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[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

[002957] . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL SCIENCE FOR 1900. ill. Figures (line drawings). Philosophical Society of Washington, 1901. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Physical Science. Very Good Bulletin, Vol..XIV, pp. 93-138. most pages' top edge uncut so interior is Fine. Articles on HYDRODYNAMICS by R.A. Harris; PHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS by C.F. Marvin; TIDES by L.P. Shidy; ACOUSTICS by C. K. Wead and METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF FORCE OF GRAVITY ON THE OCEAN By G.W.Littlehales. Salmon colored covers slightly soiled. Spine faded and mildly chipped.Bottom front cover edge one small tear and corner tip missing. Overall exterior is VG. Interior is clean, tight and Near Fine. $50.00

[003254] . SCIENCE, December 11, 1885. Volume VI. No. 149. ill. Tables. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ With Science Supplement. Some articles: "A National University"; "The Decay of the Obelisk"(in Central Park) by ARNOLD HAGUE; " The Meeting of the American Public Health Association" with diagram exhibiting the comparative mortality by absolute number of decedents from fifteen most important causes of death, in Rhode Island, during 25 years, from 1860 to 1884; "Telpherage"(in England) with 4 illustrations, under Astronomical Notes: "Two new comets" with table and "The Biela comet meteor-stream" with table. Articles by or about Famous Americans: in Letters to the Editor:E. J. JAMES "NEWCOMB's Political Economy"; and H. M. PAUL "The Biela comet meteor-stream". In Science Supplement: G. BROWN GOODE " Recent Challenger Monographs"(report of Challenger Expedition); "Heights in France"(of country's inhabitants) with map; and "Progress in Metallurgy". Tipped in one page: THREE NEW PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON". Covers only 1/5 attached, but covers "intact". Slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Slight chipping at edges. label residue covering up part of "title" contents. Some creasing. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement is in VG condition. $45.00

[003354] . BULLETIN OF THE BINGHAM OCEANOGRAPHIC COLLECTION:Vol. IV. 4 Bulletins . ill. Figures (line drawings), Tables, Graphs, Charts. Bingham Oceanography Foundation, 1933. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Stiff Wraps. Oceanography. Very Good 1933-1934. Art. 3-4, and Art.6-7. Art. 3: A geographic-ecological analysis of the seasonal changes in temperature conditions in shallow water along the Atlantic coast of the United States. by Parr, A. E. 90 pp. Art. 4: A contribution to the study of the natural food-cycle in aquatic environments with particular consideration of micro-organisms and dissolved organic matter, by Richard. M. Bond, 89 pp. Art. 6: Report on experimental use of a triangular trawl for bathypelagic collecting with an account of the fishes obtained and a revision of the family Cetomimidae, by Parr, A. E. 1934. 59 pp. and Art. 7: Littoral Penaeidea chiefly from the Bingham Oceanographic Collection with a revision of Paenaeopsis and descriptions of two new genera and eleven new American species, by Martin David Burkenroad,1934. 109 pp. Many uncut pages so most interiors are Near Fine. Stiff grey wraps. Slightly soiled. Two bulletins with ex.-mus. stamp on covers,otherwise exteriors are Very Good to VG+. $75.00

[003386] . BULLETIN OF THE BINGHAM OCEANOGRAPHIC COLLECTION:Vol. IX. 4 Bulletins . ill. Figures (line drawings), Tables, Graphs, Charts, Map. Bingham Oceanography Laboratory, Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Stiff Wraps. Oceanography. Very Good to Very Good+ Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University. 1944-1946. Art. 1-5. Art. 1: Tetrodon Poisoning by Warren H. Yudkin.1944. 18 pp.; Art. 2: Studies on the Marine Resources of Southern New England. I. An Analysis of the Fish Population of the Shore Zone, by Herbert E. Warfel and Daniel Merriman.1944. 91 pp.; Art. 3: Studies on the Marine Resources of Southern New England, III. The Possibility of the Utilization of the Starfish(Asterias Forbesi Desor). 1946. 58 pp.; and Art. 4 and 5 (in one bulletin): Studies on the Marine Resources of Southern New England. IV. The Biology and Economic Importance of the Ocean Pout, Macrozoarces Americanus (Bloch and Schneider) by Yngve H. Olsen and Daniel Merriman and V. Parasites and Diseases of the Ocean Pout, Macrozoarces Americanus by Ross F. Nigrelli.1946. 221 pp. plus 10 plates. Stiff grey wraps. Slightly soiled. otherwise exteriors are Very Good to VG+. Interiors are all tight, clean and VG+. $95.00

[003394] . BULLETIN OF THE BINGHAM OCEANOGRAPHIC COLLECTION:Vol. XIV. 2 Bulletins . ill. Figures (line drawings), Tables, Graphs, Charts, Maps. New Haven, Conn: Bingham Oceanography Laboratory, Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Stiff Wraps. Oceanography. Very Good to Very Good+ Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University. 1952-1954. Art. 1 and 3. Art. 1: The Striped Bass, Roccus saxatilis by Edward C. Raney, Ernest F. Tresselt, Edgar H. Hollis, and V.D. Vladykov and D. H. Wallace 1952. 177 pp.; and Art.3: The Character and Significance of Sound Production Among Fishes of the Western North Atlantic by Marie Poland Fish 1954. 109 pp. Stiff grey wraps. Slightly soiled. Article 1 bulletin with ex-mus. stamp on cover, otherwise exteriors are Very Good to VG+. Interiors are all tight, clean and VG+. $38.50

[003659] . SCIENCE, June 6, 1884. Volume III. No. 70. ill. Etchings, Chart. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1884. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Very Good Articles by Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Middle Yukon with 9 illustrations; in Letters to the Editor: G. BROWN GOODE: The invention of the vertical camera in photography with photo engraving illustration; and CHARLES C. ABBOTT: Hibernating mammals. Other articles: " The conic projection in oceanic cartography" with a North-Atlantic track-chart. " The Royal Society of Canada"; and " Calderwood's Mind and Brain". Mildly chipped covers at side edge. Overall covers are Very Good. Faint vertical crease down the middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $55.00

[004113] . OCEANS (Magazine) 4 Issues 1969. ill. Photographs, Graphs, Drawings. San Diego, CA: Trident Publishers, 1969. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Magazine. Oceanography. Very Good 5 issues from 1969.: January, March, April, and August. Contributing AUTHORS: Barham; Cousteau; Craven; De Sylva; Gilmore; Moriarty; Wenk; Peterson; Dugan; Joyce; Marx; Pell; Read; Revelle' Wilce; Hall; Nelson; Reynolds; Riedl; Robinson; Lance; Linsky; Ludwigson; and Edgar; SUBJECTS include: Gray Whale; Thermal Pollution; Channel Islands, St Johns River; Sea Caves; Soviet Ships; Beaufort Scale; N.E. Canada; FPC; and Polar Bear Hunting with SCUBA and Camera; One issue's first page with advertisement and verso with Contents missing 3"x3" square, otherwise all in Very Good or better condition. $15.00

[000281] . A REVIEW OF THE AMERICAN ANCHOVIES (FAMILY ENGRAULIDAE). ill. Fish Sketches. New Haven: Peabody Museum Yale Univ.,, 1937. Very Good Plus 1st thus heavy wraps 8vo no 165pp. Bull. of Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Peabody Museum Nat.History, Vol.VIII,Art.2. The review was undertaken because of the confused state of the classification, which first became evident to the author from his studies of the fishes off Panama.Most of the American species are well represented in the collections studied. Light cover soil else Near Fine. Unopened. $40.00

[004864] Barnes, Harold (editor). Oceanography and Marine Biology; Annual Reviews: Volumes 2 and 3. ill. Figures (line Drawings, Diagrams, maps) Tables, Foldouts. New York: 1968. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Blue Cloth. Oceanography. Very Good+ to Near Fine / Good. The very considerable increase in oceanographical and marine biological work calls for a publication summarizing the results. The present series has the following objects-to consider annually basic aspects of marine research returning to each in future volumes...Each article endeavours to cover completely the literature. Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of marine science are dealt with by experts still actively engaged in their own field." VOLUME 2 contains 16 reviews, each one covering the appropriate literature and many with summary charts, diagrams and tables. Contents: Turbulence; Turbidity Currents; Physical Oceanography in Arctic Canada; Modern Approaches to Beach Studies; Recent Advances in the Estimation of Salinity; Mud-water Interface; Nitrogenous Constitiuents of the Plankton; Lipids of Marine Organisms; Chlorophyta; Artificial and Natural Radioisotopes in the Marine Environment; Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Marine and Brackish Water Animals, Planktonic Bioluminescence; Marine Zoology in the Baltic Area in 1953-62; Echinoderms: Experimental and Ecological; Underwater Sound: Biological Aspects and Ethology and Marine Zoology. 548 pp. including References, Author Index and Subject Index. Numerous illustrations including charts/diagrams and foldoutsPasted over the Publisher on title page to read Hafner Publishing Company, New York. 1968. Second Impression. Book is Very Good + to Near Fine. Dust Jacket's spine faded. Front cover's top corner, 1"x1/2", missing. Front flap's bottom corner clipped. Mildly soiled. Overall DJ is Good. VOLUME 3 "follows on closely similar lines." Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London. 1965. Contents: Waves; Carbon Dioxide System in Sea Water; Exchange of Chemical Substances between Air and Sea; Determination of Phosphorus in Sea Water; Disposal of Waste in the Marine Environment and Pollution of the Sea; Chaetognaths; Conditions for the existence of Life on the Abyssal Sea Floor, Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology of Polychaetes; Endocrine Physiology of Fishes; Oceanography and the Ecology of Tunas; and Biology of the North-east Atlantic Herring Population. Numerous illustrations including maps and foldouts. 421 pp. including Author Index, Systematic Index and Subject Index. Dust Jacket faded. Spine darkened. Piece of scotch tape at bottom edge to repair tear. Small tears at spine's top joints.Small tear on front cover's top edge. Overall DJ is Good. $55.00

[003871] Bigelow, Henry B.. EXPLORATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY STEAMER "BACHE" IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC, JANUARY-MARCH, 1914, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF FISHERIES. OCEANOGRAPHY. ill. Foldout Map, Figures (drawings, Charts, Graphs). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Stiff Covers. Oceanography. Very Good Appendix V to the Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1915. Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 833. Contents: The Atlantic water; Temperature and salinity profiles; The Straits of Florida; The coast water off Chesapeake Bay; Tables, and Bibliography. 62 pp. Large foldout map in back: "Route of Steamer "Bache" January-March, 1914 with location of stations." 53 illustrations. Dark green covers. Black lettering on front cover. 1/4" tear at spine base. Faint ex-mus stamp on front cover, otherwise covers are Very Good +. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on title page otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $58.50

[002932] Boden, Brian P., Martin W. Johnson and Edward Brinton. The Euphausiacea (Crustacea) of the North Pacific . ill. Figures. Berkeley: University of Calif. Press, 1955. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10 1/2". Soft Cover. Oceanography. Good to Good- Scripps Institution Bulletin. Vol. 6, No.8, pp. 287-400. 55 figures in text. Original covers are soiled with several water stains but doesn't go through. Tape-repaired on spine. Tape old and brittle Tears to spine but mainly intact. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. 113 pp. Biblio., Index to Genera and species. $55.00

[000728] Boone, Lee. ECHINODERMS FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PERLAS ISLANDS. ill. Plates, Map. New Haven. Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1928. 8vo. Wraps. Oceanography. Very Good / No Jacket. Bulletin of The Bingham Oceanographic Collection. Vol.II, Art. 6. Scientific Results of the First Oceanographic Expedition of the "Pawnee" 1926. Gray Wraps. ex. mus. stamp on front wrap & first page. 9 Plates and map of the Pawnee route. Very Good. 14 pp. $12.00

[002933] Brinton Edward. The Distribution of Pacific Euphausiids.. ill. maps, charts, Graphs. Berkeley: University of Calif. Press, 1962. Soft Cover. Oceanography. Very Good to Very Good+ Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, La Jolla, California. Volume 8, No. 2, pp. 51-270, 126 figures in text. Stiff wraps. Spine sunned, bottom spine slightly chipped, otherwise VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Many maps, charts, graphs. Literature list. $18.00

[004193] Buzzati-Traverso, A.A. (edited by) . Perspectives in Marine Biology . ill. Figures (graphs, Charts, diagrams) Photographs, Tables, Foldouts . Berkeley: University of Calif. Press, 1960. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Turquoise Cloth. Marine Biology. Very Good+ / Good. A Symposium held at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, March 24-April 2,1956. 621 pp. Book is Very Good+ to Near Fine. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. DJ with tears along edges. Spine faded and back cover around edges faded. Overall DJ is Good. $10.00

[003126] Carson, Rachel L.. THE SEA AROUND US. New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. Very Good / Good+. $10.00

[001428] Ewing, Gifford C.. Oceanography From Space. . ill. Plates, Maps, Graphs, Figures. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1965. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 1/2". Soft Cover. Oceanography. Good+ Proceedings of Conference on The Feasibility of Conducting Oceanographic Explorations from Aircraft, Manned Orbital and Lunar Laboratories, held at Woods Hole, MA,24-28 August 1964. Sponsored by NASA. Stiff colored wraps. 469 pp. Many plates, maps, figures, graphs. Frouits of the conference, attended by some 150 oceanographers from institutions throughout the world, producing the 78 papers in this volume. Ewing was chariman of the event. Covers are Good + or better. No tears. Interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition. $20.00

[001432] Gaulke, Georg Petersen, Ramon Mugica Martinez. HISTORIA MARITIMA DEL PERU. El Mar: Gran Personaje. Volumen I. ill. Foldout Map, Graphs, Figures (line drawings), Tables. Peru: Blue Cloth. Peru. Very Good / Good. date? Spanish Text. 474 pp. Foldout Map. Many charts/graphs. Some in color. Book is Very Good. Ribbon bookmark. Dust Jacket with small tears around edges. Overall Good. $25.00

[002934] Gulland, J.A.(ed., compiler). THE FISH RESOURCES OF THE OCEAN. ill. Maps, Charts, Tables. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1970. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Soft Cover. Oceanography. Very Good+ FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 97. Stiff wraps. Slightly soiled spine. owner's name stamped on front cover otherwise exterior is Near Fine. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. 425 pp. 66 pp. of references. Maps, charts, and tables. $45.00

[001425] Hela, Ilmo and Laevastu, Taivo. FISHERIES HYDROGRAPHY : How Oceanography and Meterology can and do serve Fisheries. ill. Graphs, Charts, Maps. London: Fishing News (Books), 1961. Oceanography. Very Good / Good. Back cover top "strip" slightly faded. Page edges with mildly age toned/spots, otherwise VG+. Pictorial DJ mainly age soiled (opposite side browning in areas) chipped around edges. One inch tear at spine gutter. Laid in sheet of notes ? from previous owner on role of science in marine fisheries. $20.00

[001424] Horsfield, Brenda & Stone, Peter Bennett.. The Great Ocean Business. ill. Plates, Graphs, Maps, Charts. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Blue Cloth. VG+ to Near Fine / Very Good. $15.00

[002960] Littlehales, G.W.. A NEW AND ABRIDGED METHOD OF FINDING THE LOCUS OF GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION AND THE COMPASS ERROR. ill. Figures (text drawings), Foldout Plates.. Washington: Philosophical Society of Washington, 1903. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Geography. Very Good From Bulletin, Vol.XIV. pp. 233-246. 3 Plates. An eminent mathematician, oceanographer, and civil engineer, Littlehales compiled many publications in navigation, terrestrial magnetism, and oceanography. Salmon paper covers. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Mildly soiled with small tears at bottom edge, otherwise exterior is VG. Interior pages uncut, therefore text is clean, tight and VG+. No tears to plates. $65.00

[003400] Parr, Albert Eide. OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE BINGHAM OCEANOGRAPHIC COLLECTION: ON THE OSTEOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION FO THE PEDICULATE FISHES OF THE GENERA ACERATIAS, RHYNCHOCERATIAS, HAPLOPHRYNE, LAEVOCERATIAS, ALLECTOR AND LIPACTIS.. ill. Figures (line drawings), Tables,. New Haven: Bingham Oceanography Foundation, 1930. Stiff Covers. Ichthyology. Very Good With taxonomic and Osteological Description of Rhynchoceratias Longipinnis, New Species, and a Special Discussion of the Rostral Structures of the Acerathdae. 22 pp, many uncut. Mildly soiled covers. ex-mus. stamp on front cover, otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ to Near Fine. $20.00

[003879] Pickford, Grace E. & Bayard H. McConnaughy. The Octopus Bimaculatus Problem: A Study in Sibling Species . ill. Figures (drawings and graphs), Tables. New Haven, Conn: Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1949. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Softcover. Octopus. Very Good+ to Near Fine Bulletin of The Bingham Oceanographic Collection. Volume XII, Article 4. 66 pp., 28 figures including many graphs. 13 tables. Exterior is VG+ to Near Fine as is the interior. $25.00

[003395] Riley, Gordon A., Shirley A.A. Conover, Georgiana B. Deevey, Robert J. Conover, Sarah B. Wheatland, Eugene Harris and Howard L.Sanders. BULLETIN OF THE BINGHAM OCEANOGRAPHIC COLLECTION: OCEANOGRAPHY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND, 1952-1954 Vol. XV. ill. Figures (line drawings), Tables, Graphs, Charts, Maps. New Haven, Conn: Bingham Oceanography Laboratory, Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Stiff Wraps. Oceanography. Very Good to Very Good+ Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University. 414 pp. Stiff grey wraps. Slightly soiled. ex-mus. stamp on cover, otherwise exterior is Very Good to VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00

[002940] Squire, James L. & Susan E. Smith.. ANGLERS' GUIDE TO THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC COAST. ill. Charts, Maps, Figures. Seattle, WA: Department of Commerce, 1977. Softcover. Marine Life. Signed by Both Authors. Good to Good-+ Marine Fish, FIshing Grounds & Facilities. Signed on title page by both authors, plus gift inscription signed by "Susan " on free endpaper. Lower edge by spine's joint and 1/2 way up occasionally rubbing of paper covers so as color removed. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Laid in sheet from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on ordering Angler's Guide. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. $25.00

[001332] Stevenson, John J.. THE SARGASSO SEA. 1910. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Stiff Covers. Oceanography. Very Good Reprinted from SCIENCE, N.S., Vol. XXXII. No. 832, Pages 841-843, December 9, 1910. "Somewhat more than fifty years ago, Maury annouced that midway in the Atlantic, in a triangular space between the Azores, Canaries and Cape Verde islands, the sargasso sea embraces an area equalling the Mississippi Valley in extent and so thickly covered with gulf weed that the speed of vessels is often impeded..." 6 pp. Paper covers with black lettering. Reinforced spine. Front cover with light thin-lined stain? at bottom edge. Back cover with small stain at bottom edge, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $35.00

[000206] Thompson, Harold. PELAGIC TUNICATES OF AUSTRALIA. ill. Sketches, Plates. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Government Melbourne, Australi, 1948. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 3/4". Very Good 196 pp. + plates. Intensive study resulting from investigations into pelagic fishery resources of the southeastern Australian area from the Tropic of Capricorn to part of the Australian coast between May 1948 and January 1941. Conducted aboard the reseach vessel M.V.Warreen, of the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The work, essentially taxonomic, was carried out at 304 stations during a 2-1/2 year period. It was found that, next to crustaceans, tunicates comprise the chief portion of the zooplankton. This handbook is designed to provide a comprehensive guide to the identification and occurrence of pelagic and demersal species, most of which were recorded for the first time from Australian waters. Copious references, sketches, maps, tables, and 75 plates.Light suntanning of spine and back cover, else Very Good . Corners bumped/rubbed. Contents Near Fine. $75.00

[002937] Yasso, Warren E. OCEANOGRAPHY - A Study of Inner Space. New York: Holt , Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Paper Back. Oceanography. Very Good Many Photo, figures, charts, biblio., glossary, index. Stiff pictorial wraps. Creased at top corner. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. 176 pp. $4.50