Fiddler Crabs of the World-Ocypodidac: Genus UCA by Crane - 1975

North-West European Shelf Seas: the Sea Bed and the Sea in Motion Both Volumes 24a and 24b
by Banner, F. T., And Collins, M. B., And Massie, K. S. Hard cover. Elsevier Scientific, Amsterdam (1980) No dust jacket as issued. Both volumes are almost like new except for the external bumps and rubs you can see on the scans. Bright blue boards with bright white titling Errata slip. Bright and clean throughout. Maps/chasrts galore. Elsevier oceanography series; 24.. Volume 1 (24A) ISBN 0444417346 is entitled " Geology and Sedimentology". Volume II (24B) ISBN 0444416234 is entitled "Physical and Chemical Oceanography, and Physical Resources". They are offered together as a set. ISBN 04444177400. I can offer them separately if requested. The book seems to be almost impossible to find in this great condition. Shipping to USA or Canada $17. Much more if going outside N. America

Typed and handwritten signed letter to "My dear Watson" dated 5th January 1934. 1pp. 20cm x 25cm. King's College Zoological Department headed watermarked notepaper. The advance copy of the book mentioned is Huxley's "Elements of Experimental Embryology" co-written with Gavin de Beer. "I have got a German refugee working here who is getting interesting results with Sabella". The German refugee was Fabius Gross (1906 – 1950) Hitler's Black Book entry: "Since 1934 – Researcher at King's College, London University. Speciality – genetics; experimental cytology; protozoology; experimental zoology." Gross and Huxley published 'Regeneration and reorganisation in Sabella' in 1935. The letter also mentions work with Alexander Wolsky and C. J. Bond.

Handwritten note in pencil to verso: "Touting for signatures for candidature for Roy Soc". Nominated for candidature many times from the 1920's, and failing each time, it was not until 1938 that Huxley was eventually admitted as a Fellow. The tone of the… Read More

A. R. Harding (Fur News Publishing Co.), 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition of Herbert Harvey Vertrees' Pearls and Pearling. Bound in green cloth with dark green illustration and lettering to front panel and dark-green lettering to spine panel. Emphasis on fresh water pearls, specifically on the Illinois River. Includes pearling history, geographical distribution of pearls, methods of collecting and much more. 56 photographs. Scarce. 203 pp. plus 5 pp. of illustrated publisher ads. 6 3/4" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. One corner slightly bumped. Exceptionally clean, presentable copy of a hard-to-find pearling collectible. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

New York: Greenwillow Books, 1992. Signed on the title page by the artist with a drawing of a spouting whale. First edition / First printing. Pictorial laminated boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

625 Pages. The book includes portraits, illustrations, and maps and was written by the School Manager/Secretary in the Norwegian Whaling Association. It is all in the Norwegian language and is a history of Norway's whaling industry. The book's exterior has two worn corners, and two moderately worn corners, worn marks along the bottom edges and less wearing marks on the top edges, and worn areas at the top and bottom edge of the spine. In addition, the spine is faded and darkened and there is one small hole on it. The interior book has the former owner's (Whaling Museum) bookplate inside the front cover along with a sticker below it, and a worn spot/hole on the next inside page. Outside of those detriments, there are no further visible distractions, detriments, or extraneous markings throughout the book and thus all printing and the numerous photographs and illustrations are all in a very well-preserved and readable condition and the book's bindings remain tight and therefore sound.If you order this… Read More

Typed and handwritten signed letter to "My dear Watson" dated 5th January 1934. 1pp. 20cm x 25cm. King's College Zoological Department headed watermarked notepaper. The advance copy of the book mentioned is Huxley's "Elements of Experimental Embryology" co-written with Gavin de Beer. "I have got a German refugee working here who is getting interesting results with Sabella". The German refugee was Fabius Gross (1906 – 1950) Hitler's Black Book entry: "Since 1934 – Researcher at King's College, London University. Speciality – genetics; experimental cytology; protozoology; experimental zoology." Gross and Huxley published 'Regeneration and reorganisation in Sabella' in 1935. The letter also mentions work with Alexander Wolsky and C. J. Bond.

Handwritten note in pencil to verso: "Touting for signatures for candidature for Roy Soc". Nominated for candidature many times from the 1920's, and failing each time, it was not until 1938 that Huxley was eventually admitted as a Fellow. The tone of the… Read More

A. R. Harding (Fur News Publishing Co.), 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition of Herbert Harvey Vertrees' Pearls and Pearling. Bound in green cloth with dark green illustration and lettering to front panel and dark-green lettering to spine panel. Emphasis on fresh water pearls, specifically on the Illinois River. Includes pearling history, geographical distribution of pearls, methods of collecting and much more. 56 photographs. Scarce. 203 pp. plus 5 pp. of illustrated publisher ads. 6 3/4" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. One corner slightly bumped. Exceptionally clean, presentable copy of a hard-to-find pearling collectible. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1904. First edition. 2 FOLIO VOLUMES ON THE ANATOMY OF SEA URCHINS WITH OVER 100 LITHOGRAPHIC AND HELIOTYPE PLATES BY ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, CURATOR OF THE HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY.Two volumes 12 inches tall, printed paper covers, Vol. I Text, 243 pp, 319 figures; Vol. II Atlas, 111 lithographic and heliotype plates (2 color), 1 color folding map; paper covers soiled, edges chipped, lacking back paper cover and lower corner of front cover and first 2 leaves of Vol. I, text pages and plates intact and clean, no library or ownership marks, very good minus in custom archival mylar covers. HEAVY SET WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE.ALEXANDER AGASSIZ (1835 – 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer. Agassiz was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and immigrated to the United States with his father, Louis, in 1849. He graduated from Harvard University in 1855, subsequently studying… Read More

Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois. By C.U. Clark. 1934 1st Edition Columbia University Institute of French Studies, Inc. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Stories from the French Exploration of North America, selected and edited by the venerable and renowned Charles Upson Clark, Ph.D: English title is: Travellers, Black Robes, and Wood-runners. Scarce. HARDCOVER. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy blue cloth boards with large gilt titling. No titling remains on spine. 5 ¾ X 8. 374 pages, indexed. Time period covered is 17th and 18th Centuries. JESUITS. ANTHROPOLOGY. SOCIAL SCIENCES. HISTORY OF FRANCE. HISTORY OF CANADA. CANADIANA. ABOUT THE EDITOR: Dr. Clark was the first archaeologist in the world to translate The Badianus Manuscript, aka The Codex Barberini, an Aztec compendium on traditional herbal medicine dating from the Fourteenth Century. Will ship from Oregon.

625 Pages. The book includes portraits, illustrations, and maps and was written by the School Manager/Secretary in the Norwegian Whaling Association. It is all in the Norwegian language and is a history of Norway's whaling industry. The book's exterior has two worn corners, and two moderately worn corners, worn marks along the bottom edges and less wearing marks on the top edges, and worn areas at the top and bottom edge of the spine. In addition, the spine is faded and darkened and there is one small hole on it. The interior book has the former owner's (Whaling Museum) bookplate inside the front cover along with a sticker below it, and a worn spot/hole on the next inside page. Outside of those detriments, there are no further visible distractions, detriments, or extraneous markings throughout the book and thus all printing and the numerous photographs and illustrations are all in a very well-preserved and readable condition and the book's bindings remain tight and therefore sound.If you order this… Read More