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[003022] . SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY GOSSIP, 5 Issues 1883. Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co., 1883. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ or Better January-October 1883. Vol.I, No.3 January 15, 1883 Articles: Cuvier, and English Universities. Vol. I, No.6 April 16, 1883, Article: American Museums, Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia, PA. Vol.I, No.7 May 15, 1883, Articles: American Museums, The American Museum of Natural History, New York City, and American Archaeology: The Work of the Peabody Museum. Vol.I, No.8 June 15, 1883, Articles: American Museums: The Lyceum of Natural History at Williams College, American Archaeology: The Work of the Peabody Museum (continued), The Atlantic Right Whales, and Land Leeches of Ceylon. Vol.I, No.12 October 15, 1883 (last issue of "first volume") Article: Color Sense In Man. All issues include articles of Scientific Notes, Book Reviews and publication ads. some issues have uncut pages. ex-mus. numbers on front. lightly soiled covers otherwise Good+ or better. Interiors are clean, tight and VG. $205.00

[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

[003998] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1887-1890. ill. Plate, Figures (line drawings). Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Poor.Interior Very Good Vol.5 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: CHARLES A. YOUNG - "Nebulae and the Nebular Hypothesis"; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"Limit of Visibility for Minute Masses". Other articles by Henry V. Pelton, President of the Institute, William A. Mowry (Oregon Settlement), W.B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Mathematics & Gyroscope), Gilbert Van Ingen, Edward Elsworth (Photography), and W. G. Stevenson's Obituary. Frontis. portrait of Stevenson. 192 pp. Front paper cover detached with missing pieces around edges. Title and design on cover intact. ex-mus. numbers/stamp on front top edge. Back cover missing. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[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

[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

[003106] . THE NATURALIST. Feb. 1890. Vol.IV, No. 7.. ill. Etchings. Kansas City, Kansas: R.B. Trouslot & Co., 1890. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Paper Wraps. Natural History. Very Good Articles: THOSE ELEPHANT PIPES AGAIN by Warren Watson; THE RESURRECTION FERN, by "Arkansaw Hoosier"; PALAEONTOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN AND NEAR KANSAS CITY, MO., by David H. Todd; THE ANTERIOR ARTS, by "Ictinus"; and THE PRE-HISTORIC MEN WITH LIEUTENANT FREDERICK SCHWATKA. Last 2 pages with "inducements to new subscribers with etchings of free "specimens" in exchange for a subscription to THE NATURALIST. They include "a fine Barnacle from the Atlantic, a Shark's Egg and an Egg of the Skate, or Two fine specimens of Resurection Plant, from Mexico, or a Mother of Pearl Shell, etc. A choice of 65 different items. Very good condition. No tears. Clean. On front page in article on ELEPHANT PIPES, appears to be a correction to text. a semi-colon is added, a "not" is crossed out, and the word "genuineness" is underlined. Otherwise the publication is VG+. 8 pages unpaginated. Laid in a yellow sheet for subscribing. $50.00

[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

[002992] Armstrong, A. Leslie. PALAEOLITHIC MAN IN THE NORTH MIDLANDS. ill. Figures. Manchester: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1939. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Paper Wraps. Paleontology. Very Good (Being the Wilde Memorial Lecture, 1939). From Volume 83 of "Memoirs & Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Session 1938-39. pp.88-116. most pages uncut. Pale blue covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Fine. 14 figures-photographs, table, plates, graph, and drawings.. $50.00

[004863] Arnold, Ralph. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, CA . ill. Plates, Tables. California: Stanford University, 1903. Size: Approx. 9 1/2" x 12". Paper Wraps. Paleontology. Covers Poor. Interior VG+ Reprinted from the Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. Vol.III. Contributions to Biology from The Hopkins Seaside Laboratory for the Leland Stanford Jr. University. A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty in Geology of the Leland Stanford Junior University, for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. "The field work upon which this paper is based began in the winter of 1886, when the writer first visited the fossil-bearing beds of San Pedro. Since that time several visits have been made each year to the beds in that vicinity, generally after heavy rains, when landslides and the breaking off of the banks have given new exposures..." 420 pp. including Index. Most pages uncut. 37 plates. Numerous tables. Back cover missing. Front cover Poor-detached, missing pieces around borders-title and all pertinent information intact. String-tied. Title page with ex.mus. stamp. Title page and back page mildly soiled. Page ends untrimmed. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $65.00

[004503] Beecher, Charles E.. OTHNIEL CHARLES MARSH. American Journal of Science, 1899. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10 ". Stiff Covers. Paleontology. Good American Journal of Science, Fourth Series, Vol. VII, June 1899. Memorial address of Charles E. Beecher for Othniel Charles Marsh, given at the Yale University Museum, May 1st, 1899. 28 pp.including a Chronological bibliography from1861-99. Some soiling to covers. Tear/crease from front top edge to side. Barely attached. 1/2" tear at spine base. Front lower corner "tip" missing. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Frontis.portrait of Marsh. Othniel Charles Marsh (October 29, 1831 - March 18, 1899) was one of the pre-eminent paleontologists of the 19th century, who discovered and named many fossils found in the American West. $60.00

[003932] Chamberlin, T. C.. Annual Report of the Wisconsin Geological Survey For the Year 1879. . Madison, Wis.: David Atwood, State Printer, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Wisconsin. Good No.15. Includes Catalogue A and B with List of the Names and Specimen-Numbers of Fossils Distributed during the year and List of localities and formations. Article: Descriptions of New Species of Fossils from the Paleozoic Formations of Wisconsin, by R. P. Whitfield. 72 pp. Grey covers are mildly soiled. Front cover's left corner "tip" missing. Small tear at side edge, going through to pp. 6. Numbers at top edge-ex.mus.? Otherwise covers are Good. Title page "2-D" written at top margin. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[004523] Claypole, E.W.. PERRY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1883. ill. Figures(drawings, diagrams) Plates. American Philosophical Society, Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Pennsylvania. Very Good 5 "papers" read before the American Philosophical Society.First:THE PERRY COUNTY FAULT. Note on an Important Correction in the Geological Map of Pennsylvania read April 20, 1883. Tipped on to the front page a strip of paper printed: "With Compliments of E.W. Claypole" and penciled "Akron O." Text covers: The District Immediately South of New Bloomfield with plate of The New Bloomfield fault; The Little Germany Fault; Map of the Eastern End of the Perry County Faults; and Intermediate Fault. pp.218-225. Second Paper: NOTE ON A RELIC OF THE NATIVE FLORA OF PENNSYLVANIA, SURVIVING IN PERRY COUNTY. Read before the American Philosophical Society, May 18, 1883. pp.226- 230.Text covers: Its Habitat in Perry County. Third paper: ON THE EQUIVALENT OF THE NEW YORK PORTAGE, IN PERRY COUNTY, MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIA. Read before the American Philosophical Society, September 21, 1883. pp.230-235. Text covers: The Cardiola Shale and The Cardiola Shale and Portage Beds of Perry County. Fourth paper: NOTE ON THE GENUS RENSSELAERIA IN THE HAMILTON GROUP IN PERRY CO. Read before the American Philosophical Society, September 21, 1883. pp.235-236. Fifth paper: NOTE ON A LARGE CRUSTACEAN FROM THE CATSKILL GROUP OF PENNSYLVANIA. Read before the American Philosophical Society, Sept. 21, 1883 with plate: Dolichocephala Lacoana, Claypole, from the Catskill rocks of Wyoming county, Pennsylvania and 5 illustrations. pp.236-239. Text covers: Dolichocephala and Dolichocephala Lacoana. Plain paper covers. ex. mus. name, town, state plus numbers on front cover. In pencil written: Prof. Claypole. Covers slightly soiled. Tear on front cover's side edge at lower corner. Small tear at back cover's side edge, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Laid in an article from Perry County, Pa, Freeman. SOME OLD PERRY COUNTY FISH, by E. W. Claypole, Akron, Ohio.1884. ex.mus. numbers at top. 2" tear at crease, otherwise Very Good. $100.00

[004983] Girty, George H.. THE FAUNA OF THE MOOREFIELD SHALE OF ARKANSAS. ill. Plates, Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. U.S. Geological Survey. Very Good United States Geological Survey. Bulletin 439. "The section of Mississippian rocks in northern Arkansas includes a bed of black shale which is of considerable interest, both for the fauna it contains and the vicissitudes of nomenclature it has undergone..." 148 pp. 15 plates each with numerous "figures" or drawings of specimens plus descriptions on opposite page. Disbound but intact. In Very Good + condition. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. $55.00

[004129] Goldring, Winifred. Handbook for Paleontology for Beginners and Amateurs. Part 1 : The Fossils. ill. Figures (drawings and photographs). Albany: University of State of New York, 1950. Second Printing. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Stiff Covers. Paleontology. Very Good- New York State Museum. New York State Museum. Handbook 9. ""Because there was no publication of similar nature this handbook was used as a textbook in introductory paleontology courses in schools and colleges..." 97 illustrations. 394 pp. including Index. Slightly soiled covers and fading to spine, otherwise covers are VG. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $15.00

[003493] Goldring, Winifred. A NEW SPECIES OF CRINOID FROM THE DEVONIAN (ORISLANY) OF MAINE. ill. Plates, Figures. Portland Society Natural History, 1933. Disbound. Paleontology. Good pp. 153-155. 2 Figures. Plates III and IV. Soiling to covers. several small tears at edges. Doesn't interfere with Plates or text. Overall Good. $10.00

[003616] Jones, T. Rupert. ON SOME FOSSIL ESTHERIAE. ill. Plate. 1890. Paper Wraps. Paleontology. Signed by Author. Very Good SIGNED on front cover: "To Mrs. Carvill Lewis with T. Rupt. Jones's Kind Regards In Friendly Memory of Her Estimable Husband Oct. 23/90". Extracted from the Geological Magazine, September, 1890. One plate of Fossil Estheriae with 13 illustrations. pp. 385-390. Exterior is Very Good.Slight soiling-very minor. Interior is clean, tight, and Very Good+. $50.00

[004881] Library of Congress. CLASSIFICATION. Class Q SCIENCE. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Paper Wraps. Library of Congress. Good Adopted 1905. As in force November, 1912. Synopsis includes: Science (general); Mathematies; Astronomy- Geodesy; Physics; Chemistry- Crystallography; Geology- Mineralogy, Petrology, Paleontology; Natural History-Microscopy, General biology; Botany-Ecology; Zoology; Human Anatomy; Physiology-Experimental Psychology; and Bacteriology. 196 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. ex.mus.numbers and faint stamp. Mildly soiled covers.Faint watermark along the upper spine joint, 3" unto the top border, 2". Top border "mark" shows on title page only. Overall covers are Good. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[003116] Packard, A.S.. MEMOIR OF JEFFRIES WYMAN 1814-1874. Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1878. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Biography. Good Read before the National Academy, April 18, 1878. pp. 77-126. The opening paragraph reads " In reviewing the life and works of Jeffries Wyman, we shall consider his contributions to comparative anatomy and physiology, and to palaeontology, as well as to ethnology and archaelogy. " Jeffries Wyman (1814-1874) was a Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard. He was also the Director of the Peabody Museum. Paper covers faded around edges. Bottom corner, 1/2"x2" missing. 2 other missing pieces at side: 1" and 1/2". ex.mus. numbers. Back bottom corner missing, 1/2'x1 1/2". Covers are intact and overall Good. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. $30.00

[003584] Poitevin, Eugene. ROCKS, MINERALS, AND FOSSILS(A Brief Introduction to Geology). ill. Tables. Ottawa: National Museum of Canada, 1953. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/2". Stiff Covers. Canada. Very Good- Canada. Department of Resources and Development.. National Parks Branch . Special contribution No. 53-1. 15 pp. Author was Geological Survey of Canada, Honorary Curatoor of Minerealogy, National Museum of Canada. Soiling to covers, otherwise exterior Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00

[003615] Schuchert, Charles. THE CONDITIONS OF BLACK SHALE DEPOSITION AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE KUPFERSCHIEFER AND LIAS OF GERMANY. 1915. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Paleontology. Very Good Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. LIV, No. 218, August, 1915. " Stratigraphers do not agree as to the conditions under which the black bituminous shales so often met with in American Paleozoic marine deposits were laid down. Among the more striking of such formations may be mentioned the Quebec, Martinsburg, Collingwood, Utica, Maquoketa, Genesee-Portage, Ohio, Chattanooga, and Caney, formations ranging from the Ordovician to the Pennsylvanian. To aid in the interpretation of such black shales, the writer presents herewith the main results set forth by Professor J. F. Pompeckj, of the University of Tubingen, in a publication that wll not be of wide distribution in America. The following is a decided condensation and in part a free translation of his exhaustive paper, which is replete with bibliographic references." pp.259-269. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. slight fading to covers, otherwise VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00