Search Results: Titles starting with P from Graham Newland (Natural History Books)

Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution, 1982. . Cr. 4to pp. iv + 1-182. Printed card wrappers, figs 1-65 (mainly maps), tables 1-5. VG. (The complex geotectonic history of the Plate and adjacent plate margins is discussed and the vicariance scenarios that produced the three main types of endemism are hypothesized. Anecdotal discussions of the distributions of 179 shorefish family groups are presented, as well as discussions of the distributions of selected terrestrial and marine taxa of other organisms. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool., No. 367). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Athens, OH: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1980. . 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 80-81. Self wrappers (double-sided sheet). VG. (Reprinted from J. Herp., Vol. 14, No. 1). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Journal of Morphology, 1988. . Roy. 8vo pp. 221-240. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-27, 1 table. Fine. (Reprinted from J. Morphol., Vol. 197). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution, 1981. . Cr. 4to pp. iii + 1-53. Printed card wrappers, b/w frontispiece, 19 figs (inc. 16 maps), 14 tables. Staples slightly rusty, otherwise VG. (Smithsonian Contrib. Zool., No. 324). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, previously owned.

Paris: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 1982. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 531-539. Stapled self wrappers, plates I-III. VG. (The naturalist and traveller Philibert Commerson collected in Madagascar towards the end of 1770, with Paul de Jossigny as illustrator. Among the drawings of turtles, two specimens described by Lacepède are recognised as Testudo subrufa and Testudo subnigra. French text with Latin nomenclature and a brief abstract in English. Reprinted from Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., 4e sér., 4, 1982, section A, nos 3-4). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Calcutta: Indian Museum, 1921. . Roy. 8vo pp. 109-110. Self wrappers (double-sided sheet). Slightly age-toned, several (mainly marginal) rust stains, overall in VG condition. Extract from Rec. Ind. Mus., Vol. XXII, Art. XIII. Scarce paper). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

The Herpetologists' League, 1972. . Roy. 8vo pp. 222-226. Stapled self wrappers, tables 1-5. VG. (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum; Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum. Reprinted from Herpetologica, Vol. 28, No. 3). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Dakar: Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, 1966. . 1st edn. 8vo pp. 343-361. Paper wrappers, figs 1-23 (inc. 9 b/w photos, 2 maps), tables. Several small handstamps to margins of text, 1 to front cover, otherwise VG. (Reprinted from Bulletin de l'I. F. A. N., Tome XXVIII, sér. A, nº 1). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Wiesbaden: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 1981. . 1st edn. 8vo pp. 108-118. Stapled paper wrappers, figs 17-19 (inc. 1 map). Fine. (in: Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 1. German text with Latin nomenclature). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2003. . 4to pp. 770.1-770.4. Self wrappers, figs 1-3 (b/w photos), 1 map. Slight marginal creasing, otherwise VG. Punched for three-ring binder by publisher. (In: Cat. Amer. Amphibians and Reptiles). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

The Herpetologists' League, 1969. . 8vo pp. 134-140. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-2 (inc. 1 b/w photo). VG. (Reprinted from Herpetologica, Vol. 25, No. 17). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Lawrence, KS: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1982. . 8vo pp. 1-22. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-7 (inc. 4 b/w photos, 1 map), key. Previous owner's name in ink to upper r/h corner of front page, otherwise VG. (Adelphicos daryi, sp. nov.; Adelphicos veraepacis; Adelphicos nigrilatus; Adelphicos latifasciatus. Occas. Papers Mus. Nat. Hist., Univ. Kansas, No. 100). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Enfield: Beekay Publishers Ltd., 1983. . 2nd edition. 8vo pp. 222. Cloth, 81 photos (inc. 10 in colour), over 30 line drawings & diagrams. VG copy in similar (unclipped) d/w. . Catalogs: Fishing & Countryside.

Neptune City: T.F.H., 1972. . 8vo pp. 128. Illustrated card wrappers, colour frontispiece, num. colour & b/w photos, line drawings. VG. . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

London: Zoological Society of London, 1971. . Cr. 4to pp. 6 (+ pls). Stapled self wrappers, 4b/w plates. VG. (Reprinted from J. Zool., Lond., Vol. 165). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

London: Collins, (1956) 1967. . Reprint. 8vo pp. xii + 1-340. Cloth, over 1400 illustrations including 600 in colour, end-paper maps, glossary and keys. Very good copy in similar d/w which is faded on spine. (Collins Pocket guide Series). . Catalogs: Botanical Interest.

Southwestern Association of Naturalists, 1984. . 8vo pp. 137-140. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-2. Small numbers/letters in ink to upper corners of title page, otherwise VG. (Reprinted from Southwestern Nat., Vol. 29, No. 1). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Journal of Animal Ecology, 1974. . Roy. 8vo pp. 9. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-2, tables 1-3. VG. (Reprinted from J. Anim. Ecol. 43). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1955. . Roy. 8vo pp. 1. Small handstamp (H. W. Parker) to top r/h corner of page, otherwise VG. (Diemyctylus viridescens louisianensis. Reprinted from Copeia, 1955, No. 1). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

London: Salamander Books Ltd, 1982. . 4to pp. 208. Cloth, 280 colour photos, 50 colour artwork illustrations, 200 line drawings. Fine in similar (price clipped) d/w. (The first section of the book explains in some detail how to set up a tropical freshwater aquarium, providing information on suitable aquariums, lighting, filtration, aeration, aquatic plants, furnishing, selecting fishes, feeding, disease etc. The second section is a guide to around 200 tropical freshwater fishes that are suitable for the home aquarium, with many species illustrated by colour photos). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.