Search Results: Titles starting with U from Natural History Books

Guiyang: Guizhou People's Publisher House, 1981. First edition.. A few wrinkles and edgewear to the wrappers; a very good copy.. Pp. (6), 127, (1); 124+ color photos of stalagmites, stalactites and other internal structures of the caves of Guizhou. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 4to. The text is in both Chinese and English. The karst caves are described in great geological detail. No ownership marks.

St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1990. Fourth edition.. A clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xviii, 647; numerous black-and-white photos, some color photographs, numerous line-drawings (some partly colored), maps, some family trees. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. An introductory textbook to physical anthropology and archaeology that is well illustrated. This was an advance review copy; it is stamped "free copy not for sale" on the front cover. No ownership marks.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975. First edition.. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. viii, 133; 87 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original gray cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, red pictorial dust jacket, lettered in white, sm 4to. The author uses multivariate statistical analysis to investigate specific a specific problem in evolutionary biology - the placement of the australopithecines in human phylogeny. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Berkeley: University of California, 1941-1943. First edition.. Small stain on the spine, a bright and clean copy in very good fine condition.. Pp. (2), 401; 1 color plate by Allan Brooks, 20 full page black-and-white photo-plates, numerous text-figures. Early red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, (original printed gray wrappers in place), lg 8vo. This volume contains seven monographs and papers, four are on birds, two are on mammals and one is on reptiles. The two longest monographs are "The White-Crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) of the Pacific Seaboard: Environment and Annual Cycle" by Barbara Blanchard (178 pages, 20 photo-plates, 30 text-figures, 1941, no. 1) and "Distribution and Variation of the Horned Larks (Otocoris alpestris) of Western North America by William H. Behle (112 pages, 13 text-figures, 1942, no. 1). Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with white call number on the spine, bookplate of Reading Museum on the front endpaper and Museum… Read More

Berkeley: University of California, 1926-1929. First edition.. No signs of use, a bright and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. (6), 467 (includes index) 1 color plate by Allan Brooks, 19 full page plates (all are black-and-white photo-plates), numerous text-figures. Early wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on a black spine label, thick lg 8vo. This volume contains 17 papers and monographs on mammals, birds and reptiles. The two longest monographs are: "Report on a collection of birds and mammals from the Atlin region, northern British Columbia" by H.G. Swarth (112 pages, 1 color plate by Allan Brooks, 5 black-and-white photo-plates, 11 text-figures, 1926) and "Variations in the fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca): With reference to natural history and osteology" by Jean Linsdale (142 pages, 5 black-and-white photo-plates, 38 text-figures, 1928). Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with a white call number on the spine, bookplate of Reading Museum on the front… Read More

Berkeley: University of California, 1942-1949. First edition.. No signs of use, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. iv, 532 (includes index) 1 large folding map in color, 16 full page plates (5 are fine color drawings of reptiles, 11 are black-and-white photo-plates), numerous text-figures. Early wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, brown patterned endpapers, (all original printed gray wrappers bound in place), thick lg 8vo. This volume contains six monographs: four are on reptiles, and two are on mammals. The two longest monographs are: "Speciation in Salamanders of the Plethodontid Genus Ensatina" by Robert Stebbins (150 pages, 2 color plates, 4 black-and-white photo-plates, 1949) and "Vertebrate Animals of the Providence Mountain Areas of California" by David Johnson et al, (156 pages, 52 text-figures, 1 color folding map, 1948). Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with gold call number on the spine, bookplate of Reading Museum on… Read More

Berkeley: University of California, 1918-1926. First edition.. No signs of use, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (2), 437; 1 color plate by Allan Brooks, 11 full page black-and-white photo-plates, numerous text-figures. Early red cloth, with black spine label lettered in gilt, lg 8vo. This volume contains 18 papers and monographs on birds and mammals. The two longest monographs are "Revision of the avian genus Passerella, with special reference to the distribution and migration of the races in California" by Harry Swarth (150 pages, 1 color plate, 3 black-and-white plates, 30 text-figures, 1920, no. 4) and "Changes During Growth in the Skull of the Rodent Otospermophilus grammurus Beecheyi" by Raymond Hall (50 pages, 43 text-figures, 1926, no. 14). Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with white call number on the spine, bookplate of Reading Museum on the front endpaper and Museum stamp on series title page and on rear endpaper.

Berkeley: University of California, 1951-1954. First edition.. No signs of use, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. iv, 459; 15 full page black-and-white photo-plates, numerous text-figures. Early wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated page edges, brown patterned endpapers, (all original printed gray wrappers bound in place), thick lg 8vo. This volume contains five monographs, three are on birds and two are on mammals. The two longest monographs are "Distribution and variation of the brown Towhees" by John Davis (120 pages, 12 text-figures, 1951) and "Annual cycle, environment and evolution in the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Aves: Drepaniidae)" by Paul Baldwin (114 pages, 4 photo-plates, 12 text-figures, 1953). Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with white call number on the spine, bookplate of Reading Museum on the front endpaper and Museum stamps on the front original wrapper of each number and on rear endpaper.

Frankfurt am Main: Senckenberg Museum, 1957. First edition. Small bump to one corner, a clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 56, 8 full page photo-plates, 14 text-figures and maps. Publisher's printed wrappers, 4to. Presents the taxonomy and osteology of the European wall lizard. From the private library of H.D. Walley with his name stamp on the front wrapper. Abhandlungen der senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Robert Mertens, No. 496.

Juneau: Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 1968. First edition.. Light sunning to the wrappers, staple on front wrapper, a near fine copy.. Pp.44, numerous text-figures, distribution maps, and black and white photographs. Publisher’s textured pictorial wrappers, lettered in black on cover, sm 8vo. From the series: Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Booklet Series, No. 3. This booklet describes grouse and ptarmigan, the upland game birds in Alaska. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the front and back wrappers, last page, and titlepage.

Chicago: Field Museum, 1941. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 212; 146 text-figures. Later red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original gray printed wrappers bound in place), 4to. Field Museum of Natural History Memoirs, volume. 2. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Toyko: Heibonsha, 1989. First edition.. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. 92, (5); 61 fine color photos of ural owls by Manabu Miyazaki (11 color photos are double page), 2 small black-and-white text-figures. Publisher's original tan textured cloth, lettered in brown on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket with a dramatic color photo of an ural owl landing on the front of the jacket, square sm folio (11.5 x 11.75 inches, 290 x 300 mm). The Ural owl (Strix uralensis) is a medium sized nocturnal owl of the genus Strix, with up to 15 subspecies found in Europe and northern Asia. This owl has an extended distribution area in Europe and Asia, from Sakhalin, Japan and Korea in the east to Scandinavia in the west. All of the photos in this monograph were taken in Japan by the author.

Okinawa, Japan: Gusukube Town Board of Education, 1990. First edition.. A very good copy.. Pp. 40; numerous color photos, black-and-white photos, maps. Pictorial blue stiff wrappers, lettered in white, sm 4to. This small study documents an excavation yielding shell adzes on Miyako island in the south Ryukyu island chain. The text is entirely in English. No ownership marks. Rare work.

New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy, 1977. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition in a complete near fine dust jacket.. Pp. (xx); 426; numerous text-figures (diagrams, charts, line-drawings). Publisher's original light tan cloth, lettered in brown on the spine and the front cover, two-color printed dust jacket, lg 8vo. Based on an International Symposium held in New Delhi, India, November 3-8, 1975, this work contains 37 chapters by noted authorities in the field focusing on the rational utilization of non-human primates in medical research as well as their conservation and management. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1993. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xvii, 424; numerous text-figures and maps. Publisher's dark blue cloth, spine with red cloth panel lettered in gilt, front cover is lettered in gilt and in red and with blind-stamped seal of Oxford near the bottom edge, original vinyl dust protector, lg 8vo. No ownership marks.

Wien: Wilh. Braumuller, k. u. k. Hof- u. Universitates-Buchhander, 1902. First edition.. Leather label a little rubbed; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 27-111, (1, index); 1 full page phylogeny, 4 full page halftone plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text. One half tan cloth with black leather spine label lettered in gilt, over gray marbled boards, sm folio (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches). Text in German. From the research library of paleontologist William M. Furnish with his signature on the on the front endpaper.

Wien: Wilh. Braumuller, k. u. k. Hof- u. Universitates-Buchhander, 1902. First edition.. The tan wrappers are a little edge worn, the text and plates are bright and clean; a very good copy.. Pp. 27-111, (1, index); 1 full page phylogeny, 4 full page halftone plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Early plain tan wrappers, folio (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches). No ownership marks.

Frankfurt: Senckenberg Museum, 1950. First edition.. Fine copy.. Pp. 17; 3 full page plates (black-and-white photos). Original gray printed wrappers, lg 8vo. From: 'Senckenbergiana' volume 31, no. 3/4. From the research library of herpetologist Hobart M. Smith with his name stamp on the front wrapper.

St. Pétersbourg: Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1889. First edition.. Light edge wear to cloth on the spine, spine cloth is sunned, some age toning to the first section of the text, otherwise a very good copy.. Pp. (7), 104; 5 full page engraved lithographs, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Early purple half cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, over French marbled boards, 4to. Mémoirs de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VII série, tome xxxvii, no. 2. The text is in German. From the research library of paleontologist William M. Furnish with his signature on the front endpaper.

St. Pétersbourg: Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1889. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (7), 104; 5 full page engraved lithographs, each with a descriptive leaf of text. Early dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original printed front wrapper bound in place), 4to. Mémoirs de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VII série, tome xxxvii, no. 2. From the research library of paleontologist Arthur K. Miller with his signature on the front endpaper.