Search Results: NATURAL HISTORY from A. Parker's Books, Inc.

New York, NY: The American Museum of Natural History, 1976. Softcover. Very good/No jacket issued. New York, NY: The American Museum of Natural History, 1976. Copious b/w illustrations; additionally, some in color. Unpaginated. Softcover. Oblong Small 8vo. White illustrated paper wrappers. Lightly bumped and creased at head, heel and corners; pages toned; else, interior clean and sound. A nice copy. Very good/No jacket issued.

New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1974. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1974. Second edition. 4,000+ black-and-white illustrations & 24 magnificent color plates. 663 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Very good/Very good.

Wynnewood, PA: Livingston Publishing Company, 1969. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Wynnewood, PA: Livingston Publishing Company, 1969. Numerous b/w Illustrations, full color photographs, and 5 paintings by John C. Yrizarry. 306 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth. Silver lettering to spine. Very lightly bumped at head, heel and corners; former owner bookplate to front free endpaper; page edges lightly toned; else, interior clean and binding tight. A nice copy. Very good/No dust jacket.

Agricultural Handbook No. 401. Washington, D.C.: Forest Service United States Department of Agriculture, 1972. Signed by the author. Numerous full color and b/w photographs and illustrations. 234 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Beige cloth. Extremities lightly rubbed and bumped; spine, boards and edges lightly soiled to small areas. Interior clean and bright; quite sound. Very good/No dust jacket.

Jamaica: Heinemann Publishers (Caribbean) Ltd., 1989. Hardcover. Very good/Very good-. Frank Bernal. Jamaica: Heinemann Publishers (Caribbean) Ltd., 1989. Abundantly illustrated with full color plates by the author. Illustrated by Frank Bernal. xvi, 112 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Head and heel bumped and rubbed; corners lightly rubbed. Housed in a lightly edge bumped and damp stained dustjacket. Interior very clean, bright, and sound. Very good/Very good-. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

Bloomington,IN: Indiana U. P., 1994. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Bloomington,IN: Indiana U. P., 1994. FIRST EDITION. Signed by one of the authors and one of the artists. Numerous full color illustrations after paintings by Cyndy Callog, John Felsing, et al. 358 pp. Hardcover. Large 4to. Violet cloth. Nice copy in like d.j. Very good+/Very good+.

Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1965. Softcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. Vol. 150, Part 1, Tinamidae (Tinamous) to Rynchopidae (Skimmers). Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1965. Numerous b/w text figures and full color frontispiece. 483 pp. Softcover. Large 8vo. Tan paper wrappers. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed. Heel lightly chipped and chewed; head and corners starting to wear, corners splayed. Spine lightly sunned, moderately beveled and creased. Edges and pages lightly yellowed with minimal scattered foxing and staining extending only to front and end matter. Former owner's name and notation in ink to verso of front wrap. Still quite good, text clean, binding tight. Very good-/No dust jacket.

Sao Paulo: Instituto de Botanica de Sao Paulo, 1999. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. Sao Paulo: Instituto de Botanica de Sao Paulo, 1999. Commentary by Maria das Gracas Lapa Wanderley. Second edition. Copious b/w illustrations. 159 pp. Text in Portuguese and English. Hardcover. Folio. Green paper covered boards. Red lettering to spine . Very good condition overall. Faint edge wear. Pages clean and bright. Mild scuffing to edges and hinges of dust jacket. A sound copy. Very good+/Very good.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. One of an edition limited to 200 copies, this being #118. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. One of an edition limited to 200 copies, this being #118. Signed by the author. 97 color plates containing 2093 Illustrations and 32 text figures. xiii; 633 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark red full leather. Gilt lettering to spine. Gift-plate to half-title; else interior clean, bright and tight. A very nice copy, housed in publisherÕs slipcase. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item).

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1879. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1879. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with numerous text-drawings of Egyptian symbols and seals. 1222 pp. Hardcover. Large 4to. Dark green 3/4 morocco over marbled paper covered boards. Top edge gilt. Light wear and rubbing to boards, otherwise, a very clean and sound copy. Very good/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item).

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1983. First edition. Numerous full color photographs and b/w illustrations. 257 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Navy blue cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration. Front board and text block slightly warped. Dust jacket lightly edge-rubbed. Interior and exterior clean and bright; quite sound. Very good+/Very good.

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. The Narrative of a Scientific Expedition to Western Cuba and the Colorados Reefs, with Observations on the Geology, Fauna, and Flora of the Region. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. First edition. 36 b/w photographs, a few color illustrations and a fold-out map at rear. 320 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark blue cloth. Top edge gilt, gilt lettering and decoration. Extremities bumped and rubbed; spine toned. Interior clean and bright; quite sound. Very good/No dust jacket. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply)

London, England: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, ND [ 1860 ]. Hardcover. Very good-/No jacket issued. London, England: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, ND [ 1860 ]. 41 chromolithographed color plates with tissue guards.. 164 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth. All edges gilt; gilt lettering to spine. Bumped and worn through at head, heel and corners; toning to spine; soiling to front endpapers; else, interior clean and tight. Very good-/No jacket issued.

NY: Charles ScribnerÕs Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. A Life Adventure In Breadth And Depth. NY: Charles ScribnerÕs Sons, 1930. b/w plates. Hardcover. 8vo size. Dark red cloth. Gilt lettering to front board. Small chip to lower rear of dj, previous ownerÕs name stamped on front end paper. Else, A nice copy. Very good+/Very good+.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good+. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. Foreword by Julian A. Steyermark. First edition. 50 full color plates. 128 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. White cloth-backed, light green cloth covered boards. Bumped and rubbed at head, heel and corners; foxing to cover and rear board; interior tight, clean and bright. Dustjacket heavily foxed; worn at head, heel and corners; price-clipped; small closed tear at bottom-right corner of front flap. Very good/Good+.

London: The Tryon Gallery, [ 1968 ]. Of an edition of 500 copies, this is # 441 of 400 copies bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good-. London: The Tryon Gallery, [ 1968 ]. Of an edition of 500 copies, this is # 441 of 400 copies bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards. Illustrated with 32 beautiful color plates by the author. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Large folio. Dark green Quarter morocco over marbled boards. A very nice example in like slipcase. Very good+/Very good-. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).

or, The Asterolepis of Stromness. Boston, MA: Gould & Lincoln, 1850. Memoir of the author by Louis Agassiz. Numerous b/w illustrative figures. 337+ several ad pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo size. Dark brown cloth. Gilt stamped lettering to spine. Boards decoratively ruled and blindstamped. Head and heel quite chipped and worn. Corners heavily curled and split. Front spine joints split several inches; front board still intact. Mild to moderate scattered insect damage (chewing) on boards; more so along perimeter. Edges and pages mildly toned with faint, minimal scattered foxing and staining. Endpapers moderately discolored. Some minor offsetting occurring within. Otherwise quite good. Interior tight and bright. Good/.

Barcelona: Pub. Lynx Edicions, 1992 - 1997 . Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Barcelona: Pub. Lynx Edicions, 1992 - 1997 . 6 vols. Each volume is filled with color illustrations. Various paginations pp. Hardcover. Folio. Burgundy paper covered boards. Volumes 1, 2, & 3 have the top fore-corner of the front free endpaper snipped off; volumes 4 & 5 have a date in ink in the top fore-corner of the front free endpaper; in volume 2 there is a little foxing along the top edge of the half-title. Generally, despite a few very minor flaws in the dust jackets, the set is in very good condition. Very good/Very good. (Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).

Newcastle: T. Bewick and Longman and Rees, 1805. 3rd Ed of Vol.1; 2nd Ed of Vol. 2. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Newcastle: T. Bewick and Longman and Rees, 1805. 2 vols. 3rd Ed of Vol.1; 2nd Ed of Vol. 2. Numerous b/w illustrations. 346; 400 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Full marbled calf. Gilt ruled, tooled and decorated spine with contrasting leather labels; spine crazed, labels beginning to flake; perimeters of boards stamped in gilt, with gilt turn-ins. Interior clean and sound. Very good/No jacket issued. (Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).

London: B. White, 1781. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. London: B. White, 1781. 2 vols. First edition. Illustrated with 52 copper-plate engravings. xxiv, [a], 2-284; [2], 285-566, [14] index, [2] ads pp. Hardcover. 4to. Brown recent, full period-style pressed morocco; spine decorated in compartments with contrasting colored lettering labels. Ink name on title-pages of both volumes; first and last few pages browned around edges in both volumes; some scattered foxing and off-setting, but generally quite clean. A very handsome set. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item).