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[003996] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1884-1885. ill. Plates, Tables,Figures (line drawings). Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Fair Interior Very Good Vol.III 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 ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: MARY WHITNEY - "The Sun-Spots of the Past Few Years" with an illustration; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"The Evolution of Science". Other articles by William B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Gyroscope with 4 plates), and Edward D. Cope . 216 pp. Front paper cover 4" tear at spine joint. Back cover detached with tears and small pieces missing. Blank back endpaper torn, no text. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003103] . THE SWISS CROSS. A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION, 20 Issues 1887-1889. ill. Figures (line drawings), Woodcuts. New York: N.D.C. Hodges, 1887. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good- to Fair 1887: Vol.I: No.1-6 Jan.-June. and 1887: Vol.II: No. 2, 4-6. August, October-December. 1888: Vol.III: No. 1-4, 6. Jan.-April, June and 1888: Vol.IV: No.2, 4. August, October.1889: Vol.V. No. 1-2, 6. Jan.-Feb., June. Some articles cover:Early Man in America, Water-Crystals, Photography, Astronomy, Botany, Birds, Zoology, Ichthyology, Native Americans, Eskimo Igloos, and many more. Covers are very worn/tears, some detached, and soiled. Some issues have "Agassiz Association, Chap. 158" on cover. Several have small stickers/labels with " Agassiz Association, Dec87,Chap. 158"Good- to Fair. Interiors are clean, and Very Good. Wonderful engravings throughout each issue. Scarce. $350.00

[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

[003518] . SCIENCE, July 25, 1884. Volume IV. No. 77. ill. Etchings, Map. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1884. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by or about Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Implements of the Igloo with 12 illustrations; COUES'S Key to North-American Birds; 2 articles regarding GREELY Expedition, one with "two despatches from Lieut. Greely" including a map showing "points visited by Greely's party"; and EUGENE A. SMITH: Cretaceous phosphates in Alabama. Other articles include:Wiedemann's Electricity and The Organization for an International Scientific Association by Charles S. Minot. Also included the Index of Special Articles for SCIENCE, Volume III, January-June 1884 . covers detached. Slightly soiled around edges. Back cover's top corner creased. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edges. Vertical crease down the middle, going through "bulletin"-very minor. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ $50.00

[004672] . Nebraska Bird Review-2 Issues: January and April 1962. ill. Tables, Photographs, Chart. Nebraska: Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, 1962. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Paper Wraps. Ornithology. Good A Magazine of Ornithology of the Nebraska Region. January and April 1962. Volume XXX Number 1 and Number 2. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Back cover with address stamp (to the museum). April's cover mildly soiled otherwise covers are Very Good. Interiors are tight, clean and VG. $10.00

[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

[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

[004470] . Autobiographical Notes and a Bibliography of the Scientific Publications of Joel Asaph Allen . New York: American Museum Natural History, 1916. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Autobiography. Good to Good- In the Foreword written by Henry Fairfield Osborn, " The life and writing of Joel Asaph Allen have exerted so great an influence on the progress of ornithology and mammalogy in America that all who have the interests of these branches of science at heart, both in this country and abroad, will welcome this biographical and bibliographical volume. It is issued as an expression of the appreciation of Doctor Allen's life work by the Trustees of The American Museum of Natural History and devoted colleagues on its Scientific Staff. The biographical sketch was especially desired in connection with the Bibliography because it sets forth so clearly the broad groundwork of travel, of field observation and of field record which has established a model of all modern American work on the birds and the mammals..." 215 pp. most uncut at top edge. Side edge untrimmed. Tears and chips mainly at front cover's side edge. Covers soiled with fading at front top edge. Top spine strip down 1/2" missing. Tear at spine joint, 1 1/2". Overall covers are Good to Good-. Covers intact. Frontis. engraving of Joel Asaph Allen. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $85.00

[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

[002528] Grosvenor, Gilbert, ed.. THE BOOK OF BIRDS. VOL.II. . National Geographic, 1939. Good Illustrated from photographs and 950 color portraits by Major Allan Brooks. $5.00

[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

[003491] Roberts, Thomas S. THE WINTER BIRD-LIFE OF MINNESOTA, Being An Annotated List of Birds That Have Been Found Within The State of Minnesota During the Winter Months. ill. Photographs, Colored Illustration. Minneapolis: The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. Zoological Division. , 1916. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Ornithology. Signed by Author. Good- SIGNED by author on front cover: "To Mr. Burt? H. Wilson with compliments of Thos. S. Roberts". Occasional Papers: Number 1. Beautiful colored frontis. of Evening Grosbeak. 20 pp. with photographs. List of birds, broken down by Permanent Residents, Winter Visitants and Half-Hardy Species ("not really hardy winter birds in Minnesota, their continued presence during the cold season being determined by the character of the weather.") with descriptions. Roberts was the Ornithologist to the Department of Animal Biology, University of Minnesota and Associate Director of the Zoological Division of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. Front gray cover detached and soiled. no back cover. Tears to front cover spine side and small pieces missing from side edge. Overall exterior is Good-. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $35.00

[003973] Smith, Gusse Thomas. Birds of the Southwestern Desert . ill. Harriett Morton Holmes . Scottsdale, AZ: Doubleshoe , 1955. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Stiff Covers. Deserts. Very Good+ to Near Fine / Good+. 68 pp. Beautifully illustrated Desert Birds and descriptions. Book is Near Fine to Fine. Dust Jacket rubbing/slightly creased at upper edge and spine ends. Overall Good+ or better. $15.00

[004121] Wienzirl, John (edited by). BULLETIN OF THE HADLEY CLIMATOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. Volume III, No.1-11. 1901-1905. ill. Plate, Tables. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Stiff Covers. New Mexico. Good to Very Good Published with the cooperation of Mrs. W. C. Hadley. Vol III, No. I:THE BACTERIAL FLORA OF THE SEMI-DESERT REGION OF NEW MEXICO, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE BACTERIA OF THE AIR by John Winzirl with 2 plates. pp.211-242.; Vol III, Nos.2 and 3 (in one publication): SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE LUNG CAPACITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN NEW MEXICO by F. S. Maltby. Completed by John Wein with 2 tables. 7 pp. and THE EFFECT OF ALTITUDE ON THE BLOOD by John Winzirl with 6 tables. 21 pp.; Volume III Number 4: OBSERVATIONS ON SOIL MOISTURE IN NEW MEXICO FROM THE HYGIENIC VIEWPOINT by C. Edw. Magnusson with 2 tables. 8 pp.; Volume III. Number 5: METEOROLOGICAL TABLES by C. Edw. Magnusson with 3 tables. 14 pp.; Volume III. Number 6: THE AVAILABILITY OF NEW MEXICO'S CLIMATE FOR OUTDOOR LIFE by John Weinzirl with 3 tables. 9 pp.; Vol. III, No. 7: OBSERVATIONS ON COLOR-CHANGES IN THE GENUS BUTEO, APPARENTLY DUE TO APTOSOCHROMATISM by Francis J. Birtwell. 14 pp.; Vol. III No.8: COLD AS A CAUSAL FACTOR IN THE BLOOD CHANGES DUE TO HIGH ALTITUDE by John Weinzirl. (extracted from The Amercian Journal of the Medical Sciences, August, 1903). 7 pp. with 2 tables.; Vol. III No. 9: FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON INCREASED BLOOD COUNTS DUE TO HIGH ALTITUDE by John Weinzirl. and C. Edw. Magnusson. 3 tables, 1 graph ("Curve") 11 pp.; Vol. III No. 10: EVAPORATION FROM WATER SURFACE AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO by John Weinzirl. 14 pp. and 3 tables. and Volume III, Number 11: THE POTABLE WATERS OF NEW MEXICO: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CITY WATER SUPPLY by John Weinzirl..28 pp. with 2 "Curves" (full page graphs) and 3 photographs. Total of 10 Bulletins as No.2 and No.3 are in one bulletin. 4 bulletins in stiff covers. 4 missing? the covers but clean and intact. 2 publications, written at top: Vol. III with Number. ex.mus. stamp on front covers and title page. Vol.III. No. I's front cover missing small piece of bottom corner, on side edge, and upper left corner. 2 small circular pieces gone. Covers are intact and overall Good. Vol. III, No.8's top edge creased with tears. Otherwise Good. All the other covers are Very Good. All interiors are tight, clean and Very Good+. $175.00

[004104] Wolcott, Robert H. (editor). Proceedings of the Nebraska Ornithologist's Union I, II, III 1899-1902. Nebraska: Neligh and Lincoln, Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Stiff Covers. Nebraska. Very Good "The publication fo these Proceedings was begun by the Union at a time when the status of many species of birds in the state was in question...Certain identifications in the first tow Proceedings have been shown to be erroneous and the porper corrections are here made". 12 Index compiled by M. H. Swenk. Mildly soiled covers. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Overall Very Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00

[001454] Wood, Norman A. . NOTES ON THE SPRING MIGRATION (1907) AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN. The Auk, 1908. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wrap. Ornithology. Signed by Author. Very Good SIGNED on front cover:"Davenport Acad. fo Science, Regards of the author, Norman A. Wood". Offprint from The Auk, Vol. XXV, No.1, January, 1908. pp.10-15. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. 1/2" tear at side edge otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $15.00