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[004000] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1894-1896. ill. Tables, Line Drawings. Poughkeepsie, New York: A. V. Haight, Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Missing Paper Wraps. Science. Good Vol.VII Part I and II. Two Articles by Theodor Neumann (Artists and Artisans in the Feathered World and Ento-Parasites and Hygiene); Chas. W. Pilgrim: The care and treatment of the insane; 2 articles by D. B. Ward: Diatoms and Bacteria; Chas. W. Fowler: Purification of Public Water Supplies; Frederick S. Arnold: Gypsies; Rev. Wm. Bancroft Hill, President of The Institute: The Gothenburg or Norwegian System of Liquor Traffic; Edward Elsworth: The Sanitary Disposal of Sewage; Charles B. Warring: The insufficiency of Physical Law and 2 articles by Dr. J. W. Poucher: Tuberculosis and Cremation as a Sanitary Meaure. 309 pp. Front cover loose and all edges missing pieces-back cover missing. Stapled. Title page clean. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $40.00

[003110] . AGASSIZ COMPANION,1886-1888,18 Issues. ill. Engravings. Wyandotte, Kansas: Will H. Plank, 1886. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Science. Good A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Natural Sciences, Philately and the Interests of the Agassiz Association. 18 issues. 1886: Vol.I, No. 1-4. 1887: Vol.II, No. 1-8, and No. 12. 1888: Vol.III, No. 1-2, No. 5, No. 7, No.11-12(one issue). Some Articles: Insects, Andes, Fauna of Lower Silurian in the vicinity of Lebanon, Ohio: Sea-weeds and Coral, Plant Movements, Fossil Hunt, Botany in Public Schools, Geology, Agassiz, His Life and Works (with portrait engraving), Rocks and Minerals of Maine. ex.-mus. stamp/numbers/or "Agassiz Association, Chapter 158" on front cover. Mild soiling. First issue, 2 1/2"x3", missing piece on front cover; one issue's back cover missing piece and several with paper label residue. All covers are intact. Paper wraps overall Good. Interiors are clean, tight and overall Very Good+. $320.00

[003197] . SCIENCE, September 4, 1885. Volume VI. No. 135. ill. Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good- Articles about/or by Famous Americans: In Letters to the Editor:R.P. WHITFIELD "An American Silurian scorpion"with illustration; CHAS. A. ASHBURNER "The geology of natural gas"; and R. W. SHUFELDT "Probable period of gestation in the 'horned-toad'. Other articles: " The Lick Observatory" with 5 illustrations; and "The Development of the Eye" with 2 illustrations. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Covers detached. Front cover is Good to Good+. Back cover with tears and missing pieces, Good-. Crease down middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $45.00

[003233] . SCIENCE, November 20, 1885. Volume VI. No. 146. ill. Tables, Engravings. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ With Science Supplement. Article by a Famous American: in Science Supplement: E. J. JAMES "Recent land legislation in England". Other articles: "Blackfoot Tribes"; "Some Reaction-Time Studies" with a table; "Ben Nevis Meteorological Observatory" with an illustration of the observatory; and "Entomology in the National Museum" with a table. In Letters to the Editor: "Effigy mounds in Iowa" with an illustration. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front. vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at bottom edge, very slightly at top. Overall covers are Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement's bottom edge mildly chipped otherwise in VG condition. $45.00

[003101] . HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP, 13 Issues 1878-1879. ill. Figures(drawings),. London: Hardwicke & Bogue, 1878. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good 13 issues. January1878 plus complete year for 1879: Jan.-Dec. A Monthly Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature. Each issue with many illustrations. Subject areas: Natural History, Biology, Botany, Entomology, Zoology, Geology, Microscopy. Many scientific ads with some full pages on microscopes. Some string-tied "announcements" tipped in including one edition with 4 page article by T.Twining. Illustrated covers.Some soiling. Minor chipping on sides. Overall Good or better. 2 issues covers detached. Several issues' pages uncut. Paper on some issues feels stiff-perhaps got moist? Doesn't affect interiors which are clean, tight and overall in VG condition. 2 issues have J.D. Putnam's signature on covers. One issue with ex-mus. stamp. $275.00

[003104] . SCIENCE RECORD (Formerly Scientific and Literary Gossip), 3 Issues 1883-1884.. ill. Figures (line drawings). Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co., 1883. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good A monthly journal of Notes and News in all departments of Science. 3 issues: Dec.15,1883(Vol. 11, No.2); Jan.15, 1884(Vol.II, No. 3) and Oct.15,1884(Vol.II, No.12). Articles include: A NEW MICROSCOPE SLIDE CABINET, RESEARCHES ON BACTERIA, MICROSCOPY, SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS IN EASTERN UNITED STATES, BATS, CALIFORNIA SPIDERS, BIRDS, CRUSTACEA, ROCK SECTIONS, WINES, and HARMONY OF THE SPHERES. Jan.1884 issue pages mainly uncut. Illustrations, including publisher advertisements. Paper covers mildly soiled, string-tied. Oct.1884 issue's covers detached from text with tears, still intact. Overall exteriors are Good. Interiors are clean, tight and Very Good. $100.00

[003999] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1890-1893. ill. . Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Good to Good- Vol.6 Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Article by Famous American: EDWARD BURGESS- " Animal Intelligence" and " Some Thoughts about Science and Life". Other articles by Th. Neumann (Poisonous Snakes, Speech of Monkeys,Universal Languages ), John A. Williams (Glass Manufacturing), James Winne (Memory), John Sutcliffe (Mining), Edward Elsworth ( Color Photography) Wm. H. Brewer, Henry V. Pelton, President of the Institute. and C.B. Warring (Geology of Montgomery County, Illinois 280 pp. Front paper cover's side edge missing two narrow strips and top corner tip. ex-mus. numbers/stamp (faint) on front top edge. Back cover barely attached. Covers overall Good to Good-. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $40.00

[001814] . A PRELIMINARY BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE LLOYD-CORNELL RESERVATION. Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy and Materia Medica.. ill. Figures, Plates, Maps,photographs. Cincinnati: Cornell University Press, 1926. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Natural History. Good Entomomological Series No.5. "The wild life preserve known as the Lloyd-Cornell Reservation lies fifteen miles northeast of Ithaca, New York...It is an uncultivated area of bogs and ridges comprising the greater part of the Mud Pond basin. Within the basin are a number of cold upland bogs, that are of great biological interest." Contents include: INTRODUCTION with chapters on The Soil, Waters, Depth of the bogs, Mud Pond; Streams, and Bog cover; FLORA AND FAUNA with chapters on The vascular plants, the Bryophytes, Fungi, Myxomycetes; Vertebrates; Invertebrates; Insects, Spiders, Protozoans, and Galls; SPECIAL STUDIES ON TRICHOPTERA with chapters on Adult caddisflies; Pupae, Life histories and Miscellaneous notes. 247 pp. 13 plates and 109 illustrations. Brown paper covers with black lettering on front cover. Mild fading around edges and spine. Creases to corners. ex-mus.stamp on front cover. 2" stain? on back cover. Overall covers are Good. ex. mus. numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $35.00

[004254] . Proceedings of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, Two Volumes:1901-02 . Manchester, N.H.: Nature Study Press, Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 3/4". Stiff Covers. New Hampshire. Good 2 Volumes: Vol. II, 1900 and Volume IV, 1902, Part 1. Publishing dates 1901 and 1902. VOL.II.1900 has Articles on Anisoptera in the Vicinity of Manchester, N.H.; The Testudinata of New Hampshire; William Makepeace Thackeray; and A Rock Rimmon Catch Containing Additional Species of Orthoptera Noted in the Vicinity of Manchester. 121 pp. VOL.IV 1902 Part I: A List of the Birds of New Hampshire pp.23-205. 222 pp. total including Index. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front covers. 1900 volume with 3 3/4"x5 1/2" water stain on front cover going through to pp. 5 which is the first page of text. Pages effected are title page and Index. Otherwise interiors of both volumes are tight, clean and VG+. Some small tears to covers-at corner "tips" or at spine ends. Overall covers are Good. $30.00

[004471] . PEABODY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT in One Bound Volume 1869-1874. ill. Diagrams, Drawings. Salem, Mass.: Printed for the Academy, 1869. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". 3/4 Calf. Academy of Sciences. Good The first six Annual Reports of the Peabody Academy of Science. The FIRST ANNUAL REPORTof January 1869, accompanied by a record of the Proceedings of the Trustees from their organization, March, 1867. Contains George Peabody's letter "Gentlemen, as you will perceive by the enclosed Instrument of Trust, I wish to place in the hands of yourselves, and your successors, the sum of One Hundred and Forty Thousand Dollars, for the PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND USEFUL KNOWLEDGE IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX...." Includes the Instrument of Trust, The Trustees, Officers, The Reply of the Trustees, and By-Laws. In the Report of the Director of the Museum, there are diagrams of The East India Marine Hall which was purchased by the Trustees of the Peabody Fund for the Promotion of Science in the County of Essex. Reports on Ethnology; Geology, Palaeontology; and Mollusca. Reports written by Famous Americans: F.W. Putnam, Director of the Museum; A.S. Packard, Curator; A.Hyatt, Curator; E.S. Morse, Curator; John A. McNiel's Report on His Expedition to Central America; and William C. Endicott, member of the Executive Committee (Endicott married Peabody's daughter and later became Secretary of War during President Grover Cleveland's Administration). SECOND AND THIRD ANNUAL REPORTS For the Years 1869 and 1870. Contains Dedication of the Museum, Note on Rossis palpebrosa, by A.Hyatt; Catalogue of Batrachia and Reptilia obtained by J.A. McNiel in Nicaragua, by E.D. Cope; Catalogue of Reptilia and Batracjoa obtained by C. J. Maynard in Florida, by E. D. Cope; List of Insects collected at Rebas, Equador, by A. S. Packard, Jr.; and List of Crustacea collected by J.A. McNiel in Central America. FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT for the Year 1871: Synopsis of the Family Heteropygil, by F.W. Putnam; Systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass, by Samuel H. Scudder; New American Moths: Zygaenidae and Bombycidae, by A. S. Packard, Jr.; List of Coleoptera collected in Labrador, by A. S. Packard, Jr.; and Record of American Entomology for the year 1871, by A. S. Packard, Jr. FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT for the Year 1871: all articles written by A. S. Packard, Jr.: Synopsis of the Thysanura of Essex County, Mass; Descriptions of New American Phalaenidae; Notes on North American Mothes of the Families Phalaenidae and Pyralidae in the British Museum; On the cave Fauna of Indiana and Record of American Entomology for 1872. and SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT for the Year 1873: List of Minerals Collected Essex County; Noctuidae of North America, by Aug. R. Grote; Descriptions of New North American Phalaenidae, Phyllopoda,Notice of some Dredgings made near Salem and Record of American Entomology for 1873, all written by A.S. Packard, Jr. Green leather spine and corner tips with black pebbled covers. Spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Rubbing to spine joints/ends with leather worn to boards in places. Small chipped paper label at spine base. Rubbing to corner tips, back cover's top edge, leather worn off. Overall covers are Good. Marbled page ends. Front endpaper with numbers and also on title page(ex-mus.?). Front free endpaper with "J. Duncan Putnam, Davenport Iowa, May 1875". Otherwise interior is tight,clean and Very Good+. $150.00

[000050] Bei-Bienko, G.. Keys to the Insects of the European USSR. ill. Sketches. Jerusalem: Smithsonian, 1967. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". Stiff Covers. Entomology. Very Good+ Published for Smithsonian and NSF by the Israel Program for Scientific Translations. Vol.I - Apterygota, Palaeoptera, and Hemimetabola. 1,214pp. Thick volume. Vol. I of a projected series of 5 vols. Proposed purpose of the 5 keys is to include all genera and all practically important species, of the 80,000 or so species known to exist in the USSR. The territory covered by the Key "runs along the coast of the Black Sea, including the whole of Crimea, and continues eastwards through southern Ciscaucasia to the northern coast of the Caspian Sea and the Ural River." Fauna of the northern slopes of the Caucasus...(are) therefore largely omitted. Dozens of scientists took part in preparing this volume, representing universities and other institutions throughout Russia. Covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $90.00

[003253] Brocklesby, John.. The Amateur Microscopist: or Views of the Microscopic World, A Handbook of Microscopic Manipulation and Microscopic Objects. ill. Figures on Wood and Stone, Plates. New York: William Wood & Company, 1871. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/4". Brown Cloth. Biology. Good In the Preface, the author writes "I have been led to believe that a popular work on the microscope and its revelations would at once be interesting and useful, and this belief has resulted in the present treatise, which simply exhibilts and describes some of the most rare and curious objects of the microscopic world, and the modes of preparing them for observation under the microscope; together with a short account of this instrument." 144 pp. Illustrated with "247 figures on wood and stone".Chapters include: INFUSORIAL ANIMALCULES AND PROTOPHYTES; MICROSCOPIC FOSSILS; MINUTE AQUATIC ANIMALS; OF THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD AND HERBS; CRYSTALLIZATIONS and PARTS OF INSECTS AND MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. Brown cloth with lettering and gilt design on cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Covers mildly soiled, dark water?stain, 3/4"x1", on back cover. Doesn't go through. spine ends rubbed and some fraying. corners bumped/rubbed. Overall covers are Good. Front endpaper with small bookplate: "Library of Chas. E. Putnam. No. 1695.". On blank page before title page, signature of J.D. Putnam, Jan. 2nd 1872, Davenport Iowa". Opposite page on verso of free endpaper, some rust color residue? along side edge-same color as endpapers. J.D. Putnam's signature also on title page. ex.mus.stamp (Davenport Academy of Science) and numbers on title page. Tissue guard on frontis. 9 Plates. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $145.00

[003087] Elliott, Frank R.. AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE SPIDERS OF THE BEECH-MAPLE FOREST. Ohio Journal of Science, 1930. Spiders. Very Good Reprinted from The Ohio Journal of Science, Vol. XXX, No. 1, January, 1930. 22 pp. no covers. ex-mus stamp on front page. light soil otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $18.50

[004070] Gibson, Wm. Hamilton . Sharp Eyes, a Rambler's Calendar of Fifty-Two Weeks Among Insects, Birds, and Flowers . ill. By Author. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 ". Green Cloth. Natural History. Good 322 pp. including Index. Soiling to covers/spine. Corners bumped /rubbed. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Wear/rubbing to spine ends.Gilted top edge. Overall covers are Good. ex-mus. bookplate on front endpaper and ex.mus. stamp and numbers on title page.Tissue guard protecting frontis illustration. Nature sketches on every page. printed on heavy paper. pp.160-161 hinge breaking. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $25.00

[003964] Hinckley, Thomas (editor). MISSOURI ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIUM OF PESTS & PESTICIDES 1972. ill. Tables, Diagram, . Missouri: 1972. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Stiff Covers. Entomology. Very Good Held at Southeast Missouri State University, April 28, 1972. Sponsored by School of Forestry, University of Missouri-Columbia. Bulletin, Vol.1 (Supplement). 115 pp. Contents: Biological control of insects and weeds; Pesticides and the aquatic environment; The ecological and physiological effects of insecticides on Missouri mammals; A Critical examination of pesticides and pesticide regulation; EPA pesticides policies and regulations; The great trial of science and scientists; The pesticide question: An examination by an environmentalist and Controlling the gypsy moth. Front cover's bottom edge with spots? in lower left corner-minor, otherwise Covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00

[004799] Howard, L. O. Revision of the Aphelininae of North America, A Subfamily of Hymenopterous Parasites of the Family Chalcididae. . ill. Figures (drawings). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Entomology. Good US Dept of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, Technical Series No. 1. 44 pp. with 14 illustrations of insects with descriptions. Paper covers mildly soiled. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Front cover and title page's bottom cover missing. 2" tear on back cover and back blank page. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $10.00

[004435] Lintner, J. A.. REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST to the Regents of the University of the State of New York For the Year 1893. Albany: University of The State of New York, 1894. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Stiff Covers. New York. Good- From the Forty-seventh Report on the New York State Museum. Report includes: Collections made in the Adirondack Mountains; Operations against the Gypsy Moth in Massachusetts; The Destructive Wheat-Midge in Western New York; A Grasshopper Plague in Western New York; and Insect Defoliators of Shade and Fruit Trees. pp.177-197. Some soiling to covers.Front cover detached. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Thin strip from side edge missing. Back cover missing small piece at top corner edge and small piece out of side edge. Covers are Good-. Numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $50.00

[000176] Mishchenko, L.L.. FAUNA OF U.S.S.R.: ORTHOPTERA: LOCUSTS AND GRASSHOPPERS OF THE USSR. ill. Figures (drawings), Maps. Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1965. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". Soft Cover. Entomology. Very Good+ Light soil else Near Fine. heavy wraps. 560 pp Translated from Russian.Published for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the National Science Foundation. 520 illustrations. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. $45.00

[003319] Peters, Harold S.. MALLOPHAGA FROM OHIO BIRDS. Ohio: Ohio Journal of Science, 1928. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10". Stiff Wraps. Entomology. Good+ Ohio State University. Contributions from the Department of Zoology and Entomology. No. 84. Reprinted from THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Vol. XXVIII, No.4, pp. 215-228. In the Introduction, the author writes "The following paper comprises a study of the order Mallophaga, which includes the biting lice commonly found on birds and mammals, with special reference to a list of the species found on Ohio birds. Stiff gray covers, slightly soiled. vertical crease as if folded (barely shows inside). Faded "border" around the front side and bottom edges. ex.-mus. stamp. Overall exterior is G+. First page with ex.-mus stamp, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+ $30.00

[004798] Quaintance, A.L.. SPRAYING FOR ORCHARD INSECTS. ill. Plates. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Agriculture. Good Reprint from Yearbook of Department of Agriculture for 1908. Contents: Importance of insect control; How insects feed; Spraying dormant trees; Summer spraying; General classification of insecticides; Spraying apparatus and accessories; and Application of sprays. 5 Plates showing different spraying apparatus. pp.267-288. Paper covers. Mildly soiled. Faint initials at top front edge. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Author was "In Charge of Deciduous-Fruit Insect Investigations, Bureau of Entomology". $30.00

[003924] Riley, C.V., S.W. Williston and P.R. Uhler. REPORT ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF INSECTS MADE DURING THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION; LIST OF DIPTERA FROM DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AND ADJOINING REGIONS; HEMIPTERA AND HETEROPTERA OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 1893. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Entomology. Good to Good- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy. Offprint from NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA, NO.7, pp.235-268. 3 articles referring to the Death Valley Expedition. One article by C. V. Riley titled:REPORT ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF INSECTS MADE DURING THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION, pp.235-252. The other authors are S.W. Williston: LIST OF DIPTERA FROM DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AND ADJOINING REGIONS, pp.253-259 and P.R. Uhler: HEMIPTERA AND HETEROPTERA OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION, pp.260-268. Paper covers detached, slightly faded otherwise Good. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good + condition. $35.00

[004982] Seal, William P.. FISHES IN THEIR RELATION TO THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 3/4". Paper Wraps. Mosquitos. Very Good From Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Volume XXVIII, 1908. Paper presented before the Fourth International Fishery Congress held at Washinton, September 22 to 26, 1908. "Though fewer in mumbers than the other mosquitoes, the ANOPHELES is more to be dreaded because of its wary and insidious manner of attack and of its infectious character..." pp. 833-838. Green paper covers. ex.mus. numbers and faint ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Otherwise covers are VG+. ex. mus. stamp on front endpaper, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $12.50

[003965] Thomas, Cyrus. THE CHINCH-BUG, Its History, Characters, and Habits, and the Means of Destroying it or Counteracting Its Injuries. ill. Figures (drawings), Foldout Map. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Entomology. Good Bulletin No. 5. United States Entomological Commission. "The chinch-bug (Blissus leucopterus Say) is unquestionably one of the most formidable insect pests with which the farmers within the wheat-producing area of the United States have to contend." 44 pp. 10 illustrations plus a foldout map in the back of the United States "Showing the Distribution of the Chinch Bug". Some soiling to covers. Spine ends missing paper but covers are intact. Mildy chipped around side and bottom edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $60.00

[004344] Van Dyke, Edwin C.. CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD A KNOWLEDGE OF THE INSECT FAUNA OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. No. 3 COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE. ill. Plates. California: California Academy of Sciences, 1942. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Paper Wraps. Baja California. Very Good- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. Vol. XXIV, No. 3, pp. 97-132, Plates 6-7. March 31, 1942. "This paper, while dealing primarily with the materila collected in Lower California during the summer of 1938 by Michelbacher and Ross, in order to be more useful, has been amplified to the extent of mentioning all the species of Buprestidae which are known to have been collected in that region." Stapled at spine. Thin 2 3/4" waterstain line at base of spine on front page. Doesn't go through. 1/2" tear at spine base. Otherwise publication is tight, clean and Very Good +. 2 plates with 18 insects. Edwin Van Dyke was one of America’s leading coleoperists at the turn of the last century and Professor Emeritus of Entomology at University of California. $20.00

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004883] Library of Congress. CLASSIFICATION. Class S AGRICULTURE-PLANT AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Paper Wraps. Library of Congress. Very Good- Printed as Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Agriculture; General Plant Culture and Horticulture; Forestry; Animal Culture-Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats, Swine, Pets, Bee Culture; Fish Culture- Angling by country and Fisheries; and Hunting Sports. 87 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus. faint stamp on front cover. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Very Good-. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00