept. issue, 4 pages loose, side edge lightly chipped, not on text/plates, otherwise all interiors are clean, tight, and in VG+ to Near Fine condition.. Wraps. Very Good to Very Good+. Illus. by Figures(plates), Photographs,. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 3/4". Biology.

Salt Lake City: The Ralton Co., 1958. Day-by-day description of the flora and fauna of the Wasatch mountains in Utah. Third in a series of similar seasonal books. 98 pp. Yellow soft covers have dirt smudges on both sides, and very large crease to top corner of back cover. Interior is tight and clean. Book is in Good+ condition.. Soft Cover. Good+. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Natural History.

Kansas City, Kansas: R.B. Trouslot & Co., 1890. Articles: THOSE ELEPHANT PIPES AGAIN by Warren Watson; THE RESURRECTION FERN, by "Arkansaw Hoosier"; PALAEONTOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN AND NEAR KANSAS CITY, MO., by David H. Todd; THE ANTERIOR ARTS, by "Ictinus"; and THE PRE-HISTORIC MEN WITH LIEUTENANT FREDERICK SCHWATKA. Last 2 pages with "inducements to new subscribers with etchings of free "specimens" in exchange for a subscription to THE NATURALIST. They include "a fine Barnacle from the Atlantic, a Shark's Egg and an Egg of the Skate, or Two fine specimens of Resurection Plant, from Mexico, or a Mother of Pearl Shell, etc. A choice of 65 different items. Very good condition. No tears. Clean. On front page in article on ELEPHANT PIPES, appears to be a correction to text. a semi-colon is added, a "not" is crossed out, and the word "genuineness" is underlined. Otherwise the publication is VG+. 8 pages unpaginated. Laid in a yellow sheet… Read More