Search Results: Biology from Lippincott Books

Philadelphia: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1929. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 34 pp. Includes 15 text figures and bibliography. From the library of Olaf O. Nylander, an amateur naturalist, with his name on front wrapper. Born in Sweden in 1864, Nylander immigrated to the United States in 1883. He collected material for the U.S. Geological Survey, wrote many scientific papers and in 1938 received an Honorary Master of Science degree from the University of Maine at Orono. Tan paper wrappers are lightly soiled.

Philadelphia: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1927. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. GVG. 247, [1] pp. Includes index to genera and subgenera. From the library of Olaf O. Nylander, with his name on front wrapper. Transmittal slip from William Proctor, the survey director and address change for the survey tipped in on title page. Born in Sweden in 1864, Nylander immigrated to the United States in 1883. An amateur naturalist, he collected material for the U.S. Geological Survey, wrote many scientific papers and in 1938 received an Honorary Master of Science degree from the University of Maine at Orono. Glue residue on front where paper label has been removed, else very good.

Philadelphia: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1930. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 10 pp. Includes 8 text figures and bibliography. From the library of Olaf O. Nylander, an amateur naturalist, with his name on front wrapper. Born in Sweden in 1864, Nylander immigrated to the United States in 1883. He collected material for the U.S. Geological Survey, wrote many scientific papers and in 1938 received an Honorary Master of Science degree from the University of Maine at Orono.

[Maine]: Press, 1946. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good+. ix, 221 pp. Illustrated with 65 figures and 10 plates. Previous owner's name in ink on front cover.

Augusta, Maine: Augusta Press, 1941. Soft cover. Very Good. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game, Fish Survey Report No. 4. 238 pp. 29 b&w plates; many maps, one folding; tables and charts, 2 folding. A little wear at tail of spine, inked number on front cover.

N.Y.: Pantheon Books, 1966. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Georges Braque. 71 pp. Translated from the French by Robert Fitzgerald with reproductions of 4 of the 12 color etchings prepared by Braque for his 80th birthday, and used in the original 1963 French edition. This bilingual edition includes the text in French followed by the English translation and a bibliographical note. With original brown slipcase in 2 pieces. Slipcase could be repaired to about very good condition.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 644 pp. Green cloth, title gilt on spine and front cover. With diagrams, tables, graphs, photos, and illustrations. Includes species and subject index. Previous owner's name stamped on ffep and on top edge else VG+

Gander, Newfoundland: Gander Environmental Group, 1979. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Like New. 72, [14] pp. Includes map and bibliography. A copy of the First Supplement, published in 1980 as an up-date, is laid in. Inscribed, " Dear Dr. Ives, Thank you for being such a good Frosh. Comp. teacher 31 years ago. English was always a tough subject for me but you made it useful and great. William Thurlow." From the Library of Edward "Sandy" Ives, writer, singer, anthropologist, and authority on the folksongs and folklore of Maine and Maritime Canada. Ives was the founder and Director of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History and the editor of its annual publication, Northeast Folklore. See our Catalog "Ives, Edward" for more books from his collection.

Wiesbaden: J. F. Bergmann, 1896. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. XII, 50pp. With 106 figures shown on 53 chromolithograph plates. Brown cloth spine and tan paper covered boards. Boards are soiled and corners bumped, but text is tightly attached into covers. Previous owner's name stamped on half title page. Text is in GERMAN *Note: this book can be shipped overseas via USPS Global Priority Mail. Postage and handling for this service would be a total of $14.00.* VG

Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine. v, 373 pp. Green cloth. Includes numerous tables and graphs, and 16 pages of references, subject and author indices. Previous owner's name stamped neatly on ffep, otherwise fine.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1927. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. xviii, 240 pp, with index. Dark green cloth, spine title gilt. Frontispiece, 120 illustrations. Previous owner's name on ffep, occasional pencil notes with more notes on rear endpapers. Light wear at spine edges.

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. xx, 693 pp. An introduction to the basic concepts of Darwinian biology, a spectrum that includes population genetics, population ecology, community ecology, macroevolution, physiological ecology, systematics, and functional morphology. Numerous color photographs, illustrations and charts. Pictorial covers of a 500 million year old aquatic ecosystem with identification of species on the front endpapers. Near Fine.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 365 pp. Examining the short-tailed fruit bat's role in the ecology of tropical forests. Black and white photos, numerous charts, graphs, and tables. Previous owner's name stamped on ffep. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1969. Reprint of the 1965 Edition . Paper Wrappers. GVG. 350 pp. 19 articles translated from the original Russian reporting the results of a joint Russian-Cuban survey of fish stocks along the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico over three years beginning in 1962. Species studied included tuna, spiney lobsters, and yellow-tail snapper. Spine sunned, with 1/2 void on bottom of spine, else very good.

New York: Ronald Press Company, 1964. Hardcover. GVG. [x] 728 pp. Green cloth, silver titles. Clean, gently worn. GVG

London: Williams & Norgate for University Press of Liverpool, 1904. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. [xii], 57, [3], [2], xxiii, [13] pp. With appendices, index. Green cloth, title gilt. 12 plates. Discoloration on free endpapers, corners bumped, light shelf wear. VG.

Santa Barbara, California: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Ex-Library,else Very Good. 248 pp. Signed on ffep by all three authors. Errata slip tipped into table of contents. Includes index. 50 color plates and 58 black and white figures. The bookcloth is stained on the spine where label was removed. Usual library markings inside.

New York: Academic Press, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine. xvi, 717 pp. including index. Green cloth. Numerous tables and graphs. Previous owner's name stamped on ffep; Near Fine.

New York: Ronald Press Company, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. xvi, 387 pp. Gray cloth, title stamped in red on spine and front board. Abundantly illustrated by the author with intricate drawings of spiders and their webs. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

Washington D.C.: The Wildlife Society, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. GVG/Fair. xvi, 589 pp.With folding map, numerous photographs and tables. Previous owner's name on ffep.; Front hinge crack otherwise VG. Dust jacket has small chip out of the top back cover and small chips and tape over some tears.