Search Results: Titles starting with W from Natural History Books

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902.. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with a call number on the spine, bookplate on the front endpaper, no other library marks, a bright, clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 250, 25 plates, 18 text-figures. Original blind-stamped green pebble cloth, gilt-title on spine, 4to. National Academy of Sciences Memoirs, volume 8, no. 7.

London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1875-1888. First edition.. A bright, near fine copy.. Hand-colored lithograph. Image size: 21 x 14 inches, 54 x 37 cm. From: Gould, J., and Bowdler Sharpe, R., The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, First edition, 1875-1888, volume 5, plate number 75. The image is of Westermann's Cassowary, Casuarius westermanni.

Stockholm, 1918.. Near fine.. Pp. 54, 2 fine full page plates. Printed wraps, 8vo. Arkiv for Zoologi (Sweden), band 11, no. 15.

Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2003. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 153; 69 figures (black-and-white photos and line-drawings), 18 tables. Stiff white wrappers, printed in black on the spine and front cover, 4to. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, volume 243. Conference volume presenting 16 chapters by noted authorities in the field on the topic of bipedalism. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1935. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. ii, 179-283; with 10 leaves of folding maps and charts at rear, 5 tables. Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume LXVIII. The entire volume 68 (1934-1935) is offered which contains 8 separate articles in 590 pages. Mildly ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with its book plate on the front endpaper and its rectangular name stamp on the title page and gilt call number on the spine.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1973. First edition.. Small tear to dustjacket at the top of the spine, a very good copy.. Pp. xxi, 323, 99 text-figures. Publisher’s blue cloth, lettered in silver on spine, embossed dinosaur on cover, black pictorial dustjacket lettered in white and yellow, lg 8vo. This book recreates the history of land-living vertebrates from emerging from the seas to present, connecting distribution to geological time and the shifting continents. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper with additional ownership signature. Neat underling on pages 96 and 98-100.

Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira, 1996. First edition.. A bright and clean near fine copy (with the boards slighted bowed) in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. 383; 179 fine color photos of the varanids of the world, numerous black-and-white photos, text-figures and distribution maps. Publisher's one-quarter black cloth over color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. The title of this work translates to 'Varanids of the World The World of Varanids.' This work provides a detailed review of all of varanids throughout Asia, Australia and Africa. The text is in German with Latin names used throughout. No ownership marks.

New York: D. Appleton, 1907. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. ix, 306, 24 color plates by Fuertes and Horsfall. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Presents a guide to the field identification and life histories of North American warbler species. The volume is from the private collection of Max A. Nickerson, Director of Max Allen’s Zoological Gardens in Eldon, Missouri, with his name stamp on the front endpaper. No other ownership marks.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923-24.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 231-345; 140 text-figures (line-drawings, halftones and black-and-white photos - some are full page). Later full black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, sm 4to. United States Bureau of Fisheries, 1923-24, Document no. 953. Contribution from the U. S. Fisheries Biological Station, Fairport, Iowa. This monograph focuses on the life histories, habits, and the economic importance of American Water Beetles. More than 500 species or Water Beetles are found in the ponds, streams and lakes of North America. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Cape Town, South Africa: Struik Publishers, 1993. First edition.. A fine copy in a fine slipcase.. Pp. 137 (6, subscribers); 250+ color photographs by Dennis Nigel. Publisher’s original blue cloth, front cover with inset color photograph of a Kingfisher, spine with black leather title label lettered in gilt, housed in a blue cloth slipcase that is leather-tipped and with an inset color photograph of a Kingfisher on the front cover, lg 4to (12 1/4 x 11 inches). This is the Collector’s edition, limited to 150 numbered copies, this is no. 22. The limitation page is signed by the photographer (Dennis Nigel) and by the author (Warwick Tarboton). The name of the original subscriber, Dr. and Mrs. D. G. C. Presbury, is neatly printed on the limitation page. Their names also appear in the printed list of subscribers for the Collector’s edition at the end of the volume. A very attractive copy of the Collector’s edition of this important contribution to South African ornithology.

Edinburgh: The Stationery Office, 2006. First edition.. A fine, as new, copy.. Pp. xix, 940, numerous color photos, text figures and maps. Pictorial hard covers, thick lg 4to (11 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches). More than 450 conservation scientists from 90 countries attended the 'Waterbirds around the World' Conference, in Edinburgh, 2004. The ensuing proceedings and introductory papers describe the truly global efforts being made to halt the decline in waterbird populations. This groundbreaking and authoritative book draws together a comprehensive assessment of what is happening to waterbirds and their habitats. Name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding.

London: Country Life, 1975. Seventh and final printing.. A fine set in a fine clear dust jackets in a fine slipcase.. Pp. 1174, 66 fine color plates by Peter Scott, 10 black-and-white plates, 108 maps, 37 text-figures. Publisher’s original tan cloth, gilt decorations on the spine and gilt border decorations on the front cover, lettered in brown on the spine, in original clear plastic dust jackets housed in a color pictorial cloth-covered slipcase, sm 4to (10 x 7 1/2 inches). Contents include: Volume 1: The Magpie Goose, Whistling Ducks, Swans and Geese, Sheldgeese and Shelducks; Volume 2: The Dabbling Ducks; Volume 3: Eiders, Pochards, Perching Ducks, Scoters, Golden-Eyes and Mergansers, Stiff-tailed Ducks; Volume 4: General Habits, The Reproductive Cycle Ecology, Distribution and Species Relationships, Fowling, Conservations and Management, Aviculture, Domestic Waterfowl, The Anatomy of Waterfowl, Fossil Anseriformes, Corrections and Addictions. Volume 1 is signed and dated by the artist… Read More

London: Country Life, 1954-1956. First edition.. A near fine copy in near fine dust jackets.. Pp. (vol. 1): 284, 16 color plates from paintings by Peter Scott, 33 distribution maps; pp. (vol. 2): 232, 24 color plates from paintings by Peter Scott, 29 distribution maps. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine in red panel label and with 8 sets of gilt panel lines, front cover with gilt scene of flying ducks on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. Volume I covers the Magpie Goose, Whistling Ducks, Swans and Geese, Sheldgeese and Shelducks. Volume II covers the Dabbling Ducks. This is the first edition of volume I and volume II of this well-known set that is complete in four volumes. Signature of Chet Dolley on the front endpaper of volume II.

Knowsley: Printed for private distribution, 1846-1850. First edition.. Light wear to very edge of plate, professionally repaired tear to right edge, small scattered ink spots, image is clean and bright; in fine condition.. Hand-colored lithographic plate, approximately 14.5 inches wide by 21 inches long. From: Gray, J. E., Gleanings from the menagerie and aviary at Knowsley Hall, plate number 40. Image is of a Indian stag, Cervus euceros.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1955. First edition. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 293-302, 5 full page photo-plates, 2 text-figures. Original gray printed wrappers, lg 4to (12 x 9 1/8 inches). Discovery Reports volume 27, issued by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1949. First edition.. Browning to the front endpaper where newspaper clipping had been laid in, a near fine copy in a very good jacket.. Pp. xviii, 365, 38 photos. Publisher’s dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered and gilt-ruled on the spine, original pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. A comprehensive study of wildlife abundance and the impact of humans and conservation efforts. Signed by Grange on the front endpaper. Signature of C. P. Fox on the another endpaper. Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket, plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding.

Sandefjord: Norwegian Whaling Gazette, 1959. First edition.. Some sunning to the all edges of the wrappers, a bright and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 7, 1 text-figure (map), 4 tables.  Original pale green printed wrappers, 4to.  From: The Norwegian Whaling Gazette 1959, no. 2, pages 56-62.  This work is from the research library of the late Michael Newcomer.  The text is in English and Norwegian in parallel columns.  Inscribed by the second author on the front wrapper.  No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948. First edition.. Fine (new) copy.. Pp. 8; 18 full page maps. 1 text-figure. Publisher's original printed gray wrappers, lg 4to (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches). Discovery Reports volume 25. No ownership marks. Blue, fin and humpback whales were tagged with darts that embed in the blubber; these darts are retrieved when the whales were cut apart by commercial whalers.

Sandefjord: Norwegian Whaling Gazette, 1959. First edition.. Light edge wear to wrappers, top outer corner with small wrinkle, some sunning to the outer margins of the wrappers; a clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 7, 1 text-figure (map), 2 tables. Original gray printed wrappers, 4to. From: The Norwegian Whaling Gazette 1959, no. 2, pages 56-62. This work is from the research library of the late Michael Newcomer. It is inscribed by the second author, Per Oynes, on the front wrapper. The text is in English. No ownership marks.

Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1916. First edition.. A fine copy with no signs of use.. Pp. 1, 107-322, 7 full-page halftones, photographic plates and line-drawings, 3 text-figures. Later pale green blank wrappers, 4to. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, volume 8, no. 2. This monograph documents six living species from the North Atlantic Ocean all of which range throughout New England waters. No ownership marks and no signs of use.