Search Results: Titles starting with I from Natural History Books

San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1917. First edition.. Small crease to bottom edge of the wrappers and text; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. 33-39. Brown plain wrappers over the original printed green wrappers, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth series, volume 7, no. 2 and no. 3. No ownership marks.

London: Zoological Society, 1938.. Library stamp of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia on the inside front wrap, otherwise a bright, near fine copy.. Pp. 102, 11 full pg plates. Orig. blue wraps, sm folio. Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 24, pt. 1.

Cambridge, MA: Martino, 1994.. Fine copy.. Pp. xix, 643, b/w frontis plate. Two-tone cloth, 4to. This reprint edition was limited to 250 copies.

Wien: W. Braumuller, 1900. First edition.. Slight edge-wear to boards, a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 209-308; 5 full page lithographed plates, 2 text-figures. Contemporary one-quarter dark brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, over marbled boards, folio (13 x 10 inches). This is Parts 4 and 5 in: Ueber das Palaozoicum in Hocharmenien und Persien by F. Frech and G. v. Arthaber. From the series: Beitra?ge zur pala?ontologie und geologie O?sterreich-Ungarns und des Orients ... Mittheilungen des Pala?ontologischen institutes der Universita?t, volume 12, issue 4. The text is in German. Name stamp of the author on the front endpaper. From the research library of paleontologist Arthur K. Miller with his signature on the front endpaper.

London: Zoological Society, 1903.. Near fine.. Pp. 82, 3 full page plates. Full black bonded leather, folio. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. 16, part 8, no. 1.

Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1976. First edition.. Light foxing to the title page and to the contents page; a clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 464; some text-figures and photos. Early green cloth, lettered in gilt, lg 8vo. Union Internationale des sciences préhistoriques et protohistoriques, IXe congrès: Les Plus anciens Hominidés, Colloque VI. This symposium was held in Nice, France in September 1976. There are 36 chapters in this work on what was then thought to be the earliest records of the Hominidae. At the time, this included "Ramapithecus" and other Neogene hominoids. There are numerous other papers on Australopithecus, Homo erectus and others. This work was actually a pre-print of the papers to be given at the symposium. No later accounts of the symposium were ever published. The original orange wrappers issued with this work French. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper.

Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 2005. First edition.. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. (8), 536; numerous text-figures (black-and-white photos of artifacts, line-drawings of artifacts, maps, geological charts). Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, pale blue pictorial dust jacket, 4to. Organized by the Center for the Study of First Americans, this volume contains 19 chapters by noted authorities in the field. The work provides an up-to-date summary of important new discoveries earlier than 10,000 years from Northeast Asia and North America. These new findings are changing perceptions about the origin of the First Americans. No ownership marks.

London: William Wesley and Son (1896-1913) + Cape Town: Darter Bros and Co. (1918). First edition.. The front blank endpapers show scattered light foxing endpapers as do 2 of the 4 title pages; 4 of the 419 hand-colored plates show just a hint of marginal foxing; overall, the text, hand-colored plates and fine green morocco bindings of this four volume set are remarkably clean - a tight and bright copy in fine condition.. Pp. (vol. 1): vi, (6), (6), with 100 hand-colored lithographic plates (partially colored as called for), each with descriptive text leaves, (5), index, appendix; (vol. 2): pp. vi, frontispiece portrait of the author, with 100 hand-colored lithographic plates (partially colored as called for), each with descriptive text leaves, (3), index; (vol. 3): pp. (6), with 100 hand-colored lithographic plates (partially colored as called for), each with descriptive text leaves, (3), index. + (Orchids Cape Peninsula): pp. xxxiii, 1-141, (1); 119 partially hand-colored plates (as called for), 2… Read More

Genève: Aubert-Schuchardt, 1892. First edition.. Light marginal browning and a few small tears to the outer margins of the first two pages; otherwise a very good copy.. Pp. 26 (2), 3 fine lithograph plates (colored in green). Quarter black cloth over green snake-skin patterned stiff boards, lg 4to. Early very small name stamp of Frederick M. Gaige, later from the private library of entomologist Herbert S. Wallace.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1987. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 53; 29 text-figures (black-and-white photos, line-drawings and maps). Original printed wrappers, lg 8vo. American Museum Novitates no. 2867. The definition of Tarsius pumilus is set within a context of morphological and biogeographical comparisons among T. bancanus (Sunda shelf), T syrichta (southern Philippine islands), and T. spectrum (Sulawesi and nearby islands); and subsequent comparisons between these three species and Tarsius pumilus. Information is also provided on the habitat and faunal associations of Tarsius pumilus. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Roma: Lincei, 1974. First edition.. A fine copy.. Pp. 65; + 48 full page plates (black-and-white photos, line-drawings and diagrams), 3 text-figures, 11 tables. Original printed stiff gray wrappers, folio (13 x 9.5 inches). This monograph documents the discovery and analysis of a skull of a male Neanderthal found in Guattari grotto in Italy in 1939. The common names for the skull are Circeo 1 or Guattari 1 (after Wiki). The skull is thought to be about 50 to 60 thousand years old. The text is in Italian. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1862. Second edition.. A hint of soiling in the outer margins of two plates with no effect to the color images; a truly spectacular copy in fine condition in a fine binding.. Pp. viii, 298; 50 splendid hand-colored lithographic plates. Later one-half black morocco leather, spine with 5 raised bands, lettered in gilt on two compartments and decorated with gilt rectangular patterns highlighted with small feathers in the remaining 4 compartments, over green marbled boards with matching green marbled endpapers, lg 8vo (10.75 x 7.5 inches). This is the second edition of John Cassin's beautifully illustrated work on Western birds. The volume features 50 brilliant hand-colored lithographic plates, including many of species discovered after Audubon's Birds and intended to supplement that great work. "In the spring of 1845, John James Audubon, North America's most widely-celebrated naturalist and best-known painter of birds, met for the first and last time… Read More

London: published and sold by the Author, (1770-) 1777. First edition.. The frontispiece is lightly foxed, the 2nd and 76th colored plates show slight flaking of the green pigmentation, occasional offsetting from some uncolored plates onto the facing text leaves, a few faint mars to the outer leather boards, this large attractively-bound volume weighs about 40 pounds; a bright, clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (120), engraved emblematic frontispiece, engraved title, subscriber's list, with 108 fine hand-colored engraved plates heightened with gum Arabic (4 hand-colored engraved plates of leaf shapes + 104 hand-colored engraved plates of flowers) and 108 uncolored plates printed in black (all plates in this work appear in two states, one state is hand-colored and the other is monochrome). Bound to style by the Studio Bindery of Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England, in speckled calf, the covers paneled in blind with on-laid light brown speckled panel surrounding a central area cross-hatched… Read More

Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1897-1905. First edition.. The front wrapper of the first part has a hint of browning; otherwise a very bright and clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. xii, 40; 24 plates (5 are hand-colored and 19 are fine photogravures). Early brown patterned cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, (original printed pale green wrappers bound in place), sm folio (12 3/4 x 10 inches). Musee Botanique de Leide, volume 3, livraison 1-3. Part 1 is by William Suringar and Part 2 and 3 were completed by his son, Jan Valckenier. Melocactus, also called the melon cactus, is a genus of cactus with about 30-40 species. They are native to the Caribbean, western Mexico through Central America to northern South America, with some species along the Andes down to southern Peru, and a concentration of species in northeastern Brazil. Mature plants are easily recognizable by their cephalium, a wool- and bristle-coated structure at the apex of the plant, containing a mass of areoles from which… Read More

Calcutta: Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1908. First edition.. Faint bump to bottom outer corner; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 96, (2, ads); 46 full page black-and-white photo-plates of horns and antlers, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Publisher's original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. A catalogue of the collection of horns and antlers of Asiatic ungulates in the mammal gallery of the Indian Museum, based on 450 specimens. Uncommon work. No ownership marks.

London: Academic Press, 1975. Second printing.. Just a touch of edge to the cloth; a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xvi, 1-622; xiv, 623-1184; numerous maps, diagrams, geologic charts and photographs. Publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and stamped in blind on front cover, sm 4to. There are 87 chapters in this massive treatise divided into 11 parts - Paleomagnetic Review, Sea-floor Spreading Review, Paleontological Implications, Paleoclimate Implications, Economic Significance, Rift Margins and Continental Edge Structures, Rifts and Oceans, Paleogeographic Implications, Ancient Oceans, Continental Evolution, and Epilogue. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New Haven: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1945. First edition. Pages uncut and unopened, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 882, numerous text-figures and photos. Original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, volume 36. Contains 44 contributions, mostly on spiders, authored by the colleagues and former students of Alexander Petrunkevitch.

Bangkok: White Lotus, 1995.. A near fine copy.. Pp. xi, 144, 63 black and white photographs, 1 map. Publisher’s pictorial white stiff wrappers, lettered in red and black on cover and spine, sm 8vo. Originally published as “Au Laos et Au Siam”,” in “Le Tour du Monde” Vol. 18 N.S., Paris, 1912. Red ownership stamp on half-title page. Check marks next to text on pages 8, 17, 28, 45, 59, 90 and 142.

Beijing: China Reconstructs, 1981. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 72; 95+ black-and-white photos. Publisher's original pictorial wrappers, sm 4to. This work presents a biography of Sun Yat sen's wife, Soong Ching Ling. Given that she lived from 1893 to 1981, her life reflects the modern history of China. The numerous black-and-white photos document her long life. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1985. First edition.. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. (2), 136; color photo frontispiece, 112+ fine color photos, some double page, with 112 small black-and-white thumbnail photos that accompany the captions for all of the color photos (Latin names of birds used but text is in Japanese). Publisher's original color pictorial laminated boards (hardbound), in matching color pictorial dust jacket. No ownership marks and no signs of use.