London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, green blind-decorated cloth. Gilt titles. Pp. vi, (1) 1258-2030. Many engravings throughout the text. Good. Some edgewear and a few spots. Hinges weakening. Volume III of VIII only. "With Their Propagation, Culture, Management, and Uses in the Arts, in..... More
Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, (1998). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xv, (i), (2), 3-287, index; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and maps; terra-cotta cloth lettered in gilt on the spine with a inset title label on the board in a pictorial jacket;. The plates chronicle the changes..... More
(New York): Lingnan University, 1941. Only Edition, All published. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; 82; two maps; bound in boards covered in a red glossy material;. No doubt a scarce scientific monograph; this copy conforms to the Harvard University copy. Imprint dated 1941, tipped in at front is the four page prospectus..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1918. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; vii, (i), 193, appendix, index; Illustrated, fourteen black and white plates plus figures; original printed paper wrappers; Untrimmed edges and uncut. Very good, previous institution's name has been redacted, no other markings with the exception of a "Discarded" stamp..... More
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1861. Later printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo (5" x 7.5"), green morocco and marbled boards, gilt. Marbled edges and endpapers. Some engravings in the text. Binding worn and spine head has been pulled with no material missing. A number on the front endpaoer and some pencil marks..... More
Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xiv, 194, index; illustrated with maps and photographs; yellow cloth in a dust jacket; previous owner's small stamp on front endpaper, else very good. A volume in the American Travel And Exploration Series. A "scientific expedition sent by Isabella..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (vi), 218, index; illustrated with lovely line drawings by Sarah Landry; brown cloth and terra-cotta paper covered boards lettered in gilt;. Examines more than 100 species of mammals on six continents, exploring the reproductive cycle and the rearing of..... More
Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan: Hattori Botanical Library, 1960. Reprinted from the Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 91-158; illustrated; original printed yellow wrappers bound in a quarter burgundy cloth and marbled stiff card binding;. This copy is inscribed by the author to Dr. James Kucyniak, the wrapper bears..... More
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc, 1976. Revised edition. Hardcover. (1976). Eighth printing of the Revised edition. Octavo, red cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket. 193pp. with index and list of changes and corrections of names. 20 color plates and numerous black and white photographs. Very good in like jacket. Former..... More
Kilkenny Ireland: Boethius Press, (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; (xiv), 275, appendices, index; illustrated with two color maps and fifteen color plates and one hundred fifty black and white plates; blue cloth lettered in gilt issued without a dust jacket;. This copy is inscribed on the half title by..... More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. (1980). Quarto (7.25" x 10.25"), grey cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket. 167, (1)pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photos in color and black and white by Robert R. Taylor. Maps. Jacket is chipped and has a few short tears. Former owner's..... More
Paris: Berger Levrault & Cie, 1898. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 328, index; illustrated with line drawings, engraved plates, color anatomy plates; half brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine labels lettered in gilt;. Intersting contribution to field, An Anatomical Bibliography. Reviewing works in French. Anatomy - Histology -..... More
Paris: Berger Levrault & Cie, 1900. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 316, index; illustrated with line drawings; half brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine labels lettered in gilt;. Intersting contribution to field, An Anatomical Bibliography. Reviewing works in French. Anatomy - Histology - Embryology - Anthropology. More
Paris: Berger Levrault & Cie, 1895. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 236, index; illustrated with line drawings; half brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine labels lettered in gilt;. Intersting contribution to field, An Anatomical Bibliography. Reviewing works in French. Anatomy - Histology - Embryology - Anthropology. Issued apparently..... More
Paris: Berger Levrault & Cie, 1897. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 286, index; illustrated with line drawings, engraved plates; half brown morocco and marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine labels lettered in gilt;. Intersting contribution to field, An Anatomical Bibliography. Reviewing works in French. Anatomy - Histology - Embryology - Anthropology..... More
Binghamton: Otis Brothers, c1885. Broadside. Broadside advertisement measuring 5 1/8" x 3 1/8" printed on yellow paper;. These brothers obtained a patent for this product and were in business in Binghamton N.Y. selling 1870-1900 using a New York City wholesale outlet David M. Steiger. More
(Seattle: The Mountineers) A John Beckmann Book, (1997). First Edition. Paperback. Quarto; pp. 142, (ii) with index; illustrated, color photographs, map; pictorial paper wrappers. The mighty Columbia River's watershed flows from seven states and one Canadian province, drawing on a hundred mountain ranges and a thousand tributaries. This large-format, full-color..... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. (1971). Octavo, red cloth, gilt. 196pp. Very good. Illustrated in black and white. With list of students of Harold C. Bold, references and acknowledgments. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1911. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 9; original printed blue paper wrappers lettered in black;. Scarce. Parker was at Harvard. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1941. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 80-102, summary, bibliography; Illustrated, map, chart, plates; original printed green paper wrappers; Ex-Reading Museum with just a call number upper right of wrapper, no other markings what-so-ever. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries Volume 50, bulletin 36. More
(London): The Linnean Society by the Academic Press, (1981). Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xi, (i), 193, index; charts and graphs; red cloth, gilt in publisher's glassine;. A very nice copy. More
Ithaca: Comstock Publishing Associates, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. (1988). Octavo (6.25" x 9.5"), burgundy boards, gilt, in pictorial jacket. 191pp. with index, references. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs, drawings and figures. Covers natural history and biology of 40 different species of deer around the world... More
Buckarest: Jugendverlag, 1960. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 109, (iii),; illustrated with a black and white frontispiece portrait of the author, thirty pages of reproduced cyanotype photographs comprising forty-four images and three large folding maps; original printed pictorial color wrappers; Text is in German;. Scarce, OCLC locates just a single..... More
New York: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1897. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 561-569; original brown pictorial printed wrappers;. This is the Edinburgh printed edition supplied with an American title page for American distribution. More
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp.x, 675 with index; Frontispiece portrait plus three photographs; blue cloth, gilt in a dust jacket; jacket is chipped at edges;. Smith was with the US Department of Agriculture and became the "Dean of American plant pathologists". Scarce definitive biography. More