Search Results: Authors starting with M from Natural History Books

Manila: Catholic Trade School, 1964. First edition.. Light sunning to the outer borders of the wrappers, a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. vii, 148. Original gray wrappers, printed in black, 8vo. An interesting small monograph on the Mamanua people of northeast Mindanao. Name stamp of C. P. Warren on the front endpaper. No other ownership marks.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xx, 526; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings, graphs and maps, 8-page color section of photos and diagrams at center of book (p. 268). Pictorial color laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. From the series: Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules, New Paradigms in Evolutionary Biology. The house mouse is the source of almost all genetic variation in laboratory mice; its genome was sequenced alongside that of humans, and it has become the model for mammalian speciation. Featuring contributions from leaders in the field, this volume provides the evolutionary context necessary to interpret these patterns and processes in the age of genomics. The topics reviewed include mouse phylogeny, phylogeography, origins of commensalism, adaptation, and dynamics of secondary contacts between subspecies. Explorations of mouse behavior cover the nature of chemical and… Read More

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xx, 526; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings, graphs and maps, 8-page color section of photos and diagrams at center of book (p. 268). Pictorial color laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. From the series: Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules, New Paradigms in Evolutionary Biology. The house mouse is the source of almost all genetic variation in laboratory mice; its genome was sequenced alongside that of humans, and it has become the model for mammalian speciation. Featuring contributions from leaders in the field, this volume provides the evolutionary context necessary to interpret these patterns and processes in the age of genomics. The topics reviewed include mouse phylogeny, phylogeography, origins of commensalism, adaptation, and dynamics of secondary contacts between subspecies. Explorations of mouse behavior cover the nature of chemical and… Read More

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1956. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. (2), 38; 4 full page photo-plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Publisher's original gray stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the front cover, sm folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). From the series: Fossil Mammals of Africa, no. 10.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1942. First edition. Fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 104; 9 text-figures, 29 tables. Publisher's original printed light blue wrappers, lg 4to (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches). Discovery Reports volume 22. Whalebone whales, also called baleen whales or great whales, make the Mysticeti, one of two suborders of the Cetacea. No ownership marks.

Montreal: William Foster Brown and Co. 1892. First edition.. Clean, very good copy.. Pp. 295. Early green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, lg 8vo.

New York: Plenum Press, 1993. First edition.. A small piece has cut from one outer endpaper corner; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xii, 383; numerous charts, graphs, cladograms, and black-and-white photos. Publisher's original pictorial black laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. From the Plenum series "Advances in Primatology." The volume is based on a symposium "Debating the Superordinal Relationships of Primates: Issues, Evidence and Proposed Solutions" held at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in April 1991. The work contains 11 chapters by notable authorities in the field that bear on the phylogenetic placement of primates within the framework of their ordinal non-primate relatives. No ownership marks.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xii, 329, numerous text figures. Original pictorial silver stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 8vo. This volume is a timely review of the most recent research into the evolutionary origins of biological diversity and the processes of speciation. The work is based on a symposium held at a meeting of the Royal Society of London. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Waldemar Kramer, 1971. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 284; 21 text-figures (line-drawings of skeletal elements and muscle maps), 15 tables. Original printed stiff white wrappers lettered in black, lg 8vo. From the series: Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 527. This volume presents a comparative and functional-anatomical study on the forelimb of Theropithecus gelada (Ruppell 1835). It is a contribution to the systematics and evolutionary morphology of terrestrial Cercopithecidae. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page. Name of former owner neatly stamped on the title page. No other ownership marks and almost no signs of use.

Ramna, Dacca: Asoke Kumar Majumdar, 1937. First edition.. There is light foxing and occasional browning to the text, small repair made to verso of the title page; overall a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xviii, 436, 16 (index); 2 maps. Later one-half red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, over blue marbled boards, lg 8vo. The term Suvarnabhumi ("Land of Gold"), is commonly thought to refer to the Southeast Asian Peninsula, including lower Burma and the Malay Peninsula. However there is another gold-referring term Suvarnadvipa ("Islands of Gold"), which may correspond to the Indonesian Archipelago, especially Sumatra. Both terms might refer to a powerful coastal or island kingdom in present-day Indonesia and Malaysia, possibly centered on Sumatra or Java (from Wiki). No ownership marks. Rare work.

Delhi: B. R. Publishing, 1979. First edition.. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. xv, 218. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, orange and white pictorial dust jacket, lettered in black on the spine and in white on the front cover, 8vo. This volume discusses the influence of Hindu artistic and cultural expressions on the historical development of Southeast Asia and the islands of Indonesia. The volume features the kingdoms of Suvarnadvipa, Sri-Vijaya, Kambuja, Champa and Srikeshetra. The volume also discusses the spread of Sanskrit literature and the adaptations of the Indian Epics. This is volume 6 in the I.S.P.Q.S. History and Archaeology Series. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper. Rare work seldom offered.

Tokyo: Dai-ichi Shobo, 1931. First edition.. Two of the text volumes shows bumps to the outer corners, the plates all have their original tissue guards; a tight and clean copy in very good condition in a fine folding portfolio case.. Vol. 1 (English text): Pp. 240, 158 text-figures; Vol. 2 (Japanese text): Pp. 4 + 3 + 57, 75 text-figures; Vol. 3 (Japanese text): Pp. 248, 376 text-figures; + 86 fine color plates with attached original tissue guards in place in a folding cream-colored portfolio. Recent pale-blue cloth-covered folding portfolio case with bone-clasped ties and with orange printed author/title label on the front cover, thick lg folio. This is the rare first printing of this classic work on the snakes of Japan. The three text volumes and the 86 fine color plated are contained in one large portfolio case. The color plates represent some of the best illustrations of snakes produced in the 20th century. This work was published in Japan over a two year period. In 1931 the English text,… Read More

Tokyo: Dai-ichi Shobo, 1978. Reprint edition.. A fine (as new) set in fine dust jackets housed in fine card slipcases.. (Volume 1 - English text): pp. (4), 1-240, (3), 1 map, 156 text-figures; (volume 2 - Color plates): pp (2), 85 full page color plates; (volume 3 - Japanese text): pp. (4), 1-248, (2), 376 text-figures. Publisher's original gray course-weave cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, in blue-patterned dust jackets, each volume is housed in a gray card slipcases lettered in black, folio (14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches) and 4to (12 x 8 3/4 inches). Volume 1 contains English text, Volume 2 contains color plates and Volume 3 contains Japanese text. A high quality facsimile reprint of this important monographic work on the snakes of Japan that was originally published in 1931; the reprint was issued in a limited edition of 500 copies. This reprint edition is long out of print and has become quite scarce.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. viii, 286; 16 color plates from paintings by Charles Whymper, 1 black-and-white plate. Publisher’s original gray-green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover and with gilt illustrations of grouse on the front cover and spine, top page edge in gilt, sm 8vo. No ownership marks.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. v, 221-442, vii-viii; 11 full page photo-plates. Early dark blue patterned cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, volume 10, part 5. No internal institutional or private ownership marks; there is an old white call number on the spine.

Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1964. First edition.. The dust jacket is frayed along the top edge, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket.. Pp. 95; numerous black-and-white photos, maps, and some line-drawings by Goode. Original dark gray cloth, lettered in silver on the spine and front cover, black-and-white pictorial dust jacket square, 4to (12 x 10 inches). The text is by Harvey Manning, and the maps are by Dee Molenaar. The North Cascades National Park is an American national park in the state of Washington. At more than 500,000 acres (200,000 ha), it is the largest of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Complex. North Cascades National Park consists of a northern and southern section, bisected by the Skagit River that flows through the reservoirs of Ross Lake National Recreation Area (from Wiki). No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Taipei, Taiwan: National Science Council, 1980. First edition.. A few tiny bumps to outer the corners, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 64, 37 text-figures (full page color plates and black-and-white line-drawings). Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and on the front cover, lg 8vo. National Science Council Special Publication no 4. There are abundant sea-snakes in the ocean surrounding Taiwan; most of these are venomous sea-snakes. This volume documents all species. The work is divided into two parts. The first part provides a general account of sea snakes while the second part provides keys, line-drawings and color photos of Taiwan sea snakes. The text is in English with a summary in Chinese at the end. From the research collection of David Kizirian with his small, printed name in the top outer corner of the front endpaper. Rare work.

Taipei, Taiwan: National Science Council, 1980. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 64, 37 text-figures (full page color plates and black-and-white line-drawings). Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and on the front cover, lg 8vo. National Science Council Special Publication no 4. There are abundant sea-snakes in the ocean surrounding Taiwan; most of these are venomous sea-snakes. This volume documents all species. The work is divided into two parts. The first part provides a general account of sea snakes while the second part provides keys, line-drawings and color photos of Taiwan sea snakes. The text is in English with a summary in Chinese at the end. From the research collection of herpetologist K. P. Schmidt with his name stamp on the front endpaper. Also inscribed to KPS from H. Voris, dated 1981. Voris was a herpetologist in the Chicago Field Museum. Rare work.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1996. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 64; 85+ color photographs. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. A detailed guide to raising and breeding of Desert Snakes. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: Harper and Row, 1971. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine condition in a near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear.. Pp. xi, 220, 60 fine full page color plates by Fuertes, 11 black-and-white plates, numerous text-figures. Publisher's blind-stamped cream-colored cloth, spine lettered in gilt, color pictorial dust jacket. sm folio. A great selection of the paintings, drawings, and letters of this fine bird artist together with a complete bibliography of his writings and other work. No ownership marks.