Search Results: Titles starting with P from Natural History Books

London (1956), 1962.. Some foxing at the beginning and end of the text, otherwise a very good copy in a new binding.. Pp. 322, 115 text-figures. New cloth, lg 8vo.

Madrid: Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 1947.. Clean, near fine copy.. Pp. xv, 839, 20 full page half-tone plates, 190 text-figures. Later red cloth, gilt-decorated, 4to. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de Madrid, Serie de Ciencias Naturales, volume 11.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1966.. Bright, clean, near fine copy.. Pp. 115, 32 full page charts, 8 text-figures. Original printed wraps, 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 131, no. 4.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, 1963.. Small ink number on front wrapper, no ownership marks, a clean, near fine copy.. Pp. 314, numerous illustrations. Original printed wrappers, sm 4to. Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics, volume 7.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. First edition.. A bright and clean set in near fine condition.. Pp. 23, with 32 fine color plates and 28 plain plates. One-half green cloth over tan cloth, spine is lettered in gilt and with gilt hummingbirds on front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg folio (17.5 x 11.5 inches) + Pp. 40 (text). Gray printed wrappers, lg folio, both volumes housed together in gray paper-covered hard slipcase. This is a facsimile reprint of the extremely rare "Oiseaux Brillans du Bresil" originally published in 1835. There is an English commentary by J. Moojen in the first volume and the second volume in wrappers is a facsimile reprint of the original text by Descourlitz. No ownership marks.

Newton Abbot, UK: Victorian and Modern History Book Club, 1974. Book Club edition.. A fine (new) copy in a near fine dust jacket.. Pp. 223; 14 black-and-white illustrations and 2 maps. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. The work describes the historical events leading up to the capture of King Thibaw that resulted in the annexation of Burma into the Great Britain's 'Indian Empire'. From the private library of Loren Brumm with his name stamp on the front endpaper.

Yangon: Government of Myanmar, 1995. First edition.. Crease to front free endpaper, light edge to wrappers, a tight, bright and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. (8), 143; 200+ color photos, 75+ line-drawings of monuments, many in profile. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, oblong sm 4to. Translated by Khin Maung Nyunt. Commissioned by Deputy Minister of Information, Government of Myanmar, this volume provides a good color photographic record of the pagodas and monuments of Bagan, south of Mandalay. No ownership marks.

London: Blackie and Son, 1952. Second printing.. Some light soiling to the endpapers, some edge wear to cloth; a good solid copy.. Pp. 64; 22 full page paleogeographic maps of the British Isles printed in red, gray and black, 4 text-figures texts (line-drawings). Publisher's original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt map of the British Isles on the front, oblong sm 4to. The first map starts with the Lower Ordovician and the final map covers the Last Glaciation of the Quaternary. No ownership marks.

Philadelphia, PA: The University Museum, 1986. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. (14), 112, (1); 14 text-figures (maps and line-drawings of stone artifacts) - many are full page. Publisher's original gray cloth, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, 4to. The American Institute of Iranian Studies Monographs, no. 1. The text is fully bilingual, the first part is in English and the second part is in Persian. A detailed review of the earliest human activity in the Iranian peninsula and a profile of the Iranian researchers who have carried out these studies. The author carried out fieldwork in Iran in the 1970s. The work was translated from English into Persian by Ezat O. Negahban. Small signature of a former owner on the front endpaper, no signs of use. A rare work seldom offered.

Tokyo: University Museum, University of Tokyo Press, 1973. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. x, 148; 23 full page black-and-white plates, numerous text-figures and maps, many are large and folding. White and blue laminated boards (hardcover), lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. This work is divided into 9 chapters and 3 appendices written by the 13 contributors to the volume. This is Part I only. Part II, which completes the work, was published in 1974. It appears that Part I is scarce when compared to Part II which appears more common. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

London: Robert Hardwicke, 1868. First edition.. Many pages uncut and unopened, some uniform discoloration to the cloth front board of both volume 1 and volume 2, the plates are bright and clean, armorial bookplate on the front endpaper of each volume; a tight, bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (vol. I): lvi, 590; 34 engraved lithographic plates and maps, some text figures; Pp. (vol. II): xiii, (77), 675; 38 engraved lithographic plates, some text figures. Original publisher's brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, from and rear boards blind-stamped with border lines and with beveled edges, thick lg 8vo. This is the rare first edition of the collected paleontological works, both published and previously unpublished, of the Scottish geologist and botanist Hugh Falconer, whose extensive studies of India's Siwalik fossil mammals earned him and Proby Cautley the London Geological Society's prestigious Wollaston Medal. Falconer became interested in paleontology while… Read More

New York: Garland Publishing, 1991. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xiv, 287; numerous black-and-white photographs, line-drawings, bivariate plots, maps. Publisher's original one-quarter gray cloth over blue cloth boards, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 4to. This volume is the first and only volume published in a new series that failed to catch the interest of academic community. The volume presents 33 articles from journals and books that were published in the year 1990. This work was to have been issued each year to highlight significant paleoanthropology publications of that year. After the first year (1990), the publisher cancelled the series due to lack of sales. This is a one-of-a-kind summary of papers published in 1990. No previous volumes were issued. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper. No other ownership marks.

Wien und Leipzig: Emil Haim & Co., 1933. First edition.. Light sunning to the edges of the outer edges of the wrappers, a very good copy.. Pp. 127-158; 6 text-figures (line-drawings). Original printed pale green wrappers, lg 8vo. From: Palaeobiologica band V, lief 1. This is an original offprint from the German journal Palaeobiologica. The front wrapper bears an ink name-stamp of Kretzoi Budapest, July 29, 1962. Kretzoi was a Hungarian paleontologist. There is also another ink name-stamp of marine paleontologist Edward Mitchell on the front wrapper.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1937. First edition.. Bump to top rear outer corner, slight edge wear to wrappers, few signs of use; overall a near fine copy.. Pp. viii, 510; 65 full page plates and maps (some are folding), 85 text-figures. Publisher's original printed light brown wrappers, lg 4to (11.75 x 9.25 inches). Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series, volume XXX (February, 1937). The San Juan Basin has one of the earliest records of numerous fossil mammal lineages in world. Matthews served as curator of fossil mammals at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, from 1895 to 1927 and as Director of the Museum of Paleontology at UC Berkeley from 1927 until his death in 1930. From the personal library of Dutch vertebrate paleontologist, D.A. Hooijer with his name stamp on the front wrapper, his dinosaur bookplate on the inside front cover and his signature on the upper corner of the title page.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine (new) condition.. Pp. ix, 547; numerous text-figures (line-drawings, geological and climate charts, weather and other maps, cladograms). Publisher's original color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), 4to. This volume focuses on how climate change during the last fifteen million years has affected human evolution and other mammalian evolutionary events. Leading evolutionists and physical geologists from all over the world who specialize in paleooceanology, palynology, mammalian paleontology and paleoanthropology address the relationships between climatic and biotic evolution. The volume contains 36 chapters by noted authorities in the field. The volume is divided into four parts - I: Introduction; II: The Middle to Late Miocene; III: The Pliocene and IV: The Pleistocene. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Seoul: Chungbuk National University, 2004. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. 90; 5 color photos, numerous text-figures (line-drawings of artifacts, black-and-white photos of artifacts and human fossil remains, maps, charts). Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, sm 4to. This volume presents the results of a symposium held in Korea in January, 2004. The volume contains 8 chapters by noted Asian authorities; the papers are in English (6 papers) or French (2 papers) with summaries in Korean and in French. The volume is inscribed by Yung-jo Lee, the senior editor, on the front endpaper.

Seoul: Chungbuk National University, 2004. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine condition.. Pp. 208; 32+ color photos, 36 full page black-and-white plates, many text-figures (line-drawings of artifacts, black-and-white photos of artifacts and caves, maps, charts). Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, sm 4to. This volume presents the results of a two symposia held in Paris, France and in Liege, Belgium in 2004. The volume contains 13 chapters by noted international authorities; the papers are in English and in French. The symposia participates visited archaeological sites in Nice, Les Eyzies, Tautavel and in Belgium. The volume is inscribed by Yung-jo Lee, the senior editor, on the front endpaper.

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1983. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. 93; 16 text-figures (map), large folding locality map at rear. Original printed pictorial wrappers, 4to. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, no. 21. No ownership marks. An early review of the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene mammal localities of China.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1970. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 68; 42 full page plates (line-drawings and photos). Original green printed stiff wrappers, sm folio. Singhbhum is part of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Name-stamp of former owner on the front wrapper.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1989. First edition.. Bumps to outer corners, a very good copy.. Pp. x, 453, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s black pictorial laminated boards, lettered in white on cover and spine, 4to. This volume is a introductory textbook to paleontology including descriptions of organisms, distribution, and principles of paleontology deduced from the fossil record. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Neat underlining or highlighting on 64 pages with a few notes.