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Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on those Injurious and Beneficial to Crops.

by Packard, Alpheus S.

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1889, Ninth Edition. Slight wear to the head and foot of the spine, otherwise a tight, clean, near fine copy.. Pp. xii, 715, 15 plates, 670 woodcuts. Publisher's dark green ribbed cloth with beveled edges, gilt-lettered on the spine with gilt beetle at the base and gilt butterfly on front cover, chocolate brown endpapers, lg 8vo. From the library of George H. Beatty, III with his signature on the title page and name stamp on the endpapers.
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A New Turtle From the Marine Miocene of Oregon.

by Packard, E. L.

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Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College Press, 1940, First edition.. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with single ink stamp on front wrapper, no other ownership marks of any kind, slight browning to pages, a near fine, tight copy.. Pp. 31, 4 full page monochromatic plates, 3 text-figures. Publisher's brown wrappers lg 8vo.
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Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794, in 2...
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Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794, in 2 volumes, complete.

by Pallas, Peter S.

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London: printed by A. Strahan for Longman and Rees, 1802-1803. First edition.. Occasional marginal spotting or foxing to some text pages, two of the folding maps at the rear show stronger marginal foxing, the fine hand-colored and plain plates are quite bright and clean; the original calf on the front and rear covers shows some rubbing and shading; overall, a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xxiii, (1, errata) 552; xxx, (1, errata), 523; with 51 engraved and aquatint plates (most of which are hand-colored), 4 folding engraved maps, 28 hand-colored aquatint vignettes. Contemporary speckled calf-leather, rebacked preserving original spines with red and black gilt-lettered labels, 4to (275 x 217 mm). This is the first edition in English. It was translated from the original German entitled "Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs in einem ausfuhrlichen Auszuge" published in 1778. There is a scientific flair to Pallas' accounts as the author was trained as a… Read More
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Maine Birds

by Palmer, Ralph S.

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Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1949. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine (as new) condition.. Pp. 656, 3 maps. Publisher’s original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with a grouse in gilt on the front cover, 8vo. Based largely on data gathered by Arthur Herbert Norton. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 102. Name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and the top page edge, plain pocket on the rear endpaper, no other ownership marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Scarce.
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Pleistocene Studies in the Upper Krishna Basin.

by Pappu, Raghunath Subrao

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Poona: Deccan College, 1974. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xii, 159; 8 black-and-white photo-plates, 23 text-figures (line drawings of artifacts and maps). Publisher's original one-quarter brown cloth, lettered in black on the spine, (original printed stiff wrappers bound in place), sm 4to. Describes the Pleistocene geology and stone artifacts of the Upper Krishna Basin in northwestern India. Small name stamp of J. Brady on the front endpaper.
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The Amphibians of the Mamfe Division, Cameroons, Part I: Zoogeography and Systematics + Part II: Ecology of the Frogs, in 2 parts, complete

by Parker, H. W. and Sanderson, Ivan T.

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London: Zoological Society, 1936. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 135-208; 1 full page color plate of frogs, 1 black-and-white plate of frogs, 16 text-figures. Extract (no wrappers), lg 8vo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1936, no. 9 + no. 10. From a zoological standpoint the Mamfe area is of particular interest because it lies outside the true rainforest yet its amphibian fauna is essentially that of a rainforest. Only 6 of the 49 species covered lie outside the rainforest province; the remaining 43 species are rainforest species that share many commonalities with other species found elsewhere in West Africa and in Central Africa and East Africa. No ownership marks.
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Comparative Ecology of Two Colubrid Snakes, Masticophis t. taeniatus and Pituophis melanolucus deserticola, in Northern Utah.

by Parker, William S. and Brown, William S.

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Milwaukee: Milwaukee Public Museum, 1980. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. vii, 104; some text-figures. Original pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. No ownership marks.
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Paradisi in Sole: Paradisus Terrestris faithfully reprinted from the edition of 1629
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Paradisi in Sole: Paradisus Terrestris faithfully reprinted from the edition of 1629

by Parkinson, John

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London: Methuen & Co, 1904. Facsimile Reprint.. A very bright and clean copy in fine condition, bound in an elegant and attractive full morocco binding.. Pp. (4), a-k, 1-612, 1-16 (index + contents); title page with decorated floral woodcut, woodcut portrait of Parkinson, 110 full page plates - all are fine woodcuts of floral species. Later full tan morocco, spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in one compartment, front and rear covers tooled in blind and with blind-stamped small floral decorations, thick folio (14.5 x 9 inches). The long subtitle listed on the decorated floral title page reads: "… or a garden of all sorts of pleasant floras … with a kitchen garden of all manner of herbs, roots and fruits, for meat or sauce used with cuts, and an orchard of all sorts of fruit-bearing trees and shrubs fit for our land together with the ordering of planting and preserving of them and their uses and virtues." This is almost certainly the most famous English… Read More
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L'Art Architectural Hindou dans l'Inde et en Extrême-Orient.

by Parmentier, Henri

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Paris: Vanoest, Les Editions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1948. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in an attractive binding in near fine condition.. Pp. 255; 94 full-page photographic plates with 271 individual figures. Later black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, green marbled endpapers, 4to. In 1900 Parmentier was appointed by the École Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) to study and restore monuments of the Cham in Vietnam. Later, he participated in archaeological excavations at M? S?n in 1903-1904, and at Duong Dong and Chanh Lo in 1905 In 1908 he began preparing a program for the conservation of Angkor Wat. He later worked in Hanoi and in Laos. Parmentier is considered the honorary head of the archaeological services of the École Française d'Extrême-Orient. This volume documents his career and discoveries. Small Vietnamese name sticker on the title page, no other ownership marks.
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South African Frogs
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South African Frogs

by Passmore, N. I. and Carruthers, V. C.

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Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1979. First edition.. Wear to dustjacket, missing section of dustjacket on spine, light edgewear to bottom edge of covers and spine, overall a very good copy.. Pp. xviii, 270, 120+ fine color photos, 300+ black-and-white photos, maps and diagrams. Cloth, DJ, 4to. Contains an extended play gramophone record of the voices of South African frogs in specially made jacket at front of volume. The most comprehensive guide to South African species ever published. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper and gramophone record. Neat underlining on pages 43, 47, 49, 106, 108, 200, 216, 217, 219, 221, 223, 224, 227, 229, 232, and 240.
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South African Frogs.

by Passmore, N.I. and Carruthers, V.C.

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Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1979. First edition.. A fine copy in a slightly edge-worn but very good dust jacket.. Pp. xviii, 270, 120+ fine color photos, 300+ black-and-white photos, maps and diagrams. Cloth, dust jacket, 4to. Contains an extended play gramophone record of the voices of South African frogs in specially made jacket at front of volume. The most comprehensive guide to South African species ever published. No ownership marks.
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Les Batraciens du Maroc
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Les Batraciens du Maroc

by Pasteur, G. and Bons, J.

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Rabat, Morocco: Societe des Sciences des naturelle et physiques, 1959. First edition.. Small bump to rear top outer corner before binding was put on, marginal sunning to the front wrapper and to the errata sheet, a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. xvi, 241; 3 full page color plates, 3 folding maps at rear. Green cloth, lettered in black on the spine, original pale green printed wrappers bound in place, lg 8vo. From the series: Travaux de l’Institut Scientifique Chérifien, ser. Zoologique no. 17. The text is in French. From the research collection of Illinois State University herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper.
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Reptiles of Southern Africa.

by Patterson, Rod

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Cape Town: C. Struik (Pty) Ltd, 1987. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 128; 232 color photos (some in full page format). Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), 4to. Cover 90 species of tortoises, terrapins, turtles, crocodiles, lizards and snakes with details on keeping some species in captivity. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Raising Fur-Bearing Animals
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Raising Fur-Bearing Animals

by Patton, Hardison

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Chicago: C.V. Ritter, 1925. First edition.. Light wear spine, sunning to spine and top of front cover, overall a very good copy.. Pp. xiv, 466, numerous line drawings, frontispiece. Publisher’s red cloth, lettered in gilt on cover and spine, sm 8vo. This volume examines the scientific propagation and domestication of fur-bearing animals. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Neat underlining on pages 333 and 373.
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Atlas of the Pavie Mission: Laos, Cambodia, Siam, Yunnan, and Vietnam: Volume 2 - The Pavie Mission Indochina Papers, 1879-1895

by Pavie, Auguste

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Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 1999. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 193; 70 full page maps (most in color), 11 Atlas-Maps (all in color), 45 full page plates (most in color). Color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 4to. Translated and composed by Walter E. J. Tips. This is the atlas volume to accompany the Pavie Mission Indochina Papers, 1879-1895. The various French expeditions, carried out by a score of prominent researchers under the name “Mission Pavie”, not only compiled a wealth of new scientific and historical information and details on natural history they also drew up accurate maps for areas where no western mapping work had previously been undertaken. This atlas also contains many color plates, masterpieces of the art of the time that were incorporated in various research reports of the mission (from the rear wrapper blurb).
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A Monographic Study of Thelypodium and Its Immediate Allies.

by Payson, Edwin B.

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Saint Louis: Washington University, 1922.. Near fine copy.. Pp. 233-324. Original brown printed wrappers, lg 8vo. From the series: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 9 (September 1922). Thelypodium is a genus of flowering plants in the mustard family. There are 16 to 20 recognised species, all native to western North America.
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Report on Collections of Fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species

by Oliver Peebles Jenkins

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 417-511, 50 text-figures (fine line-drawings of fishes and rays). Extract with self-wrappers, sm 4to. From: Bulletin of United States Fish Commission for 1902. No ownership marks.
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The Genus Lentinus: A World Monograph
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The Genus Lentinus: A World Monograph

by Pegler, David N.

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London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1983. First edition.. A bright copy in fine condition.. Pp. (iv), 281; 65 full page text-figures (fine line-drawings). Light brown pictorial cloth-backed wrappers, lg 8vo. From the series: Kew Bulletin Additional Series X, a contribution from Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. Lentinus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed, with many species found in subtropical regions. The genus name Lentinus is derived from the Latin lent, meaning "pliable", and inus, meaning "resembling" (from Wiki). This volume surveys the 514 specific names that have been associated with the genus Lentinus, and apart from Antarctica these tough and conspicuous basidiomes are to be found growing throughout the World. This book is signed by Nancy S. Weber, dated 11/11/85. No other ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Life in the Woods; or, the Adventures of Audubon

by Peirce, B. K.

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New York: Carlton & Porter, 1863. First edition.. Cloth on spine a little sunned, some foxing to the endpapers only; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. 252; frontispiece plate, 7 full page illustrations (fine woodcuts). Publisher's ornately blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 12mo (6 x 4 inches). This is an early biography of the incidents and adventures in the life of Audubon (Zimmer, p. 486). The first edition is rather scarce. No ownership marks.
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Les Poissons des Eaux Douces de Madagascar et des Iles Voisines (Comores, Seychelles, Mascareignes).

by Pellegrin, Jacques

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Tananarive: Imprimerie G. Pitot et Cie, 1933. First edition.. Light uniform tanning to text, pages uncut and unopened, top corner of front wrapper with slight wear; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (2), 222, (2), 3 full page plates and 105 text-figures. Publisher's original pale green printed wrappers, 4to. Memoires de l'Academie Malgache, fascicule XIV. This work presents the freshwater fishes of Madagascar and the nearby islands of Comores, Seychelles, Mascareignes. Faint date stamped on front wrapper; no ownership marks and no signs of use.
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