Natural History Reference Works from Natural History Books

New York: Springer, 1980-2012. First edition.. A fine (new) set.. Pp. 13,000+; numerous illustrations (black-and-white photos, maps, line-drawings, graphs, charts).  Color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 8vo.  Includes volume 1, no. 1; vol. 3, no. 2; and volume 10, no. 1 to volume 20, no. 4 (excluding volume 11, no. 3 and volume 13, no. 3). A nearly… Read more about this item

Rouen, France: Imprimerie Lecerf, 1932-1938. First edition.. The wrappers are chipped and some pieces are missing, there are archival tape repairs to tears on the edges of some wrappers, the rear wrapper of volume 68/69 is missing, the text of volume 72/73 shows some light browning to the text - the remainder of the text and fine full… Read more about this item

Paris: Pour une Formation personnalisee, 1976. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (8), 122; numerous line-drawings. Original printed stiff wrappers, 8vo. Describes how to develop a teaching method based on behavioral analysis. Name stamp with address of the senior author, Le Xuan, on the front free endpaper.

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. … Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh: The Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie Institution of Technology, 1964-1965. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. vi, 1-221, (1); vi, 304, (1); 106 text-figures and photos. Original printed green wrappers, lettered in gilt (volume 1) and original green cloth, lettered in gilt (volume 2), sm 4to. No ownership marks and no signs of use.… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, OH: Lloyd Library, 1914-1918. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 124-797; (4), 1-340, (2). Later dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. The Lloyd Library was devoted mainly to botany and pharmacy. This work presents the complete catalog of botanical books and pamphlets… Read more about this item

Stockholm and Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksell, 1903-1940. First edition.. A bright and clean set in near fine condition.. Pp. 6000+, 850+ plates (color drawings, black-and white photos and halftones) and text-figures. Early blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Arkiv for Zoologi was a scientific journal in zoology published by the Royal… Read more about this item

Zurich: L'Art Ancien S.A., 1940. First edition. Some uniform light tanning to text, no signs of use; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 722, 4 full page plates, numerous text-figures. Publisher's original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. This presents an annotated bibliography of early… Read more about this item

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.