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[003025] . Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia: 1972-1977., Vol.12-18. . ill. Plates, Tables,Figures, Foldouts. Warsaw, Poland: Foreign Scientific Publications Department of the National Center for Scientific, Technical and Economic Information, 1972. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Stiff Wraps. Zoology. Very Good 7 volumes.Translated from Polish. Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. Slight soiling to covers.Overall exteriors are Very Good. Vol. 18 back cover's top edge water mark- slight line back through to page 359. "slight" line on back of plate pages and very slightly on some of the plates. Slight water line on side and bottom edge, not on pages. Smithsonian Institution mailing label on back cover. Interiors are tight, clean and VG+. $125.00

[000188] Kowalski, Kasimierz. Mammals. An Outline of Theriology. ill. Sketches, Maps. Warsaw, Poland: Smithsonian Belgrade, 1976. Fine. 617pp. Translated from Polish for the Smithsonian and NSF by Panstwowe Wydwnictwo Naukowe, Warsaw. "Owing to the fact that the author's personal interests include fossils as well as living mammals, he has tried to view the problems under discussion as much as possible from an evolutionary and historical perspective and has accordingly given equal emphasis to fossils and present-day mammals. From this point of view the book can claim to be original..." The term "theriology," the author explains, "has a long tradition in Polish scientific literature and is also commonly used by zoologists in the USSR instead of the linguistically less correct term 'mammology' which is more common in western literature." Extensive bibliography. Fine, in VG+ pictorial jacket. $45.00

[000658] Szafer, Wladyslaw. CONCISE HISTORY OF BOTANY IN CRACOW AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF SIX CENTURIES OF THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY. ill. Graphs, Tables, Portraits, Photos,Figures. Warsaw, Poland: Scientific Publications Foreign Cooperation Center of the Central Institute for Scientific, Technical and Economic Information, 1969. 8vo. Tan Cloth. Botany. Near Fine / Good+. Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. The more important scientific works on botany from the 16th to the 19th century are mentioned in the text. Decorative green plant on front cover. Interior Fine. Dust Jacket wear at front and rear flaps where it folds over book.Top and bottom spine edges rubbed,small tears.Good +. 171 pp. Index of Names, Bibliographic Supplement, and List of Illustrations. $22.50

[000262] Woytkowski, F.. Peru, My Unpromised Land. ill. Photos, Maps. 1978 Warsaw, Poland, Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Very Good Plus. 1st thus. stiff wraps. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". 231pp. Published for the Smithsonian and NSF by the Foreign Scientific Publications Dept. of the National Center for Scientific, Technical, and Economic Information, Warsaw, Poland, 1978. Translated from Polish. "The name of Felix Woytkowski is hardly known to Polish readers outside of a very narrow circle of entomologists and botanists interested in the natural history of Peru...[In his fields] he worked with dozens of scientific institutions in Europe and the Americas...[In Peru] he collected more than a thousand insects previously unknown to scientists and also, and this is particularly important, he collected over a dozen insects for which new genera had to be created." Illustrated with 104 photographs and several charts. Includes not only accounts of his scientific activities, but also his observations on the cultural and societal life of Peru. A remarkable insight into this little-known South American nation. $65.00